Unasur delivers statement supporting Argentina’s Falklands claim to Ban-ki-moon

[Judi Lynn]

Monday, April 2nd 2012- 22:46 UTC
Unasur delivers statement supporting Argentina’s Falklands claim to Ban-ki-moon

Unasur Secretary General Maria Emma Mejia met on Monday with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and delivered a statement from the twelve countries of the region in support of Argentina’s sovereignty claim over the Malvinas Islands.

The symbolic gesture from the Union of South American Nations coincides with the 30th anniversary of the beginning of the war between Argentina and Britain, when Argentine forces invaded the Falklands 2 April, and also with a strong diplomatic offensive from the government of President Cristina Fernandez to try and convince the UK to discuss the issue of the Islands sovereignty following on UN resolutions.

According to an official release from the organization, Mejia and ambassador Jose Antonio Dos Santos from Paraguay delivered the “latest declaration approved by Unasur Foreign Affairs ministers during their March 17 meeting referred to the Malvinas issue”.

The text which was signed by Unasur Foreign ministers during their meeting in Asuncion, Paraguay, calls on the UK to begin discussions with Argentina “with the purpose of ending, on the shortest time possible, the sovereignty dispute and what it describes as an “anachronic colonial situation in American soil”.

More:
http://en.mercopress.com/2012/04/02/unasur-delivers-statement-supporting-argentina-s-falklands-claim-to-ban-ki-moon

[ProgressiveProfessor]

1. It will matter not and shows again why UNASUR should not be taken seriously

The UN position is clear, the people get to choose, and they continue to want to be affiliated with the UK

[bemildred]

2. Make it an international nature preserve. Feral sheep and penguin herds.

The residents can all be rangers and drive around in SUVs.