It is an honour for Argentina to participate in the consideration of item 22 on the Assembly's agenda, entitled “Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal” and to co-sponsor the draft resolution contained in document A/54/L.26, introduced by the representative of Austr…
I have the honour to speak before the General Assembly on
I also wish to express our appreciation for the continued and committed support given to this initiative by the United Nations Volunteers from Bonn and Geneva and by the United Nations Development Programme office in Buenos Aires. Finally, w…
The purpose of the draft resolution before the Council is to effect an uninterrupted extension of arrangements under resolution 986 (1995): the oil-for-food programme. I should like to highlight the flexibility and common sense that prevail in the consideration of this matter, and our belief that an…
Almost every day we read in the newspapers moving stories of children and adults, civilians and soldiers, who are randomly and senselessly victimized by anti-personnel mines, horrendous weapons that do not discriminate.
The signing of the Ottawa Convention signified a crucial step forward in effort…
Argentina is honoured to co-sponsor the draft resolution on the University for Peace. All the endeavours of recent years to end conflicts among peoples have demonstrated the need to build a culture of peace, based on humankind's profoundest convictions, to replace the culture of violence and war.
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For years the General Assembly has devoted a day to considering the situation of peace, democracy and development in Central America. The Argentine delegation considers it an unavoidable responsibility and a great honour to speak whenever this item is under consideration, because Central America is …
I would like to take this opportunity to convey the very best wishes of my Government to you, Sir, and to commend you on the excellent work your delegation is doing as President of the Security Council under the leadership of Ambassador Danilo Türk and his staff.
Like the preceding speakers, we pay…
We wish to express our special gratitude to you, Mr. President, for convening this open debate on the situation in Burundi. We believe it is necessary to raise
The first step towards peace is the immediate cessation of attacks on the civilian population by the armed groups. These attacks are a clea…
I should like to express my appreciation for the presence of Ms. Carla Del Ponte and for the presentation of her report to the Council. The report gives us a very clear and dramatic picture of the difficulties and challenges that the Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda face. We hope that …
I have the honour of addressing this Assembly of illustrious parliamentarians to express Argentina's support for the draft resolution on cooperation between the United Nations and Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), introduced by the delegation of India.
This is also an opportunity to thank the Secret…
Allow me at the outset to say that it is an honour for me to address this General Assembly under the effective and experienced guidance of its President. I would also like to thank the President of the International Court of Justice, Mr. Stephen Schwebel, for his eloquent introduction of the report …
Briefly, I would like to join earlier speakers in recommending
We support the mandate as spelled out in operative paragraph 2, as well as the objectives and the structure recommended by the Secretary-General. We wish every success to the future Special Representative, who will be responsible for al…
Allow me first to welcome the new Permanent Representatives of Sierra Leone and Nigeria to the Council. They both presented their credentials yesterday and we wish them the greatest success in their important and difficult posts.
I believe that we can assert today that, after nine years of struggle…
With regard to the working methods of the Security Council, in particular the issues of transparency, Argentina has the honour of working in close cooperation with the New Zealand delegation, which has indicated to me that it endorses what I am about to say.
Ambassador Sergey Lavrov of the Russian …
I wish first to express our appreciation to you, Mr. President, for your initiative in convening a formal meeting to discuss international terrorism. This question is closely related to that of civilian protection, which a few weeks ago was the subject of an open debate in the Council. We hope that …
First, on behalf of the Argentine Republic, I should like to congratulate the Republic of Kiribati, the Republic of Nauru and the Kingdom of Tonga upon their recent entry into the United Nations.
I thank the Secretary-General for the interesting thoughts contained in his report on the work of the O…
On 28 August 1948, the Argentine Government adopted the Declaration of Old Age Rights. This Declaration recognized that older persons enjoy specific rights: the rights to assistance, accommodation, food, physical and moral health care, recreation, work, stability and respect.
That initiative, suppo…
Mr. President, I should like once again to express our gratitude for the tireless efforts deployed by your country and delegation in the Security Council.
I should like to thank the Secretary-General for his report on the causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable develop…
First and foremost, I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this meeting of the Security Council so as to enable all Members of the Organization to have an opportunity to hear the President of the Republic of Zambia, Mr. Frederick Chiluba. For the same reason I wish to thank the rep…
We would like to thank the Secretary-General for his words and for his excellent report on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. We very much appreciate this report and its recommendations to improve the legal and physical protection of civilian populations. Those recommendations rightly de…
