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“All United Nations organs and bodies must adopt preventive strategies and take measures in their respective areas of competence so as to assist Member States and regional and subregional organizations to eradicate poverty, strengthen cooperation and development aid and promote respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. Finally, justice and the rule of law are key to the promotion and maintenance of peace, stability and development. In that regard, it is essential to put an end to impunity with regard to gross violations of human rights in societies in conflict and post-conflict situations in order to address severe violations of international law, human rights and international humanitarian law and to prevent serious crimes from being committed in future.”
2014-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7112 (2014) · source
“Also, with regard to using sanctions, we wish to reiterate our strong belief that the universal nature of the United Nations makes it the most appropriate forum competent to undertake and monitor such measures. Argentina encourages regional and subregional organizations, including the European Union, to step up their efforts and strengthen their capacity for conflict prevention, crisis management and post- conflict stabilization. We attach great importance to interaction and cooperation between the Peacebuilding Commission and regional and subregional organizations. We encourage the European Commission to continue working in close consultation with regional and subregional organizations and arrangements in order to ensure more consistent and integrated strategies for peacebuilding and recovery in post-conflict situations.”
2014-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7112 (2014) · source
“With regard to Syria, we recognize the financial contribution of the European Union in seeking to alleviate the terrible humanitarian crisis that the country is facing, the assistance to neighbouring countries and its support to the joint mission of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the United Nations. We also commend the European Union's continued call for a political solution to the crisis on the basis of the June 2012 Geneva communique (S/2012/522, annex). However, we can only regret the step to lift the embargo that prohibits its members from exporting weapons to Syria, thereby opening the way for a greater militarization of the conflict, despite having expressed, on several occasions, its concern about the increase in arms flows to the country.”
2014-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7112 (2014) · source
“We therefore believe that the European Union, through its participation in the Quartet, has played an important role by supporting the talks currently under way, at all times reaffirming the principles and parameters of the two-State solution - a position that shared by the overwhelming majority of the international community. In that regard, we view the European Commission guidelines adopted last July establishing that it would provide subsidies only to Israeli institutions within the 1967 borders, and the recent offer of an economic, political and security assistance package in the context of an agreement between the parties, as specific examples of the international community's contribution and reaffirmation of the Union's commitment to the two-State solution.”
2014-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7112 (2014) · source
“In recent years, that contribution has been strengthened through the Union's cooperation with the United Nations in seeking solutions to conflicts in the Middle East, Somalia, Mali, the Sahel and the Balkans, inter alia. In particular, we should underscore the European Union's role in international negotiations and mediation, its commitment to the maintenance and strengthening of peace and the humanitarian assistance and logistical support it has provided in various situations. In the context of an asymmetric negotiation such as that between Israel and Palestine, the international community must support those who promote peace on the basis of a fair and lasting solution.”
2014-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7112 (2014) · source
“In that context, Argentina believes that it is crucial for regional and subregional organizations to work closely with the United Nations in the context of the "Rights up front" initiative, which aims to protect and promote human rights and develop early-warning mechanisms as a strategy for preventing unstable situations from devolving into serious conflicts or mass atrocities. Cooperation between the United Nations and the European Union is notable for its scope in terms of both geography and content. Argentina welcomes the contribution of the European Union to upholding international peace and security in its own region and outside Europe, in particular, though not exclusively, in Africa, where several States members of the European Union have maintained a presence and have a historical responsibility.”
2014-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7112 (2014) · source
“Of particular note is the contribution made by regional and subregional organizations to the maintenance of international peace and security under Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United Nations through the deployment of peacekeeping operations authorized by the Council. Regional and subregional organizations can play an important role in prevention, resolution and mediation processes, as well as in post- conflict peacebuilding, recovery, reconstruction and development.”
2014-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7112 (2014) · source
“The contributions of regional and subregional organizations complement the work of the United Nations, bringing to bear, as they do, knowledge of specific regional circumstances and an understanding of the causes of conflicts - irreplaceable comparative advantages that are invaluable in efforts to prevent and resolve conflicts; establish and maintain peace; uphold legal order; promote and protect human rights, democracy and the rule of law; and fight impunity. The United Nations, for its part, brings to bear its universal membership and legitimacy, its broad experience and its operational capacity in the area of international peace and security.”
2014-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7112 (2014) · source
“Cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations in matters related to the maintenance of international peace and security is an integral part of the collective security envisioned in the Charter of the United Nations. The role played by regional and subregional organizations in the prevention and resolution of conflicts has grown in importance and can be seen in a broad range of situations since 1945.”
2014-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7112 (2014) · source
“That is a matter to which my country attaches great importance. During our presidency of the Council in August 2013, we held an open debate on this topic chaired by President Cristina Fernandez (see S/PV.7015). The Security Council holds important and frequent dialogues with the European Union. The European Union was present at August's open debate, as well as at the meeting on the topic held in October by the Azerbaijani presidency, which focused on strengthening the partnership synergy between the United Nations and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (see S/PV.7050). That marks a trend that we hope will continue and extend to other regional and subregional organizations, based on the understanding that such organizations are equipped to contribute a more comprehensive and effective understanding of specific situations.”
2014-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7112 (2014) · source
“Mrs. Perceval (Argentina) (spoke in Spanish): I would like to welcome you, Sir, and to congratulate Lithuania on its election to the Council as a non-permanent member, as well as to commend the leadership of your country's Mission to the United Nations under Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaite. We welcome the initiative of Lithuania to hold the present debate. In that context, I thank the Secretary- General for his remarks and for the challenges to which he drew our attention. We also welcome the remarks of the High Representative of the European Union, Baroness Catherine Ashton. The present debate provides us an opportunity to consider the various dimensions and functioning of cooperation between regional and subregional organizations and the United Nations in the maintenance of international peace and security.”
2014-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7112 (2014) · source
“Among the means for peaceful resolution at the disposal of the Organization and its States Members is the role of the good offices that the Organization can entrust to the Secretary-General. Good offices missions or any other means for the peaceful resolution of conflicts will achieve their desired result if parties to the conflict fulfil their responsibilities in good faith in those processes. Ensuring peace was the clear purpose of the Organization's founders, but to ensure that it is lasting, not only is the Security Council required to act, but also all United Nations organs and the different Member States as well, to build true multilateralism in full equality, in accordance with the purposes and principles of the Charter.”
2014-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7105 (2014) · source
“I would like to highlight the Latin American and Caribbean region's commitment to observing and strengthening the rule oflaw, in particular through the adoption of democratic instruments. We face a number of challenges - economic, social, environmental, political, ethical and cultural in nature. One of them entails leaving behind the vestiges of old imperialist vices, which emerge as colonial anachronisms that persist in the twenty-first century itself. To do so, we must redouble the Organization's efforts for the eradication of colonialism, which was one of the United Nations founding goals, taking into account the particularities of each situation. My country believes it appropriate to highlight the need to resolve conflicts through dialogue in order to contribute to their peaceful resolution.”
2014-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7105 (2014) · source
“It is crucial that the rule of law and the effective exercise in equal conditions of all peoples of the right to sustainable development and the harmonizing of the goals of justice and peace through the strengthening of national capabilities but also through international mechanisms that fight against impunity, such as the International Criminal Court, be recognized as some of the most important challenges we have to take on. To conclude, I believe that it is crucial that we put into practice regional and universal early-warning mechanisms to prevent atrocities, an aspect in which regional and national scope becomes essential to cooperation and dialogue in order for the rule of law to be strengthened.”
2014-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7105 (2014) · source
“Before the Charter of the United Nations, there were humanitarian norms on war, such as The Hague Convention of 1907, but only with the United Nations did the principle of peace become a supreme standard of international law and the relations between nations. However, we know that there is a great gap between what is said in the Charter and reality. We know that we have contributed significantly in the Organization to the objective of containing the deepening and expansion of conflicts. But we also know that we have not been extremely coherent and effective in preventing them.”
2014-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7105 (2014) · source
“We are talking about acts of terrorism, the globalization of organized crime, savage and predatory struggles for natural resources, and various forms of authoritarian fundamentalism. But we are also talking about ethical and political violence that generate and compound hunger, exclusion, discrimination and inequality in order to protect the privileges of powerful or affluent minorities in the light of majorities that are devastated by poverty and uncertainty. The actions and decisions of the globalized financial power centres, for example, show that today war can be done through other means.”
2014-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7105 (2014) · source
“Proof can be seen in the exponential increase in the number of civilian victims in conflicts - from 20 per cent during the First World War to 50 per cent in the Second World War to 80 or 90 per cent in contemporary armed conflicts, destroying thereby the basic principle of personal responsibility and the exclusion of responsibility for external factors that are part of modern life. It is important to point out that there are new scenarios, new actors and different dimensions where new forms of violence appear in relation to powerful but age-old economic and military structures of domination and discipline or new threats that come from the actions of non-State actors.”
2014-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7105 (2014) · source
“However, we can also describe our era as being one that is intensely destructive and marked by the proliferation of indiscriminate violence that strikes, terrorizes and kills innocent men and women, young people, children, contradicting the ethnical principle that no one should be used for others' purposes. Why do I say that? It is clear that today the interests of power centres with greater economic and military might in the globalized world and the objectives of circumstantially based and flexible alliances of power between different Powers to control or condition the fate of certain countries or regions, generally those of developing countries, are alien to the peoples and communities that need, desire and crave a life of dignity and a world of peace.”
2014-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7105 (2014) · source
“We are living in an era that is almost completely dominated by internal conflicts, an era where we have seen the commission of serious human rights violations, including genocide. We say that we live in a world without wars, if by that we mean the brutal configurations of wars between nations or groups of countries of the twentieth century, such as those we saw in the First and Second World Wars. However, we do not live in a world without conflict or confrontations or fights over interests. We believe that the attainment of a world without wars in the sense of traditional wars is due to the creation of military technology of terrible destructive power. Indeed, contemporary weapons are capable of destroying humankind many times over, so war between great Powers has become nonsensical and improbable, although not impossible.”
2014-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7105 (2014) · source
“Mrs. Perceval (Argentina) (spoke in Spanish): I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened today's open debate. I would also like to thank you, Sir, for the concept paper (S/2014/30, annex). The proposal made by Jordan for today's debate leads to a discussion on how we can put into practice the purposes and principles of the United Nations, the Organization that was established as a result of the tragic and traumatic experience of the Second World War, its main objective being the promotion of peace through the prohibition of the use of armed force. As the concept paper states, today there are different types of conflict and situations that, without fitting into the traditional concept of war, still present threats and risks to international peace and security.”
2014-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7105 (2014) · source
“We assure them that we will continue to work together on the priorities and challenges facing the Organization. Our countries share the same principles and are working towards the same ideals.”
2013-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7090 (2013) · source
“Lastly, I think it is important to emphasize that a comprehensive approach to the problem must respect the particularity of local and regional situations where drug trafficking exists, since the problems caused by drugs are different from place to place, on account ofthe specific local, subregional and regional characteristics. In conclusion, Argentina supports presidential statement S/PRST/2013/22 and thanks the French delegation for its work. Only by working together can the international community prevail in the fight against drug trafficking and other forms of organized crime, such as human trafficking, arms trafficking, migrant servitude and slavery, and money laundering. Argentina extends its thanks to Azerbaijan, Guatemala, Morocco, Pakistan and Togo.”
2013-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7090 (2013) · source
“We emphasize that we must concentrate our efforts on achieving sustainable human development based on the principle of shared but differentiated responsibilities, with a focus on human rights and on economic, social and environmental dimensions. Thirdly, I wish to underscore and commend the many advances achieved by a large number of the countries of the region with the assistance of the regional and subregional organizations represented at this debate. Fourthly, I would like to underscore that it is important for the Council to respect the purviews and responsibilities of other bodies of the system, such as the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council and various agencies.”
2013-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7090 (2013) · source
“Secondly, I would like to say once again that many of the problems that arise are the result of deep-rooted causes and must be addressed through substantive changes, not palliative measures. I therefore want to point out that combating drug trafficking has to take into account the need for development, for there can be no doubt that, under certain conditions, a low level of overall development provides a breeding ground for criminal activities. As a result, any satisfactory plan to combat drug trafficking must include measures aimed at providing alternative means of subsistence - legal ones - especially for young people, as well as decent work for young men and women.”
2013-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7090 (2013) · source
“With regard to the various areas where cooperation is important, capacity-building in the implementation of laws is of particular importance, especially in the judicial and security sectors. Robust State bodies and properly trained staff are essential in combating drug trafficking. We must cooperate with States to help them to develop their own capacities so that they can rebuild and strengthen their institutions, mete out justice, ensure the rule of law and provide security. In that regard, I would like to commend the important work carried out by United Nations police, as well as the participation of officers from Argentina in the missions in place in various countries of the region.”
2013-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7090 (2013) · source
“It is also not always possible to establish connections between transnational organized crime and international peace and security in all contexts and circumstances. I would also like to put on record the fact that Argentina supports the principle of joint and shared responsibility among producer, consumer and transit countries. We give pride of place to a balanced focus between combating drug trafficking and its connected crimes and the adoption of measures to prevent drug consumption and ensure assistance to drug-dependant persons. With that said, I first want to emphasize the primary responsibility of States with regard to relevant actions when it comes to combating drug trafficking. We also acknowledge the value of, and the need for, regional and international cooperation to effectively address the phenomenon.”
2013-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7090 (2013) · source
“As we know, and as set out in the Secretary- General's report (S/2013/354), the two subregions must address the threat and scourge of drug trafficking and associated crimes, which in certain instances are clearly responsible for the destabilization of some countries by preventing effective State control of borders and territories and by striking at the very heart of States through corruption. We also know that, in specific contexts and places, it has been possible to establish a causal link between transnational organized crime and the funding of terrorist groups and non-State armed groups. Taking all of that into account, I wish to emphasize the fact that, although drug trafficking can be linked with other threats, such as those posed by international terrorism, that relationship is not always a linear one.”
2013-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7090 (2013) · source
“On that occasion I underscored - and it is good to recall it again as we address the issue today - how important it was to maintain our full attention on the regional issue of the Sahel while emphasizing the need and urgency to implement the United Nations integrated strategy for the Sahel, which covers security, good governance, development, human rights and humanitarian issues. Regrettably, the Sahel and West Africa share difficult challenges. Much of what was said last week could be repeated today, as the two subregions have among the lowest indices of human development in the world, suffer from major shortages and have to address the many illegal networks and various terrorist and extremist groups operating in the countries in the area.”
2013-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7090 (2013) · source
“Mrs. Perceval (Argentina) (spoke in Spanish): I thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this meeting. As this is the last official Council meeting for December, I should like to pay tribute to your leadership and congratulate you and your delegation on the way you have carried out your tasks this month. I should like to thank the Secretary-General, the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa for their statements. I should also like to acknowledge the presence of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Guatemala at this important debate. Just a few days ago, we met to address the situation in the Sahel (see S/PV.7081).”
2013-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7090 (2013) · source
“He stressed that borders are areas of human, commercial and cultural exchange, and that they cannot be seen as areas of distrust, closure or exclusion. Argentina, along with the countries of Latin America that share this vision of the Minister of Morocco, hopes that the United Nations integrated strategy for the Sahel will lead to the establishment of a homeland in the Sahel.”
2013-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7081 (2013) · source
“Thirdly and to conclude, I welcome the substantial progress that has been made in the countries of the region and the continent based on the conflict prevention, peacekeeping, peacebuilding, development, human rights, democracy and rule of law initiatives of regional and subregional organizations. Argentina firmly believes that this is the path that the countries of the region and the African continent in general must take. The Minister ofthe Interior ofMorocco, at the second regional ministerial conference on border security in North Africa and the Sahel, held last month in Rabat, said that a mechanism for the exchange of information must be created, an early warning system set up, and our legal border control instruments harmonized.”
2013-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7081 (2013) · source
“Secondly, I underscore the fact that many of the problems that we see, in our opinion, are the results of root causes that must be dealt with through substantive change and not with palliative measures. For example, given the challenging and necessary changes that are needed to address the crisis, Argentina highlights the importance of focusing on and changing the modalities and structures of the work of the World Trade Organization, the International Monetary Fund and the international financial system so that they can be instruments for sustainable development and not the reverse. Only a global economic system based on cooperation and equity will be able to respond to the root causes of conflicts related to poverty, hunger and inequality.”
2013-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7081 (2013) · source
“However, we must acknowledge that it is crucial that this awareness - which has forced the international community to look comprehensively at the situation in the Sahel region - not prevent us from considering whatever may be required. Very briefly, I would like to recall that the main responsibilty for peace, security and development in the Sahel falls to the countries of the region, which must address the root causes of their problems and conflicts. However, we believe in the importance of the support that must be provided by the international community and the United Nations, taking into account in particular the challenges that arise as a result of climate change and the economic and financial crisis that originated in the richest countries.”
2013-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7081 (2013) · source
“Obviously, we also highlight the importance of the joint visit made by the Secretary-General and the President of the World Bank. Furthermore, we would like to thank the delegation of Morocco for having placed and kept this topic among the priorities on our agenda and for drafting important documents such as that we have just adopted (S/PRST/2013/20). During his mandate as Special Envoy of the Secretary-General, Mr. Prodi has not only highlighted the complex reality of the Sahel region; he has also educated the international community and the Security Council by conveying his understanding of a complex situation and by listening to the voices of the different communities, understanding their cultures and respecting their priorities.”
2013-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7081 (2013) · source
“For that reason, in raising awareness of, sharing and supporting the United Nations integrated strategy for the Sahel, we have demonstrated our belief in its proper implementation and our trust that it can resolve the root causes of the conflict. That would be the best response that we could make for peace and security in the Sahel. Since our meeting in June, when we were presented with the integrated strategy (S/PV.6988), a great deal of progress has been made, thanks to the impetus given to it by the Secretary-General and Mr. Prodi. We welcome the meetings that took place at Headquarters, the special meeting on enhancing cooperation and technical assistance in the global fight against terrorism, and the high-level meeting in September, as well as the meetings that took place recently in Bamako and Rabat.”
2013-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7081 (2013) · source
“Despite all of the efforts in terms of assistance, the Sahel is still experiencing very serious and recurrent outbreaks of infectious diseases, chronic investment shortages in the energy and agricultural sectors, and ineffective social protection systems, with unequal access to basic social services, a worsening of the environment and a great deal of discrimination. Obviously, as revealed by the conflicts in the Sudan, Libya and Mali, the various programmes have not been able to address the root causes of the conflicts or the numerous illegal networks of and threats posed by the different extremist and terrorist groups that operate in the region.”
2013-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7081 (2013) · source
“Our insistence arises from and is nourished by a very concrete reality and need. Our is not just a strategic vision; it is also a question of effectiveness and transparency, and resulted in a whole series of overlapping, cross-cutting national, regional and international programmes that, despite their good intentions, have not had the expected results. I say that because the Sahel still presents one of the lowest human development indices in the world. There are 11.4 million people suffering from food insecurity and about 5 million Children under the age of five threatened with acute malnutrition.”
2013-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7081 (2013) · source
“Mrs. Perceval (Argentina) (spoke in Spanish): I would like to thank the French delegation for convening today's meeting. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General, the President of the World Bank, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Sahel, the Permanent Observer of the African Union to the United Nations and the European Union Special Representative for the Sahel. I thank each of them for their briefings. On the many occasions in which we have dealt with particularly conflicts in the region, such as in Mali, Argentina has reiterated the importance of maintaining our full focus on the regional issues in the Sahel, and underscored the need and the urgency of having a United Nations integrated strategy that would encompass security, governance, development, human rights, humanitarian issues and economic growth.”
2013-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7081 (2013) · source
“It urged the Sudan to cooperate with the ICC in accordance with the Council's earlier resolution 1593 (2005). For our part, we must assume our responsibilities under our own resolutions and ensure that the Court is provided with adequate funding when that debate takes place before the General Assembly, and must encourage all States members of the international community to cooperate in good faith with the International Criminal Court.”
2013-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7080 (2013) · source
“I must add that the Council has not even acknowledged receipt of those communications. However, in presidential statement S/PRST/2013/2, we Council members committed to effective follow-up. To date, however, and despite our efforts, there has been no agreement on a mechanism to follow up referrals to the International Criminal Court. Again, I believe that we must focus on dealing with that issue. I wish to conclude by recalling that in resolution 2113 (2013), the Council urged all parties to the conflict to make every effort to reach a permanent ceasefire and a comprehensive peace settlement based on the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur, and to immediately cease all acts of violence and fulfil their responsibilities under international humanitarian and human rights law.”
2013-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7080 (2013) · source
“In that context, the Government of the Sudan, pursuant to resolution 1593 (2005), is required to cooperate with the Court and to provide all necessary assistance. The resolution also calls on States not party to the Rome Statute and all Members of the United Nations to cooperate with the Court, without politicizing the situation, and to continue to fight against impunity. The issue of cooperation with the Court includes cooperation in the execution of arrest warrants and follow-up by the Council through referrals to the International Criminal Court. The Prosecutor's briefing recalled - as many Council members have also done - that none of the eight formal communications from the Court to the Council has elicited any response or action on the part of the Council.”
2013-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7080 (2013) · source
“As has also been noted in prior statements, the briefing on Darfur by the Prosecutor ofthe International Criminal Court (ICC), in addition to taking stock of the crimes committed, emphasized the crucial factor of cooperation. Despite any subjective opinion that one might entertain of the individual in the position of Prosecutor, an objective assessment of the functions of the Prosecutor e which, in accordance with the Statute, are established on the basis of the principles of cooperation and complementarity - would demonstrate that she is simply doing what she is supposed to do. The work of the ICC and the Prosecutor is to promote cooperation and complementarity; it is not to provoke or cause conflict.”
2013-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7080 (2013) · source
“Furthermore, Argentina notes that the Prosecutor is mandated to deal with current crimes, including - as other members have mentioned - aerial and ground bombardments affecting civilians, high numbers of civilian deaths, sexual and gender-based violence, attacks on human rights and civil society activists, kidnappings, attacks on humanitarian workers and the staff of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur, impeded access of humanitarian personnel and peacekeeping forces and the forced displacement of civilians that has generated- according to what is known and accepted as accurate - some 430,000 newly displaced people.”
2013-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7080 (2013) · source
“In July, the Council adopted resolution 2113 (2013), in which it stressed the importance of full compliance with all of its resolutions on the Sudan and recalled the importance of ending impunity and ensuringjustice for crimes committed in Darfur. In that respect, Argentina also notes that the Office of the Prosecutor is mandated to act in accordance with the provisions of the Council's resolutions that specifically address the responsibilities of that Office.”
2013-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7080 (2013) · source
“Mrs. Perceval (Argentina) (spoke in Spanish): As is the custom in the Council, I will focus specifically on the topic of this debate, which is to analyse the eighteenth report of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court received by the Security Council, in accordance with resolution 1593 (2005). Not as a reproach, but rather so as to exercise our memory, I would like us, Council members, to remember that in February, through resolution 2091 (2013), we noted that the population of Darfur was in an "urgent humanitarian crisis". We also reiterated the demand for an end to military actions, indiscriminate attacks on and other violence against civilians, the recruitment of child soldiers, other crimes against children and abuses against women.”
2013-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7080 (2013) · source
“The Tribunals represent a substantial contribution to that noble objective of living a life that is fully human. I should like to make an unrelated announcement. We have just received the painful news of the passing of Nelson Mandela. Nelson Mandela was a man who gave hope to the entire world in his fight for human rights. It seems that nothing happens by chance in the history of humankind. I would like to recall that today, at this moment, mothers, grandmothers and daughters of the Plaza de Mayo are marching around the obelisk for the thirty-third time, with the slogan "30 years of democracy, 30 years of dictatorship, 33 years of resistance". Entire peoples, good men and women - men like Mandela - resisted and taught us to resist fear, to resist impunity and to resist forgetfulness.”
2013-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7073 (2013) · source
“The Mechanism is ready to begin proceedings, once those under its jurisdiction are arrested, and that is also a priority. But that requires cooperation on the part of all States, in accordance with the obligations under resolution 955 (1994). I would like to highlight the progress achieved in the area of training and cooperation with States and the creation of the Umusanzu Information and Documentation Centre in Kigali, together with other valuable contributions by the Office of the Prosecutor. The recent drafting of a manual of best practices for prosecuting and investigating cases of sexual and gender-based violence also deserves our commendation. With respect to the Residual Mechanism, Argentina recognizes the progress made towards its full operation, and the fact that both the Arusha and The Hague branches are fully operational.”
2013-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7073 (2013) · source
“We believe that, while resolution 1966 (2010) set ideal dates for the transfer of functions to the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, the judicial function may, like life itself, present challenges resulting from the complexity of the cases and the transitional phase that we are in. We appreciate the report of the ICTR regarding compliance with the deadlines and projections made for cases in the trial and appeal stages, and the fact that the transition to the Residual Mechanism continues in line with those projections, including the delivery to the Mechanism of judicial and administrative archives by the end of 2014. Other colleagues have mentioned the issue of the capture of the fugitives, and we agree that that is a priority. The fact that nine of those indicted by the ICTR are still fugitives is not good news.”
2013-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7073 (2013) · source
“For example, the Tribunal requested the creation of a task force at the United Nations to provide opportunities for absorbing ICTY staff and the granting of a special payment to keep staff from pre-emptively abandoning their duties in the expectation that their posts will be eliminated. Argentina supported the establishment by the Council of an expedited mechanism for the election of an additional permanent judge, as requested by President Meron. I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Judge Koffi Kumelio Afande on his election by the General Assembly to those functions. I also wish to highlight the fact that Argentina supports the extension of the mandate of the ICTY judges requested by President Meron.”
2013-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7073 (2013) · source
“As for the Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, we note that, 20 years after its creation, it has completed 136 prosecutions out of the 161 individuals accused and that the Court has no fugitives under indictment. The Tribunal has made progress in the completion of cases, but we must also take into account the significant challenges that it is facing owing to the loss of skilled personnel at this stage prior to the final completion of the Tribunal's duties. The Security Council should, as part of its responsibility, reconsider the measures already requested by the Tribunal, and then the General Assembly should consider them in the Fifth Committee.”
2013-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7073 (2013) · source