Gibraltar Agreement
Furthermore, resolution 2231 (XXI) itself recalls and calls for the implementation of resolution 1514 (XV) (which guarantees Gibraltar`s right to self-determination) and therefore considers that the Spanish right to its territorial integrity (which would not be affected by the decolonization of Gibraltar) cannot supplant or destroy the rights of the people of Gibraltar, in accordance with resolution 1514 (XV) or the Charter. From this point of view, any additional right that Spain may claim under the `recurrence clause` contained in the Treaty of Utrecht is repealed and annulled in accordance with Article 103 of the Charter of the United Nations: `In the event of a conflict between the obligations of the Members of the United Nations under this Charter and their obligations under other international instruments, Their obligations under this Charter shall take precedence. 2013 – In July 2013, disagreements between Spain and the UK government resurfaced after the Gibraltar government set a series of concrete blocks off Gibraltar to sea to form an artificial reef. However, the Spanish government protested that this had a negative impact on fishing in the region and that it restricted access for Spanish fishing vessels. At the end of July, the Spanish government introduced additional border controls for people entering and descending into Spain. The British government protested because the controls caused significant delays of up to seven hours while people waited for the border crossing, and on August 2, the Spanish ambassador was summoned to the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London to discuss these events. [87] With the return of a centre-left government to Spain in 2004, a new Spanish position was adopted and, in December 2005, the governments of the UK, Spain and Gibraltar agreed to set up “a new process of trilateral dialogue outside the Brussels process”, with the equal participation of all three parties, any decisions or agreements to be agreed between the three parties have been agreed in equal parts. [32] This was ratified by the 2006 Cordoba Agreement. After meetings in Malaga (Spain), Faro (Portugal) and Mallorca (Spain), Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Ángel Moratinos visited Gibraltar in July 2009 to discuss a number of common issues. This was the first official visit to Spain since Gibraltar`s resignation. The issue of sovereignty has not been discussed. [33] Behaviour contrary to EU environmental and international fisheries regulations is also monitored. The status of Gibraltar and the dispute over the sovereignty of the waters and the isthmus have a direct impact on certain EU issues (justice and home affairs, environment, aviation, etc.), with Spain not recognising the occupation of the isthmus or fence as a border. With regard to civil aviation, in order to enforce the application of EU rules and agreements towards third parties, we have put forward constructive proposals to deal with the problem of Gibraltar airport, built by the United Kingdom in the Isthmus.II.
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