At the outset, I would like to thank you, Sir, for having organized this dialogue. I also welcome the Force Commanders and thank them for their briefings and the dedication with which they carry out their tasks in their respective Missions, under such difficult circumstances.
We thoroughly support …
To start, I wish to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Kubiš for his briefing, and Ambassador Tanin for his important contribution.
Afghanistan is moving steadily forward in preparing for the political and security transition to be completed in 2014. Only two days ago, an histori…
I would like to thank Mr. Jan Eliasson, Ms. Caroline Anstey, Ms. Rebeca Grynspan and Mr. Kofi Annan for their statements.
Like other colleagues, we condemn the attack on the United Nations Office in Mogadishu, and we would like to express our solidarity with the people and Government of Somalia.
A…
At the outset, I wish to thank the United Kingdom for its initiative in convening this debate. I also commend Luxembourg for its work in chairing the Working Group and guiding the negotiations that produced today’s draft presidential statement on this topic. We will be able to adopt a draft presiden…
I should first like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Farid Zarif, for his presentation of the report of the Secretary-General (S/2013/254) on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), and to welcome the Prime Minister of Serbia, Mr. Ivica D…
At the outset, I would like to state that my delegation supported this being an open debate because the subject merits this, in particular given the twentieth anniversary of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), and also because my country is working constructively to…
The Argentine Republic is firmly committed to promoting and defending all human rights. For that reason, we promote health as a right enjoyed by all our people. It is vital to development, which must guaranteed.
Argentina reaffirms its conviction that the right to health has priority over commercia…
I would like to say that I am delighted that this open debate is being held. I would like to thank you,
Mr. President, and your Foreign Secretary, as well as the representatives of the various countries here today. I also welcome the participation of the Secretary- General, and I am grateful for th…
I would like to begin by thanking Deputy Secretary- General Jan Eliasson for presenting the Secretary- General’s report (S/2013/326) on the situation in Somalia, the implementation of the mandate of the United Nations Political Office for Somalia and the planning for the deployment of the United Nat…
Argentina thanks the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Ms. Fatou Bensouda, for her presentation of this report in accordance with resolution 1593 (2005). We should view the Prosecutor’s report not with frustration but as a challenge to us to shoulder the responsibility of acting …
I should like to begin by thanking the Special Representative, Mr. Abou Moussa, for his briefing. I also welcome the report of the Secretary-General (S/2013/297).
Argentina is closely following the situation resulting from the threat posed by and the activities of
the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA).…
Argentina would like to reiterate and explain its support for the important work carried out by the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG). By “important” work, we mean substantive work, transformational work and emancipatory work, because when a Government or an entire socie…
With regard to what the representative of the United Kingdom said about the Malvinas Islands, the Argentine delegation would like to reiterate everything that was just said in our previous statement, as well as the statement by the President of Argentina to the Special Committee on Decolonization on…
In response to the views expressed by the delegation of the United Kingdom on the question of the Malvinas Islands, the delegation of Argentina categorically reiterates the statements made by the President of Argentina before the Special Political and Decolonization Committee on 14 June 2012 and bef…
Argentina is proud to be a sponsor of the draft resolution just introduced by the representative of Uruguay. We became a sponsor on the basis of the conviction that the zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic is extremely important. This is an initiative that was taken in 1986 by Brazil …
Argentina joined the consensus in favour of resolution 67/265 out of respect for the right to self-determination of the people of French Polynesia, in accordance with resolution 1514 (XV) and other relevant resolutions of the General Assembly on decolonization. The resolution just adopted is clearly…
The representative of the Republic of Korea often says that I am wont to mention elements of philosophy, and, yes, that is what I studied. I think that when we think about Bosnia and Herzegovina it cannot be, as has sometimes been done, a conditioned response — we set up a model and automatically th…
On behalf of the Government of Argentina, I would like to thank the United Nations for convening this meeting, which brings us together to continue working to combat human trafficking.
Argentina views the fight against trafficking in persons as a top priority. Prosecuting this crime is part of our …
It is an honour and a privilege to have the President of the Republic of Togo guiding this debate. Your participation, Sir, and that of the Vice-Prime Minister of Luxembourg, several Ministers for Foreign Affairs, the representatives of Council members, and Mr. Abdullahi Shehu of the Integovernmenta…
Let me, first of all, express my thanks to the Permanent Representatives of the Republic of Korea, Morocco and Australia for their informative briefings and for the work they are doing at the head of the subsidiary bodies that they are chairing. I wish to express the gratitude of our delegation for …