Argentina's
Fernandez
Kirchner Slams
UNSC Veto
System,
Contrasts
Latin Way
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS,
August 6 --
While the US'
global spying
and the UK's
position on
the Malvinas
or Falkland
Islands
were the focus
of many
in the UN
Security
Council on
Tuesday, there
was also
structural
critique of
the Council's
Permanent Five
veto system.
Inner
City Press
caught up with
Argentine
president
Cristina
Fernandez
Kirchner as
she left the
Council. She
spoke of the
Security
Council
veto system as
an
anachronism,
contrasting it
with the
recent
"consensual"
conflict
resolution of
the CELAC and
UNASUR
blocs. Video
here.
She
gave the
example of
attempted
coups d'etat
against
Presidents
Morales
in Bolivia and
Correa on
Ecuador, and
various
disputes
involving
Colombia. She
asked, what if
Colombia had a
veto?
She
concluded with
a reference to
a major focus
of the, the
US' assault
on privacy,
the NSA
spying program
exposed by
Edward
Snowden.
As
she spoke, a
microphone
crept in from
Voice
of America,
run by the US
State
Department,
with John
Kerry on the
VOA's
Broadcast
Board of
Governors.
At the end of
the Security
Council
debate, US
Ambassador
Jeffrey
DeLaurentis
(NOT Samantha
Power) came
and replied:
"All
governments do
things that
are secret.
All
governments do
things that
are secret. It
is a fact of
modern
governing and
a necessity in
light
of the threats
all our
citizens face.
Our
counterterrorism
policy is
ultimately
about saving
people’s
lives, which
is why the
United
States works
with other
countries to
protect our
citizens and
those
of other
nations from
many threats.
All nations
should be
concerned
about the
damage these
disclosures
can cause to
our ability to
collectively
defend against
these
threats."
And
there you have
it. Again,
video here.
Watch this
site.
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