Statement from the International Relations Commission of the People's Power National Assembly of the Republic of Cuba
NEARING the 180th anniversary of the eviction by force of Argentines from their Malvinas Islands, this sister people and their government are still claiming the restoration of sovereignty over this territory. The firmness of their just demand has found backing in reiterated resolutions approved by the United Nations General Assembly, the UN Decolonization Committee, all of the Latin American nations and various international parliamentary and pro-integration forums, among many others in the world who have added their voices to the claim. National Assembly deputies and members of the International Relations Commission of People's Power of the Republic of Cuba are in solidarity with the Argentine cause in this undertaking and reiterate their conviction that the Malvinas Islands are and will continue being Argentine.
Our Commission also adheres to the Statement of the Executive of the Latin American Parliament which "…ratifies in its entirety resolutions passed by the bodies of the Latin American Parliament, in the context of firmly supporting the unrestricted exercise of Argentine sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands and other island territories such as the South Georgia Islands and South Sandwich and the surrounding maritime areas," and which urges that the necessary steps be taken to make concrete this act of decolonization, with attention to United Nations resolutions and the basic principles of international law.
Similarly, it calls on legislators who comprise international, regional, federal and national parliaments to pronounce in favor of encouraging the process of negotiations which, in conformity with UN documents, must be undertaken in order to attain the restitution to Argentina of this legitimate right.
