Argentina has voted against Israel four times at the United Nations Human Rights Council

With the affirmative vote of Argentina, the United Nations Human Rights Council, which took place from March 22 to 24, issued four resolutions against Israel. These determinations in opposition to the Jewish state were taken during the regular votes that the Council holds annually in Geneva, Switzerland, according to what was reported by the site ynetespanol.com.

Argentina’s position attracted attention, given the fact that in our country resides the largest Jewish community in the Americas, after the one living in the United States. In turn, Israel was the first country Alberto Fernández visited after assuming the presidency in December 2019.

Recently, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs waged an international campaign seeking support against resolutions opposing that state. In fact, the chancellor Gabi Ashkenazi He spoke to his peers from seven member countries of the United Nations Human Rights Council. And although the anti-Israel proposals ended up being approved in Geneva, this diplomatic effort succeeded in increasing the number of nations that opposed or abstained in the vote. As an example, ynetespanol.com cited the cases of United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Malawi and Cameroon.

“Today it has been demonstrated once again that the Human Rights Council is an anti-Israel, discriminatory and hypocritical body”Foreign Minister Ashkenazi said Wednesday. “I thank all the countries that did not agree to support this circus and the systematic discrimination against Israel. We will continue to defend the interests of my country in all areas, ”he added.

“It is a moral stain on the UN and another example of the hypocrisy of the countries that supported them.. En lugar de trabajar por el advance de los derechos humanos en todo el mundo, el Consejo continúa ocupándose de Israel de manera obsesiva y tendenciosa, pero es una plataforma política en manos de países que no tienen ninguna relación con los derechos el humanos ”, insistió Ministry of External Relations.

The 46th ordinary session of the Human Rights Council was held Monday through Wednesday this week, alongside the elections in the Jewish state. There, multiple resolutions were issued regarding the human rights situation in different countries, but on four occasions they dealt with issues related to Israel, they ended up passing damning resolutions.

Israel was the destination of Alberto Fernández’s first international trip as president, as the connection with that country was seen as strategic for the multilateral policy with which the first president sought to bind Argentina to the world.

Regarding the economic aspect, on the basis of the increase in the commercial relationship that the ambassador had established Sergio Urribarri, in January of this year, we worked on a relaunch of the Israel-Mercosur agreement and on a scientific-commercial mission by mid-2021.

The representative of Argentina and his Israeli counterpart in our country, Angry RonenThey agreed to highlight the great stage that bilateral relations are going through. “The relationship, which has more than 70 years of history, is going through a very good period”Urribarri told Infobae. “It is in a very prosperous time,” agreed as representative of the State of Israel.

“The situation shows the achievements of a policy of our government that was inaugurated barely a year ago, when our President Alberto Fernández made his first trip abroad as Head of State and chose Israel as a destination. This action was considered here in a very positive way and paved the way for the work that we are developing from the embassy, ​​”added the ambassador in Tel Aviv.

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