2025 first_quarter Filing

Substantial risks exist to the entire ecosystem of the BIOT, which has been protected from virtually all exploitation for sixty years; I have argued thus. I have advocated that it would be extremely. Similarly to, and in connection with, my advocacy on marine issues, I have emphasised that the BIOT is also a refuge of global importance for turtles, whales, and many migratory species; the status quo being the best way to protect this domain. I have also argued that the Chagossian people would be the best custodians and guarantors of this outstanding natural wealth. My lobbying in this period did not describe nor respond to any specific bills before the Congress.

I have expressed that it would be wrong, and contrary to the interests of the United States, to subject the Chagossian people to potential future Mauritian jurisdiction. The Chagossian people are predominantly Roman Catholics and have endured exceptionally alarming persecution for their religious faith, orchestrated by the Mauritian government, in that nation for many decades. I have made all of these arguments. My lobbying in this period did not describe or respond to any specific bills before the Congress.