The U.N. General Assembly has adopted a resolution calling for the U.K. to cede its control of the Chagos Islands back to Mauritius.

The U.N. General Assembly has adopted a resolution calling for the U.K. to cede its control of the Chagos Islands back to Mauritius. For its part, the U.K. had been trying to persuade its allies to abstain from the vote. Earlier this year, the International Court of Justice opined that the U.K. should end its administration of the islands with haste. The British-controlled Chagos Islands represent one of the last vestiges of the British Empire in the Indian Ocean.