In 1963 and 1964 he went to the United Nations together with Chief Minister Sir Joshua Hassan to oppose Spain's attempt to obtain sovereignty over Gibraltar using decolonisation as an instrument to achieve its ends.
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The Federation's president Ángel María Villar attributed Spain's opposition to the Spanish claim over Gibraltar.