Chagos Islands agreement keeps Diego Garcia base under US control
An agreement between the UK and Mauritius on the Chagos Archipelago is being hailed as a key step in decolonization, but the Diego Garcia island will remain a military base under US control.
UN General Assembly demands an end to British administration in the Chagos
African and the Non-aligned countries, except Maldives, unitedly backed Mauritius’ claim for sovereignty over the Chagos. Australia, Hungary, Israel, Maldives, United Kingdom, and United States voted against the resolution.
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A US military base, a British occupation and a UN judgment for the decolonisation of Mauritius
The UK now says that the US military base ‘helps to protect people here in Britain and around the world from terrorist threats, organised crime and piracy’
‘The UK should immediately return the Chagos To Mauritius,’ said the International Court of Justice
The United Kingdom had coaxed Mauritius to sell the Chagos Islands to them for a meager compensation, and later leased it to the US to set up a military base by deporting hundreds of native Chagossians
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