United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) passes a resolution demanding United Kingdom withdraw its administration of Chagos Islands

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has officially passed a resolution demanding the United Kingdom withdraw its administration of the Chagos Islands. The resolution welcomed the February 25, 2019 advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the legal consequences of the separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 1965. It ruled ..

Topics: Chagos Archipelago • Chagos Archipelago sovereignty dispute • Chagossians • Diego Garcia • Expulsion of the Chagossians • Geography of the British Indian Ocean Territory • Islands • Landforms • Legal Consequences of the Separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius • Mauritius • Oceans

UNGA resolution demands UK withdrawal from Chagos Archipelago

The United Nation General Assembly (UNGA) passed a non-binding resolution asking United Kingdom (UK) to return Chagos Archipelago in Indian Ocean to Mauritius. Key Highlights Background: On February 2019 International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued an advisory opinion on the legal consequences of separation of Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 1965 when latter was a ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2019

Topics: British Indian Ocean Territory • Chagos Archipelago • Diego Garcia • India-UN • Indian Ocean • International Court of Justice (ICJ) • Maldives • Mauritius • UK-Mauritius • Unga • UNGA Resolution • United Kingdom (UK) • United Nation General Assembly (UNGA)

ICJ advises Britain to return Diego Garcia to Mauritius

International Court of Justice (ICJ) has advised the UK to return the Diego Garcia (Chagos Islands) to Mauritius as rapidly as possible. The ICJ has said that Britain must give Mauritius control of the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean. The advisory has been issued by the ICJ on the request of the resolution passed by the ..

Month: Current Affairs - February, 2019

Topics: Britain • Chagos Islands • Diego Garcia • ICJ • Indian Ocean military base • International Court of Justice • Mauritius • UK • Unga • United Nations General Assembly • US

International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague rules that United Kingdom must transfer Chagos Islands (Diego Garcia) to Mauritius

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague ruled that the United Kingdom must transfer the Chagos Islands (Diego Garcia) to Mauritius as they were not legally separated from the latter in 1965. It has ruled that continued British occupation of the remote Indian Ocean archipelago is illegal. In a non-binding opinion issued on ..

Topics: British Indian Ocean Territory • Chagos Archipelago • Chagos Archipelago sovereignty dispute • Diego Garcia • Expulsion of the Chagossians • Geography of the British Indian Ocean Territory • Islands • Landforms • Mauritius • Oceans

India supports Mauritius in International Court of Justice (ICJ) on issue of de-colonisation of Chagos Archipelago

The Chagos Archipelago (or Chagos Islands) is a group of 7 atolls consists of more than 60 individual tropical islands in the Indian Ocean about 500 km south of the Maldives archipelago. The sovereignty over the Islands is disputed between Mauritius and the United Kingdom (UK). Recently, it is in news because India has supported ..

Topics: Chagos Archipelago • Chagos Archipelago sovereignty dispute • Diego Garcia • Geography of the British Indian Ocean Territory • Islands • Landforms • Legal Consequences of the Separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius • Mauritius • Oceans