The peace process in the Middle East has entered a most delicate and sensitive stage. Since the end of September, violence has intensified in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and in Israel. Tensions have also increased at the Israel- Lebanon border.
The Argentine Republic has noted these developments …
I wish to thank you, Madam Minister, for presiding over our
deliberations, your delegation for its initiative to convene this debate and the Secretary-General for the information and comments he has shared with us on the situation in Guinea-Bissau. I also wish to welcome the Vice-Prime Minister of …
It is a source of great satisfaction for me to introduce draft resolution A/55/L.39 on behalf of the members of the zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic.
Since it was established, in 1986, the zone has been an excellent forum for carrying out discussions and expanding the links of co…
Unfortunately, for some days we have been witnessing a marked deterioration in the Middle East with a heightening of confrontation and increased loss of human lives. I wish to express the sorrow and concern of Argentina at the tragic events that continue to occur in Gaza, the West Bank and Israel. I…
I should like to thank the Secretary-General for his valuable information, and I would particularly like to thank you, Mr. President, for having shared with us
your impressions from your recent trip to Ethiopia and Eritrea. We would also like to thank you for the valuable suggestions that you have …
We have already had the opportunity to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly. We would now like to express our satisfaction at seeing you preside over these meetings on an issue that is vital to the future of our Organization: Security Council reform. Your auth…
I should like to thank you most particularly, Mr. President, for having chosen the topic of today’s open debate. This shows the importance that you and your country have always attached to matters related to peacekeeping operations throughout the consideration of this issue in the Council. We believ…
Mrs. Ogata’s leadership at the head of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) will come to an end in a few days’ time. Her work has been crowned with success. Argentina would like to express its profound gratitude to her for all of her energy, dedication and skill an…
Let me begin, Sir, by saying how pleased my delegation is to see you presiding over this open debate. Your vast experience and ability were amply demonstrated throughout the fifty-fourth session of the General Assembly and during the preparation and unfolding of the Millennium Summit. Argentina ackn…
I congratulate you, Sir, on having assumed the office of President. I am delighted that the Council will be guided by someone with such experience, firmness, determination and sense of duty at a time when it is dealing with so delicate a situation as is before us this afternoon. Allow me also to tha…
I congratulate you, Mr. President, on organizing this open debate, the culmination of your active and skilful presidency this month.
I first thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Sergio Vieira de Mello, for the comprehensive information he has provided this afternoon. His p…
We thank the Secretary-General for the thoughts set out in his report on the work of the Organization (A/55/1), which, together with his millennium report (A/54/2000), will contribute to identifying the problems facing the international community as it enters the new millennium and in offering solut…
My delegation commends you, Sir, for convening this meeting on the situation in Kosovo, which is of such consequence to the Security Council.
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Kouchner, for his briefing and the members of the Joint Interim Administrative Structure for…
I wish first of all to thank the Secretary-General for the comprehensive report contained in document S/2000/738, and to thank Mr. Hédi Annabi for his statement this morning. I wish also to express the gratitude of my delegation for the excellent work being done in East Timor by the United Nations T…
Since 1999 the Security Council has been addressing the question of the participation of children in armed conflict, because it understands that this painful reality of our times represents a grave threat to the future of new generations that will inevitably have consequences for international peace…
I would like to begin my statement by welcoming the presence here of Mr. Carl Bildt, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General, and Mr. Javier Solana, High Representative for the European Union Common Foreign and Security Policy and Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union. I would also l…
Argentina’s abstention is based on my delegation’s serious doubts regarding the underlying reasons for denying participation in this debate to Mr. Jovanović, particularly bearing in mind previous instances in the Council in recent months especially during the month of December.
I wish to fully clar…
Through you, Sir, I should like to thank the President of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 (ICTY), Judge Claude Jorda. His briefing reveals the…
We would like first of all to express our gratitude for the report given to us by Mr. Bernard Kouchner and to say that we highly value his presence at this meeting.
A year ago the Security Council adopted resolution 1244 (1999), which marked the end of a humanitarian tragedy whose main victims were…
First of all, Mr. President, allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council. Allow me also to endorse the words you addressed to the President for the month of May, Ambassador Wang Yingfan.
We thank Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte for the briefing she has just giv…
