FUND 1971 (cont'd)
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(Footnote 2/ continued)
British Indian Ocean Territory
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1 September 1984
British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands
Falkland Islands and Dependencies**
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Gibraltar
Gilbert Islands***
16 October 1978
Hong Kong
Montserrat
Pitcairn Group
St. Helena and Dependencies
Seychelles****
Solomon Islands*****
Turks and Caicos Islands
Tuvalu******
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United Kingdom Sovereign Base
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Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia
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in the Island of Cyprus
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**
Has since become the independent State of Belize.
The depositary received a communication dated 16 August 1976 from the Embassy of the Argentine Republic in London. The communication, the full text of which was circulated by the depositary, includes the following:
"... the mentioning of the [Islas Malvinas, Georgias del Sur and Sandwich de Sur] in the instrument of ratification deposited on 2 April, 1976 ... under the erroneous denomination of 'Falkland Islands and Dependencies' - [does] not in any way affect the rights of the Argentine Republic over those islands which are part of its territory and come under the administrative jurisdiction of the territorio Nacional de Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur.
"The aforementioned islands were occupied by force by a foreign power. The situation has been considered by the United Nations Assembly which adopted resolutions 2065(XX) and 3160 (XXVIII). In both resolutions, the existence of a dispute regarding the sovereignty over the archipelago was confirmed and the Argentine Republic and the occupying power were urged to negotiate with a view to finding a definitive solution to the dispute.'
The depositary received the following communication dated 21 September 1976 from the Government of the United Kingdom:
"With reference to the statement of the Embassy of the Argentine Republic.. Her Majesty's Government is bound to state that they have no doubt as to United Kingdom sovereignty over the Falkland Islands and the Falkland Islands dependencies."
*** Has since become the independent State of Kiribati.
**** Has since become the independent State of Seychelles.
***** Has since become the independent State of Solomon Islands.
****** Has since become an independent State and a Contracting State to
the Convention.
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