United Nations decision against the United Kingdom would set a positive precedent in the Malvinas conflict

The United Nations (UN) General Assembly has approved a demanding resolution

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the colonial administration of the Chagos Archipelago and the government considered it a "very positive precedent" when comparing this territorial conflict to that of

Malvinas

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They celebrated the UN resolution and linked it to Argentina and the Malvinas conflict. Although they pointed out that the two problems "can not be compared", they pointed out that "in both cases, the guiding principles of decolonization are involved".

"This decision is a victory for Mauricio and a very positive precedent for countries such as Argentina and its people, who have also been deprived of the full exercise of their sovereignty over a part of our territory that continues to make the 39, the object of illegitimate and illegal colonial occupation ". said the Foreign Ministry in a statement.

And he informed that Argentina had sponsored the resolution of the United Nations General Assembly and had intervened in all previous instances before the International Court of Justice.

The resolution

The resolution was approved by the General Assembly in New York with the votes of 116 countries and only six against. Fifty-six people, including France and Germany, abstained.

The representative of Mauritius recalled that this territory – now British – had been transferred in 1965 in exchange for the country's independence. For its part, the Foreign Office stated that it did not recognize the sovereignty of Mauritius over the Chagos, but said it was ready to restore them "when they will no longer be needed as" 39, defense objectives ". A position shared by the United States, Hungary, Israel, Australia and the Maldives.

The resolution was pbaded a few months after a recommendation from the High Court of Justice urging Britain to leave the islands "as soon as possible".

A position strongly supported by former colonies such as India, but which, for the United Kingdom and the United States, would represent a "worrying precedent" for other territorial disputes.

The history of Chagos and Great Britain

Britain bought the Chagos Islands in Mauritius in 1965 for £ 3 million, creating an area called the British Indian Ocean Territory.

Between 1967 and 1973, he evacuated the entire population to make way for an Anglo-American military base, still present on the island of Diego Garcia. From there, American planes that bombed Afghanistan and Iraq fled.

The structure, according to the versions proposed by the BBC, is also used to interrogate terrorist suspects. In 2016, the base concession was extended until 2036.

Before the UN vote, Mauritian Prime Minister, Pravid Kumar Jug-Nauth, defended the cause of the former inhabitants of the archipelago, claiming that the forced evacuation was a "crime against the island." 39; humanity. "

If the Chagos were sent back to Mauritius, the government would maintain the military base, he said, to work "in accordance with international law".