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Timerman

lines on the record: 50
first: 2011-04-06
most recent: 2015-01-19
sittings or episodes: 5
sources: un-security-council

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“We are convinced that it is only through inclusive development, based on equal rights and full respect for diversity and the dignity of all, will we be able to achieve the sustainable development goals, justice and human rights, and thereby contribute to the maintenance of international peace and security in a more lasting and effective way.”
2015-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7361 (2015) · source
“The result of more than a year's strenuous work by all Member States, with the support of the United Nations system, civil society and international experts within a broad consultation process, the document reaffirms the importance of freedom, peace, security and respect for all human rights, including the rights to development and to a decent standard of living, as well as to food and water, the rule of law, good governance, gender equality, the empowerment of women and the general commitment to achieving more just and democratic societies through development.”
2015-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7361 (2015) · source
“I would like to conclude by referring to the final document of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals, endorsed in September by the General Assembly, in which we agreed on the conceptual framework for the sustainable development goals and the 17 goals to guide the international community's renewed efforts on inclusive development. This document establishes that people are at the heart of sustainable development and that poverty is the major problem facing the world today. Eradicating poverty, along with the modification of unsustainable modes of production and consumption, the promotion of sustainable modalities, and the protection and management of natural resources, which are the basis of economic and social development, are the global objectives of sustainable development and the sine qua non for achieving it.”
2015-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7361 (2015) · source
“Accordingly, the mere consideration of the use of repression in the fight against terrorism must be offset by efforts to promote equality, eradicate poverty, and create decent work, education and universal access to health care. In another words, we must promote development with social inclusion as a prority challenge in achieving tangible progress in the effective mitigation of the threat posed by transnational crime and international terrorism, thereby significantly reducing conditions conducive to their spread.”
2015-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7361 (2015) · source
“While this in no way justify terrorist acts, we must recognize that they can lead to radicalization and recruitment to those ends. Argentina is convinced that the basis of prevention is to be found in policies that promote full respect for human rights and the social inclusion of the most vulnerable sectors of the population. Young people and immigrants are potentially vulnerable to radicalization and recruitment, especially if they are unemployed or marginalized. N0 transnational criminal organization or terrorist group would find fertile ground in societies that succeed in developing high levels ofpeaceful coexistence through social justice and where the elimination of poverty is a main objective of their development policy.”
2015-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7361 (2015) · source
“We were all moved by the terrible attacks that took placejust a few days ago in France, Nigeria, Yemen, and Lebanon that claimed the lives of many innocent people. Argentina condemns terrorism in all of its forms and manifestations. We must prioritize the prevention and the fight against terrorism in the multilateral framework and attribute particular importance to the United Nations Global Counter Terrorism Strategy, adopted by the General Assembly eight years ago, and its four pillars. I would like to emphasize that the Strategy recognizes and includes a first pillar referring to measures to address the conditions conducive to the spread of terrorism. Those include human rights violations; ethnic, national and religious discrimination; political exclusion and socioeconomic marginalization.”
2015-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7361 (2015) · source
“Those are the objectives that led Argentina to establish a broader framework for inclusion, from the promotion of cultural change, which is necessary to combat the sources of discrimination in a structural manner and to build a society with greater representation, recognition and civic participation. All of this comes with the understanding that inclusive development and the fight against discrimination help to improve stability and strengthen democracy, including the governance of public affairs, the rule of law, peaceful settlement of disputes and, accordingly, international peace and security. We cannot help but mention at this meeting the close link between the development of human rights, peace and security in the context of the underlying causes of international terrorism.”
2015-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7361 (2015) · source
“Indeed, development without exclusion means societies will move forward in the restoration and the broadening of rights and in the consolidation of a national State that is present and active and that promotes public policies while constantly cooperating with provincial and local governments as well as social organizations, developing and implementing initiatives that repair social inequalities in an ongoing task of searching for inclusion. This necessarily leads to the perception of persons, families and communities as rights-holders and requires the effective recognition of all fundamental rights and the development of active, anti-discriminatory policies. That means that we must strengthen the United Nations commitment with the comprehensive perspective of human rights.”
2015-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7361 (2015) · source
“As a result, opportunities such as the present one allow us to analyse the ways to keep oopen the channels of communication and to be alert to avoid watertight compartments or the use of double standards. Public development policies that incorporate social inclusion are the path of progress that we have chosen in our region, and we hope that the new international agenda will continue in the direction of inclusive development.”
2015-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7361 (2015) · source
“Argentina believes that any development agenda in the United Nations must be based on a human rights perspective, that is, it should aim at ensuring that all men and women worldwide have access to their rights and enjoy their fundamental freedoms. My country's historic circumstances and the political convictions in our society have shown that development, human rights and international peace and security are clearly interrelated in such a manner that they cannot be cannot be addressed separately. It is in the General Assembly that we have developed the indispensable tools and capabilities to define, agree upon, support and follow up on the efforts of the international community for sustainable development in its three dimensions.”
2015-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7361 (2015) · source
“At this very moment important negotiations taking place in the framework the Organization in which all Member States are democratically taking part with the commitment and responsibility to elaborate an agreement on a new development agenda for the next 15 years that will be a worthy successor to the Millennium Development Goals and succeed in fulfilling the goal of eradicating poverty. The Security Council cannot overlook that process, and that is why we believe it is timely for an open dialogue that links the outstanding task of achieving development with other fundamental issues on the international agenda, such as international peace and security.”
2015-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7361 (2015) · source
“Mr. Timerman (Argentina) (spoke in Spanish): Allow me to express Argentina's pride at seeing the sister Republic of Chile as a member of the Security Council and, on this occasion, at seeing you, Madam, preside over it. I would also like to take this opportunity to congratulate the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on joining the Council, and my friend Rafael Ramirez for being present. I am also thankful for the invitation to take part in this debate on a topic of crucial importance for international reality: the role of inclusive development in the maintenance of international peace and security. I would also like to thank my friend Ambassador Antonio Patriota and Ms. Leymah Gbowee for their briefings, as well as their dedication to this very important topic.”
2015-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7361 (2015) · source
“While we value the contribution that other forums or initiatives can make, ours is the body with the primary responsibility for maintaining international peace and security. Moreover, the universal representation it provides ensures both the participation of all States Members on equal terms, as well as the legitimacy of decisions that are reflected in standards, guidelines and good practices. Argentina believes that multilateral action through the United Nations, in accordance with the principles of the Organization, Will enable us to address the threat of terrorism and achieve a safer world for all.”
2014-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7316 (2014) · source
“It is clear that the 13 conventions on combating terrorism oblige us, among other things, to prevent terrorist groups from having access to resources and funding for their activities. It is also clear that the Council's resolutions oblige us to prevent individuals, groups and entities associated with Al-Qaida from having access to weapons and related material. Argentina maintains that States should also refrain from sending weapons to areas of conflict, which only helps to increase such conflicts' intensity and duration and to endanger civilians. Argentina believes firmly that the United Nations, as a cornerstone of the multilateral system, should be the Organization directing States' actions to combat terrorism.”
2014-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7316 (2014) · source
“We therefore encourage all States Members of the United Nations, especially the members of the Council, to ratify the Treaty, since it will contribute significantly to our countries' security. I should mention that during the Treaty negotiations, Argentina, like a significant number of delegations, also proposed banning the sale of arms to unauthorized non-State actors. Regrettably, no consensus was reached on including such a ban at the time of the Treaty's adoption, but Argentina is hopeful that the parties to the Treaty will approve it as one factor in preventing arms transfers that could help to fuel conflicts in various parts of the world. Reality has shown us that when some countries decide today to arm those calling themselves freedom fighters, tomorrow those freedom fighters may be the terrorists we are trying to combat.”
2014-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7316 (2014) · source
“Argentina is a party to the 13 legal instruments that have been established to combat terrorism and has taken internal measures to implement them and the Council's resolutions 1373 (2001) and 1624 (2005). Furthermore, together with your country, Madam President, and many others, Argentina helped to initiate the Arms Trade Treaty, which comes into force on 24 December. One of the Treaty's purposes is to prevent the transfer of arms to human-rights violators and perpetrators of crimes against humanity, as well as to reduce the risk of weapons being diverted to the illegal market, with the possibility that they might end up in the hands of terrorist or criminal groups.”
2014-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7316 (2014) · source
“Those measures should also respect the purposes and the principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, such as the sovereignty, territorial integrity, political independence of States and the principle of non-intervention in domestic affairs. Likewise, Argentina advocates respect for due process in the work of this Council. The creation of the Office of the Ombudsperson represents a significant step forward in that regard, but the Members of the Organization continue to raise concerns about procedural guarantees. One of the major concerns is that the mandate of the Ombudsperson covers only those individuals included in the Al-Qaida sanctions list. Argentina calls for broadening the mandate of that Office to all of the Security Council sanctions committees.”
2014-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7316 (2014) · source
“Those painful experiences and the numerous terrorist acts carried out since then have reaffirmed Argentina's conviction that the response to terrorist acts should not and cannot be exclusively military. Rather, they should be based on a comprehensive approach, such as that reflected in the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy. I also wish to express my country's conviction that terrorism must be fought within the framework of the rule of law and respect for due process. Indeed, the measures adopted by States to combat terrorism must fully respect international law, in particular international human rights law, international humanitarian law and refugee law.”
2014-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7316 (2014) · source
“They were victims of the genocidal violence of a fundamentalist conservativism, inspired by the doctrine of national security and trained by important centres of power that, during the Cold War, prevented the advance and consolidation of democracy, pluralism, tolerance and peace. Secondly, we experienced in our own flesh the dehumanizing and terrible actions of foreign terrorist groups that, motivated by hatred, fanaticism and destruction, committed terrorist attacks in 1992 and 1994 against the Jewish community centre, AMIA, and the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires. As the President of the Argentine nation said in the Security Council in September (see S/PV.7272), the Argentine Republic and the United States of America are the two countries on the American continent to have been the object of savage terrorist attacks.”
2014-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7316 (2014) · source
“First, from 1976 to the end of 1983, our society suffered from terrorist acts perpetrated by the State and with the State apparatus by the most savage civil-military dictatorship that we have experienced. It was responsible for heinous crimes and crimes against humanity. The persecution of individuals who had ideologies considered subversive, potentially subversive or simply dangerous led to a systematic plan for exterminating and annihilating more than 30,000 people for their political or social activism, religious beliefs, class, ethnic identity or sexual orientation.”
2014-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7316 (2014) · source
“In the recent past, no country could consider itself immune from the possibility of falling victim to terrorist acts. However, today the threat is more clear than ever, and the implementation and strengthening of mechanisms for effective cooperation based on mutual respect are more necessary than ever. Although the international community has still not reached a universally agreed definition of terrorism, it is possible to identify what acts the international community condemns. We join the condemnation of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, as it is one of the most serious threats to international peace and security and to human dignity, peaceful coexistence, the consolidation of democracy, and the economic and social development of nations. Argentina is one of the many countries that have suffered terrorism directly.”
2014-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7316 (2014) · source
“The images ofdecapitations circulated by the networks place us, in real time, before what we might characterize as the virtual globalization of horror, a phenomenon that universalizes fear, uncertainty and alarm in a tangible manner. The normalization of horror in the media and the acceleration of extreme violence cannot bring us to see the military response as the only, or preferred, option for combating terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. That approach has already shown its limitations and failings. We have a responsibility, in the light of a humanity that seems paralysed by terror, to work for the full rule of law in each of our countries, assuming the imperative need to build a balanced and fair world order based on real multilateralism and cooperation.”
2014-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7316 (2014) · source
“Mr. Timerman (Argentina) (spoke in Spanish): At the outset, I would like to thank Ms. Julie Bishop, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia, for the invitation to participate in this debate and to thank the Secretary-General for his informative briefing. Likewise, I would like to greet my colleague from Luxembourg and the high representatives of Rwanda, the Republic of Korea and Lithuania. We all agree that today we are facing a proliferation of terrorist acts that share with terrorist acts of the recent past a common condition of being resounding manifestations of extreme violence, radicalized fundamentalism and an absolute and cruel devaluation of human dignity. However, today, we are also facing innovative modalities, ifI may use that expression, that combine the reality of cruelty with virtual horror.”
2014-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7316 (2014) · source
“With the requirement that children should be registered immediately after birth and the commitment of States parties to the Convention to respect the right ofa child to preserve his or her identity - measures that States must take to avoid children's illegal transfers abroad - the substance of those articles enshrines the rights of and for children that those women with their white scarves have sorrowfully and courageously handed down as a historical mandate and ethical commitment to political consistency and a legal obligation for humankind as a whole. Lastly, I would like to assure the Council of my country's support for today's resolution 2143 (2014), of which Argentina is a sponsor.”
2014-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7129 (2014) · source
“In that regard, and in conclusion, I would like to pay special tribute to the human rights movement in my country, and in particular to the Asociacion Madres e Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo, who, through their unwavering commitment to human rights, were the principal movers of the Argentine proposal that formed the basis for the inclusion of articles 7, 8 and 11 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.”
2014-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7129 (2014) · source
“It is also essential that we overcome interventions and processes that solidify or reproduce patterns of victimization. Argentina believes that the Convention on the Rights of the Child must inspire and guide our decisions both in peacetime and in situations of armed conflict. In peacetime, our primary responsibility is to promote, protect and ensure children's rights through public policies and legal guarantees. In situations of armed conflict, we must strengthen protection mechanisms, generate effective tools for prevention and ensure that specific action is taken to provide comprehensive care for children who are victims of armed conflict.”
2014-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7129 (2014) · source
“In the area of potential specific measures we should also emphasize the importance of preventive measures that every State can adopt, including the implementation of a legal framework that ensures that children cannot be recruited as soldiers; in that instance, a proper registry of births is extremely valuable. It is equally important to ensure recognition, within the framework of reintegration and reparation programmes for children who have been victims in situations of armed conflict, oftheir status as possessors of rights and of the fact that they are entitled to be actors and participants in decision-making processes - not only as regards their personal plans for their lives but also within their families, communities and societies.”
2014-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7129 (2014) · source
“It is also essential that we incorporate into training programmes for military, police and civilians destined for United Nations missions a human rights perspective and a thorough acquaintance with the rights of children and young people, as well as knowledge and understanding of strategies and disarmament, demobilization and reintegration processes for them in situations of armed conflict. Careful analysis of the various tactics for recruiting child soldiers and how to prevent their joining armed groups and conflicts, as well as the capacity to act to change violent cultural practices and traditions that perpetuate discrimination against children, is imperative. We must discard models of tutelage and recognize children as possessors of rights.”
2014-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7129 (2014) · source
“Recognizing the progress that has been made does not imply in any way that we ignore or minimize the horrifying realities that daily attest to the fact that children and women are the primary victims of many types of violence and abuse in situations of armed conflict. From a human rights perspective, the protection of children must remain our priority, and must therefore be taken into consideration when defining the mandates of peacekeeping operations, special political missions and Security Council peacebuilding efforts, which should include the integration of experts into its various missions. It is equally important for States and the Organization that training and capacity-building on children and armed conflict not be limited exclusively to staffwith direct responsibility for protecting children in the field.”
2014-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7129 (2014) · source
“Such steps on the part of the international community to protect children from serious crimes and prevent such crimes being committed go hand in hand with the importance of ensuring that impunity does not prevail and that the perpetrators of serious Violations of rights are held accountable for their actions. Fighting impunity for serious violations, war crimes and crimes against humanity is unquestionably the responsibility of individual States. It should be recalled, however, that the international system has provided supplementary mechanisms such as the International Criminal Court (ICC) for cases where States are unable or unwilling to exercise their primary jurisdiction. The ICC is an essential body for ensuring that accountability is the standard and ethic for an international community that respects the rule of law.”
2014-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7129 (2014) · source
“Besides such advances in formulating standards, it is important to emphasize the goals that have been achieved in preventing attacks on and protecting children's rights, through coordinated action by the Council's Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict, the monitoring and reporting mechanism and the efforts of the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, working together with UNICEF and other United Nations bodies. We certainly all believe that lessons well learned and good practices established not only apply to legal standards and effective mechanisms but also to the decision to implement action plans in a coordinated way that can have a positive impact on children's living conditions and their future in specific situations.”
2014-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7129 (2014) · source
“In 2005, resolution 1612 (2005), also firmly supported by my country, as a non-permanent Council member, represented substantive progress in recognizing, guaranteeing and protecting the rights of children in situations of armed conflict. That resolution clearly defines acts that constitute serious violations of children's rights and establishes a monitoring and reporting mechanism that, in conjuntion with child protection advisers, is a fundamental tool for ensuring the protection of children in armed conflict.”
2014-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7129 (2014) · source
“That can be seen by the fact that we were one of the first States to ratify, in 2002, the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the participation of children in armed conflict. Similarly, we are committed to defending and ensuring respect for the rights of children and adolescents in every area, as is demonstrated in our Government's initiative, unanimously approved by Argentina's Congress, enacting a law stipulating a minimum age of 18 for recruitment into our armed forces, thereby observing the highest standards on children's rights. In August we will mark the fifteenth anniversary of the adoption of resolution 1261 (1999), the first on the issue of children and armed conflict, supported by Argentina as a member of the Security Countil at the time.”
2014-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7129 (2014) · source
“I also wish to express our absolute solidarity with the Government and people of the People's Republic of China, who recently suffered a dreadful attack. I welcome Luxembourg's initiative to convene this debate on an issue on which the delegation of Argentina appreciates Luxembourg's leadership in the Council through Ambassador Sylvie Lucas. We also welcome the statements of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Ms. Leila Zerrougui, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Mr. Anthony Lake, Executive Director of UNICEF, and Mr. Alhaji Babah Sawaneh, whose dreadful history and moving words serve to challenge us to act urgently and with genuine conviction. My country, Argentina, is firmly committed to the protection of children in armed conflict.”
2014-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7129 (2014) · source
“Mr. Timerman (Argentina) (spoke in Spanish): At the outset, I wish to congratulate your country, Sir, on its presidency of the Security Council during the month of March and to thank you for inviting me to participate in today's open debate on children and armed conflict. I also acknowledge the presence of the Deputy Minister of Lithuania and the other Permanent Representatives. Allow me first to mention something of which we are proud. Next Tuesday, in the fraternal Republic of Chile, the democratic President, Sebastian Pifiera Echefiique, will hand over the presidency to another democratically elected president. That is now a tradition in Latin America that fills us with pride and satisfaction. I therefore wish to acknowledge that publicly, before the Council and the entire Chilean people.”
2014-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7129 (2014) · source
“In that regard, Argentina will continue to advocate for effective accountability, referral of the situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court, unrestricted access for humanitarian aid, measures to stem the transfer of weapons to all parties the conflict, the rejection of the use of force, the option for dialogue and a peaceful political solution as a legitimate and realistic path to peace, and the prevention of further violence.”
2013-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7038 (2013) · source
“That suggestion, put forward by Argentina, accords with the views expressed by the Secretary-General and Special Envoy Brahimi and with the desire of millions of men and women who want and work for peace. Nor can we ignore the serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law throughout Syria. The humanitarian disaster affecting millions of Syrians has had a deep impact on institutional stability and the living conditions of people in neighbouring countries and exacerbates sectarian tensions across the region. The step that was taken today was necessary and essential, but there are other steps that must be taken by the Council.”
2013-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7038 (2013) · source
“While we trust that the various actors involved in the Syrian conflict will act in good faith and cooperate for the effective implementation of the resolution, it is also clear that should there be non-compliance, it is within the exclusive power of the Council to convene in order to assess and take measures that it deems appropriate under Chapter VII of the Charter. To conclude, my country wishes to reiterate that the horror of chemical weapons, whose use is a war crime and a crime against humanity, should not overshadow the fact that 99 per cent of the casualties in the conflict have been from conventional weapons. It is absolutely necessary for the Security Council to prohibit the supply of conventional weapons to the parties to the conflict.”
2013-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7038 (2013) · source
“That is why we applaud the fact that the Security Council has taken ownership of the Geneva Communique of June 2012 (S/2012/523, annex), calling for the speedy holding of "Geneva II" so that it can be implemented. The resolution establishes a specific mechanism for the elimination of Syria's chemical weapons, based on the framework agreement reached in Geneva on 14 September between the United States and the Russian Federation (S/2013/565, annex). Yet it is fair to point out that it also reflects concerns and proposals put forward by various members of the Council over the past few months of consultations. That aspect was a decisive factor in my country's sponsorship of the resolution. In keeping with Article 25 of the Charter of the United Nations, the Security Council's decisions are binding on all members.”
2013-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7038 (2013) · source
“With today's resolution, the Council is finally assuming its responsibility for stabilizing the situation in Syria and contributing to achieving a lasting peace, reaffirming the strength of multilateralism as a cornerstone of the collective security system established by the Charter of the United Nations as the world's only guarantee against the hegemony of might-is-right. We also agree with those who believe that the resolution can lay the foundations for progress towards a negotiated political solution to the Syrian crisis that reflects the legitimate aspirations and demands of its people and establishes the basis for a lasting peace, while respecting Syria's territorial integrity and sovereignty.”
2013-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7038 (2013) · source
“As a country firmly committed to non-proliferation and the elimination ofweapons ofmass destruction, and as a State party to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons, Argentina was a resolute supporter of resolution 2118 (2013) and the detailed and specific programme of supervision and destruction of Syria's chemical weapons approved by the Executive Council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. There is no room for double standards or euphemisms. The use of chemical weapons is a war crime and a crime against humanity, and those who perpetrate such crimes cannot go unpunished.”
2013-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7038 (2013) · source
“Much depends on the Syrians themselves, as well as those seated here under the mandate of the United Nations. Perhaps what happened on 21 August is that, along with the more than 1,000 victims of that day, the whole world heard the voices of all those victims and saw with perfect clarity how petty geopolitical interests were at play in Syria and the region, and how they were more interested in aggravating the conflict than in resolving it. It witnessed the profound impotence of the Security Council to put an end to the daily massacres that were accumulating in an ethical outrage and a clear threat to international peace and security.”
2013-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7038 (2013) · source
“Mr. Timerman (Argentina) (spoke in Spanish): The horrific spectacle that moved the world on 21 August was neither an isolated nor an unpredictable event. Week after week for more than two years, and especially after we joined the Security Council in January, we heard nothing but reports detailing more deaths, more refugees, more displaced persons, more violence, more arms supplied to all parties, more scepticism about the appropriateness or the need for a political solution, and a growing and dangerous inclination to military action as the most effective strategy. That is why we in particular cannot suggest that the tragedy in Syria exists because the attack on 21 August took place. But we can affirm that the horror has opened the doors to a peaceful resolution of the conflict.”
2013-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7038 (2013) · source
“It is also very important to take into account MINUSTAH's potential contributions to peacebuilding in the country, including the possibility of stepping up the activities of the engineering component in the field of reconstruction, building on the work achieved so far. Finally, regardless of the criteria that may be applied to the mandate of MINUSTAH, it is essential that the United Nations assume further responsibility for the coordination international efforts in support of Haiti, always on the basis of the priorities set by the country itself, in order to make sustained progress towards the consolidation of a framework of stability that will allow for a progressive transfer of responsibilities to the Haitian authorities.”
2011-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6510 (2011) · source
“Subsequently, we decided to draw up a report on the situation in Haiti and the possibilities for cooperation between the region and the new authorities, including through institutional support and MINUSTAH. Once that regional report has been finalized, we are confident that we will be able to work with the Secretariat to ensure that, in the drafting of the next report of the Secretary-General and the setting of the budget for MINUSTAH, appropriate attention is given to two important aspects. First, due attention should be paid to aspects relating to the strengthening of the rule of law and institutional reconstruction in Haiti, such as the provision of training and equipment to the Haitian National Police.”
2011-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6510 (2011) · source
“This has led to consideration of ways to adapt the mandate of the Mission and of ways in which the countries of our region will participate in the new phase. We are convinced that local participation is the fundamental principle to be taken into account in peacekeeping and peacebuilding endeavours. In this regard, like other countries of the region, we believe it very important to establish direct contact with the elected authorities as soon as possible so as to ascertain their position on what they expect from international cooperation as a whole and from the varied support that the States Members of the Organization can provide for reconstruction in Haiti. In this regard, a number of Ministers for Foreign Affairs and Defence from Latin America met in Montevideo on 10 March to consider this matter.”
2011-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6510 (2011) · source
“Argentina's commitment to Haiti can also been seen in our active participation in the Union of South American Nations, an organization which, among its many actions and commitments, decided in February 2010 to establish a fund for the reconstruction of the country and in August 2010 institutionalized its presence on the island with the opening of a technical secretariat in Port-au-Prince. Notwithstanding the commitment of the international community as a whole to the reconstruction of Haiti, we are aware of the dissatisfaction of some sectors of the Haitian population with the failure to deliver the humanitarian assistance promised, which has indirectly affected the perception of the entire international presence in Haiti.”
2011-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6510 (2011) · source
“Following the January 2010 earthquake, the Interim Haiti Recovery Commission was established with the essential task of coordinating international assistance. We hope that the United Nations will continue playing an appropriate role, in that regard. For its part, Argentina has assumed additional specific responsibilities that we continue to fulfil in direct contact with the Haitian authorities. These include the delivery of humanitarian assistance by White Helmets, completing a total of four missions between 2004 and 2010, and the promotion of autonomous production of fresh food in household, school and community gardens through the Haiti Pro- Huerta programme, with the ultimate objective of achieving food security.”
2011-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6510 (2011) · source
“I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of April and to thank you in particular for having convened this open debate on the situation in Haiti, which gives us the opportunity to reaffirm our robust commitment to that country, reflected in the fact that 70 per cent of the personnel deployed by Argentina in seven United Nations peacekeeping missions are serving in the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). The international community has reiterated on several occasions its steadfast commitment to Haiti. Moreover, the successive crises caused by devastating natural disasters regularly remind us of the need to maintain continuous cooperation efforts.”
2011-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6510 (2011) · source
“Mr. Timerman (Argentina) (spoke in Spanish): Before turning to the topic of today's debate, I wish to convey the condolences of the people and Government of Argentina to the United Nations, the Governments of the countries of the victims and to the families of those individuals who died in the service of peace in Afghanistan as a result of the attack on the United Nations compound on Friday. Once again, we see that intolerance towards others on religious or cultural grounds leads to unacceptable acts of violence. We hope that the sacrifice of those who gave their lives for international peace and security will encourage us to redouble our efforts to build a culture of peace.”
2011-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6510 (2011) · source