NATIONAL COUNCIL OF MATTERS RELATING TO MALVINA ISLANDS, SUR GEORGEES, SANDWICH OF THE SUR AND THE MARTIMOS AND INSULARES CORRESPONDIENT Law 27558 Provisions. The Senate and Chamber of Deputies of the Argentine Nation assembled in Congress, etc. sanction with force
Law:
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF MATTERS RELATING TO MALVINA ISLANDS, SUR GEORGEES, SANDWICH OF THE SUR AND THE MARTIMOS AND INSULARES CORRESPONDIENT
Article 1- Créase the National Council for Matters Relating to the Falkland Islands, South Georgia, South Sandwich and the Correspondent Maritime and Island Spaces, within the scope of the Presidency of the Nation.
Article 2°- The functions of the National Council for Falkland Islands, South Georgia, South Sandwich and Corresponding Maritime and Island Areas are:
(a) To contribute to the creation of the political and social consensus necessary to design and implement State policies aimed at ensuring the full exercise of sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands, South Georgia, South Sandwich Islands and the Correspondent Maritime and Island Spaces;
(b) To collaborate in the development of the sustenance of the Argentine position in the sovereignty dispute in its geographical, environmental, historical, legal and political aspects;
(c) Propose and carry out teaching and research activities that inform the Argentine people about the justice of the claim of the full exercise of sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands, South Georgia, South Sandwich and the Correspondent Maritime and Island Spaces;
(d) To carry out actions to collaborate in the dissemination and promotion of Argentine rights over the Malvinas Islands, South Georgia, South Sandwich and the Correspondient Maritime and Island Spaces, in the regional and global context; and
(e) Propose strategies that contribute to the ongoing recognition of the Falkland Islands Ex-combatants and those who have fallen into combat and their families.
Article 3. The National Council for Matters Relating to the Falkland Islands, South Georgia, South Sandwich and the Corresponding Maritime and Island Spaces shall consist of:
(a) The President or President of the Nation, who shall preside over it;
(b) The Minister or Minister for Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship;
(c) The Secretary or Secretary of Falkland, Antarctic and South Atlantic of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship;
(d) One (1) Deputee or one (1) Deputy appointed or appointed by each of the three (3) blocks with the greatest parliamentary representation in the Honorable Chamber of Deputies of the Nation;
(e) One (1) Senator or one (1) Senator appointed or appointed by each of the three (3) blocks with greater parliamentary representation in the Honorable Senate of the Nation;
(f) The Governor or Governor of the Province of Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands;
(g) Two (2) specialists in international law;
(h) Three (3) representatives of the academic and scientific sector of recognized history; and
(i) One (1) representative of the Falkland Islands Former Combatants.
The members designated and designated in accordance with subparagraphs (d), (e), (g) and (h) shall respect, among those belonging to each of these subparagraphs, gender diversity.
The members and members of the Council referred to in subparagraphs (g), (h) and (i) shall remain in office for five (5) years, and may be re-elected or re-elected.
Article 4°- The National Council for Falkland Islands, South Georgia, South Sandwich and Corresponding Maritime and Island Spaces will adopt its recommendations, on a non-binding basis, by consensus.
Article 5°- The members and members of the National Council for Falkland Islands, South Georgia, South Sandwich and the Correspondent Maritime and Island Areas may delegate their participation in the meetings and activities under the Council.
Article 6°- The members and members of the National Council for Falkland Islands, South Georgia, South Sandwich and the Correspondent Maritime and Island Areas, or the persons in whom such representation is delegated, will perform their duties in this Council as “ad honórem”.
Article 7°- The National Council for Matters Relating to the Falkland Islands, South Georgia, South Sandwich and the Correspondent Maritime and Island Spaces shall issue its own Internal Operating Regulations, which shall be approved by the Secretariat of Falkland, Antarctica and South Atlantic of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship.
Article 8°- The National Council for Matters Relating to the Falkland Islands, South Georgia, South Sandwich and the Correspondent Maritime and Island Spaces will have an Executive Coordination, which will be carried out by the Secretariat of Malvinas, Antarctica and South Atlantic of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship and will have the duties and powers assigned to it in the Internal Regulations.
Article 9°- This measure will enter into force on the day after its publication in the Official Gazette of the Argentine Republic.
Article 10.- Contact the national executive branch.
IN THE SESSION OF THE ARGENTINE CONGRESS, IN GOOD AIRES, THE FOUR DAY OF THE MONTH OF AUGUST OF THE YEAR DOS MIL VEINTE.
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KIRCHNER FERNÁNDEZ CRISTINA - SERGIO MASSA - Marcelo Jorge Fuentes - Eduardo Cergnul
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