Milei threatens at UN that Argentina will take ‘matters into our own hands’ on Falklands

Javier Milei accused the UK of flouting a 1976 UN resolution ordering both parties to desist from unilateral action on the Falklands. Photograph: Kyle Mazza/CNP/Shutterstock

Javier Milei has condemned the UN as he warned that Argentina would take “matters into our own hands” in its dispute with Britain over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands.

In a caustic speech at the general assembly in New York, the Argentinian president criticised the UN for being ineffective when it came to the long-running tensions over the British overseas territory in the south Atlantic known in Argentina as the Malvinas.