Intervention by the Permanent Representative of the Argentine Republic, Ambassador Martín García Moritán
April 3
MADAM CHAIR,
IT IS A PRIDE AND A GREAT RESPONSIBILITY FOR ARGENTINA TO CHAIR THIS YEAR THE DISARMAMENT COMMISSION. I AM CONVINCED, MADAM CHAIR, THAT YOU WILL NOT SAVE EFFORTS IN GUIDING THE WORK OF THIS BODY, SEEKING TO ACHIEVE A SATISFACTORY RESULT IN THIS THIRD SESSION OF THE CYCLE.
LET ME CONGRATULATE THE REMAINING MEMBERS OF THE BUREAU AS WELL AS THE TWO CHAIRS OF THE WORKING GROUPS, AND THANK THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF VANUATU, AMB. ODO TEVI, FOR THE WAY HE CONDUCTED LAST YEAR SESSION.
I WISH ALSO TO APPRECIATE THE PRESENCE AND INTERVENTION OF THE HIGH REPRESENTATIVE FOR DISARMAMENT AFFAIRS, MR. KIM, AS WELL AS THE WORK AND DEDICATION OF ALL HIS TEAM.
MADAM CHAIR,
THE ARGENTINE DELEGATION FULLY ASSOCIATES ITSELF TO THE INTERVENTION TO BE PRONOUNCED BY EL SALVADOR, ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY OF LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STATES (CELAC). IN ADDITION TO IT, I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE IN MY NATIONAL CAPACITY SOME ELEMENTS FOR THIS YEAR DELIBERATIONS.
MADAM CHAIR,
THE GLOBAL CONTEXT IN DISARMAMENT AND NON-PROLIFERATION PRESENTS CHALLENGES REQUIRING THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO WORK CONSTRUCTIVELY AND SEEKING THE WIDEST CONSENSUS IN VIEW TO THE LAST OBJECTIVE OF A WORLD FREE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
THEREFORE, THE ARGENTINE DELEGATION BELIEVES THAT THE BEST WAY TO ACHIEVE CONCRETE PROGRESS IS THROUGH AN INCLUSIVE AND CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE INTERESTS AND CONCERNS OF ALL MEMBER STATES.
THE DELIBERATIVE NATURE AND THE UNIVERSAL COMPOSITION OF THE DISARMAMENT COMMISSION MAKE IT TE IDEA FOR A TO ENHANCE DIALOGUE TO FIND INSTANCES OF AGREMENT AND PUT AN END TO A MORE THAN A DECADE STALEMATE.
THEREFORE, THE RELEVANCE AND OPPORTUNITY OF DISCUSSING ON THE TWO ITEMS UNDER ORIGINAL CONSIDERATION OF THIS COMMISSION. THROUGH A FRANK DIALOGUE THAT ALLOWS THIS DELIBERATIVE FORUM, WE SHOULD BE CAPABLE OF IDENTIFYING MEASURES THAT WILL HELP US TO ADVANCE TO A NUCLEAR-FREE WORLD AND TO CREATE TRUST WITH THE OBJECTIVES OF TRANSPARENCY, COOPERATION AND PEACE SUPPORTED BY ALL OF US WITHOUT DISTINCTION.
THE ARGENTINE DELEGATION WANTS TO WELCOME THE INFORMAL CONSIDERATION OF A THIRD AGENDA ITEM THIS YEAR, THE "TRANSPARENCY AND CONFIDENCE-BUILDING MEASURES RELATED TO OUTER SPACE ACTIVITIES" THAT WE ARE CONVINCED WILL IMPROVE THE DELIBERATIONS AND SET UP THE BASES FOR FULL TREATMENT IN THE NEXT CYCLE.
FOR ARGENTINA, THE DISARMAMENT COMMISSION CONSTITUTES A FORUM OF INTEREST TO KEEP AND REACTIVATE THE MOST POSSIBLE. IN THIS CONTEXT, WE CALL UPON ALL DELEGATIONS TO JOINT EFFORTS AND ADOPT A PRAGMATIC, CONSTRUCTIVE APPROACH TO AND REMAIN AWAY FROM STERILE POLARIZATIONS, IN ORDER TO HAVE A FRUCTIFFER SESSION OF THIS COMMISSION.
FOR THAT, YOU MAY COUNT, MADAM CHAIR, WITH THE FULL COOPERATION OF THIS DELEGATION, THAT IS YOURS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH