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Perceval

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“As we step up our efforts to deliver humanitarian assistance to Syria, we must come up with ways to put an end to the flow of arms and to the actions of foreign combatants, which fuel the conflict, and ways to enable the Council to be instrumental in contributing to a political solution to the crisis, thus strongly backing the Secretary-General and his new Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, whom we fully support. A humanitarian resolution is a decision that is neither based on nor legitimizes the struggle for power or for competing geopolitical interests.”
2014-07-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7216 (2014) · source
“It is clear, therefore, that all this cannot be contained if the crisis is not resolved. That is Why the resolution we are adopting today clearly reaffirms that the humanitarian situation will continue to deteriorate in the absence of a solution that emerges from an inclusive political dialogue led by the Syrians themselves. We thus reiterate our call on all parties to resume in good faith the negotiations begun in January and on regional and international players to help to generate the appropriate conditions for this to take place.”
2014-07-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7216 (2014) · source
“That is because even in the unlikely event that all necessary funding is provided, and if we could ensure unrestricted access for assistance, it is clear that the consequences of the conflict are measured not only in the number of deaths, the destruction of the country and the millions of people who require food, medicine and shelter. Its impact is also reflected in the destabilizing effects of the unbridled growth of sectarian tensions that we see throughout the Middle East. This is reflected in the expansion of extremist ideologies and terrorist acts throughout the region and beyond, through the actions of young people from different corners of the planet who join the struggle in Syria only to then return, inspired by violence and intolerance, to their places of origin.”
2014-07-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7216 (2014) · source
“We fully agree with the statement that the full implementation of the Council's requirements could change the lives of millions of people within Syria and contribute to alleviating the heavy burden that neighbouring countries have, with deep solidarity, been bearing. But we must be clear. We cannot fall into the trap of thinking that simply with the appropriate measures and robust humanitarian action to assist refugees and displaced persons, it will be possible not only to save lives but also to contain the crisis within the confines of Syrian territory and the immediate region.”
2014-07-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7216 (2014) · source
“Today the Council has determined that the humanitarian agencies of the United Nations can deliver assistance to the millions of people who find themselves in certain zones and regions that thus far have been inaccessible or difficult to access. It is important to underscore that many of those areas are controlled by armed opposition groups, which have the duty to ensure that humanitarian workers are able to carry out their work in a safe and unhindered manner. We take this opportunity to pay tribute to those who daily risk their lives to deliver assistance to those who require it the most.”
2014-07-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7216 (2014) · source
“That is why Argentina voted in favour of the resolution, upholding the pledge made in resolution 2139 (2014) to take additional measures in case of non-compliance. We did so convinced that with its adoption, the Council is once again shouldering its responsibilities and strengthening its determination to protect civilians and ensure the provision of humanitarian assistance, while reaffirming its commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of Syria. At the same time, we would like to acknowledge the fact that our concerns and proposals have been taken into account and incorporated into the adopted text.”
2014-07-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7216 (2014) · source
“At that time, we all trusted that, unlike what happened with respect to the presidential statement adopted on 2 October 2013 (S/PRST/2013/15), the voice of a united Council would be heeded and lead to a change in the trend of the accelerated deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Syria. Unfortunately, despite the adoption of several measures, almost five months later that trend has, in many aspects, not changed, but, rather, worsened. The four consecutive reports of the Secretary-General confirmed unambiguously that the parties to the conflict continue to overlook and systematically violate international law, and that the delivery of assistance to areas controlled by the Government as well as by the opposition has diminished instead of expanding.”
2014-07-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7216 (2014) · source
“Mrs. Perceval (Argentina) (spoke in Spanish): 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 ofresolution 2139 (2014) last February was a very important event. At that time, the Security Council unanimously sent a clear message to all of the parties without exception recalling their obligations under international humanitarian law and international human rights law, and requiring that they ensure rapid, safe and unhindered humanitarian access to those in need.”
2014-07-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7216 (2014) · source
“Fourthly, we are pleased with the efforts being made by the democratically elected Ukrainian Government for a peaceful settlement to the country's situation and with the steps taken by the Russian authorities to the same end. Fifthly, it is vital to combat the hate speech, discrimination, hostility and violence. Argentina reaffirms its respect for, defence of and belief that the international community and all its Member States must act within the framework of respect for international law and the Charter of the United Nations. Along with the representative of Nigeria, we too hope that the rebels' promise to release the OSCE detainees will come to pass. In that connection, we have asked many times that they be released unconditionally and without delay.”
2014-06-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7205 (2014) · source
“Secondly, Argentina will support any initiative that might genuinely contribute to putting an end to the violence and providing a space for constructive negotiations and reaching a political compromise among the parties. Thirdly, the measures agreed in Geneva and the road map of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) continue to be a road map, the effective implementation of which by all parties will allow us to de-escalate the situation and move forward in a process of national dialogue that generates trust among the various communities and provides assurance for all Ukrainians that their main demands will be heard and their rights respected.”
2014-06-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7205 (2014) · source
“We should discuss that in the forum where it should be discussed: the organs of the United Nations. We believe it is necessary to take every measure to address the situation effectively, while ensuring that assistance reaches those who need it, including in the areas that are still outside of Government control, and facilitating the conditions for the civilians who wish to leave the areas affected by the conflict to be able to do so. Finally, I should like to make the following brief points. Argentina insists on the need to redouble efforts on the part of all stakeholders to demonstrate political will and the belief that the only acceptable way forward is through dialogue and that resorting to violence is not an option.”
2014-06-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7205 (2014) · source
“Simonovie say that there is an extreme humanitarian crisis that is creating great suffering for a huge segment of the population, we also see in the document that has been circulated to us that the cost of food has increased dramatically, with some seasonal vegetables being four or five times more expensive than in the past. We know that during crises, whether they be security, political, economic or social, some unscrupulous market players, who do not sit with us here to reconcile our differences - we do not even know where they are - well know how to speculate when it comes to the cost of food. No Valerie Amos can hold back, and no Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance can be up to the task, if we remain indifferent to such actions, which are ethically reprehensible.”
2014-06-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7205 (2014) · source
“All of that has served not just to subject the population to difficult living conditions; I wish to repeat that it demands a positive attitude to finding a solution to the crisis. I will conclude my observations by mentioning the 15 points set out by the Government of Ukraine, which I appreciate. It is also very important, in particular with regard to points 14 and 15 of the plan, that discussions also take on board not just the talks between the State and the regions, armed groups and various minorities, but also the behaviour of the market. I say that because, in listening to Mr.”
2014-06-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7205 (2014) · source
“All the necessary measures must be taken to protect all the human rights of everyone in Ukraine and to ensure their full enjoyment, irrespective of ethnicity, language, cultural group, religion or the region of the country in which they live. We have taken note and understood how the increase in violence impacts those living in the areas affected by the confrontations. It was therefore clear that a direct consequence of that would be an increase in displaced persons and in the number of people to leave the region - for example, from Donetsk - access to water in Slovyansk and other areas in the Donetsk region having been limited, along with limited access to health services and a lack of electricity and gas, as well as problems with the availability of food and medical supplies.”
2014-06-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7205 (2014) · source
“The toll in human lives increases with each violent confrontation, and the lives and rights of residents of the affected areas are threatened. We therefore cannot be optimistic but I do believe that we are facing a scenario in which there is awareness that priority must be given to having an open dialogue and finding a political solution to this crisis. However, we cannot ignore the violations of human rights described in the report of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. The killing, torture, kidnapping, harassment, illegal detention and intimidation are unjustified. All allegations should be investigated and those responsible should be brought to justice.”
2014-06-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7205 (2014) · source
“Mrs. Perceval (Argentina) (spoke in Spanish): I thank Mr. Taye-Brook Zerihoun and Mr. Ivan Simonovie 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 regard, like our colleagues, we are concerned at the deterioration of the situation in the eastern part of Ukraine. The living conditions of the majority of the population, the actions of armed groups, the increasing number of armed persons and weapons, unilateral acts, worsening of violations of human rights and confrontations seem to spreading. Without any doubt we are all aware that those trends have to be dealt with in an urgent manner.”
2014-06-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7205 (2014) · source
“Regarding all the programmes and funds mentioned in the report, we would like to have objective data on the financial totals dedicated to each of the strategic pillars in order to be able follow them up in detail. There are many challenges, but Argentina is convinced that while the countries and peoples of the Sahel have a difficult road ahead of them, no country should have to despair. We take note of the comments of Chad, and we believe that the proposal for putting together a formal working group to include the representatives of the countries of the region here in New York is a very interesting idea.”
2014-06-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7203 (2014) · source
“We commend the progress that has been made in much of the region and on the African continent and the work of the regional and subregional organizations working on preventing conflict and on peacekeeping and peacebuilding, as well as in the areas of development and the protection and promotion of human rights. I would like to point out that it would be helpful for the next report to include detailed information on the progress of th edisbursement of the $1.5 billion for new regional investments promised by the World Bank during the joint visit to the region in November 2013 by its President and the Secretary-General, which we believe was very important.”
2014-06-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7203 (2014) · source
“Secondly, many of the problems we are seeing are the result of deep-rooted causes that require meaningful solutions, not merely palliative ones. Saying that we are ready to eradicate poverty is not the same thing as being Willing to reduce extreme poverty. We must affirm that we are willing to cooperate in recognizing and ensuring that women have full enjoyment of their human rights by helping them to become small business owners or parliamentarians, when constitutions change. Lastly, for the Sahel, too, we must initiate profound change to tackle this crisis and modify the organization and structures of the global economic system so that its economic instruments can become tools that help human development rather than the other way around.”
2014-06-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7203 (2014) · source
“Finally, and briefly, I would like to note three issues that constitute a challenge for the region, as my delegation sees it. The first is that while primary responsibility for peace, security and development in the Sahel lies with the countries ofthe region, Argentina firmly believes in the importance of support from the international community and the United Nations, especially bearing in mind the other challenges that are also affecting the Sahel, such as climate change and the economic and financial crisis resulting from the actions of the richest countries in the world. We should also take into consideration the issues of financing for humanitarian assistance and that for 2014 the Sahel's humanitarian needs will reach $2 billion.”
2014-06-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7203 (2014) · source
“A naive attitude and cosmetic changes will not help to improve security, democracy, the rule of law, development or human rights. We have to know what the dispute is about and who is disputing it. I also believe that it is very important that, instead of directing accusations at those who believe in whatever god, we should be looking at the women and children who are living in poverty. Let us listen to and welcome the regional meetings where plans are being discussed for the challenges in the Sahel, such as the meeting on 16 May of the ministerial coordination platform for the Sahel, currently chaired by Mali, or the meeting on 16 February launching the Group of Five for the Sahel. These demonstrate the national ownership of the issue by the countries of the region, and we should listen to them in order to understand and thus to learn.”
2014-06-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7203 (2014) · source
“I do not wish to always be perceived as a voice of doubt and suspicion, but it is really very difficult to accept that if cooperation and coordination constitute an ethical and political decision aimed at cooperating with the Sahel region and enabling us to solve the extreme suffering there, this clearly indicates that failing to coordinate and to confront the obstacles is also a political decision. I would therefore say to the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General that if there can be a policy of coordinating action, there can also be a policy that decides not to do so. We thus insist on the need for greater cohesion and effectiveness in the many regional, national and international programmes that the report describes. We must hear and understand the struggles over who has real power in the Sahel and among external actors.”
2014-06-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7203 (2014) · source
“When looking at specific conflicts in this region, Argentina has repeatedly emphasized the importance of keeping our eye firmly on the Sahel, underscoring the importance of having an integrated United Nations strategy that encompasses all the various aspects mentioned by my colleagues - security, governance, development, human rights and humanitarian issues. Therefore, when Mr. Prodi introduced the integrated strategy to us, we expressed our expectation that it would constitute an important step towards imposing greater coherence and effectiveness on the existing multitude of parallel and simultaneous national, regional and international programmes.”
2014-06-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7203 (2014) · source
“The Security Council should not be surprised to learn that young men and women are used by terrorist or extremist elements or by international organized crime, when the world is under the sway of economic models that encourage runaway consumerism, obscene gains and profits, in which the principle of solidarity is eroded the law of the jungle, and where financial markets, without ethics or law, define the future of peoples and States. We cannot be surprised about such realities. That is why we are having this debate. And in the Economic and Social Council and the General Assembly, we have the challenge of dealing with the post-2015 and sustainable development goals. The Secretary-General's report (S/2014/397) does not state this specifically, but it clearly lays out those challenges.”
2014-06-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7203 (2014) · source
“By the same token, poverty and inequality are not in and of themselves a threat to security; rather, they are a challenge for sustainable human development. But we also know that vulnerable, impoverished people who face discrimination and exclusion, in the absence of jobs, education and social cohesion, are used as tools by extremist and terrorist groups and by transnational criminal networks in order to make them look less like outcasts.”
2014-06-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7203 (2014) · source
“As we see with the conflicts in the Sudan, Libya and Mali, we have not been able to provide a response to the underlying causes of those conflicts, nor to the numerous illegal networks, nor to the threats represented by the various extremist and terrorist groups operating in the region. However, Argentina has expressed on other occasions that religious beliefs in and of themselves are not the cause of conflicts. There is no religious belief or holy text that is based on hate and that promotes the destruction of peace. That does not exist in any religious belief. What we have in these cases is a mediocre level of politicization on the part of some who hold certain religious beliefs that they contrast with others, creating contradictions and incompatibilities.”
2014-06-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7203 (2014) · source
“Ms. Perceval (Argentina) (spoke in Spanish): Thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting. I also thank Ms. Hiroute Guebre Sellassie, the Secretary- General's Special Envoy for the Sahel, for her briefing. We welcome her following her recent appointment to a post of such enormous responsibility. Argentina believes that her responsibility is enormous, because that is how we see it here in the Council and throughout the United Nations. The Sahel is one of the areas with the lowest human development indices in the world. The Sahel continues to suffer from enormous shortcomings and it must face longstanding injustices and new threats, such as environmental degradation, to mention only one among so many others.”
2014-06-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7203 (2014) · source
“Argentina agrees that they should cover the areas of human rights, the humanitarian efforts, the equality of women and the protection of children. But What often happens when we are on the ground is that we come to see that we should look strategically at how to conduct operations. Instead of piling more responsibilities onto a particular area, we should think about how we can coordinate and articulate them so that they dovetail with the various agencies in the United Nations system and with the capacities we have in regional, subregional and national organizations. Because what happens? Superimposition and disconnectedness do not help promote peace, and what helps even less is competition between entities and organizations - competition for resources and a feudalization of their agendas.”
2014-06-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7196 (2014) · source
“Finally, the growing tendency to include aspects of peacebuilding in the mandates of our peacekeeping missions has transformed our peacekeepers into early peace builders. We consider that to be one of the most significant developments in peacekeeping operations in recent years. It is in fact essential in order to prevent countries from falling back into conflict and to enable peacekeeping operations to function with a platform that allows for the protection of human rights, development, gender equality, and the consolidation of democracy and the rule of law. I cannot conclude my remarks without making an observation about the fact that we put ever more responsibility on specific sectors within the mandates of peacekeeping operations.”
2014-06-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7196 (2014) · source
“Argentina believes that the future of peacekeeping operations depends on their having clear and adequately financed mandates. For that to be the case, we need to continue to be able to count on the necessary consensus in the General Assembly, so that the efforts of the troop-contributing countries are met by an analogous commitment on the part of those countries with greater financial responsibilities. The successful implementation of the various tasks specified in the peacekeeping mandates shines a spotlight on the effectiveness of those expenditures, in particular if we compare the lean budget of around $8 thousand million available for all peacekeeping operations with the enormous cost of global military expenditures.”
2014-06-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7196 (2014) · source
“That includes the challenge of maintaining sufficient budgetary discipline, which is necessary in such cases, with particular regard for the principle that no loans between active missions are allowed, as well as the rule that stipulates that the costs of inter-mission cooperation should be borne by the receiving mission. Such considerations lead us, in conclusion, to the issue of financing for peacekeeping missions. We have observed a negative tendency to broaden the complexity of mandates without providing them with the financial resources necessary for their appropriate implementation. We insist that the matter of financial allocations to peacekeeping missions constitutes a political issue and not a simple budgetary question, since it affects the effectiveness and the credibility of the whole Organization.”
2014-06-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7196 (2014) · source
“New technologies cannot be developed out of thin air. They cannot be allowed to proliferate without regulation. Ifin this Organization we managed to adopt a non-proliferation treaty as an international legal framework -- still not quite universal -- how could we not work out a regulatory agreement that obligates all States to agree on the ethical and legal bases that will enable the reliable, efficient use of new technologies? We believe that inter-mission cooperation, to which the Presidency's brilliant concept note also refers, should not be a substitute for the appropriate implementation and planning of a peacekeeping mission. We should ensure that such cooperation does not affect the fulfilment of the sending mission's mandate, and that it should be appropriately integrated by the receiving mission.”
2014-06-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7196 (2014) · source
“With respect to unmanned drones and the use of new technologies in peacekeeping missions, we believe that these new technologies can bring important capabilities to peacekeeping operations, so long as they are evaluated, on a case by case basis, with a view to their use in observation under the control of the Organization with strict respect for the norms that guide us. In that context, I would like to reiterate the demand that was made in the framework of the C-34. We want and hope to receive further information from the Secretariat with regard to the use of such technologies, including lessons learned in the confidential treatment of the information obtained, as well as on improvements in the safety of deployed personnel, the understanding of the operational situation and the protection of civilians.”
2014-06-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7196 (2014) · source
“But our Organization cannot deal with and increasing number of situations of risk and violence without taking care to be effective in designing its mandates, its rules of engagement and the security contexts in which the men and women of the countries that provide troops and police are being asked to exercise their profession as soldiers and police. In other words, let us not add further risks to the inherent risk. That, I believe, is the message that the countries that contribute troops and police have been saying all along.”
2014-06-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7196 (2014) · source
“In that regard, after listening to other statements, the point is that those of us from countries that contribute troops and police should not be afraid that our citizens from the military and police, whether male or female, might suffer harm. No. They have been trained as effective and solid professionals to act in exceptional situations in which violence is very much part of the environment. So let us be clear. These are not physical education or kindergarten teachers. They are military and police professionals.”
2014-06-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7196 (2014) · source
“In that regard, while we view as positive the trend for the Organization to oversee the command, control and financing of missions that require, in exceptional cases, that peace be imposed, we believe that the characteristics of an appropriate and effective tool for such exceptional tasks should be derived from a broad, overdue debate involving all Member States on peacekeeping and the use of force by this Organization and should not be the result of a fait accompli. We believe that we should not disregard the principles of the peacekeeping system that we have worked so hard to build and that we should not put at risk the safety of United Nations personnel deployed in our missions on the ground, to whom, as have others, I offer the homage and recognition of my country, Argentina.”
2014-06-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7196 (2014) · source
“Let us recall the recent recognition of the growing need for peacekeeping missions to be endowed with effective mandates that enable them to act in operations involving increased risk and unconventional threats. Nonetheless, we understand that the peacekeeping system was not conceived to impose peace, nor is it prepared to do so. We therefore encourage this Organization and all its bodies to debate and clearly define what we mean by "robust mandates".”
2014-06-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7196 (2014) · source
“With respect to the recent shift in the mandates of several African missions, in particular the creation of an intervention brigade within the framework of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), which was authorized in order to implement certain peacekeeping tasks, while the principles of peacekeeping are clearly defined and well known, my country is concerned, as are other Member States, that recent practice seems to contradict those principles. To put it in more colloquial terms, we cannot use the United Nations to wage war through other means. Our responsibility is to maintain international peace and security.”
2014-06-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7196 (2014) · source
“I would first like to acknowledge the stimulating concept note submitted by the Russian Presidency on new trends in peacekeeping operations (S/2014/384, annex), which runs along the same lines as what we have been discussing, both with respect to the various draft resolutions on peacekeeping operations and to the Council's Working Group on Peacekeeping Operations, as well as in the broader realm of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations of the General Assembly (C-34).”
2014-06-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7196 (2014) · source
“I would also request the Jordanian delegation to transmit to our dear colleague, Prince Zeid Ra'ad Zeid Al-Hussein, that the opening ideas of his statement were, as usual, very good but that, when rituals are repeated, they frequently become myths. And myths, at a certain point, wind up more real than reality. Although we have myths about peacekeeping operations, 1 will address some of the realities mentioned by my colleague.”
2014-06-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7196 (2014) · source
“Mrs. Perceval (Argentina) (spoke in Spanish): 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 celebration. In Argentina, the saying "Will the last one to leave please turn off the light" may perhaps be conveyed by the Secretariat to the Secretary-General. We very much appreciate his briefing and wish him a happy birthday on 13 June. May he have a pleasant trip inaugurating the World Cup in the sisterly Federative Republic of Brazil.”
2014-06-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7196 (2014) · source
“We therefore call on all the national and regional authorities of Ukraine to take effective steps not only to prevent human rights violations and protect human rights, but also to ensure that all security forces respect those rights. Once again, we reaffirm that the international community should, on the one hand, focus its efforts on ensuring that the parties enter a constructive dialogue with full respect for human rights, international humanitarian law and respect for the rights of all minorities and, on the other, act strictly within the framework of international law and the Charter of the United Nations, with the objective of achieving domestic peace in the country and creating a climate conducive to sustainable, inclusive and prosperous development.”
2014-05-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7185 (2014) · source
“Therefore, we reiterate our call on all parties to exercise maximum self-restraint and contribute to a constructive dialogue. In that vein, the effective implementation by all parties of the measures agreed on in Geneva continues to be necessary to making progress in a dialogue process, which will encourage confidence between the various communities and assure all Ukrainians throughout the country that their main concerns and rights will be cared for. Any violation or abuse of human rights is unjustifiable. The cases of killings, torture, abduction, harassment, illegal detention and intimidation must be investigated and the perpetrators brought to justice.”
2014-05-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7185 (2014) · source
“The actions of armed groups, unilateral actions and the human rights violations and abuses will only deepen the crisis and put the security and living conditions of the civilian population at risk. We are concerned about reports of the disappearance of four members of the international observers team of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, who have not been heard from since Monday. In that connection, we call on all parties concerned to take every possible step to ensure that the observers are immediately released unharmed. In particular, Member States with influence on the parties should bring positive pressure to bear to that end. We are convinced that the only solution to the crisis in Ukraine is political and diplomatic.”
2014-05-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7185 (2014) · source
“We reiterate that due respect must be paid to Ukraine's conduct of its internal affairs, without any type of interference or intervention, be it military, political or economic, in matters that are under its own jurisdiction. Argentina respects the decision of the people of Ukraine. We have repeatedly emphasized the need to establish conditions conducive to restarting the urgent dialogue process. We hope that the presidential elections held on 25 May will contribute to that and to a decrease in tensions by decreasing the risk of new violent confrontations and decreasing the spiral of violence, which if it continues, would have severe repercussions on the stability not only of Ukraine, but also the region.”
2014-05-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7185 (2014) · source
“Mrs. Perceval (Argentina) (spoke in Spanish): 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 concerned by the developments in the eastern regions of the country. With regard to the election process of last Sunday, Argentina, as a matter of principle and of general policy, does not comment on the results of elections, which are by their very nature under the exclusive jurisdiction of each State.”
2014-05-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7185 (2014) · source
“We highlight the work being done by UNMIK to support the rule of law, especially its cooperation with all the pertinent interested parties with regard to the main problems on the ground. We think that it is important for international presences to continue strengthening mutual cooperation in order to establish the appropriate conditions to implement the 19 April 2013 Agreement in the best way possible. We conclude by highlighting the work done by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General to promote security, stability and respect for human rights in Kosovo in accordance with resolution 1244 (1999).”
2014-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7183 (2014) · source
“We call on the authorities to continue working to implement measures, such as the aforementioned strategy, to address those unresolved issues, which remain obstacles to facilitating the return and definitive reintegration of internally displaced persons. It is also crucially important to continue to give priority to the tasks of overcoming the traces and legacy of the conflict, including the pending cases of 1,712 disappeared persons. We underscore the holding ofnew meetings of the Working Group on Missing Persons in Belgrade and Pristina, under the chairmanship of the International Committee of the Red Cross. UNMIK should continue to support and encourage efforts to ascertain the fate of disappeared persons. We also call for redoubled efforts and cooperation so that impunity is the not the last word on serious violations of human rights.”
2014-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7183 (2014) · source
“While the adoption of a strategy for communities and returns for 2014-2018, which prioritizes housing construction, security, freedom of movement, access to public services and employment opportunities, and the fact that the situation of displaced Kosovo Roma, Kosovo Ashkali and Kosovo Egyptians has improved are both positive, the report recognizes that displaced Serbs continue to face difficulties. We urge the authorities to redouble their efforts to promote tolerance, respect and reconciliation and to confront all forms of discrimination. Argentina remains concerned by the relatively low rate of voluntary returns of Kosovars to the region since their displacement 15 years ago.”
2014-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7183 (2014) · source
“While we are encouraged that the security situation in Kosovo has been mostly calm, that does not mean that we should not continue to focus on the security situation in northern Mitrovica. In that regard, we reiterate that the important work of UNMIK continues to be essential in providing the greatest support to the political processes, in particular giving special attention to the implementation of the 19 April 2013 Agreement. Argentina believes that it is very important to achieve full respect for the human rights of displaced persons and members ofminority groups so that they can return to their places of origin and accede to substantive rights and not be the victims of discrimination or intimidation.”
2014-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7183 (2014) · source