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    Default UK faces rout at United Nations over Chagos Islands.

    Chagos Islands: isolated UK faces thrashing in UN vote on ownership

    General assembly expected to vote in favour of UK relinquishing control of Indian Ocean archipelago claimed by Mauritiu

    The UK is facing a diplomatic rout at the United Nations on Wednesday when the general assembly is expected to vote overwhelmingly to demand Britain relinquish hold of one of the last vestiges of empire in the Indian Ocean.

    The US and the UK have lobbied intensely at the UN to avoid support for Britain dropping to single figures among the UN’s 193 member states on the issue of its continued possession of the Chagos Islands, known as the British Indian Ocean Territory.

    The vote follows an advisory opinion issued by the international court of justice (ICJ) in February that UK should hand over control to Mauritius, which claims sovereignty over the islands.

    London and Washington are trying to persuade allies to at least abstain, so as to prevent support for Mauritius reaching triple figures. The Mauritian mission to the UN believes it has reached that threshold, winning pledges of backing from more than 100 member states.

    Chagos Islanders remind us that Britain is a shameful coloniser.

    Such a lopsided defeat would also serve to underline British isolation in a battle that many UN member states, particularly in Africa, see as a last stand to preserve a relic of empire, and at a time at a time when its European Union allies, dismayed by Brexit, are no longer automatically offering support.

    It would also reflect the diminishing persuasive power of the US, which campaigned vigorously for the UK cause.

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...ritish-control

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    Chagos Islands dispute: UN backs end to UK control



    The UN has passed a resolution demanding the UK return control of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48371388
    That's it then, tommy. Fuck off home to your fox hunting and migrant bashing. Another nations freed from colonialism.
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    Rock it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by moon View Post
    UK faces rout at United Nations over Chagos Islands.
    ...The UK has said it will not abide by the ICJ ruling, arguing that bilateral disputes should not be presented to the court without the consent of both parties...
    What is the feckless, toothless UN going to DO about it? Maybe if the Mauritiu CRY HARDER.

    “This case represents a potentially dangerous precedent for all UN member states, as it could normalise the practice of litigating bilateral disputes through UN general assembly advisory opinion requests, even when a state directly involved has not consented to the jurisdiction of the ICJ,”
    Sorry Moonie, we aren't giving up one iota of our sovereignty to some International Crybaby Jagoffs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sirthinksalot View Post

    Sorry Moonie, we aren't giving up one iota of our sovereignty to some International Crybaby Jagoffs.
    No- you're giving up illegally occupied territory under the rule of international law.
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    Quote Originally Posted by moon View Post
    That's it then, tommy. Fuck off home to your fox hunting and migrant bashing. Another nations freed from colonialism.
    Did you know that 35,000 sq. miles of the South American continent is A DEPARTMENT OF FRANCE? It's disgusting!



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    Well- we won't mention the illegally-occupied Chagos Islands then, eh. Haw, haw...........haw.
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    Quote Originally Posted by moon View Post
    No- you're giving up illegally occupied territory under the rule of international law.
    Your link says they AREN'T giving up any land. "International Law" such as it is, has no mechanism for enforcement. So how exactly is it even real law? It seems more like a bunch of whining and maybe a little caterwauling. Haw, haw...........haw.

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    This is all about an American base, you know.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sirthinksalot View Post
    Your link says they AREN'T giving up any land. "International Law" such as it is, has no mechanism for enforcement. So how exactly is it even real law? It seems more like a bunch of whining and maybe a little caterwauling. Haw, haw...........haw.
    You don't appear to understand the diplomatic weight of such a MASSIVE General Assembly ruling.
    Of course there will be no action by the executive branch- until such times as the UK wants to get something through the SC. As for appealing to the GA- your goose is hereto cooked.
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    MPs make secretive visit to Diego Garcia and Chagos Islands

    Foreign Office-run trip thought to be first formal parliamentary visit to the disputed territory

    Three MPs have made a secretive visit to the US military base on Diego Garcia and the Chagos Islands, it has emerged, in what is believed to be the first formal, parliamentary visit to the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT).

    Earlier this year the UN told the UK to renounce its claim on the islands and allow the original inhabitants, who were expelled to make way for the base, to return.

    The Foreign Office organised the unannounced trip for Labour’s Catherine West and the Conservatives Andrew Rosindell and Daniel Kawczynski at short notice in late August days ahead of the current Indian Ocean tour by Pope Francis in which he was seen to offer support to the islanders.

    On Tuesday the pontiff urged Britain to comply with a UN resolution and return the islands to Mauritius, saying: “You must obey international institutions.”

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...chagos-islands
    The UK should cancel the lease, apologize to the islanders , pay recompense and their costs to return home.
    Corbyn would. Johnson would say ' Fuck 'em - and fuck the UN and the law. '
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    Chagos Islands dispute: UK misses deadline to return control



    The UK has been called an illegal colonial occupier after it ignored a deadline to return control of an overseas territory to Mauritius.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-50511847
    Arrogant Brit assholes. ' Illegal colonial occupier ' is correct.
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    UK’s refusal to hand back Chagos Islands doesn’t just make it an 'illegal colonial occupier' – it antagonizes a host of allies

    https://www.rt.com/op-ed/474112-chag...l-lose-allies/
    It doesn't have a true friend in the world already- and now it wants to show its ass to Europe.
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