Summary

The Argentine Republic rejects the United Kingdom's characterization of its recourse to arbitration under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) as an attempt to "undermine" anyone's rights. Nothing could be further from the truth. Submitting a dispute to an impartial international tribunal is the most responsible act a State can undertake. This is how States committed to the rule of law settle their differences: not through unilateral actions, but before judges applying the law that both parties have freely accepted.

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