United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Ambassador Emyr Jones Parry
The United Kingdom joined the United Nations on October24, 1945. It also has a permanent seat on the UN Security Council. Emyr JonesParry has served as the United Kingdom’s Permanent Representative to the UNsince 2003. The following is excerpted from a January 15, 2007, letter byAmbassador to the Secretary-General of the UN. TheGovernment of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has nodoubts about the sovereignty of the United Kingdom over the Falkland Islands,South Georgia Islands and South Sandwich Islands and their surrounding maritimeareas, and rejects the claim by the Government of Argentina to sovereignty overthose islands…
