2013 Falkland Islands sovereignty referendum as such, they are British citizens in disputed islands. The current political status of the Falkland Islands is that of an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom. The Islands are internally self-governing, with the United Kingdom being responsible for defence and foreign affairs. Under Chapter 1 of the Falkland Islands Constitution, the people of the Falkland Islands have the right to self-determination. The referendum was called following Argentina's calls for negotiations over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands and was undertaken to consult the people regarding their views on the political status of the Falkland Islands. The final wording of
Falkland Islands Dependencies Falkland Islands Dependencies The Falkland Islands Dependencies was the constitutional arrangement for administering the vauious British territories in Sub-Antarctica and Antarctica from 1843 until 1985 which were governed from the Falkland Islands and its capital Port Stanley. In the following list was the British territories that made up the Falkland Island Dependencies in the period bewteen 1917 and 1962. In 1962 the British Antarctic Territory was formed and left only South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands as Falkland Islands Dependencies between 1962 and 1985. The arrangements were first enacted by the British Letters patent of 1843, and subsequently revised