Intervention by the Permanent Representative of the Argentine Republic, Ambassador Martín García Moritán

April 3

MR. CO-CHAIRS,

ALLOW ME FIRST TO THANK YOU FOR CONVENING THIS MEETING TO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON THE ISSUES OF "REGIONAL REPRESENTATION" AND "SIZE OF AN EXTENSIVE SECURITY COUNCIL", AND TO EXPRESS THAT MY DELEGATION ASSOCIATES ITSELF WITH THE INTERVENTION FORMULATED BY ITALY ON BEHALF OF " UNITING FOR CONSENSUS ".

THE CHOICE OF THE ISSUES TO BE TREATED TODAY RESULTS RELEVANT, AS THIS DELEGATION BELIEVES MUST BE ENFORCED BY THE PREVIOUS MEETING, SINCE THE "REGIONAL REPRESENTATION" MUST BE LINKED TO THE "SIZE OF AN EXTENSIVE SECURITY COUNCIL" SIZE.

MY COUNTRY IS IN FAVOR OF AN INCREASE OF MEMBERS THE SECURITY COUNCIL ONLY IN THE NON-PERMANENT CATEGORY OF MEMBERSHIP, ALWAYS AND WHEN THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MEMBERS ALLOWS THIS ORGAN TO CONTINUE TO BE EXECUTIVE.

THEREFORE I WOULD LIKE TO REITERATE THE NEED TO FIND INNOVATIVE AND CONSISTENT FORMULAS THAT ENSURE A MORE DEMOCRATIC PRESENCE, IMPROVE THE PERSPECTIVES OF ROTATION OF NON-PERMANENT MEMBERS, AND REFORM THE WORKING METHODS OF THE COUNCIL TO BE MORE DEMOCRATIC, FAIR AND TRANSPARENT.

IN THAT SENSE, WE SUPPORT THE IDEA OF GIVING HIGHER PREEMINENCE TO REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVENESS IN THE SECURITY COUNCIL. IN CONNECTION, WE BELIEVE THAT ADJUSTING THE RATIOS OF EACH REGIONAL GROUP ALLOWS A MORE EQUITABLE REPRESENTATION.

ARGENTINA HAS ALREADY SUGGESTED THAT THE LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN REGION WOULD BE IN CONDITIONS OF DEFINING WHICH COUNTRIES OF THE REGION WOULD REPRESENT THEIR INTERESTS IN NON PERMANENT MANDATES THROUGH A PERIODIC INTERNAL ELECTORAL PROCESS.

TO THE EXTENT THAT THE COUNTRIES OF THE REGION HAVE EXPRESSED THEIR INTEREST TO PARTICIPATE IN THE WORK OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL, THE REGION HAS BEEN IN A POSITION TO REACH AN AGREEMENT, UNDER THE PREMISE THAT ALL SHOULD BE SUBMITTED PERIODICALLY TO ELECTORAL PROCESSES.

FINALLY, IT CAN NOT BE DENIED THAT THE PERMANENT MEMBERS OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL HAVE ALWAYS REPRESENTED ITS OWN NATIONAL INTERESTS, AND DUE TO THE FACT PERMANENCE DOES NOT RESPOND TO DEMOCRATIC CRITERION IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH