At the outset, the Argentine delegation would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this open debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. We would also like to express our appreciation Mr. John Holmes, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief…
We would like to begin by thanking you, Mr. President, and your delegation for having convened this debate and for the able manner in which you have been guiding the Council during this month of May. As you have only recently come to the United Nations and to the Council, assuming the presidency of …
At the outset, I should like to thank you, Madam President, for this timely open debate on a subject of great importance: the work done and the progress achieved by the Peacebuilding Commission. Like you, we believe that the General Assembly surely is the appropriate forum to address these questions…
At the outset, I should like to state that Argentina voted in favour of resolution 1737 (2006), just adopted, because the resolution reaffirms the inalienable right enjoyed by all States parties to the Treaty on the Non- Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons under articles I and II of the Treaty to devel…
We would like to thank Mr. Ibrahima Fall, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region, and Ambassador Liberata Mulamula, Executive Secretary of the secretariat of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region, for their presence here today. We also thank the Q…
My delegation thanks you, Madam, for the opportunity to deliver this statement following the adoption by the General Assembly of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, an instrument of utmost importance to my country and its history. It is also a …
I would like to share some reflections, in my personal capacity, with members of the Security Council before concluding my mandate as Chairman of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) concerning Al-Qaida and the Taliban and associated individuals and entities. These have been …
I would like at the outset to refer to the Sanctions Committee on Rwanda. During 2006, I had the honour of chairing the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 918 (1994) concerning Rwanda.
As the Council is aware, the restrictions imposed by paragraph 13 of resolution 918 (19…
Argentina, too, was a sponsor of today’s resolution, on which France and the United States did the preliminary work. In my capacity as Chairman of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999), which provided the framework for debate, I thank all Committee members for their constructi…
We would like, along with other members of the Council, to express our gratitude to the Presidents of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), Mr. Fausto Pocar and Mr. Erik Møse, respectively, and to Prosecutor…
The Argentine delegation regrets that the General Assembly has again faced a voting scenario on this question, breaking once more with the decade-long tradition whereby resolutions on this item have been adopted by consensus.
My country has always supported the efforts of the international communit…
Today we are once again considering the important subject of the revitalization of the General Assembly, and we have before us the report prepared by the Secretary-General. Argentina appreciates the information submitted to us, which will no doubt contribute to the careful evaluation of the outcome …
We thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Joachim Rücker, for his briefing and his comments on the latest developments in Kosovo. We welcome the President of the Coordination Centre of the Republic of Serbia for Kosovo and Metohija, Ms. Sanda Raskovic-Ivic. We also welcome Pr…
Many thanks, Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabr Al- Thani, for convening this open Council debate. Argentina recognizes the deep commitment of the State of Qatar to the Middle East peace process and wishes to thank you for the efforts that you personally have made this year in that regard.
My delegat…
A few days before the end of the year, we gather here in the General Assembly today, as we do every year, to
analyse the Security Council’s report and to exchange once again our views on the state of its reform, the one pending issue necessary to increase its credibility and legitimacy. It seems al…
First of all, on behalf of the Argentine delegation, I wish to thank Mr. Qazi for his presentation of the report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Iraq (S/2006/945). In general, my delegation is in agreement with the main comments and recommendations of that report. I also thank Ambassado…
First of all, on behalf of my delegation and on my own behalf, I would like to welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Peru. We are honoured to have him preside over today’s debate, the subject of which is of great importance to our country.
We thank the Secretary-General for his report on this…
I too would like to thank the President for convening this meeting. I would like to welcome the Under-Secretary- General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Jan Egeland. We express our gratitude and appreciation of his regular reports and we hope that we will continue to h…
First of all, on behalf of my delegation, I would like to join all those who have expressed their condolences on the tragic death of Pierre Gemayel, Minister of Industry of Lebanon. Through you, Mr. President, we would like to extend our condolences to the Gemayel family, a family which, unfortunate…
At the outset, the delegation of Argentina would like to express its appreciation to the Secretary-General for the relevant reports he has submitted under agenda item 69. They constitute an excellent basis for our deliberations today.
Every year we are witnesses to the devastating effects of natura…
