text: Buenos Aires Government. submitted a note of pro- test to Her Majesty’s Government, which was reit- erated on 17 June in a lengthy and documented pro- test. Viscount Palmerston answered on 8 January 1834. sustaining positions that were rejected by Moreno on 29 December 1834. 37. Since that time, the Argentine Republic has never ceased to call for the return of that part of its territory which had been brutally occupied and was illegally held under British control. 38. As was indicated by the representative of Argen- tina. Mr. Jose Maria Ruda, who is today a member of the International Court of Justice. when the issue of the Malvinas was raised at the twentieth session of the General Assembly in 1965: “In the course of the last 132 years, we have never ceased to clamour to the deaf ears of Great Britain for the restoration of the Islands which are ours. Today. a new hope is offered the Argentine Republic, a hope that we may find the under- standing and the support of the United Nations. one of whose noblest purposes is to end the colonial era all over the world, The colonialist policies of that period have an outstanding example in the case of the Malvinns Islands. At that time. advantage was taken of a country that was in the throes of orgnn- ization and struggling, as are many new countries in Africa and Asia today, to achieve political and eco- nomic progress. WC defended ourselves on the strength of our dignity and of law. but we had no means to offer resistance. Our friends, the new nations of Latin America. also in the midst of their own formation. could only tender us their moral support for they shared our material weakness.” 39. That same year. echoing what the Argentine Republic had stated, the General Assembly adopted 
analysis: The text appears to be a historical document discussing a territorial dispute between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the Malvinas Islands. The language used is formal and diplomatic, with references to international law and the United Nations. The text does not mention any economic, environmental, or scientific aspects, but rather focuses on the historical and political context of the dispute.