A UN decision could benefit Argentina in its claim to the Falkland Islands

According to Faurie, there is a similarity in the case of the Chagos with that of the Malvinas because it is "a situation of territorial dismemberment,The population on the islands was transferred against their will, in this case to the Argentine continent in 1833. "

In this regard, the Minister of Foreign Affairs recalled that "we have always stated that the process of decolonization, initiated under the auspices of the United Nations, has the argument to restore the territorial integrity of Argentina, the principle of self-determination is not applicable in this case ".

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Jorge Fauire, Argentine Chancellor

"These are the elements that support the advisory opinion of the Inter-American Court of Justice, in the Chagos case with the United Kingdom, the situation or arguments that Argentina introduced in a similar complaint lodged with the Decolonization Committee and the United Nations General Assembly ", he added.

In this regard, he stressed that "the arguments presented in the advisory opinion are of great importance to our country, as they ratify, on the one hand, the role of the United Nations, of the General Assembly, the decolonization and territorial dismemberment commission is not acceptable in the process of decolonization, nor the principle of self-denial when the person consulted it is not the city that corresponds to the place where this referendum takes place. "

"All these elements have a very high validity for the Argentine claim of the Malvinas," said the owner of the San Martin Palace