I thank you, Madam President, for convening this emergency open debate and enabling all United Nations Member States to share their views on and concerns about the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Its implications and its threat it involves all of us and demands a global response. I would also like to…
I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti, Ambassador Sandra
Honoré. I also welcome the presentation of the report of the Secretary-General (S/2014/617) on the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). And I acknowledge the work of Ms. Honor…
I thank the United States for having organized and convened this debate. At the same time, I should also like to express appreciation for the dedicated work and leadership of Ambassador Lucas in her time at the helm of the Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict. We should also…
I would like to thank Under-Secretary-Genera Jeffrey Feltman for his briefing on the situation in Ukraine. Argentina reiterates its concern at the continued deterioration in the security situation in the east and south of Ukraine and at the escalating violence.
It is especially imperative that all …
I will focus on three important activities in the month of August, namely, the Security Council mission to Europe and Africa, the briefing on the protection of humanitarian workers in armed conflicts (see S/PV.7244) and the open debate on conflict prevention (see S/PV.7247).
The visit to Belgium an…
On World Humanitarian Day, I would like to thank the United Kingdom for convening this debate and for its concept note (S/2014/571, annex). We also acknowledge the Deputy Secretary-General, Mr. Maurer and Mr. Karokhail and thank them for their participation.
I would also like to honour all the huma…
I would like to acknowledge your presence here today, Secretary Simmonds, to preside over our debate, inasmuch as it reflects the importance for the Security Council of today’s topic. That importance has also been highlighted by the delegation of the United Kingdom under the leadership of Ambassador…
I would like to thank Mr. John Ging, Director of the Coordination and Response Division of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, for his briefing on the worrying humanitarain situation in southern and eastern Ukraine.
Argentina once again expresses its deep concern…
I wish to begin by welcoming your initiative, Sir, in convening this wrap-up meeting, the sixth one of the year. I will not repeat the reasons why Argentina considers these meetings of fundamental importance. The fact that all non-permanent members and some permanent members have convened or planned…
I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this meeting on a topic to which Argentina attaches great importance not only as a troop-contributing country but also because we recognize the value of regional organizations participating in maintaining international peace and security.
Our …
I thank the Secretary-General for his briefing and for his efforts. I also welcome the Permanent Representative of Israel and the Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine, who are present in hre in the Hall, and thank them for their statements.
I shall make some brief remarks about Syria and th…
I would first like respectfully to welcome the presence of Ms. Julie Bishop, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia. On behalf of the Government and the people of my country, I convey to her our sincere condolences. I also extend the same to the families, the peoples and the Governments of all th…
I thank Mr. Feltman for his briefing, and the Permanent Observer of the Observer State of Palestine and the Permanent Representative of Israel for their statements. The Security Council cannot remain indifferent before the tragic events taking place between the Gaza Strip and Israel. I therefore tak…
I would like to thank Mr. Jeffrey Feltman for his briefing on the latest events in Ukraine and for expressing the constant willingness of the Secretary-General to contribute to peace and dialogue.
The Government and the people of Argentina express their profound sadness, pain, solidarity and deepes…
I should like to begin by quoting a leader whom we frequently honour, Nelson Mandela, who said that the Geneva Conventions continue to remind us strongly of the obligation that we all have to take care of one another.
The adoption of resolution 2139 (2014) last February was a very important event. …
I thank Mr. Tayé-Brook Zerihoun and Mr. Ivan Šimonović for their briefings on the situation in Ukraine. Argentina will concentrate specifically on the theme and the focus of today’s meeting, namely, to analyse the report of the United Nations human rights monitoring mission in Ukraine.
In that rega…
Mr. President, we congratulate you on the coming 40 years and on your effective and lucid diplomacy. Argentina would also particularly like to commend the Russian Federation because tomorrow, 12 June, is Russia Day. We very much hope that your delegation will enjoy an excellent day for the country’s…
I thank Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman for his briefing on the latest developments in Ukraine and the status of the issues being dealt with by the good offices of the United Nations. Argentina continues to follow the situation
in Ukraine very closely and remains conce…
First of all, on behalf of Argentina, I would like to express our full solidarity with Serbia in the light of the regrettable situation it is experiencing due to the recent floods, which, as has been said, are the worst in the past 120 years. We would like to express our condolences to the family me…
Since we joined the Council in January 2013 and on numerous occasions, Argentina has supported the referral of the situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court so that the Court could impartially exercise its jurisdiction with regard to all parties to one of the most cruel, atrocious and o…
