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Argentina elected president of G77 and prepared to act as ‘bridge” with G 20
United nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon congratulated Argentina for having been chosen to preside as of next year the G77 plus China group, anticipating Buenos Aires could act as a “bridge” with the G 20 group to which it also belongs. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesSome strange things in this article.
Sep 15th, 2010 - 10:26 am - Link - Report abuse 01 - Timerman thinks that the “developed” countries should come up with funds to combat climate change and that no costs should be charged to “developing” countries. Now I wonder who he would classify as “developing”? My guess is that Argentina will be close to the top of the list. This classification will ignore the fact that Argentina grabbed the methods of the Industrial Revolution as fast as it could get them. What it doesn't ignore is the fact that Argentina is virtually broke and can't even afford to clean up its own territory.
2 - Timerman said Argentina was grateful to Ban Ki-moon standing efforts for the resumption of sovereignty talks with the United Kingdom on the disputed Falklands, South Georgia and South Sandwich islands and adjoining maritime spaces, “which represent one of the most shameless colonial attitudes of the XXI century”. This is strange because there have been no reports of the Secretary-General approaching the UK on this subject. Perhaps he was referring to Argentina's whinge to the S-G and the fact that it wasn't promptly kicked out of the office. But then I uderstand that the S-G is a courteous man.
3 - The minister also said Argentina was much concerned with the “unilateral and illegal hydrocarbons activities” in Falklands’ waters and its possible environmental consequences. This is VERY strange as the Falkland Islands are not a member of the U.N. Licences for exploration are issued by the Falkland Islands Government. It's true that the exploration is being carried out “unilaterally” but then it is being carried within Falklands territorial waters. So it is an internal matter. It is hard to see how an activity that takes place within a country and is licensed by the country's authorities can be illegal.
Whoever is in this government position is obligedto mention the Falkland Islands otherwise they will accused of not being patriotic. It gives them a sence of being as well as the impression that anyone gives a toss.
Sep 15th, 2010 - 04:46 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I suppose Argentina will refrain from drilling in its territorial waters due to environmental concerns; not if another recent article is actually accurate.
Honestly these Argentine officials are an embarrassment to their own people.
Let me get this right - the G77 (+ China?) has 123 members ? So why isn't it the G123? Of course if it gets much bigger it could be called .... the UN !
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