وذكر أن حكومة جبل طارق، وهي الحكومة الوحيدة التي تتألف من ممثلين لشعب جبل طارق منتخبين بطريقة ديمقراطية، استبعدت من المحادثات الجارية بين بريطانيا وإسبانيا بحرمانها من حق المشاركة التامة وعلى أساس المساواة.
The Government of Gibraltar was willing to have the matter adjudicated upon by the International Court of Justice, but the United Kingdom and Spain had refused. The Government of Gibraltar, as the only democratically elected representatives of the people of Gibraltar, had been excluded from the current Anglo-Spanish talks because full and equal participation was being denied to them.