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​​Unlawful Excision

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Prior to granting Mauritius its independence on 12 March 1968, the United Kingdom unlawfully excised on 8 November 1965 the Chagos Archipelago from the territory of Mauritius to create the so-called “British Indian Ocean Territory”. 

​This excision was carried out in violation of international law and United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960.  This Resolution clearly stipulates that any attempt aimed at the partial or total disruption of the national unity and the territorial integrity of a country is incompatible with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations.​

​The wrongfulness of the excision was recognized and confirmed in General Assembly Resolution 2066 (XX) of 16 December 1965, in which the General Assembly called upon the UK Government to take effective measures with a view to the immediate and full implementation of Resolution 1514 (XV) and to take no action which would dismember the Territory of Mauritius and violate its territorial integrity.

​Such views were reiterated in General Assembly Resolution 2232 (XXI) of 20 December 1966 and Resolution 2357 (XXII) of 19 December 1967.

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