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Martinic

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2017-08-29
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2018-02-06
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  1. “Finally, we reiterate that what is at stake in improving the working methods of the Council is the culture of decision-making in this organ and the effectiveness of its performance. The task of reviewing and updating, in response to the demands made by the international community for democratization, greater inclusion, accountability and transparency in the Council, continues to be an important objective that my country endorses. Argentina reaffirms and pledges its best efforts to continue contributing to that process.”

    2018-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8175 (2018) · source

  2. “Among the issues on which the Council has not made substantive progress is the matter ofdue process in the Council's sanctions committees. Argentina favours expanding the establishment of an Ombudsman in each of the Council's sanctions committees. The other issue in that regar is the follow-up of referrals made by the Security Council to the International Criminal Court. The Council periodically receives the requisite reports from the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, in accordance with its own resolutions, but takes no action accordingly, even in cases where the Court reports that the cooperation required by Council resolutions has not been provided. What both issues have in common is their ability to affect the credibility of the Council if they are not promptly addressed.”

    2018-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8175 (2018) · source

  3. “In that regard, Argentina urges the Informal Working Group to continue working towards a single, comprehensive document, so as to consolidate and streamline all decisions on working methods. The Council's dialogue with bodies, be they inside or outside the United Nations system, is essential for the fulfilment of its functions. Among the bodies mentioned in note S/2013/515, adopted under the Argentine presidency, are the Peacebuilding Commission, the International Criminal Court and humanitarian assistance agencies. The Security Council has myriad responsibilities and, to fulfil them, a certain amount of coordination with other stakeholders is necessary. However, Argentina discourages the Security Council, whose function is to maintain international peace and security, from absorbing the functions of other bodies.”

    2018-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8175 (2018) · source

  4. “During Argentina's last chairmanship of the Informal Working Group on Documentation and Other Procedural Questions - a position that Argentina occupied in 2013-2014 - numerous presidential notes were adopted, on topics such as consultations with troop- and police-contributing countries, dialogue with non-member countries of the Council and other bodies, the participation of Council members in drafting Council products and their broader responsibility for drafting and the continuity of the work of its subsidiary bodies, among others. Argentina deems it essential to periodically examine the implementation of note S/2017/507 and other relevant notes, identify successful practices and possible deficiencies and consider making necessary adjustments.”

    2018-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8175 (2018) · source

  5. “It is worth remembering that, during its presidency of the Security Council in February 2000, it was Argentina that pushed for the adoption of a note by the President of the Security Council, whereby newly elected members were invited to participate in informal consultations as observers during the month prior to the start of their term as elected members of this organ. During its 2005-2006 mandate, Argentina also promoted and supported various initiatives aimed at achieving greater transparency and access of Member States to the Council.”

    2018-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8175 (2018) · source

  6. “Among its new elements, we highlight its reference to the intention of Council members to request, examine and regularly take advantage of specific advice from the Peacebuilding Commission. Argentina has historically advocated the need for constant efforts to improve transparency, inclusiveness, openness, democratization and efficiency in the work of the Security Council. In that vein, we are guided by the conviction that, without impairing the effectiveness of decision-making, the Council can, and should, be more transparent and democratic in its relationship with the broader membership of the United Nations.”

    2018-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8175 (2018) · source

  7. “Mrs. Martinic (Argentina) (spoke in Spanish): Argentina thanks the Kuwaiti presidency for convening this open debate on a subject in which Argentina has always been particularly interested. We also thank Mr. Ian Martin for his valuable briefing, as well as the Japanese delegation for the excellent work carried out during its recent chairmanship of the Informal Working Group on Documentation and Other Procedural Questions, which led to the adoption of the very comprehensive note by the President S/2017/507, on the working methods of the Council. In that regard, we agree with those who maintain that the new agreed note is both a valuable tool for increasing the transparency, inclusiveness and efficiency of the Council and a balanced text that can serve as a useful guide for the working methods of agreed measures or best practices.”

    2018-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8175 (2018) · source

  8. “In particular, the Centre's annual International Women and Peace and Security seminar includes a specific module on human trafficking so as to provide tools to prevent, detect and combat it in conflict situations. Argentina reiterates its renewed commitment to combatting human trafficking in all contexts, including in the context of conflict situations, and reiterates the need to continue discussing this issue within the General Assembly.”

    2017-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8111 (2017) · source

  9. “The Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of National Security have mainstreamed the promotion of a gender perspective within the national security and armed forces. They conduct training activities and prevention exercises in the area of gender violence and trafficking in people, including for the early detection of human trafficking situations at border crossings. The Argentinian Joint Peacekeeping Operations Training Centre trains all national units deployed in United Nations peacekeeping operations, guided by the principle that conflicts can only be effectively addressed when respect for international humanitarian law and international human rights, including those of women and children in conflict, is ensured.”

    2017-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8111 (2017) · source

  10. “At the multilateral level, Argentina maintains its firm commitment to combating human trafficking, the most extreme form of violence, through the adoption of national policies aimed at eliminating that scourge in our country. At the national level, combating trafficking in persons is being addressed horizontally through Argentina's executive committee on combating the trafficking and exploitation of persons and protecting and assisting the victims, which coordinates the work of various ministries through the federal council on combating trafficking and exploiting persons and protecting and assisting victims, which is aimed at developing a federal strategy to combat trafficking in persons.”

    2017-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8111 (2017) · source

  11. “In that context, it was important for the issue to gain visibility in the Security Council as the vulnerability of the victims is increasing in conflict situations, in particular with regard to women, children, people with disabilities, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons, internally displaced persons and refugees. We currently see how terrorist groups are using trafficking in persons and sexual violence as weapons of terror and as a means of financing their activities. It is imperative to help and protect victims and combat the financing of terrorism through trafficking. In that regard, the United Nations, in particular the General Assembly, plays a fundamental role in supporting States in that endeavour.”

    2017-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8111 (2017) · source

  12. “Mrs. Martinic (Argentina) (spoke in Spanish): First of all, I thank Italy for its invitation to participate in this open debate on trafficking in persons in situations of conflict. Argentina views trafficking in persons as a complex and very serious form of exploitation and abuse that violates its victims' human rights. Similarly, Argentina believes that combating trafficking must be carried out in a holistic manner and involve the many relevant stakeholders within the framework of defending and promoting human rights. It is therefore fitting that the issue be addressed as a priority matter in the General Assembly. Argentina recognizes that the crime of human trafficking is a global problem, and, as such, the international community must confront it in a coordinated manner.”

    2017-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8111 (2017) · source

  13. “Finally, in line with the parallel resolutions of the Assembly and the Council on sustainable peace, Argentina reiterates the need for greater coordination, coherence and integration in the peacebuilding tasks of peacekeeping operations, country teams and national and international development actors, in order to ensure greater effectiveness and efficiency in their implementation.”

    2017-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8033 (2017) · source

  14. “We are also confident that the second special political mission to verify the peace process in Colombia will continue to support the country on its path to sustainable peace. With respect to the particular issue of sufficient funding for peacebuilding activities by United Nations country teams and for peacebuilding components of peace operations, including during the transition and reduction stages of the missions, Argentina looks forward to receiving the options that the Secretary- General will present in his report prior to the high- level meeting on peacekeeping and peacebuilding to be held during the seventy-second session of the General Assembly.”

    2017-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8033 (2017) · source

  15. “To that end, it is important to ensure the continuity and stability of peacebuilding programmes, personnel and resources during the various stages of United Nations activities in host countries, always in close consultation and coordination with those countries. In this regard, Argentina recognizes the example of the Joint Transition Plan ofthe United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) and the United Nations country team in Haiti, which describes the gaps in peacebuilding arising from the withdrawal of MINUSTAH and which will make it necessary for the new mission, the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti, the country team and the donor community continue to provide support.”

    2017-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8033 (2017) · source

  16. “In that regard, Argentina reiterates - in line with the aforementioned parallel resolutions of the Assembly and the Council - the need to seek, on a regular basis, the specific advice and input of the Peacebuilding Commission, harnessing thereby that body's more long-term perspective and vision, which is essential for our efforts to properly reflect sustaining peace when it comes to establishing, reviewing and ultimately drawing down peacekeeping operations, as well as in setting the mandates of special political missions. In particular, we must work to guarantee that transitions from one mission to another or to a country teams proceed in such a way that sustaining peace is neither disrupted or weakened.”

    2017-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8033 (2017) · source

  17. “More recently, and on the basis of the report of the Advisory Group of Experts on the Review of the Peacebuilding Architecture, chaired by Ambassador Gert Rosenthal (S/2015/490), the substantially identical, parallel General Assembly resolution 70/262 and Security Council resolution 2282 (2016) on the review of the peacebuilding architecture have assigned PKOs and special political missions a prominent role in the comprehensive strategy for peacekeeping. The new narrative of sustainable peace involves redefining the Organization's peace operations, putting greater emphasis on prevention and taking special note of the fact that such missions constitute a political instrument to be used in the framework of processes aimed at sustaining peace before, during and after conflict.”

    2017-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8033 (2017) · source

  18. “That trend has led to peacekeepers becoming early peacebuilders, which has been acknowledged by the General Assembly's Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations since the beginning of the decade, as reflected in its annual report, and by the Security Council in resolution 2086 (2013) - which Argentina had the honour to negotiate and co-sponsor in its last action as a non-permanent member of this organ.”

    2017-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8033 (2017) · source

  19. “The development of PKOs in the broad area of sustainable peace is the last step of the evolution initiated in the 1990s, when new complex multidimensional missions were added to traditional missions, as reflected in their mandates, as a result of an ever-increasing number of factors linked to peacebuilding - in particular in the area of the promotion and protection of human rights, the rebuilding of rule-of-law institutions and the consolidation of democracy. In that regard, Argentina believes that this has been one of the most notable developments in peace missions in recent years and is essential in order to avoid relapse into conflict and to enable missions to act as a platform for sustainable development.”

    2017-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8033 (2017) · source

  20. “Mrs. Martinic (Argentina) (spoke in Spanish): Argentina thanks Egypt for organizing this open debate on a topic to which Argentina attaches particular importance, given its triple status as a troop- and police-contributing country to United Nations peace missions, an active promoter of the concept of sustainable peace and current member of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC). We also thank the Deputy Secretary-General and the other speakers for their briefings to the Security Council this morning. From the outset, Argentina has embraced the Organization's new emphasis on conflict prevention, as well as the development of the concept of sustainable peace or sustaining peace. In that context, peacekeeping operations (PKOs) have acquired new potential in the continuum of responses associated with prevention, peacekeeping and peacebuilding.”

    2017-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8033 (2017) · source