The next step at the UN General Assembly in 2020 would be the question of resettlement, compensation for the displaced Chagos Islanders from their homeland by the UK and the USA. Examine (200 Words)
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IAS Parliament 5 years
KEY POINTS
· Mauritius called the UK an “illegal colonial occupier”, after it ignored a UN mandated deadline to return the Chagos Islands, a small archipelago in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius.
· The United Nations had given UK six months to process the transfer, a move the UK and the US have bitterly resisted.
· In 2017, at the UN General Assembly, 94 countries voted in support of Mauritius’ resolution to seek an advisory opinion on the legal status of the Chagos Islands from the International Court of Justice in The Hague.
· The US and the UK were among the 15 countries that voted against the resolution. The vote came as a blow for the UK and the US because 65 countries abstained from voting, including many EU countries, on whom the duo may have been banking on for support.
· In 2019, the UN’s highest court of justice, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), ordered the UK to return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius “as rapidly as possible”.
· After the ICJ ruling, the United Kingdom Foreign Office said that the ICJ ruling was an advisory opinion, not a judgment.
· The UK is slowly finding itself more diplomatically isolated after its failures at the UN General Assembly concerning Chagos Islands.
· For now, the UK might possibly be searching for reassurance in the fact that the ICJ ruling is not binding and no immediate sanctions or adverse actions will be taken against it.
Shivangi 5 years
Please review.
IAS Parliament 5 years
Good answer. Keep Writing.
Shawn Gabriel 5 years
KINDLY REVIEW PLSS!!
IAS Parliament 5 years
Good attempt. Try to cut short the historical background behind the dispute. Keep Writing.
