Allow me to thank you, Mr. President, for your efforts to convene this open meeting of the Security Council to consider this urgent and important matter. I should like also to reiterate that we admire the effective and authoritative manner in which you have been guiding and presiding over our meetin…
Allow me at the outset to express my gratitude to Under- Secretary-General Prendergast for the information that he provided at the beginning of this debate.
The delegation of Argentina welcomes the initiative of addressing the Afghan crisis in an orientation debate open to all delegations. We belie…
It is a very great privilege for my delegation to speak in this important debate under your leadership, Sir. Your country is one of the most important in this Organization and we feel honoured to have shared in the past the objectives of freedom and equality for which you risked your life and well-b…
Allow me also to extend the congratulations of my delegation to you, Mr. President, on the efficient way in which you are presiding over the Security Council during the month of August.
The Peace Agreement between the Government of Sierra Leone and the Revolutionary United Front of Sierra Leone (RU…
I should like to state publicly my appreciation for the professional, able and effective way in which you, Sir, have presided this month over the work of the Council, which has been so intensive and so fruitful.
I should like to offer a warm welcome to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Georgia an…
I should like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this open meeting of the Security Council to hear the Chairman of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 864 (1993) concerning the situation in Angola, Ambassador Robert Fowler of Canada. We should like to thank Ambassador Fowler for…
First of all, I wish to express my sincere condolences, and those of my delegation, to the delegation of Morocco and to the people and Government of Morocco on the passing of His Majesty King Hassan II, whose policies were essential in creating a positive climate in the Middle East conflict and in o…
I convey my thanks to the Deputy Secretary-General, Ms. Louise Fréchette, for her presence here today and for her important statement.
As affirmed in the Security Council two years ago, it is a tragic fact of our day that in many places where it is impossible to find food, education or health care,…
The resolution just adopted by the Security Council is of
Secondly, it lays the foundation for a definitive political solution to the Kosovo crisis that will respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The rights of minorities and of all the inhabitants …
I wish to note that our co-sponsorship of the resolution that has just been adopted, put forward by Bahrain and Malaysia, is in keeping with Argentina’s commitment to defending human rights in all parts of the world, wherever they may be under assault. The fact that the tragic situation that prompte…
The situation that brings us here to the Security Council at this early morning hour is one that does not allow us to remain silent. Allow me therefore to commend you, Mr. President, for the speed with which you convened the Council in response to an urgent request by the Ambassador of the People’s …
The delegation of Argentina wishes to explain its position in the voting that has just taken place on the draft resolution in document S/1999/328, submitted by the delegations of Belarus and the Russian Federation and co-sponsored by the delegation of India.
In this connection, we wish to state tha…
The attacks by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) against Serb targets, which are taking place at this moment, are a source of great concern for Argentina.
Since the peaceful settlement of disputes is one of the guiding principles of our foreign policy, we regret that
Argentina reiterat…
Last Friday, 19 March, we spoke in the Security Council on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We did so guided by the desire to uphold peace and encourage the parties to resolve the conflict peacefully. We do so again today in the same constructive spirit of reconciliation, regar…
I would like to thank you for having taken the initiative of holding this open debate, with the presence of the Secretary-General, on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. There can be no doubt that this is a legally complex and politically sensitive topic. We are convinced that the…
Once again I convey my condolences to the delegation of Bahrain on the death of the Amir, who was a most important figure of that region.
We shall vote in favour of the draft resolution contained in document S/1999/262 because it contains the elements needed to promote a solution in Sierra Leone an…
The Security Council is meeting today to consider the situation in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. It has before it the important report of the Secretary-General (S/1999/161) on the United Nations Preventive Deployment Force (UNPREDEP), as well as the letter of 29 January from the Ministe…
First of all, Mr. President, we wish to express appreciation for your initiative to hold a debate on the protection of civilians in situations of conflict. This topic undoubtedly represents the fundamental challenge facing the international community and in particular the Security Council.
May I al…
Allow me to congratulate you wholeheartedly, Sir, on the very professional and effective manner in which you are presiding over the work of the Security Council in this extremely busy month of January. I should also like to extend these sentiments to Ambassador Jassim Buallay of Bahrain on his brill…
We have gathered in this Assembly to commemorate one of the most important events in the history of humankind for the full respect of the human person. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was the clearest and most forceful commitment of the universal conscience to ensuring that the ideologies …
