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Cardenas

lines on the record: 405
first: 1993-04-20
most recent: 1995-12-21
sittings or episodes: 57
sources: un-security-council

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“We have significantly increased our participation in these operations, and we shall continue to maintain our presence, since Argentina is convinced that this constitutes a commitment not only to those countries where we have troops but also to the United Nations as an instrument for the promotion of international peace and security. Without such forces, and in particular those of Canada, the tragedy in Srebrenica would have been even greater. In this context, we supported and joined in the appeals made by the Security Council to all the parties in the conflict to take the necessany measures in order to ensure the safety of the UNPROFOR personnel, Their presence is the only light in the deep darkness of the crisis today.”
1993-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3203 (1993) · source
“In the face of this tragic situation, Argentina, which has a long tradition of friendship with all the peoples of the former Yugoslavia, reiterates its resolve to support.the international efforts to try to resolve this crisis; and we strongly support the action of the Security Council. In this framework we are contributing a significant number of troops to the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR). Last year we participated in the Conference on humanitarian assistance to the victims of the conflict and attended the special emergency session of the Commission on Human Rights in Geneva on the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Argentina is currently participating in various peace-keeping operations in Central America, Asia, Europe, Africa and the Middle East.”
1993-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3203 (1993) · source
“We are concerned at the effect of the arms embargo against Bosnia and Herzegovina, for it leaves it defenceless in the face of aggression. We do not for this reason, however, accept that the aggressors should place us in the position of a moral compulsion to recommend, in this forum, the lifting of that embargo. We remain inclined to make every effort for an immediate peaceful solution. Therein resides our conviction, and hence we make a last appeal to the aggressors that they come to the negotiating table in good faith in order to achieve the immediate solution that is offered to them, "Ethnic cleansing" is an insult to mankind, and it deserves our firm and explicit condemnation. Those responsible for it must, sooner or later, answer for their conduct.”
1993-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3203 (1993) · source
“The news and the images that reach us fill us with profound sadness and legitimate concern. The International Court of Justice itself ~ the guardian of the legality of the international order ~ has just alerted us to the need to avoid genocide, a crime against the dignity of the human being which entails the responsibility of States and individuals alike. The level of barbarity that we recently witnessed in Srebrenica cannot go on with impunity, nor can the massive deportations and forced expulsions of the civilian population, the deliberate attacks on non-combatants, hospitals and ambulances, or the repeated interruptions in the flow of medical supplies, food and other humanitarian assistance. All of this is an affront to our conscience and constitutes a flagrant violation of the basic norms of international law.”
1993-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3203 (1993) · source
“Mr, CARDENAS (Argentina) (interpretation from Spanish): I should like to thank you, Sir, for your able leadership and guidance of these meetings as President of the Council. I also want to thank the Security Council for the opportunity that these meetings provide my country to express its opinion on this question. The Government of the Republic of Argentina has expressed in the past and now wishes to reiterate its condemnation of the grave violations of human rights and of the rights of minorities systematically occurring in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The attacks on the civilian population cannot fail to provoke the most clear-cut repudiation of the intolerance that causes them. Our concern has grown week after week in direct proportion to the atrocities.”
1993-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3203 (1993) · source