Intervention by Minister María Paula Mac Loughlin
May 9
ALLOW ME FIRST TO REITERATE THE RECOGNITION OF THE ARGENTINE DELEGATION FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE EXERCISE OF THE PRESENT INTERGOVERNMENTAL NEGOTIATIONS AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO CONTINUE PROMOTING A FLUID AND WIDE DIALOGUE ON ALL THE ASPECTS REGARDING THE SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM.
WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THE REVISION OF THE "FOOD FOR THOUGHT" DOCUMENT.
AS IT IS KNOWN, SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THESE INTERGOVERNMENTAL NEGOTIATIONS, THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC HAS GIVEN SPECIAL INTERESTS TO THE QUESTION OF THE PRINCIPLES THAT SHOULD INSPIRE THE SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM. AN AGREEMENT ON THIS QUESTION, WILL ALLOW US TO ADVANCE ON THE 5 ASPECTS OF THE REFORM. AS WELL AS THE CASE IN ANY NEGOTIATION PROCESS, AN AGREEMENT ON THE PRINCIPLES PRECEEDS AN AGREEMENT ON RESULTS OR RECOMMENDATIONS.
MR CO-CHAIRS
IN THAT SENSE, WE APPRECIATE THE EFFORT PERFORMED TO FIND BACKGROUNDS ABOUT AN ENNUNTIATION OF THE PRINCIPLES. UNTIL TODAY, MEMBER STATES HAVE ENRICHED THE IDENTIFICATION OF PRINCIPLES AND WE HAVE PROVIDED ARGUMENTS REGARDING THEIR RELEVANCE.
WE BELIEVE WE NEED TO ASK OURSELVES IF MEMBER STATES ARE WILLING TO CHARGE WITH THE DECISION TO LEAVE OUT OF THIS REFORM THE ASPIRATION TO A MORE DEMOCRATIC SECURITY COUNCIL. IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, DEMOCRACY IS BASED ON THE PRINCIPLE OF SOVEREIGN EQUALITY OF STATES AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACROSS PERIODIC ELECTIONS.
THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC CONSIDERS THAT THE SECURITY COUNCIL SHOULD PROMOTE EFFICACY AND EFFICIENCY, AND THAT IT WILL ONLY BE ACHIEVED BY IMPROVING THE TRANSPARENCY OF ITS ACTION AND STRENGTHENING ITS DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATION.
MR. CO-CHAIRS
YOU MENTIONED THAT THIS DOCUMENT, PREPARED UNDER YOUR OWN RESPONSIBILITY, IS NOT MORE THAN A STATE OF THE ART OF OUR DISCUSSIONS. THAT´S WHY WE ASK WHAT WAS THE REASON TO REMOVE IN ROMAN PARAGRAPH 1d), CONCEPTS SO VALUABLE AND RELEVANT IN A REFORM OF THE COUNCIL AS INCLUSIVITY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND DEMOCRACY.
MR. CO-CHAIRS
WE REQUEST THAT SUCH PRINCIPLES, SO VALUABLE FOR MY DELEGATION AS FOR MANY OTHERS, THAT TO TODAY THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN CHALLENGED OR REJECTED OPENLY BY OTHER DELEGATIONS, TO REMAIN IN THE DOCUMENT.
THE ARGENTINE DELEGATION ESTIMATES THAT THE QUESTION OF THE PRINCIPLES REQUIRES FURTHER CONSIDERATION AND STUDY BY MEMBER STATES AND WE EXPRESS OUR PROVISION TO CONTINUE TO WORK THE SAME.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
