ABSTRACT
In April 1973, Argentine Foreign Minister Eduardo McLoughlin, before the Third Extraordinary Assembly of the Organization of American States, strongly condemned the remnants of colonialism in the New World, emphasizing the case of the Malvinas. In August 1973, Argentina informed the United Nations that negotiations over the Malvinas had been virtually paralyzed because of the attitude of the British government. On August 21, 1973, the United Nations special committee dealing with decolonization voted unanimously in favor of an acceleration of the negotiations. Argentina repeated that it was ready to renew negotiations on the sovereignty of the islands. However, the question of communications between the islands and the Argentine mainland was a concurrent question and not a part of the negotiations concerning sovereignty. In December 1973, the General Assembly of the United Nations passed Resolution 3160, urging Argentina and the United Kingdom to renew without delay the negotiations over the Falkland Islands.
