Exposé écrit de l'Argentine
INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF
THE SEPARATION OF CHAGOS FROM MAURITIUS IN 1965
(REQUEST FOR AN ADVISORY OPINION)
WRITTEN STATEMENT OF THE
ARGENTINE REPUBLIC
1 MARCH 2018
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Introduction 3
A. The General Assembly has competence to request an advisory opinion and there
are no compelling reasons not to respond to this request 4
(1) Chagos is a matter of decolonization 5
(2) The General Assembly has specific competence in the field of decolonization 6