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| | FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS), GIBRALTAR, AMERICAN SAMOA DISCUSSED IN CARIBBEAN REGIONAL SEMINAR ON DECOLONIZATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | Spain had argued that questioning the applicability of the Treaty of Utrecht constituted the consideration of the validity or applicability of an international treaty, which exceeded the competence of the Special Committee. The parliament of Gibraltar had repeatedly asked that the dispute be referred to an independent tribunal such as the International Court of Justice. |
 | | Other topics of discussion were the issue of American Samoa, the issue of invitations to the seminar sent through administering Powers to Non-Self-Governing Territories, the statement of the representative of the United Kingdom, and visiting missions of the Special Committee to Non-Self-Governing Territories. |
 | | Participants in the discussion were: Eni H.F. Faleomavaega of American Samoa, Chedmond Browne of Montserrat, Roch Wamytan of New Caledonia, Carlyle Corbin of United States Virgin Islands, Walton Browne, expert from Bermuda, Phyllis Fleming-Banks, expert from Anguilla, Judith Bourne, United Nations Association of Virgin Islands, and Sergei Cherniavsky, the Committee’s Secretary. |
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