United Nations, May 23 -- The UN General Assembly has backed a motion censuring the United Kingdom's occupation of the Chagos Islands, in the Indian Ocean, urging the island chain to be reunified with neighbouring Mauritius within six months. There were 116 votes for the motion, with more than 50 abstentions, and just five votes against, including the UK, United States, and Hungary. The vote followed on from an Advisory Opinion issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at the end of February (UN News report here), which stated the UK was "under an obligation" to ends its administration of the islands "as rapidly as possible". The UK retained sovereignty over the islands after Mauritius gained its independence from Britain in 196...