The UN endorsed Argentina's claim, following Milei's request, and called on the United Kingdom to resume negotiations
During the committee session held this Wednesday in New York, the Argentine Foreign Minister, Gerardo Werthein, firmly defended the national position and reiterated "Argentina's unwavering commitment to the recovery of the full exercise of sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands, South Georgia, South Sandwich Islands, and the surrounding maritime areas, illegally occupied by the United Kingdom."
The sovereignty dispute over the Malvinas dates back to 1833, when British forces occupied the islands, forcibly removing authorities and members of the Argentine population established there. Argentina has never renounced its claim and in 1965 succeeded in having the UN General Assembly urge both countries to begin negotiations, but the United Kingdom has systematically rejected that call, and only agreed to a period of dialogue between 1966 and 1982.
That dialogue was definitively broken by the 1982 war, which left 649 Argentine soldiers, 255 British soldiers, and 3 islanders dead. Since then, they have refused to resume talks, despite the insistence of successive Argentine governments.
The decision of the Decolonization Committee—approved by consensus and with strong regional and international support—not only represents a diplomatic success for the current administration, but also places the Malvinas Question back at the center of the global stage.
In a gesture that reaffirms the growing diplomatic leadership of Argentina under the government of Javier Milei, the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization adopted a resolution by consensus this Wednesday in which it urges the United Kingdom to resume "as soon as possible" bilateral negotiations with our country to find a peaceful and definitive solution to the historic sovereignty dispute over the Malvinas Islands.
The resolution, co-sponsored by all Latin American countries that are members of the Committee, reaffirms the international support for Argentina's sovereign rights over the South Atlantic archipelago and recognizes the "special and particular" colonial nature of the Malvinas Question, as stated in the official communiqué from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
"A large number of countries from various regions expressed their support for the resumption of negotiations and for Argentina's sovereign rights," the government emphasized.
