Argentina’s Stance on Human Rights at the United Nations: A Defining Moment

2023-12-20 00:16:52

This definition will be echoed in the United Nations (UN) regarding the relationship between Buenos Aires and the governments of Daniel Ortega, Miguel Díaz-Canel, and Nicolás Maduro.

Argentina also announced that it will return to the group of countries that present the resolution on human rights in Nicaragua.

This was learned during the Meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva that took place this Monday the 18th and in which the new Foreign Ministry seeks to be active but in the promotion of liberal democracies.

In their speech, the representatives of Argentina expressed that “they will not accept that sovereignty or economic sanctions are invoked as a justification for not guaranteeing the full validity of human rights.”

Surely it was a veiled criticism of countries such as Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Iran, Syria, North Korea, Belarus, Russia, among others, which invoke what they call “unilateral coercive measures.”

After conversations between Mondino’s Chief of Staff, Federico Bartffeld, and Vice Chancellor Leopoldo Sahores, they agreed that the new Director of Human Rights at the Foreign Ministry would be Christian Matías Machuca, who until now was assigned to international organizations in Geneva and will now be in charge. the responsibility of implementing the turn in matters of human rights and other government positions of Javier Milei.

After the libertarian triumph, Daniel Ortega withdrew his ambassador to Argentina, Carlos Midence, due to the “statements and expressions” of President Milei, who had assured that he would not “promote” relations with communists and dictators.

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