Captain Moresby informs me that in the Chagos archipelago in this same ocean, the natives, by a horrible process, take the shell from the back of the living turtle.
Captain Moresby informs me that this crab inhabits the Chagos and Seychelle groups, but not the neighbouring Maldiva archipelago.
The opinion, issued in The Hague by the court's majority, said that the decolonisation of Mauritius 'was not lawfully completed' when it attained independence, because Britain carved away the
Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius and retained control of it.
While we strongly helped and supported the Mauritius initiative on the
Chagos archipelago, which met with resounding success in the first round at the UN General Assembly.
Heat killed corals Heatwaves in the Indian Ocean killed more than two-thirds of corals in the
Chagos Islands in two years, a Zoological Society of London study found.
THE majority of opposition parties on Friday called for taking advantage of Brexit and the UN General Assembly decision asking Britain to give up control over the
Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean, in connection with the status of the British bases in Cyprus.
THE UNITED Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly demanded yesterday that Britain give up control over the
Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean within six months, dealing a diplomatic blow to the UK and US.
THE International Court of Justice advisory opinion iissued recently is a blow to the United Kingdom's forcible occupation of
Chagos Islands, including the strategic US airbase of Diego Garcia on Diego Garcia atoll.
A recent opinion of the International Court of Justice advisory on
Chagos Islands has catapulted the Indian Ocean into limelight.
THE HAGUE: Britain should give up control of the
Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean as rapidly as possible", the UN's top court said Monday in a decades-old row with Mauritius over an archipelago that is home to a huge US airbase.The International Court of Justice said in a legal opinion that Britain had illegally split the islands from Mauritius before independence in 1968, after which the entire population of islanders was evicted.
Judges ruled "the United Kingdom has an obligation to bring to an end its administration of the
Chagos Archipelago as rapidly as possible, and that all Member States must co-operate with the United Nations to complete the decolonization of Mauritius."