and military losses, the possibility for negotiation became much more remote and difficult because of the natural hardening of attitudes. 170. In an attitude which has already been clearly indicated, the British Government, on 14 April. once again replied [S//4Y#7, (I/~J~(J.\.] that the first condition that it required to be met was the withdrawal of Argen- tine forces from the Malvinas Islands and their depen- dencies, and that until such a withdrawal took pk~~e there would not exist the necessary conditions for a negotiated solution to the dispute. For reasons which ] have no need to go into now. the British Govern- ment again wanted to return to the sttrtrrs ylro <r/l/r, which, if Argentina had accepted it, would have meant that it admitted that there did not exist any clear-cut change of circumstances which made it indispensable to renegotiate the destiny of the Mal- vinas Islands. 171. Consistent with its repeated endeavours to promote the search for a formula that would make possible the acceptance by both parties of such indis- pensable negotiations, the Government of Peru, at the Twentieth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the OAS, which, at the request of Argentina, took place in Washington between 26 and 28 April, submitted A draft resolution that, with a view to considering the optimum efficiency of the machinery for peaceful solution provided for in the Inter-Amer- ican Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance, sought funda- mentally to bring about an effective cessation of hostilities and the establishment of a period of truce that would make viable a new process of negotiation between the parties and. at the same time, open the way to participation by the Secretary-General. Simi- larly, the draft resolution repeated the right of Argen- tina to sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands and called for the suspension of the economic sanctions 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing a political conflict between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the Malvinas Islands, with a focus on the diplomatic efforts and negotiations between the two countries. The text does not mention any specific economic, environmental, or social issues related to the conflict, but rather focuses on the political and military aspects of the dispute.

**Category**
International relations