Ambassador Urribarri defended Israel’s vote …

Argentine Ambassador to Israel Sergio Urribarri defended Argentina’s vote at the UN Human Rights Council before the authorities in Israel, in favor of an investigation into possible human rights violations of man in Israel and the Palestinian territories. As reported, Urribarri went to the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of that country, where he explained Argentina’s position on the issue and reiterated his support for the work of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet.

“On that date, Ambassador Urribarri was summoned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State of Israel to inform them of the position of this country concerning the resolution entitled“ Guaranteeing respect for international human rights law. human rights and international humanitarian law in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, and in Israel ”, adopted by the United Nations Human Rights Council in extraordinary session, on May 27 and which led to the creation of a commission of inquiry ”, indicates a press release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

In the text it is explained that during the meeting, Urribarri “presented the Argentine position on the issue, as duly transmitted by the Permanent Representative of the Argentine Republic to international organizations in Geneva, Federico Villegas Beltrán “in this session. Beyond its disagreement with certain points of view of the Israeli authorities, Argentina hopes that the real meaning of the United Nations action in this matter can be interpreted, as well as the need to investigate in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, and in Israel, all alleged violations of international humanitarian law and all alleged violations and abuses of international human rights law, by all actors, in accordance with the standards of international law ”, he adds .

He also indicates that Argentina “reiterates its support for the work of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, and for the strengthening of the special procedures of the Human Rights Council”.

In addition, he adds that the country “reaffirms that the only real solution to the conflict will be through the definitive emergence of an independent, democratic, viable and territorially contiguous Palestinian state, which guarantees Israel’s right to live in conditions of peace and security. . ”

For its part, the Israeli Foreign Ministry indicated, in a statement issued by its embassy in Buenos Aires, that during the meeting with Urribarri, the deputy director general for Latin America and the Caribbean, Modi Ephraim, “a clarified to the Ambassador that your country’s support for this one-sided resolution, which ignores Hamas terrorism and the firing of 4,300 missiles against the citizens of Israel, is something that Israel considers unacceptable. ”