40 years after the end of the Falklands War, Argentina wants to negotiate with Great Britain over the sovereignty of the archipelago in the South Atlantic.
"It is time Britain listened to the international community and resumed negotiations," Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero told the UN Committee on Decolonization in New York on Thursday.
“Military victories do not confer rights.
The 1982 conflict did not change the basis of the sovereignty dispute between Argentina and Britain.”
The Falkland Islands have been under British administration since 1833.
Argentina previously took physical possession of the archipelago after Spain stopped maintaining its South American colony.
The Argentine settlement in Port Louis had up to 100 inhabitants.
In 1982 Argentina attacked the islands.
According to historians, the then military junta wanted to distract attention from domestic political problems.
After Argentina suffered a series of defeats during the 72-day war, both sides signed an armistice.
A total of 649 Argentines, 255 Britons and three islanders died.
Argentina still lays claim to the islands, which are called Malvinas there.
The UN Committee on Decolonization passed a resolution calling on Britain and Argentina to negotiate.
In 2013, the islanders voted by a large majority to remain with Great Britain.
After the discovery of oil and gas deposits around the islands, the conflict has intensified again.