At the outset, my delegation would like to thank Judge Piotr Hofmański for introducing the report (see A/77/305) on the activities of the International Criminal Court (see A/77/PV.22) and express our appreciation for the joint
efforts of the presidency, the Chambers, the Office of the Prosecutor an…
First of all, my delegation wishes to thank President Donoghue not only for presenting her report (A/77/4) this morning (see A/77/PV.20) but also for the quality of the work that the Court has carried out under her leadership. We also wish to thank the Secretary- General for his report on the trust …
At the outset, I would like to thank Singapore and Norway for their leadership and their efforts in conducting negotiations for the two draft resolutions before the General Assembly today (A/76/L.18 and A/76/L.20).
As it does every year, my delegation reiterates that the United Nations Convention o…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate Judge Joan Donoghue on her election as President of the International Court of Justice and wish her every success throughout her presidency. We also express our condolences on the passing of Judge James Crawford, who left an indelible mark on contemporary …
At the outset, I should like to express the particular satisfaction of the Argentine Republic upon receiving this first report (see A/70/350) of the new President of the Court, our compatriot Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi, as well as to warmly congratulate her on her election. I should also like to e…
My explanation of vote refers to resolution 67/79, on sustainable fisheries. While Argentina joined in the consensus adoption of the resolution, I wish to state once again that none of the recommendations in the text can be interpreted as meaning that the provisions of the 1995 Agreement for the Imp…
Before I begin, I would like to thank the representative of Nicaragua, who took the floor before me, for the words of condolence and sympathy that he expressed to the nation of Argentina in relation to the untimely passing yesterday morning of the former head of State, Néstor Kirchner, who led the A…
My delegation associates itself with the previous expressions of thanks to the Assistant Secretary- General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Hédi Annabi, for the detailed report he has given us about the situation in Kosovo and on the work of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Koso…
I should like to begin by echoing the thanks conveyed by earlier speakers to the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Bernard Miyet, for the briefing he just gave us on the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina and on the activities of the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herze…
The draft resolution on which we shall be voting sets in train a decisive phase in the peace process begun in Dayton, in which the entire international community has placed its hopes for the achievement of a lasting peace in the Balkans.
As is clearly set forth in one of the preambular paragraphs o…
