Argentine president Cristina Kirchner has expressed to UN counterpart Ban Ki-Meen the need for a restructuring of multilateral organisations in order to improve performance, using as an example regional body Unasur.
Kirchner also underlined her country’s claim on the Malvinas Islands, the sovereignty of which Argentina disputes with the United Kingdom, and signalled that «global regulation» was necessary for cases of espionage.
«What we have repeatedly maintained is the need for a rethink on international organisms, and on the capacity they have to be real intermediaries in conflicts. That is what is on the line,» the head of state remarked on Monday, ahead of a debate in New York scheduled for the following day.
«We will discuss what several countries have already, the issue of spying, the need for global regulation in this area, not only due to the question of peace and national security, but also the security and privacy of individuals,» she added.
Kirchner also commented that the head of the UN had passed on the UK’s negative response to an offer to dicuss the Malvinas’ sovereignty.
«The secretary-general of the UN has had his services as a mediator requested since 1982. I have asked again today, but the secretary said that the United Kingdom refuses talks, so it looks difficult to him.»
Argentina is currently a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, and has also assumed command of the rotating presidency of the 15-nation organism
Source: Buenos Aires Herald