CARTA QUE SE PRETENDIÓ ENTREGAR A LA PRESIDENTA CRISTINA FERNANDEZ, EN LA SESIÓN "CUESTION MALVINAS" DEL COMITE DE DESCOLONIZACION DE LA ONU
Gobierno de la Islas Malvinas
[14 de Junio de 2012]
[Versión en Inglés]
The Falkland Islands Government
Office of the Legislative Assembly, Gilbert House,
Ross Road , Stanley Falkland Islands
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Office of the Legislative Assembly, Gilbert House,
14 June
2012
President
Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner
Madam
President,
We were
pleased to read in your Foreign Minister's letter of 8 June to the Foreign
Secretary of the United Kingdom, that Argentina is prepared to sit down and
listen. We would like to take up that
offer and are writing with one very simple purpose - to ask that the Argentine
Government ends its campaign of harassment and intimidation against the
Falkland Islanders, and allows us to live in peace on the Islands which have
been our home for almost 180 years.
Recently, we
have seen measures affecting our shipping and tourism industry, threats against
our hydrocarbons industry, and a grossly offensive Olympic 'advert' which used
our War Memorial as a prop. This has
been combined with aggressive rhetoric falsely claiming that we are somehow an
implanted population, and that we are being 'held hostage' by the UK military
presence here. We find it impossible to
comprehend why the Government of a large country such as Argentina, a member of
the G20, continues to behave in this way towards our small country, ignoring
our wishes, seeking to deny our fundamental political rights and to make our
lives difficult. This behaviour will only make it harder to have neighbourly
discussions on matters of mutual interest and harden our resolve against any
change in the status of the Islands; it will not have any impact on the British
Government's position.
As you know,
today marks our Liberation Day. We know
that your Government accepts that what happened in 1982 was wrong, which makes
it all the more difficult for us to understand why we are faced with such
aggression and hostility today. On this special day for Falkland Islanders, we
are glad of the opportunity to be here in New York to express our views
publicly. We would value even more the
chance to make our feelings known to you directly, and if your busy schedule
allows it, we would like to invite you to a short meeting with us during your
visit here, or at a later time to be arranged.
The Falkland
Islands Government will also be conducting a referendum in the near future, in
order to democratically express our wishes for the future of the Falkland
Islands to the world.
ROGER EDWARDS
MICHAEL
SUMMERS
On behalf of
the Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands
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