Chagos Archipelago
Proper noun
Meaning
Chagos Archipelago
A group of seven atolls in the Indian Ocean.
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British colonial governor of Seychelles Sir Bruce Greatbatch oversaw the Depopulation of Chagossians from the Chagos Archipelago The key component in obtaining Diego Garcia was the lack of native persons on the island.
He said that the BIOT's former inhabitants would find it difficult, if not impossible, to pursue their claim for resettlement on the islands if the entire Chagos Archipelago were a marine reserve.
Chagos Marine Protected Area On 1 April 2010, the Chagos Marine Protected Area (MPA) was declared to cover the waters around the Chagos Archipelago.
Moreover, the Tribunal also found that the United Kingdom’s undertaking to return the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius when no longer needed for defence purposes is legally binding.
Originally colonised by the French, Diego Garcia was ceded, along with the rest of the Chagos Archipelago, to the United Kingdom in the Treaty of Paris (1814) at the conclusion of a portion of the Napoleonic Wars.
Scientific expeditions in 1996 and 2006 described the lagoon and surrounding waters of Diego Garcia, along with the rest of the Chagos Archipelago, as "exceptionally unpolluted" and "pristine".