Falklands/Malvinas Dispute & the UN

The Falklands have been the subject of territorial dispute between Argentina and Great Britain for more than a century. Argentina had established a colony on the islands as early as 1823 and have remained the primary inhabitants. However, Great Britain claimed the islands as their own territory roughly in the same era, contributing to the island's population, and occupying the Falklands for over 150 years to the present (Treverton and Lippincott, 1994, p. 1).

In 1982, Argentina attempted to assert its sovereignty over the Falklands, which it calls Malvinas, by sending a military force to the main islands. Great Britain retaliated in a war that cost 1,000 lives and decisively occupied the Falklands. The United Nations Secretary General Cuellar attempted to mediate between the two nations but to no avail, and war resulted.

This is not to say, however, that Cuellar should not have attempted to mediate in the conflict. It is an imperative of the United Nations that the good offices of the Secretary General should be offered for precisely that purpose. The problem with Cuellar's efforts was that the United Nations charter frequently inhibits effective mediation.

The first U.N. Secretary general, Norwegian foreign minister Trygve Lie, called the position of being the

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