Argentina continues the struggle in the Falklands, rejecting Britain and Israel's claims to oil resources.
Argentina brought the United Kingdom before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) located in Hamburg, due to its approval of oil drilling off the Falkland Islands, also known as the Falkland Islands, by the Israeli company Energy Oil and its British partner, the Rockhofer Investigation.
In discussions that began on November 10, the delegation representing Javier Meille's government presented the legal grounds for halting the exploitation of Britain's natural resources in a territory whose sovereignty remains disputed.
"These resources belong to the Argentine people," argued Javier Oyarzabal, the chief legal adviser to Argentina's foreign ministry, referring to the sea lion field.
The Sea Lion has approximately 314 million barrels of proven and probable oil reserves. The Navitas-led project is expected to reach production of up to 150,000 barrels per day after its phased development.
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Argentina accuses Britain of refusing to negotiate the sovereignty of the islands while continuing to exploit their natural resources, thus unilaterally changing the status quo.
It claims that the UK is in breach of UN General Assembly Resolution 31/49 (1976), which calls on both Argentina and the UK to refrain from unilateral actions affecting the islands while the sovereignty dispute remains unresolved.
The Sea Lion oil project poses environmental risks on Argentina's doorstep. In the event of an explosion or oil spill, Argentina will have to deal with the consequences.
The project is in Argentina's Search and Rescue (SAR) area, meaning that Buenos Aires has an obligation to coordinate emergency response operations in the designated area.
The Argentine government submitted its request on October 13, using Article 290 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).