{"id":625316,"date":"2026-09-23T21:34:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T21:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/625316\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T21:34:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T21:34:12","slug":"milei-threatens-at-un-that-argentina-will-take-matters-into-our-own-hands-on-falklands-falkland-islands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/625316\/","title":{"rendered":"Milei threatens at UN that Argentina will take \u2018matters into our own hands\u2019 on Falklands | Falkland Islands"},"content":{"rendered":"

Javier Milei has condemned the UN as he warned that Argentina would take \u201cmatters into our own hands\u201d in its dispute with Britain over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In a caustic speech at the general assembly in New York, the Argentinian president criticised the UN for being ineffective when it came to the long-running tensions over the British overseas territory in the south Atlantic known in Argentina<\/a> as the Malvinas.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn organisation that set out to defend the territorial sovereignty of its members decided to look the other way regarding the situation of the Falkland Islands,\u201d Milei said of the UN, adding that Argentina was willing to act unilaterally over recent oil exploration near the territory.<\/p>\n

The president criticised the Sea Lion project, a major offshore oil development located in the North Falkland Basin, describing exploitation of the territory\u2019s resources as an \u201cunlawful act\u201d.<\/p>\n

The president told the assembly that Argentina would \u201cnot remain indifferent to those who exploit resources under illegal foreign occupation\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cArgentina is not going to sit around waiting for the UN and the international community to live up to their own mandate,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to take matters into our own hands.\u201d<\/p>\n

Argentina has accused the UK of flouting a 1976 UN resolution ordering both parties to desist from unilateral action on the islands. Milei\u2019s government began sanctions proceedings this month against more than 60 companies and people linked to the oil drilling project.<\/p>\n

The Falkland Islands government had approved the field development and production plans for the project, which is a joint venture between an Israel-based energy company and a London-listed oil and gas exploration company.<\/p>\n

The UN does not officially recognise either British or Argentine sovereignty and maintains that the archipelago\u2019s status remains a disputed matter that must be resolved through bilateral negotiations. It has repeatedly invited both governments to find a peaceful solution to the dispute that erupted into conflict in 1982 after an invasion by Argentinian forces.<\/p>\n

The 74-day conflict ended with the surrender of the Argentine forces. It cost the lives of 649 Argentine military personnel, 255 British military personnel and 3 Falkland Islanders.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor us, the Malvinas are a national cause,\u201d Milei told the general assembly. The UN, he said, was a \u201cuseless organisation whose only purpose is to sustain a cast of faintly arrogant parasites masquerading as well-intentioned bureaucrats\u201d.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThat\u2019s why the Malvinas are not merely an issue between Argentina and the United Kingdom,\u201d he said. \u201cThey also raise a question regarding the ability of this organisation to enforce its own resolutions.\u201d<\/p>\n

A referendum on the political status of the archipelago<\/a> was held in the Falkland Islands in 2013. On a turnout of 92%, 99.8% voted to remain a British territory, with only three votes against<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Milei told the UN delegates that the principle of self-determination should not apply for the Falkland Islands as \u201cthe population was implanted by the occupying power on a territory whose sovereignty is in dispute\u201d. \u201cWe call on the United Kingdom to resume negotiations with a view to finding a peaceful solution to the sovereignty dispute as required by international law,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Last month, Donald Trump said he was \u200breviewing the US\u2019s neutral position on \u200bthe Falklands. The issue was a topic of discussion this week in a first meeting between Trump and the UK\u2019s prime minister, Andy Burnham<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe \u200cclear \u2060position is: we will stand firm in the face of any threats,\u201d Burnham said. \u201cWe will defend the \u200bright of \u200bthe \u2060Falkland Islanders to self-determination and to remain British. I just \u200bwanted \u2060the president to know directly from me, that\u2019s the clear British \u2060position, \u200band he very \u200bmuch understood what I was saying.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Javier Milei has condemned the UN as he warned that Argentina would take \u201cmatters into our own hands\u201d…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":625317,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-625316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=625316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/625317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=625316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=625316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}