India has voted against the UK to back a UN resolution seeking the International Court of Justice's opinion on the protracted dispute between Britain and Mauritius over a strategic archipelago in the Indian Ocean where the US has a major military base.<br/><br/>In a major diplomatic blow to Britain, the General Assembly yesterday voted by 94 to 15 to ask the Hague-based court to examine the legal status of the Chagos Archipelago, which Mauritius maintains is part of its territory that has been unlawfully claimed by the UK since 1965.'<br/><br/>India's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Syed Akbaruddin said as part of our longstanding support to all peoples striving for decolonisation, India supports the draft and votes in favour of the resolution proposed by Mauritius and co-sponsored by the Group of African States.<br/>'<br/>'<br/>'<br/>