Argentina wishes to express its support for the adoption of draft resolution A/67/L.34, intended to protect and safeguard the historical and cultural heritage of States. The cultural heritage of a State bears clear, unequivocal witness to its identity. For that reason, Argentina is firmly committed …
My explanation of vote refers to resolution 67/79, on sustainable fisheries. While Argentina joined in the consensus adoption of the resolution, I wish to state once again that none of the recommendations in the text can be interpreted as meaning that the provisions of the 1995 Agreement for the Imp…
Allow me at the outset 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 before us today (A/67/L.21 and A/67/L.22). They both took on that responsibility for the first time an…
Argentina is pleased to participate in this commemoration of the thirtieth anniversary of the opening for signature of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which took place in Montego Bay, Jamaica, on 10 December 1982. One look at a map reveals Argentina’s connection to the sea in it…
At the outset, we would like to thank the Permanent Representative and delegation of India for having held today’s debate, which was originally organized by the Guatemalan presidency of the Council in October. We also wish to thank the speakers who took the floor today. Special appreciation goes to …
Argentina is proud to have been one of the 70 sponsors of resolution 67/19, which was adopted with a view to recognizing Palestine as a non-member observer State in the United Nations, because it represents a historic step by the international community with respect to the Palestinian people and the…
I would like to thank India for convening this important open debate. I also wish to convey my country’s appreciation to Portugal for its work to improve the transparency, inclusiveness and efficiency of the Security Council’s work during its chairmanship of the Informal Working Group on Documentati…
First I wish to thank the President of the Security Council for introducing the report (A/67/2) to the General Assembly on the meetings and activities of the Council and of its subsidiary bodies in the past year.
My delegation has observed a trend towards an increase in the workload of the Security…
Argentina would like to acknowledge the many delegations that have worked in a very cooperative and active way to promote the commemoration of the thirtieth anniversary of the signing of the United
Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which will be a joint effort on the part of many Member Sta…
Argentina’s vote in favour of resolution 67/4 reflects our positive stance with respect to the elimination of the type of unilateral and illegitimate measure that the embargo represents. The Government of the Argentine Republic is committed to fully implementing the provisions of the resolution just…
Argentina acknowledges and thanks the President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Justice Sang- Hyun Song, for introducing the report of the Court to the General Assembly (A/67/308).
The Rome Statute and the International Criminal Court are among the most notable achievements of multilater…
Argentina would like to thank Ambassador De Alba for presenting the annual report of the Economic and Social Council (A/67/3).
The United Nations must play a central role in world governance so that the international community can adequately respond to the many and increasing global challenges. Apa…
The Argentine Republic wishes to express its thanks to the Secretary-General for his presentation of the report on the work of the Organization (A/67/1). We agree with the Secretary-General that the pillars of the Organization’s work are becoming increasingly interrelated. In that sense, we welcome …
At the outset, I would like to congratulate Guatemala on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the first time since it joined the United Nations. We would also like to express our pleasure at the fact that today’s debate is taking place under the Guatemalan presidency, given t…
I speak on behalf of Brazil, Uruguay and my own country, Argentina.
We welcome the endeavours of the Chair of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee), Ambassador Ogwu; the Chair of
the Working Group of the Whole, Ambassador Gilles Rivard; and his team, allowing for th…
I will be very brief. With regard to the statement just made by the representative of the United Kingdom, Argentina fully reiterates the statement made by the President of our nation to the Special Committee on Decolonization on 14 June, and recalls that the Malvinas Islands, South Georgia Islands a…
The delegation of Argentina, speaking in exercise of the right of reply to the statement made by the representative of the United Kingdom on the Malvinas Islands, reiterates in all its terms the statement made by the President of Argentina to the Decolonization Committee on 14 June 2012.
The Govern…
The Republic of Argentina joined the consensus on the draft resolution entitled “Strengthening the role of mediation in the peaceful settlement of disputes, conflict prevention and resolution”. In so doing, Argentina reaffirms once again its commitment to the purposes and principles of the Charter o…
The Argentine delegation wishes to express its grave concern over the situation being experienced by the Syrian Arab Republic. We regret that, once again, the structure of the Security Council, which includes permanent members that enjoy the right of veto, has resulted in inaction by the internation…
First of all, allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on convening this important meeting of the General Assembly, and to thank Canada for its work to achieve a consensus on the text of the draft resolution (A/66/L.53), which reflects the main priorities of the action plan of the United Nations Global Co…
