International Agreements Committee
UK-Mauritius Agreement on the Chagos Archipelago including Diego Garcia

9th Report of Session 2024-25 - published 25 June 2025 - HL Paper 146

Contents

Agreement reported for special attention

Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Republic of Mauritius concerning the Chagos Archipelago
including Diego Garcia

Chapter 1: Background

Chapter 2: The Government’s reasons for negotiating the Agreement

Fig 1: Extract from UN official world map, showing Chagos Archipelago as part of Mauritius

Chapter 3: Key elements of the Agreement

3.1: Sovereignty and Jurisdiction

3.2: Defence and Security Requirements

3.3: Environment

3.4: Resettlement of Chagossians

3.6: Duration, dispute settlement, amendment and termination

Dispute settlement

Chapter 4: Conclusions

Appendix 1: List of Members and declarations of interest

Appendix 2: List of witnesses

© Parliamentary copyright 2025