Thursday, October 19, 2023 - 10:10

UN cannot be “all words and no action” says Garcia

Deputy Chief Minister Joseph Garcia has firmly rejected Spain’s claim to the sovereignty of Gibraltar and urged the United Nations to engage on its deco-lonisation. Dr Garcia addressed the UN Fourth Committee in New York yesterday.

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In an address which pulled no punches with Spain, or indeed with the Committee itself, the Deputy Chief Minister accused Madrid of seeking to redraw a European border to what it was before 1704. He said that this was “a frightening notion” and added that it had “huge implications that extend far beyond Gibraltar.” We live in a world where people “cannot simply be handed over between kings and princes against their wishes”, he declared, making it clear that what Spain wanted was “recolonisation” as opposed to “deco-lonisation”.