Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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Question 110: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will give an update on his position on The Malvinas and the non-compliance of the United Kingdom with United Nations resolutions. [12841/12]

Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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As I have indicated to the House on a number of occasions, most recently on 31 January of this year, the question of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) has been the subject of successive resolutions adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations, as well as its special committee on decolonisation. The committee's most recent resolution was adopted on 21 June 2011.

In this resolution, the special committee on decolonisation called for a peaceful negotiated settlement of the sovereignty dispute and expressed regret that implementation of resolutions adopted by the committee in the past had not started in spite of widespread international support for negotiations between the two governments. In addition, the committee requested the two countries to consolidate the current "process of dialogue and cooperation" by resuming negotiations in order to find, as soon as possible, a peaceful solution to their sovereignty dispute. I would encourage both countries to resume their negotiations in the interest of pursuing a peaceful resolution of their differences on this matter.