evidence: The United Nations has decided that the sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago lies with Mauritius. The United Kingdom and the United States believe that the UN’s views on the matter are inappropriate. Mauritius says that UK will further isolate itself on the international scene by holding on to the islands. [...] In February 2020, the United Nations published an updated world map where the Chagos Archipelago is clearly depicted as part of Mauritius and no longer as ‘British Indian Ocean Territory’ which is how the UK government continues to refer to the archipelago. [...] "In the context of the dispute between Mauritius and its former colonial master, it is very important that the UN insisted that the Chagos Archipelago is a Mauritian territory," he said.