At the outset, I would like to convey our most heartfelt condolences to the family and to the people and Government of the sisterly Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on the death of their President, Hugo Chávez Frías. The ideals of solidarity with the continent that he
embodied are an inspiration fo…
On 1 February, the countries of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) officially joined the launch of the International Year of Quinoa, and we asserted that quinoa played an important role in ensuring food and nutrition security, which we need and deserve. On that occasion, we…
I would like to thank you for convening this meeting, Mr. President, and to thank the High Representative
for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the European Union, Baroness Catherine Ashton, for her briefing.
The Republic of Argentina welcomes cooperation between the United Nations and region…
At the outset, allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. I also commend you for having convened this important open debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. As in every open debate on the subject, Argentina reiterates that the Se…
We thank Pakistan for organizing this open debate on an issue that Argentina, as a country that has contributed troops and police to United Nations operations since 1958, deems of particular importance, We currently have more than 1,000 personnel participating in the armed and security forces of sev…
I am very grateful to the delegation of the Kingdom of Morocco for convening today’s open debate. I also thank the Secretary-General and the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh, Chairperson of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) for their statements.
As we said in our statement in the most recent…
Allow me at the outset to thank both coordinators, Ambassador Eden Charles of Trinidad and Tobago and Ms. Alice Revell of New Zealand, for having conducted the negotiations on the draft resolutions before us today (A/67/L.21 and A/67/L.22). They both took on that responsibility for the first time an…
Argentina is pleased to participate in this commemoration of the thirtieth anniversary of the opening for signature of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which took place in Montego Bay, Jamaica, on 10 December 1982. One look at a map reveals Argentina’s connection to the sea in it…
At the outset, we would like to thank the Permanent Representative and delegation of India for having held today’s debate, which was originally organized by the Guatemalan presidency of the Council in October. We also wish to thank the speakers who took the floor today. Special appreciation goes to …
Argentina is proud to have been one of the 70 sponsors of resolution 67/19, which was adopted with a view to recognizing Palestine as a non-member observer State in the United Nations, because it represents a historic step by the international community with respect to the Palestinian people and the…
I would like to thank India for convening this important open debate. I also wish to convey my country’s appreciation to Portugal for its work to improve the transparency, inclusiveness and efficiency of the Security Council’s work during its chairmanship of the Informal Working Group on Documentati…
