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STORY: UN / COMMITTEE OF DECOLONIZATION
TRT: 03:36
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: SPANISH / NATS
DATELINE: 02 OCTOBER 2026, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
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02 OCTOBER 2026, NEW YORK CITY
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3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Humberto Velasquez Peruvian, Counsellor, Mission to the United Nations, Peru:
“The Members of Brasilia Consensus wish to reiterate the regional interest in the resumption of bilateral negotiations that would allow, as soon as possible, the long-standing sovereignty dispute regarding the Question of the Malvinas Islands to reach a solution in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the United Nations and the declarations of the Organization of American States and MERCOSUR, among other regional and multilateral forums.”
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5. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Humberto Velasquez Peruvian, Counsellor, Mission to the United Nations, Peru:
“The Member States of the Consensus underline that the military presence of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in the Malvinas, South Georgias and South Sandwich Islands and the surrounding maritime areas is contrary to the region's policy of adherence to a peaceful solution to the sovereignty dispute and reiterate their call to resume negotiations towards a definitive solution and to put an end to British unilateral activities in the disputed area that violate UN General Assembly resolutions”
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7. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Francisco Tropepi, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Argentina:
“The United Kingdom maintains a disproportionate military presence in the South Atlantic, with approximately 1,200 personnel stationed on the Islands. This force is equivalent to nearly 40 percent of the territory’s population. This figure illustrates the scale of a militarization that is difficult to reconcile with the United Nations repeated calls for dialogue and a peaceful resolution to this dispute.”
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9. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Francisco Tropepi, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Argentina:
“The announcements made in December 2025 regarding the intention to commence hydrocarbon exploration and exploitation activities in areas under dispute constitute a unilateral act with potentially irreversible effects, given that these are non-renewable natural resources.”
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11. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Francisco Tropepi, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Argentina:
“In view of the seriousness of this situation, Argentina is deploying all the tools at the State’s disposal—diplomatic, economic, judicial, and legal—to deter and sanction state and non-state actors that violate our sovereignty.”
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13. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Francisco Tropepi, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Argentina:
“This week, on September 28, the Argentine Government initiated arbitration proceedings under Annex VII of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea against the United Kingdom, with the aim of preventing the unlawful exploitation of hydrocarbon resources on Argentina’s continental shelf around the Malvinas Islands.”
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15. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Francisco Tropepi, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Argentina:
“The Malvinas Question is deeply rooted in Argentina’s history. It transcends generations and political differences and constitutes a truly national cause. By history and by right, the Malvinas are Argentine.”
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Addressing the Special Committee on Decolonization today (02 Oct), Argentinian Representative Francisco Tropepi stated, “By history and by right, the Malvinas are Argentine.”
Tropepi said that the United Kingdom "maintains a disproportionate military presence in the South Atlantic, with approximately 1,200 personnel stationed" on the Falklands (Malvinas) Islands.
He continued, "This force is equivalent to nearly 40 percent of the territory’s population. This figure illustrates the scale of a militarization that is difficult to reconcile with the United Nations repeated calls for dialogue and a peaceful resolution to this dispute.”
He also said, “The announcements made in December 2025 regarding the intention to commence hydrocarbon exploration and exploitation activities in areas under dispute constitute a unilateral act with potentially irreversible effects, given that these are non-renewable natural resources.”
He added, “In view of the seriousness of this situation, Argentina is deploying all the tools at the State’s disposal—diplomatic, economic, judicial, and legal—to deter and sanction state and non-state actors that violate our sovereignty.”
He reported, “This week, on September 28, the Argentine Government initiated arbitration proceedings under Annex VII of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea against the United Kingdom, with the aim of preventing the unlawful exploitation of hydrocarbon resources on Argentina’s continental shelf around the Malvinas Islands.”
He concluded, “The Malvinas Question is deeply rooted in Argentina’s history. It transcends generations and political differences and constitutes a truly national cause. By history and by right, the Malvinas are Argentine.”
Peruvian Ambassador, Humberto Velasquez Peruvian, spoke on behalf of the BRASILIA CONSENSUS and said, “The Members of Brasilia Consensus wish to reiterate the regional interest in the resumption of bilateral negotiations that would allow, as soon as possible, the long-standing sovereignty dispute regarding the Question of the Malvinas Islands to reach a solution in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the United Nations and the declarations of the Organization of American States and MERCOSUR, among other regional and multilateral forums.”
He also said, “The Member States of the Consensus underline that the military presence of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in the Malvinas, South Georgias and South Sandwich Islands and the surrounding maritime areas is contrary to the region's policy of adherence to a peaceful solution to the sovereignty dispute and reiterate their call to resume negotiations towards a definitive solution and to put an end to British unilateral activities in the disputed area that violate UN General Assembly resolutions”
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