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CONSENSUS BY THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN OCTOBER 1970.
THIS DECLARATION CONTAINS AN ENTIRE SECTION ON
QUOTE THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUAL RIGHTS AND SELF-
DETERMINATION OF PEOPLES UNQUOTE. IT STATES INTER
ALIA THAT QUOTE ALL PEOPLES HAVE THE RIGHT FREELY
TO DETERMINE, WITHOUT EXTERNAL INTERFERENCE, THEIR
POLITICAL STATUS AND TO PURSUE THEIR ECONOMIC, SOCIAL
AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, AND EVERY STATE HAS THE DUTY
TO RESPECT THIS RIGHT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS
OF THE CHARTER UNQUOTE.
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(D) THE CLASSIC GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION ON
DECOLONISATION, RESOLUTION 1514 (XV) OF 1960 (ON WHICH WE
ABSTAINED) WHICH CITES (OPERATIVE
PARAGRAPH 2) THE WORDING OF THE COVENANTS ON SELF-
DETERMINATION VIRTUALLY VERBATIM AND (OPERATIVE
PARAGRAPH 5) CALLS UPON STATES TO TRANSFER POWERS
TO THE PEOPLES OF NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR FREELY EXPRESSED WILL AND
DESIRE. SUGGESTIONS THAT THIS PRINCIPLE SHOULD
TAKE SECOND PLACE TO THE SAME RESOLUTION'S CONDEM-
NATION OF ALL ATTEMPTS AIMED AT DISRUPTION OF A
COUNTRY'S TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY (OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH
6) SHOULD BE COUNTERED AS UNDER (A) ABOVE.
ON THE DEFINITION OF QUOTE PEOPLES UNQUOTE IT
MAY ALSO BE APPROPRIATE TO ADD THAT THE FALKLAND ISLANDS HAVE
NO LESS RIGHT TO BE ACCEPTED INTERNATIONALLY AS A QUOTE
PEOPLE UNQUOTE WITH RIGHTS OF SELF-DETERMINATION THAN
THOSE OF MANY SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES WHOSE POPULATIONS
ARE IN MANY CASES DOMINATED BY THE DESCENDANTS OF EUROPEAN
SETTLERS, SOMETIMES TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE RIGHTS OF
THE ORIGINALLY INDIGENOUS INHABITANTS WHERE THESE SURVIVE.
NO AGREED DEFINITION OF THE TERM QUOTE PEOPLE UNQUOTE,
AS USED IN THIS CONTEXT, HAS BEEN FORMULATED IN THE UNITED
NATIONS: BUT BY ANY AGREED STANDARDS, THE FALKLAND ISLANDERS
MUST QUALIFY.
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THE FALKLAND ISLAND ISSUE IS NOT ONE OF DECOLONISATION.
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