May I congratulate the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Gambia for serving as President of the Council in this month of March. We would like also to extend our warmest thanks to Ambassador Dangue Réwaka of Gabon for having contributed, during his term in the month of February, to creating an atmosphe…
I have the honour to speak on the item “Assistance in mine clearance” just a few days after Argentina, along with many other countries, signed in Ottawa the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-personnel Mines and on Their Destruction.
We also wish …
With respect to the item entitled “The situation of democracy and human rights in Haiti”, I am pleased to inform the Assembly that the following countries should be added to the list of sponsors of draft resolution A/52/L.65: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic,…
On behalf of the group of Friends of the Secretary-General for Haiti, consisting of Canada, Chile, France, the United States of America, Venezuela and Argentina, I have the honour to introduce the draft resolution contained in document A/52/L.65, on the situation of democracy and human rights in Hai…
I wish to speak with reference to agenda item 71 (b), entitled “Small arms”. The Argentine Republic fully supports proposals to limit the transfer of small arms, which are widely used in a great number of conflicts.
It was for those same reasons that the Argentine Republic abstained today in the vo…
Allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on the concern you have shown for the question of reform of the Security Council. The meetings that you have fostered are creating in the Assembly the atmosphere of confidence that is required to deal with this issue. We are convinced that your ongoing attention to…
The past year has been a difficult one for the peace process in the Middle East. There have been few signs of concrete progress, and today we face a vicious circle of frustration. We must be conscious that the peace process, which began amid so much hope in Madrid in 1991, is now in serious danger.
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At the outset, Mr. Qin Huasun, let me congratulate you on the outstanding manner in which you have guided the work of the Security Council during an intensely busy month. This is no surprise given your experience and the prominence of your country in world affairs.
The draft resolution before the C…
The Argentine Republic considers that the process begun in 1973 with the convening of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea is now approaching fruition. This is because of the nearly universal application of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and because the netw…
In this brief statement, Argentina would like to express its gratitude to and support for the Organization of African Unity (OAU) for its efforts over so many years to promote peace, democracy and development in Africa.
These efforts are bearing fruit. Most African countries are successfully streng…
At the outset, my delegation thanks the Secretary- General for his report on the “White Helmets” initiative [A/52/586]. The report clearly indicates the strength and quality of the commitment shown by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the unstinting support of the United Nations Vo…
I have the honour to express Argentina’s gratitude for the support by the United Nations system of the efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies.
I should like to extend our thanks to the Secretary- General for his very thorough report, and to the Government and …
I have the honour to introduce draft resolution A/52/L.18, entitled “Year 2000: International Year of Thanksgiving”, which is sponsored by Bangladesh, Brazil, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Kyrgyzstan, the Marshall Islands, …
Through you, Sir, I wish to thank the Secretary-General for his thought-provoking report on the work of the United Nations during the fifty-first session of the General Assembly. It is thought-provoking because rather than confining itself to a list of facts it describes the forces that have transfo…
At the outset, I would like to thank Ambassador Juan Somavía of Chile for his careful introduction of the report of the Security Council to the General Assembly.
We are all immersed in the discussion of structural aspects of the United Nations, but this should not delay work on the basis of the exi…
It is a privilege for me to take the floor in connection with the draft resolution on cooperation between the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union in support of the advancement and deepening of a process that is opening up new prospects for international cooperation.
May I express the a…
The delegation of Argentina would like to make a brief statement to express its support for the promotion of and the search for new cooperation mechanisms between the Latin American Economic System (SELA) and the United Nations. We welcome the Secretary- General’s report, which describes in detail t…
The Republic of Argentina, having heard the statement of the representative of the United Kingdom, would like to reiterate the ideas expressed in the general debate this afternoon by the Foreign Minister of Argentina, Mr. Guido Di Tella.
In recent years we have, happily, drawn closer to the ideals enshrined in the preamble of our Charter. We have taken substantial strides towards the ideal of peace and security; strengthened and broadened the observance of human rights; enhanced and developed international law and widened the scope …
