"SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN"

Peacebuilding Commission should strengthen alliances, Secretary-General’s fund must have greater resources, speakers say in General Assembly debate.

Peacebuilding Commission should strengthen alliances, Secretary-General’s fund must have greater resources, speakers say in General Assembly debate.

Héctor Marcos Timerman, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Argentina, holds a press conference on the issue of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas). UNTV

United Nations Secretary-General   Ban Ki-moon Sunday (12 August) launched a new initiative to protect the oceans and the people whose livelihoods depend on it, and called on countries to work together to achieve a more sustainable management of this precious resource and address the threats it is currently facing. WORLD BANK / TELEVICIONMALDIVES

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

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

Countries are urged to back objectives of peace and cooperation in South Atlantic, avoiding actions that could cause tension at 58th plenary meeting of the 51st session.

Assembly calls for support for Zone of Peace, Cooperation in South Atlantic, asks States to refrain from aggravating tensions in region at the 69th plenary meeting of the 50th session.

The General Assembly discusses the zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic at the 74th plenary meeting of the 49th session.