Mr. President, at the outset let me thank you for having convened this informative open meeting with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Mr. António Guterres. We would like to thank Mr. Guterres for his briefing on the situation of world refugees and internally displaced persons world…
I should like, first of all, to welcome the President of Timor-Leste, Mr. Xanana Gusmão, and the Foreign Minister of that country, our friend Mr. José Ramos- Horta, to the Council. We would like to thank President Gusmão for his important briefing, of which we have taken careful note. We assure him …
I would like first of all to thank the Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Foreign Minister Karel de Gucht, for his briefing on the priorities of his organization for
2006. I would like to recall the statement that his predecessor made to the Counci…
Madam President, let me begin by thanking the Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan, for having organized this High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development.
Migrations are an essential part of Argentine history. In the past my country received great numbers of immigrants, mainly from …
Allow me to join other speakers in expressing my gratitude to Mr. Daudi Mwakawago,
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sierra Leone, for the comprehensive briefing he has just given us on the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) and on the preparations to establish the U…
My delegation was very constructive throughout the entire negotiating process on the establishment of the Commission, which we have just approved. In that connection, my delegation reiterates its support for the Commission. We trust that it will be a positive body that will be able to resolve post-c…
I would like once again to thank the Under-Secretary- General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Jan Egeland, for the complete briefing, his third, on the humanitarian situation in Africa, which clearly shows the critical situation facing many populations in that continen…
At the outset, we wish to express our thanks for the presentation of the periodic reports of the International Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda and for the briefings of their Prosecutors, which have enabled the Council to make an informed assessment of progress in their work from June …
First of all, my delegation would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this open debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflicts. At the same
time, we would like to express our thanks to the Secretary-General for his fifth report on this subject, as well as for the valuable reco…
I wish to explain the votes cast by the delegations of Brazil and Argentina on resolution 60/40 on the Syrian Golan, just adopted by the General Assembly.
Brazil and Argentina voted in favour of the resolution because it is our understanding that its principal and fundamental thrust relates to the …
Argentina has participated in the consensus in the adoption of resolution 1638 (2005) on the understanding that any process of post-conflict peacebuilding — in this case in Liberia — necessarily must be conducted with respect for the law and for justice.
Impunity sends a bad sign for the future. It…
First of all, I should like to join previous speakers in expressing my country’s sincere condolences to the Government and the people of Jordan for the terrorist attacks committed last Wednesday in the city of Amman.
On various occasions, we have stated that Argentina supports a solution with regar…
The Government of the Argentine Republic wishes to thank the President of the International Criminal Court, Judge Philippe Kirsch, for his statement, as well for his substantial and successful efforts during this key stage of consolidating the Court. We also wish to extend our recognition to the wor…
The Argentine Republic, whose best tradition has been to welcome upon its territory communities from all corners of the world to live in peaceful and productive coexistence and which has itself suffered acts of cruelty against human dignity, co-sponsors draft resolution A/60/L.12 and supports that r…
Argentina has attached great importance to investigating the attack of 14 February 2005 that killed former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and 22 others. We continue to believe that the planners, authors and perpetrators of that brutal terrorist attack must be brought to justice without delay. …
It is an honour for my delegation to participate once again in an open Security Council debate on the subject of women in conflict situations. We are therefore especially grateful to you, Mr. President, and to the delegation of Romania for having chosen this subject on the occasion of the fifth anni…
The Argentine delegation has followed the leadership of the Sultanate of Oman through its Mission here in the United Nations in the Organization’s consideration of the topic of road safety. As the statistics reveal, the phenomenon remains a genuine public health crisis and affects, in particular, th…
Argentina is speaking on behalf of the Rio Group.
The Rio Group countries deem the situation of our youth to be a priority and a challenge. In that sense, we are grateful for the organization of these meetings, which will allow us to review the progress achieved in the implementation of the World P…
At the outset, Mr. President, my delegation congratulates you on having convened this debate on the role of civil society in conflict prevention and the pacific settlement of disputes. Also, I am grateful for the constructive and interesting statements by the representatives by civil society who are…
