Richard Stevens
Legislative Councilor
Richard Stevens is a member of the Islands’ eight-person Legislative Council representing a rural part of the Islands. The following is excerpted from remarks by Councilor Stevens during the June 15, 2006, meeting of the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization. In Argentina,Europeans arrived and over time replaced the indigenous populations. In theFalklands, without an indigenous population, the Europeans, aided and abettedby the United States,jockeyed for sovereignty, with Britaincoming out on top. Unlike Argentina,the Falklands has enjoyed stability andprudence through the good times and the bad throughout our 170-year history. Wehave, since the conflict, enjoyed a financially buoyant period,…
