Argentina
Milei Took the Falklands Claim to the UN and Sharply Criticized the Body
The President spoke before the General Assembly in New York, where he questioned the functioning of the United Nations and reaffirmed Argentina’s position on the islands. He also warned against state regulation of artificial intelligence.
Javier Milei spoke before the UN General Assembly in New York and focused much of his remarks on the Falklands issue, while also launching strong criticism of the functioning of the international body.
During his speech, the President said that “the Falklands are a national cause for us” and maintained that his government chose a “peaceful, practical and effective” strategy to defend Argentina’s position. He also argued that the principle of self-determination “does not apply” in this case because, he said, it concerns a population implanted by the occupying power in a territory whose sovereignty is disputed.
According to Clarín, Milei also questioned the continuation of unilateral actions by the United Kingdom in the South Atlantic and denounced the advance of the Sea Lion project for oil extraction in the North Falklands basin through British licenses that Argentina considers illegal and illegitimate. In that context, he called for UN resolutions to have effective consequences when they are ignored.
The President also took aim at the United Nations for, in his view, failing to enforce its own resolutions. In that section, he said the body had become an useless structure “that only serves to feed a caste of parasites”, in one of the harshest lines of his address.
Another of the main points of his message was artificial intelligence. Milei rejected the idea that the state should control that development and warned that handing that power to officials and bureaucrats could lead to limits on innovation. According to Ámbito, he also said that Argentina will seek to place itself at the “vanguard of freedom” in that debate.
According to Clarín and El Destape, after his appearance at the UN, the head of state continued with activities in the United States, including a conference on Western values, economic freedom and strategic security, a meeting with business leaders linked to the Council of the Americas and a meeting with Rabbi Simón Jacobson.
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