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“Also, in view of the significant changes that have taken place in such operations since Argentina joined the Council in 2013, with increasingly robust mandates and the use of new technologies, to cite just a few, these debates provide the entire membership with a forum in which to express their views and also to participate, to the extent to which they set out their views, in the decision-making process, which my country believes is how it should be. You, Mr. President, have had the challenging and sad privilege of conducting our work during 15 days that have perhaps been the most dramatic and intense in recent years.”
2014-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7231 (2014) · source
“President, for organizing the open debate on the participation of regional organizations in peacekeeping operations. Given that the very Charter of the United Nations promotes the Council's use of "regional agencies" in fulfilling its primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security, the future of United Nations peacekeeping operations is inextricably linked to the process of regionalization of peacekeeping missions.”
2014-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7231 (2014) · source
“Mrs. Perceval (Argentina) (spoke in Spanish): I wish to begin by welcoming your initiative, Sir, in convening this wrap-up meeting, the sixth one of the year. I will not repeat the reasons why Argentina considers these meetings of fundamental importance. The fact that all non-permanent members and some permanent members have convened or planned to convene wrap-up meetings during their presidencies this year will, we hope, encourage those members who retain doubts about their usefulness and value to do the same. According to your directions, I will evaluate the Security Council's working during the month of July with a view to proposing some recommendations on how the Council could improve its efficiency and effectiveness, and also its legitimacy. I would like to first thank you, Mr.”
2014-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7231 (2014) · source
“There are debates about not contradicting the essential nature of peacekeeping operations pursuant to the Charter, and issues that seem to be distanced from those mandates. There are debates on whether the leadership should go to the United Nations or to the regional organization. There are debates about how to train. There is tension about the use of the new technologies, such as drones, which Argentina considers fundamental, as long as they are deployed within an ethical framework and with reliable manuals of procedure. Given all those ongoing debates, I believe that this one is very timely.”
2014-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7228 (2014) · source
“Our diverse organizations, such as the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States and the Union of South American Nations and the Southern Common Market, show that, in addition to conflict prevention, we have signed onto the democratic clause. We await the second biannual report of the Secretary-General on cooperation between the United Nations and regional, subregional and other organizations, as well as recommendations on methods to strengthen that cooperation. We wish to thank the delegation of Rwanda. We support resolution 2167 (2014) because of its contribution to our current thinking about the future needed to ensure peacekeeping operations and to create a more consistent framework. In the Fifth Committee, there is a debate about the budget. There are discussions at each meeting on on the precise meaning of the term "robust".”
2014-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7228 (2014) · source
“Thirdly, financing mechanisms that will provide appropriate levels of predictability, sustainability, viability and dignity should be put in place, and not just sufficient financing for equipment but also for the living and working conditions of our peacekeepers. Our colleague from Chile mentioned this point so I will not repeat it, but, naturally, Latin America, our region, is a region of peace, which is not a gift of nature, but rather a joint decision of our societies that is sustained by public policies that favour democracy and human rights. All of this has made peace a value for us, and conflict is not a value when it comes to solving problems, disputes and controversies.”
2014-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7228 (2014) · source
“First, in the process of outsourcing the association between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations based on non-discriminatory and balanced cooperation, we must surely include conditions such as the provision of technical, specialized assistance by the United Nations in the planning and deployment of regional peacekeeping operations, as well as the application of its concept of operations and the establishment of the headquarters ofa mission to strengthen the administrative command and control arrangements, improve communications and information technology infrastructure and provide training in all necessary areas, including human rights. Secondly, appropriate coordination mechanisms between the United Nations and regional organizations must be established.”
2014-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7228 (2014) · source
“They must respect the unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity of countries in accordance with the provisions of international humanitarian law, human rights law and refugee law, and they must meet the obligation of regional organizations to keep the Security Council informed of their activities. That will make it easier to understand how to act. It is sometimes also necessary - clearly necessary - that there be accountability, and not just financial accountability. The accountability of peacekeeping operations must be measured in terms of human lives that are protected, saved and taken care of. I know that there are many speakers still waiting to take the floor and that we have many activities scheduled for today, but I believe it is important to set out three principles that are essential for my country.”
2014-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7228 (2014) · source
“We must focus on vulnerable persons, those who are discriminated against, marginalized or excluded who, if they were already in that situation in times of peace, are even more exposed in times of unrest and war. The United Nations brings and must bring universality and legitimacy, to which we should add its great experience and operational capacity. The Security Council's monopoly on authorizing and deploying peacekeeping operations and implementing mandates and conditions for deployment implies that operations led by regional or hybrid organizations must be subject to United Nations mandates and objectives.”
2014-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7228 (2014) · source
“We have found them to be empirical evidence of great value for the implementation of peace agreements and the monitoring ofa cessation of hostilities so as to open the way for negotiations and political and social agreements and to help in the transition towards strengthening the rule of law through stable and legitimate Governments on the basis of democratic principles. Such advantages also support humanitarian action, promote efforts for the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of ex-combatants and contribute to protecting and ensuring full respect for human rights. We must ensure in particular that the rights of women and children are respected, as the representative of Luxembourg mentioned earlier.”
2014-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7228 (2014) · source
“We must highlight what various colleagues have said. The involvement of regional organizations cooperates and complements the work of the United Nations and the Security Council through the inclusion of such bodies but it does not replace it. Rather, it incorporates a knowledge of the context, including a better and deeper understanding of the causes of the confict. That is of vital political interest in successfully completing missions, not to say in saving lives and in protecting oneself from the fear of loss of life. Geographical affinity, the experience of a similar and related way of life and cultural expression and the feeling of trust that local actors can usually generate are without doubt comparative advantages.”
2014-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7228 (2014) · source
“African, Latin American, Caribbean and South-South cooperation provide an example of that, not to mention triangular and North-South cooperation. However, at the same time, we see and face new forms of conflict, transnational and international threats, violence and atrocities. It would therefore be inept, to say the least, if not irresponsible to overlook or minimize the fact that the Charter of the United Nations promotes the Security Council's use ofregional arrangements in order to meet its primary responsibility to maintain international peace and security. That is to say that not only has the past become the present with the resolution adopted last year, but that the present is part of the future, in that upcoming peacekeeping missions will be intrinsically linked to the process of the regionalization of peacekeeping operations.”
2014-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7228 (2014) · source
“All of us have clearly underscored the elements on which we agree, namely, that the participation of regional and subregional arrangements and organizations in maintaining peace is not a matter of preference or occurrence but a strategic necessity in an increasingly interdependent and interconnected world. We face a complex and challenging perspective, in which the area of our activity is much closer and becomes globalized. International problems have an impact on our communities, neighbourhoods and homes and on our political decisions and way of seeing the world. The dynamics of such a scenario have undoubtedly led to a more plural world that acknowledges diversity and can enjoy much broader cooperation in various areas, from the economic to the social fields.”
2014-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7228 (2014) · source
“That resolution continues to guide our debates and decisions, such as the one that we adopted today, which clearly will further strengthen our action. The same was achieved by the resolution adopted under the Pakistan delegation when it held the Security Council presidency last year. Forgive me for introducing that issue. It was not in my text. I did so not because I am the last member of the Council to speak but because I have once again been able to learn from the thinking and the similar and differing views that each member has expressed.”
2014-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7228 (2014) · source
“Regional organizations, such as the African Union and the European Union, as well as our Latin American and Caribbean organizations, in particular have views on that necessary topic of the prevention of conflicts, not their provocation, and cooperation, not competition and controversies. I therefore believe that the convening of this meeting is very timely. The instrument that the Council adopted today (resolution 2167 (2014)) should promote a theory and a currentway oflooking atpeacekeeping operations. When it presided over the Security Council, the delegation of Pakistan, headed by its Minister for Foreign Affairs and its outstanding Permanent Representative, took a forward-looking approach to the topic, assessing the achievements of the past and, on that basis, adopting resolution 2086 (2013).”
2014-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7228 (2014) · source
“President, issued and in which the Council called for the immediate and unconditional humanitarian ceasefire and for progress towards the initiative for durable peace mentioned in various resolutions of our Organization by countries of the region, such as Egypt, and by various leaders of different countries, groups of countries and the Organization itself. Now we are undertaking a medium- and long-term consideration. That is the ethical and strategic challenge facing the Council. Holding such debates with the increasing participation of the entire membership of the Organization, with less dogmatism and more innovative ideas, would perhaps contribute to you, Mr. President, or whoever holds the presidency, having to convene fewer emergency meetings or meetings on urgent situations.”
2014-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7228 (2014) · source
“Mrs. Perceval (Argentina) (spoke in Spanish): I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this meeting on a topic to which Argentina attaches great importance not only as a troop-contributing country but also because we recognize the value of regional organizations participating in maintaining international peace and security. Our way of working and our requirements and responsibilities may seem paradoxical. Yesterday evening, we met to address an emergency or an urgent situation, namely, the tragic situation in Gaza. We unanimously adopted a presidential statement (S/PRST/2014/13), which you, Mr.”
2014-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7228 (2014) · source
“We believe that the ethics of conviction and responsibility are not two different things; they are two sides of the same coin, so we must be consistent.”
2014-07-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7222 (2014) · source
“In that context, given the tools available to us, Argentina would here respectfully address the members of the Security Council to propose that the Council use all the tools available to it. As it has the lofty task of maintaining international peace and security, it should consider the possibility of conducting a mission to the countries of the region in order to support, and give a renewed impetus to, the efforts to bring about a ceasefire, including a visit to Gaza in order to see first-hand the ravages of the armed conflict. We must support all who are working towards a lasting peace in two States living in reciprocal mutual respect, in security, safety and prosperity. I would ask that the Security Council consider this proposal. Argentina wishes to honour the commitments it undertook when it was elected to this body.”
2014-07-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7222 (2014) · source
“It is not a case of multilateralism versus bilateral relations, nor is it multilateralism versus regional organizations. Each of these dimensions and strategies must be brought together and coordinated with a common goal, but as the same time it should be recognized that it is multilateralism that ensures that all States and peoples, without exception, can be heard and recognized as equal in dignity and in rights. In this context, since the press statement issued on 12 July by the Council had no impact, perhaps we should speak more loudly and with a single voice in order to demand, along with the other tools at our disposal, a ceasefire, that international law be respected, that an end be put to violations of international humanitarian law and human rights, and that civilians be protected. Argentina is prepared to comply with this goal.”
2014-07-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7222 (2014) · source
“In this regard, we should ask ourselves the question: what is the point of the Security Council if the maintenance of international peace and security becomes a mere matter of a few ad hoc mechanisms? We are far from opposing bilateral diplomacy or the diplomacy of groups of States or other organizations, but it should not be at the cost of rendering the Security Council an institution devoid of meaning and incapable of having on impact on conflict resolution. It is about finding complementary, convergent and effective strategies, based on strategic solidarity. Argentina believes in real multilateralism that is most truly represented in our Organization. It cannot be conceived of as an obstacle to achieving a more just and peaceful world.”
2014-07-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7222 (2014) · source
“As we clamour for an active role on the part of countries, leaders and organizations to resolve this crisis, we expect the same from the Security Council. We have said it every single time we have met in order to address this situation, and we reiterate it again today. We believe that the Security Council, assuming the responsibilities assigned to it by the Charter, can and should more firmly support the efforts undertaken to achieve a ceasefire, ensure compliance with it and, finally, to help to create the necessary conditions so that both sides can renew their dialogue with a view to bringing about a two-State solution based on the 1967 borders, which is the only guarantee for lasting peace and security.”
2014-07-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7222 (2014) · source
“Learning from recent experience and in order to guarantee effective compliance, it will also be key to establish an international mechanism to monitor these and other measures that may be agreed on as part of the initiatives under way. No less important will be achieving a single Palestinian Authority, so that it can govern effectively also in Gaza, because while our objective remains a two-State solution, reunification of the Palestinian political system is in that context not a problem but part of the solution. It would be unfortunate, therefore, if one of the fatalities of the tragedy we are experiencing were to be the incipient process of Palestinian reconciliation, which we have so strongly stressed and on which we have so intensively laboured.”
2014-07-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7222 (2014) · source
“Given that the horizon is receding due to the frustrating path that has been tread over and over, the question is not if there will be another outbreak of violence, but when there will be one. This renewed crisis should be a strong wake-up call to address, comprehensively, the root causes that led to the outbreak of the conflict. The paths to this goal were already laid out by the Security Council in its resolution 1860 (2009). The time has come to support its implementation in all its dimensions, that is, allow the unimpeded access of humanitarian assistance; ensure the sustained and regular flow of goods and persons through the borders; and prevent the illicit trafficking of arms and ammunition.”
2014-07-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7222 (2014) · source
“We welcome in this respect the decision of the Secretary-General to travel to the region, and we hope that his efforts will yield favourable results and make it possible to move towards what both the General Assembly and the Council have presented as not only a possible but also a desirable and necessary way out in order to put this long-standing conflict behind us. Our priority objective here is to restore calm, and yet we cannot allow ourselves to consent to a return to things as they were before the crisis. It is neither viable nor sustainable for Gaza to continue to be an economic and political shut-in, with 40 per cent of its people without work or income and subject to food insecurity, a sanitary and energy crisis, and a lack of conditions conducive to promoting economic development with full social inclusion and human rights.”
2014-07-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7222 (2014) · source
“It is therefore clear that our responsibility is to demand an immediate cessation of hostilities, strict respect for international humanitarian law and human rights, and the protection of civilians. That means that Israel must put an end to its military operations and the disproportionate use of force in Gaza, and it also means that both Hamas and the Islamic Jihad must put an end to the indiscriminate launching of rockets against Israel. We therefore reiterate our support for the peace initiatives currently under way. History and geography have assigned to Egypt a key role in these efforts, but it is clear that other regional and international actors with influence on the parties should be prepared to use that influence in order to find a way out.”
2014-07-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7222 (2014) · source
“That and all allegations of excesses, abuses and violations of international law must be investigated and the perpetrators must be held accountable. We must ensure that there is justice for all. The incursion has also increased the number of displaced people, has had repercussions throughout the region and has deepened the humanitarian crisis, which exceeds the international community's ability to respond. More than 1 million people are affected by a lack of adequate access to water and sanitation services, while 80 per cent of the people in Gaza have electricity only four hours per day. United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East schools have stopped being centres for learning in order to become improvised refugee camps.”
2014-07-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7222 (2014) · source
“Despite the calls by the Council and other voices of the international community, instead of moderation, all that we have seen has been an intensification in the fighting and an open defiance of the obligations incumbent by way of international humanitarian law, human rights law and the protection civilians. As it could not be any other way, the immediate result of Israel's ground offensive in Gaza and the bombing that accompanied it, was the sharp increase in the number of fatalities, the vast majority of whom were civilians, including an intolerable number of children. What happened in Shujaiya on Sunday cannot be described as anything other than a massacre - one more in the long history of Palestine - which we condemn in the strongest terms.”
2014-07-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7222 (2014) · source
“In that environment of uncertainty, for the third time in less than six years Gaza has again been plunged into violence. Once again, it is civilians who are paying the price for the disproportionate use of military force by Israel. Once again, there are unacceptable acts by Hamas. And once again, there is despair and death. Sooner or later, there will once again be calm. And once again, there will be the certainty that violence will return unless the causes that made it possible are eradicated and the eternal cycle of a pattern of abuse and intolerance, which is repeated all too often, is broken.”
2014-07-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7222 (2014) · source
“While we recognize that it is not easy, we hope those elements can lay the foundation for a common vision so that the Council can contribute not only to addressing the consequences of the crisis, but also to understanding its causes and offering solutions, thereby concretely and effectively assisting the new Special Envoy of the Secretary-General, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, to whom we offer our support. His success will not only make it possible to contribute towards the building of a better future for Syria, but will be key for the achievement of peace and security in the entire region. This open debate undoubtedly comes at a time of great upheaval in the Middle East, which is being torn apart by violence, the exacerbation of sectarian tension, the indiscriminate abuse of militarism and the increase in various types of extremism.”
2014-07-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7222 (2014) · source
“We hope and demand that this time the voice of the Council be heard. We would like to take this opportunity to underscore the fact that, despite the profound differences among its members, the Security Council has been able to speak with one voice in dealing with the effects of the crisis: demanding access for assistance, reacting quickly each time incidents occurred in the area of operations of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force and recognizing and strongly supporting the Government and the people of Lebanon and the countries that are receiving refugees. No less important is the fact that the Security Council has been able to be at the forefront of the complex process of eliminating Syria's chemical weapons programme, which is already in its final stages.”
2014-07-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7222 (2014) · source
“Mrs. Perceval (Argentina) (spoke in Spanish): I thank the Secretary-General for his briefing and for his efforts. I also welcome the Permanent Representative of Israel and the Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine, who are present in hre in the Hall, and thank them for their statements. I shall make some brief remarks about Syria and then focus on the Middle East and the question of Palestine. With regard to Syria, Argentina deeply regrets that we have had to adopt a new resolution on the humanitarian crisis. That was the result of the non-compliance with resolution 2139 (2014) and the increase in the suffering ofthe Syrian people. However, we value in particular the fact that the Council assumed its responsibilities with regard to a situation that has undermined its credibility and cast a doubt over its authority.”
2014-07-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7222 (2014) · source
“We have joined in the call for all States and actors in the region to fully cooperate with the investigation and to ensure the respectful and dignified treatment of the remains of the victims.”
2014-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7221 (2014) · source
“In the resolution, the Council calls on him to identify possible options for the Organization to develop. It also requests that he keep the Council informed. On 18 July Argentina said that we should be prudent at this painful and difficult moment (see S/PV.7219), including the members of the Council. We reiterate that today, for now is not the time to profer opinions or analyses of what happened based on geopolitical disputes, nor to engage in pointless accusation. The gravity and the pain resulting from this incident require serenity and reflection and, by way of reliable mechanisms, arriving at the full truth of the events and determining who is responsible. In conclusion, Argentina sponsored and voted in favour of today's resolution.”
2014-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7221 (2014) · source
“Just as clearly and forcefully, we demand that any investigation be conducted free of any obstacles and based on the norms, principles and procedures set forth by the International Civil Aviation Organization and other international procedures on civil aviation. By resolution 2166 (2014), the Council demands that all military activities cease around the area of the incident and that a safe environment be established in the area to provide access to investigators. Argentina welcomes all the efforts being made by various States and organizations with a view to coordinating the various steps required for an impartial and coherent international investigation process. We would also like to highlight the cooperation offered by the Secretary-General.”
2014-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7221 (2014) · source
“Although the Security Council underscored that need clearly in its press communique of 18 July, today we find ourselves morally and institutionally compelled to demand the same. This continues to be the sole and the unanimous demand notjust ofthe Council but of the entire world: that an immediate international inquiry be carried out under international civil aviation guidelines, leading to a thorough and effective independent investigation into the incident to determine objectively and unequivocally what occurred, and, based on the evidence gathered thereby, urging that the legal bodies with jurisdiction hold the perpetrators to account before justice for their acts.”
2014-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7221 (2014) · source
“Given the reports received in the past few days about the limited access to the disaster site in Ukraine encountered by the authorities responsible for the investigation, the special monitoring mission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and representatives of other international organizations, the Security Council could not remain silent or indifferent. It thus became as essential to express our heartfelt concern over the possible obstacles encountered by those responsible for the investigation, as to demand that immediate safe, full and unimpeded access be guaranteed to the site of the incident, while preventing any action that might compromise the site's integrity.”
2014-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7221 (2014) · source
“Such consensus is especially important given that the text put forward by Australia takes into account various different points of View and concerns on the part of members of this body, thereby illustrating the ethic of collective responsibility prevailing and the unambiguous priority of contributing, based on the Council's prerogatives, to shedding light on this emotional event in order to arrive at the truth of what occurred in a reliable, objective and effective manner. That is what the victims and the entire international community deserve. The international community has a right to safe aviation without being subjected to acts that possibly violate international law. It should be fundamentally so as well as under the most basic elements of respect for the dignity of human life.”
2014-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7221 (2014) · source
“Mrs. Perceval (Argentina) (spoke in Spanish): I would first like respectfully to welcome the presence of Ms. Julie Bishop, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia. On behalf of the Government and the people of my country, I convey to her our sincere condolences. I also extend the same to the families, the peoples and the Governments of all the victims. I also acknowledge the presence of the Foreign Ministers of Luxembourg and of the Netherlands, to whom we express our most heartfelt and profound solidarity. Argentina would like to underscore the valuable work undertaken by the Australian delegation in facilitating the Council's consensus adoption of a timely and necessary resolution.”
2014-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7221 (2014) · source
“Argentina expressly reaffirms that it is the political leaders of both parties who have caused so much suffering and are responsible for each and every one of the victims of the conflict they have unleashed. The international community and the Council should ensure that so much death does not go unpunished, and that the victims are not condemned to oblivion. We must keep their memory alive and demandjustice in order to ensure a genuine, lasting peace.”
2014-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7220 (2014) · source
“More broadly, these tragic events have once again highlighted the urgent need for the parties to resume a process of genuine negotiations, based on internationally accepted standards, so that the solution of two States living in peace can be achieved. There is no substitute for dialogue and negotiation to translate that vision into a reality. Achieving that goal must remain our priority. Argentina believes that the Security Council must resume its function of playing a decisive role in this situation. If our initial message was not heard, it may be time to speak up louder and with one voice to demand, with all the tools at our disposal, an end to hostilities and respect for international law. Argentina is ready to do its part to ensure that the Security Council assumes its institutional responsibilities and supports peace efforts.”
2014-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7220 (2014) · source
“Once calm returns, concrete measures must be taken to end this destructive cycle of violence by addressing the underlying conditions that led to the escalation. It will be necessary to allow unhindered access of humanitarian assistance, to ensure the sustained and regular flow of goods and people through the border crossings, and once and for all to realize the pressing political need for a single and effective Palestinian Authority governing all Palestinian territory and speaking on behalf of all its people. It would therefore be regrettable for the current situation to be used to undermine the unity Government in Palestine, which is widely recognized and supported by those seeking peace in the region.”
2014-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7220 (2014) · source
“We therefore firmly condemn Israel's rejection of appeals on the part ofthe Council, the Secretary-General and many voices of the international community, and its decision to escalate the crisis by launching a ground offensive. That decision will only generate greater instability in the region, more victims and increased suffering. We also condemn the continued and indiscriminate firing of rockets from Gaza into Israel and the militarization of civilian facilities. Argentina supports the ongoing efforts to end all military operations and to end the bloodshed. We urge both parties to join in the efforts of Egypt and other regional and international actors to establish an immediate and durable ceasefire. We also support the efforts of the Secretary-General.”
2014-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7220 (2014) · source
“In response to the situation, on 10 July the Security Council issued a clear call for the de-escalation of violence, the restoration of calm and the reinstitution of the November 2012 ceasefire. It also firmly appealed for respect for international humanitarian law and the protection of civilians. At that time, Israel's military operations had killed 114 Palestinians and wounded over 680. One week later, casualties in Gaza had totaled more than 270 dead and 1,800 wounded, most of whom were civilians. The 34,000 internally displaced and more than 1,700 families that had lost their homes complete the picture of destruction and suffering.”
2014-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7220 (2014) · source
“Mrs. Perceval (Argentina) (spoke in Spanish): I thank Mr. Feltman for his briefing, and the Permanent Observer of the Observer State of Palestine and the Permanent Representative of Israel for their statements. The Security Council cannot remain indifferent before the tragic events taking place between the Gaza Strip and Israel. I therefore take this opportunity to thank you, Sir, for convening this highly important meeting. Again, for the third time in less than six years, civilians have been caught in the crossfire between Hamas' armed actions and Israel's disproportionate and excessive use of force. Argentina stands in solidarity with the wounded and with the families of the victims in Israel and Palestine.”
2014-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7220 (2014) · source
“We will not join in a pointless blame game. This is a time for sorrow, reflection and an urgent search for the truth behind the incident to determine those responsible. May the victims rest in peace.”
2014-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7219 (2014) · source
“But the topic today does involve calling once again for the armed groups to cease their violence and demanding that they halt unilateral actions and their violations and trampling of human rights, which do nothing but deepen the crisis and worsen the situation, especially for the civilian population and for the innocent. We reiterate the need to safeguard due respect for Ukraine's conduct of its internal affairs without interference - whether military, political or economic 4 in matters under its jurisdiction. Argentina seeks to promote full respect by everyone for the principles of international law and human rights law as enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations. These are sad and difficult times. Argentina therefore calls for prudence. We will not join in using the language of geopolitical disputes.”
2014-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7219 (2014) · source
“In particular, we ask that our colleagues among the Permanent Representatives of the countries whose citizens were aboard that flight convey our condolences to the families, especially to those who saw the hopes for their children's futures extinguished. The severity of this event clearly demands action. Like our colleagues, Argentina calls for an impartial international investigation that objectively and unequivocally establishes what happened. Responsibility and the facts must be determined as soon as possible, and investigators must be granted immediate, unhindered access. Although it is not today's topic, I should like to say that, while there had been encouraging indications that the crisis in Ukraine was entering a phase of waning tension, fears that violent confrontation would continue have not dissipated.”
2014-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7219 (2014) · source
“Mrs. Perceval (Argentina) (spoke in Spanish): I would like to thank Mr. Jeffrey Feltman for his briefing on the latest events in Ukraine and for expressing the constant willingness of the Secretary-General to contribute to peace and dialogue. The Government and the people of Argentina express their profound sadness, pain, solidarity and deepest condolences to the families of the victims of yesterday's tragic Malaysia Airlines crash. We also express our condolences to the people and the Government of Ukraine and to the Governments and the peoples of the other countries whose citizens lost their lives.”
2014-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7219 (2014) · source
“A humanitarian resolution finds its legal ground and ethical aim in relieving and preventing human suffering and in ensuring that those people and communities living in conditions of extreme vulnerability can have access to humanitarian assistance, not to live better but simply in order not to die of hunger, thirst or disease. That is why Argentina reaffirms its position and conviction that military means will not resolve this deep-rooted crisis. We sincerely hope that the step we are taking today with this humanitarian resolution will help to achieve that objective, which will help to pave to way for a political solution and relieve the suffering of millions of people.”
2014-07-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7216 (2014) · source