British Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant told reporters today (26 March) that through the recent referendum held in the Falkland (Malvinas) Islands, the Island residents "have sent a clear and unequivocal message to everyone in the international community that their wishes should be fully taken into account and their common voice must be listened to." UNTV
Héctor Marcos Timerman, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Argentina, holds a press conference on the issue of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas). UNTV
In its bi-weekly briefing, the IMF welcomed the Eurogroup's approval of a payout of 49.1 billion euros to Greece and said that Prime Minister Monti has put Italy on the path to growth. It also said no new Executive Board date has been set for a discussion of a programme with Egypt. IMF
Argentina's Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman met with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today to discuss the impounding of the Argentinean frigate "Libertad" by Ghanaian authorities. UNTV
The General Assembly today elected Argentina, Australia, Luxembourg, the Republic of Korea and Rwanda for two-year terms as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council. UNTV
Argentina’s president Cristina Fernandez attended the UN Special Committee on Decolonization today at headquarters in New York to raise her concern with the Falkland Islands [Malvinas]. UNTV
Maria Emma Mejia, Secretary-General of UNASUR met with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today (2 April) and passed on a letter from the Foreign Ministers of UNASUR in which they reaffirm their support to Argentina’s position in their dispute with the United Kingdom over the sovereignty of the Falklands / Malvinas archipelago.
Argentina’s foreign minister Héctor Marcos Timerman and the United Kingdom’s (UK) Ambassador to the UN Mark Lyall Grant held consecutive press conferences at headquarters today (10 Feb) to discuss Argentina’s submission of a formal complaint regarding the UK’s militarisation of the South Atlantic. UNTV
The Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, a non-governmental organization that has been working for over 30 years to locate the families of children kidnapped and “disappeared” during the military dictatorship in Argentina, received the 2010 Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize at UNESCO headquarters today in the presence of the Argentina’s President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, [...]
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says that former president of Argentina Nestor Kirchner’s “commitment transcended political ideologies and earned him the respect and admiration of regional leaders.” UNTV / FILE