text: “Today, however, like our sister republics of America, we are present here, independent and sovereign. That is the lesson of history that some Governments seem unable to understand. thinking as they do that America can be a propitious ground on which to carry out their colonial nspirihls.” 25, Mr. ValdCs Otero also stated: *‘America is present and united. Colonial i\spiK\- tions run counter to the path of history and the norms of law, and any victory that might be achieved by weapons will only be the source of flittIre d- fering by the civilization which we Americans and the British share-not our civilizution, but r!fthel that of our children and of future generiltll~ns. 26, Argentina’s historic;\! C!iilimS tl) Soverr’ignty over the Mn]vjn;ls lshmds and their dependencies are sound and clear. The territories in question were part of the Vice-Regency of Rio de la Plats attached to the Naval Station at Montevideo, and thus could hardly be considered to be land subject to an appro- priation rkgime. 27. In 1833, Britain, through an act of force, occu- pied the Malvinas Islands; an act of force can bestow no rights. Not only did Argentina never consent to that act of despoliation, but from that moment it began to make, through diplomatic channels, its claims fat the full restoration of its sovereign rights. 28. As we see it, the present situation must be analysed within the context of and in the light of the fundamental principle of the territorial integrity of States that is clearly reaffirmed in paragraph 6 of General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV), which enshrines the Declaration on the Granting of Inde- pendence to Colonial Countries and Peoples and which states: “Any attempt aimed at the partial or total dis- ruption of the national unity and the territorial 
analysis: The text appears to be a diplomatic statement or a political declaration, focusing on the sovereignty of Argentina over the Malvinas Islands and the Falkland Islands, as well as the principles of territorial integrity and non-colonialism. The language used is formal and diplomatic, with references to international law and historical events.