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    The United Kingdom has undertaken to cede what islands to Mauritius once they are no longer required by the United States?

    Question #94335. Asked by author. (Apr 05 08 11:05 AM)


    BRY2K

    		The Chagos Archipelago is a group of seven atolls comprising more than 60 individual tropical islands roughly in the centre of the Indian Ocean.

    The Chagos lies about 500 km (300 miles) due south of the Maldives, its nearest neighbour, 1600 km (1000 miles) southwest of India, half way between Tanzania and Java.

    The UK has undertaken to cede the islands to Mauritius once they are no longer required by the United States.

    However, this undertaking appears to have been made on the predication that the islands continue to remain uninhabited; if the Chagossians are able to resume settlement the United Kingdom may decide to treat the islands in accordance with general principles of self-determination, potentially rendering the geopolitical future of the islands in the hands of its displaced people.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chagos_Archipelago

    Apr 05 08, 12:00 PM

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