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Guido Di Tella

lines on the record: 54
first: 1996-09-24
most recent: 1998-09-24
sittings or episodes: 3
sources: un-general-debate

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“All this has happened in recent years, and it is only fitting to recognize that the Secretary-General has anticipated, promoted and reflected all this in his annual reports, in his Agenda for Peace and in his Agenda for Development, documents that are essential for the interpretation of the process begun at the end of the cold war. Allow me to take this opportunity to state how my country has dealt with all these transformations. Argentina has actively promoted the new agenda. It has adapted itself domestically and internationally to fulfil the objectives and principles of the Charter, both in its letter and its new spirit. Argentina has consolidated democracy and has taken a very active role in the defence of fundamental rights and freedoms.”
1996-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 51 (1996)
“The adoption of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban-Treaty will undoubtedly contribute to greater progress, as will the entry into force of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction. We have also begun to articulate the concept of sustainable development to ensure progress for current generations without compromising the viability of such progress for those of the future. We have opened new paths to free trade, eliminating barriers which, until yesterday, were regarded as normal instruments of national policy.”
1996-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 51 (1996)
“During that period, significant changes have come about and profound contrasts have arisen in the world. The scepticism of some notwithstanding, allow me to recall some of the progress made on the international scene: we have improved mechanisms for international peace and security; we have advanced in the universal consolidation of democracy and tolerance; we have created institutions to prevent very serious crimes that offend the world’s conscience from going unpunished, which clearly reflects the concept that justice and the law are inseparable components of a stable peace; we have successfully stepped up intense collective work towards non-proliferation of nuclear and conventional weapons, including anti-personnel mines.”
1996-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 51 (1996)
“May I first extend to Mr. Razali Ismail my warmest and most sincere congratulations on his 12 unanimous election as President of this important session of the General Assembly. I recently accompanied President Carlos Saul Menem on a visit to his country, and I have the most pleasant memories of his countrymen’s hospitality, of the vitality of his culture and of the extraordinary strength of his country’s economy. To Ambassador Freitas do Amaral, who presided over the Assembly at the last session, we express our most sincere admiration. His term was a year full of difficulties and challenges, and he left us a positive vision of the questions of the future. I have had the privilege of participating in the general debate for the last six years.”
1996-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 51 (1996)