Argentine Republic
Ambassador Mateo Estreme
Argentina has been a member of the United Nations since October 24, 1945. It last served as an elected member of the UN Security Council in 2005–2006. Mateo Estreme is Argentina’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN. The following is excerpted from Ambassador Estreme’s statement during UN Security Council debate on September 19, 2012, on UN Resolution 2068 and Children in Armed Conflict. There is no doubt that the United Nations in general, and the Security Council in particular, has made significant progress over the past 10 years in the area of the protection of children in armed conflicts….