I would like to welcome you, Sir, and to congratulate Lithuania on its election to the Council as a non-permanent member, as well as to commend the leadership of your country’s Mission to the United Nations under Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė.
We welcome the initiative of Lithuania to hold the pre…
We would like to thank the Lithuanian presidency of the Security Council for convening this open debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict and for producing the concept note (S/2014/74, annex). We also thank Ms. Navi Pillay, Ms. Valerie Amos, Mr. Hervé Ladsous and Mr. Yves Daccord for …
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary- General Farid Zarif for introducing the report of the Secretary-General (S/2014/68) on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). We likewise welcome the participation of the Prime Minister of Serbia, Mr. Ivica Dačić, and of …
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened today’s open debate. I would also like to thank you, Sir, for the concept paper (S/2014/30, annex).
The proposal made by Jordan for today’s debate leads to a discussion on how we can put into practice the purposes and principles of the U…
First, I wish to reaffirm Argentina’s position condemning terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, as well as our commitment to the United Nations Global Counter- Terrorism Strategy. At the same time, I reiterate that the general framework for a response to terrorism must always be full respec…
At the outset, allow me to express Argentina’s satisfaction at seeing you, Sir, preside over this meeting of the Security Council at such a critical time for the Middle East. I would like to convey to you my country’s thanks in particular for being here with us today.
I would like to talk about two…
I thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this meeting. As this is the last official Council meeting for December, I should like to pay tribute to your leadership and congratulate you and your delegation on the way you have carried out your tasks this month. I should like to thank the Secretar…
At the outset, I would like to thank Special Representative Kubiš for presenting the Secretary-General’s report (S/2013/721) and Ambassador Tanin for his important contribution.
I would also like to express heartfelt condolences for the death of the six United States soldiers in southern Afghanista…
Argentina is taking the floor to go on record as supporting the consensus adoption of resolution 68/120, as we did in the Sixth Committee. However, I would like to clarify that the report of the Sixth Committee on the report of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country (A/68/474) contains a p…
I would like to thank the French delegation for convening today’s meeting. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General, the President of the World Bank, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Sahel, the Permanent Observer of the African Union to the United Nations and the European U…
At the outset, I would like to thank Ambassador Quinlan for his presentation of the quarterly report on the work of the Security Council Committee established pursuant
to resolution 1737 (2006), and for his leadership of the Committee.
I would first like to welcome the provisional agreement reache…
As is the custom in the Council, I will focus specifically on the topic of this debate, which is to analyse the eighteenth report of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court received by the Security Council, in accordance with resolution 1593 (2005).
Not as a reproach, but rather so as to…
Our explanation of Argentina’s position refers to resolution 68/71, on sustainable fisheries, which was just adopted. Argentina joined with the consensus regarding the adoption of the resolution. However, once again, we would like to indicate that none of the recommendations contained in the resolut…
At the outset, I wish to thank both coordinators, Ambassador Eden Charles of Trinidad and Tobago and Ms. Alice Revell of New Zealand, for having conducted the negotiations on the draft resolutions that are before the General Assembly today (A/68/L.18 and A/68/L.19).
I would also like to recognize t…
I am grateful today for the presence in the Council of Presidents Meron and Joensen and of Prosecutors Jallow and Brammertz, and to thank Judge Meron in his capacity as President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals.
I would also like to take this opportunity to acknowledg…
At the outset, on behalf of my delegation, I should like through you, Sir, to thank the Permanent Representatives of Australia, Morocco and the Republic of Korea for their briefings and for their laudable work at the head of their respective subsidiary bodies.
Argentina believes that the United Nat…
I would also like to thank Mr. Abou Moussa, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his presentation of the report of the Secretary-General (S/2013/671).
At the outset, like my colleagues, I would like to highlight the serious situation of insecurity in the Central African Republic, wh…
I would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Farid Zarif for his presentation of the report (S/2013/631) on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). We also welcome the participation of Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dačić and Mr. Hashim Thaçi.
Fir…
Argentina abstained in the voting on the draft resolution before us because, as a State party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, we understand that we are dealing with a court of justice established in order to help eliminate impunity, and that is complementary to and not a rep…
Argentina thanks the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Ms. Fatou Bensouda, for introducing the sixth report of the Office of the Prosecutor pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011).
The constructive dialogue between the Libyan authorities and the Office of the Prosecutor is a work in …
