The Falkland Islands are an overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the South Atlantic consisting of two main islands known as East Falkland and West Falkland and a number of smaller islands. The capital Port Stanley is on East Falkland.Sovereignty of the islands is also claimed by Argentina where the islands are known by their name in Spanish, Islas Malvinas. This name comes from the French, Iles Malouines, so-called from when the islands were briefly occupied by fishermen from St Malo. The Falkland Islands are listed by the United Nations Committee on Decolonisation as one of the 16 Non-Self-Governing Territories of the world.