PARLIAMENTARY Under Secretary of State (Minister for European Neighbourhood and the Americas) Wendy Morton MP acting as observer delegate spoke on Wednesday at the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) in response to the speech made by the Argentine Foreign Minister Felipe Solá, in which he again claimed sovereignty over the Falkland Islands.

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THE Referendum on Thursday evening resulted in a defeat for the concept of a single constituency with neither two thirds of the Camp nor Stanley supporting a single constituency. In Stanley 346 people voted in favour (57.7%) and 253 against and in Camp 71 (32%) voted in favour with 153 against.

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ON a recent visit to London Members of Legislative Assembly Mark Pollard and Teslyn Barkman, met with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to update them on Covid-19 restrictions and “confirm the Falkland Islands Government’s support for the humanitarian work” to take DNA samples of the remaining unidentified Argentine soldiers. A press release this week announced that the recent exchange of notes between the UK Government and Argentine Government reaffirms the support for further work.

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