Argentine President Blasts UN

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Milei calls UN 'useless' during General Assembly address

Argentine President Javier Milei blasts the UN as “useless," accusing it of hypocrisy, bureaucratic overreach and bias against Israel in a fiery speech.

Argentine President Javier Milei delivered a blistering attack on the United Nations during his address to the General Assembly in New York, describing the international body as “useless" and accusing its officials of acting as “fatally arrogant parasites."

Milei opened his speech by acknowledging the principles behind the UN’s creation, including peaceful conflict resolution and the promotion of freedom and human dignity. But he argued that the organization has abandoned those ideals.

"That’s to say, it has become a useless organization whose only purpose is to sustain a caste of fatally arrogant parasites masquerading as well-intentioned bureaucrats," he charged.

Milei accused the UN of responding to its failures by reinforcing rather than reconsidering its policies. "every time [the UN] failed, rather than reviewing the model or apologizing, they doubled down."

He also attacked the organization’s record on international security and human rights. "Those who were supposed to guarantee collective security and human rights failed in their task. They allowed chaos, violence and international terrorism to flourish," he said.

"The alleged defenders of human rights have sheltered bloodthirsty dictatorships and regimes that stone women in the streets; they have systematically voted against Israel while remaining silent in the face of Islamic terrorism and the genocide of Christians in Africa."

Milei further accused the UN of creating what he called a "bureaucratic leviathan" that seeks to dictate how people should live. "This amounts to a curious mixture of anarchy and tyranny, impotence in the face of those who break the most basic rules, such as bloodthirsty dictatorships and terrorist organizations coupled with Orwellian control and impositions on liberal democracies that abide by the rules."

The Argentine president made similar criticisms of the UN during his 2024 General Assembly address, when he focused in particular on the organization’s anti-Israel bias. He criticized the organization for "voting against the State of Israel, the only country in the Middle East to defend liberal democracy."

"We have simultaneously shown a total inability to respond to the scourge of terrorism," he added.

"In this same house, that purports to defend human rights, we have also included bloody dictatorships in the Human Rights Council, including Cuba and Venezuela without reproach," Milei said.

Following that speech, Israel’s UN Ambassador Danny Danon met with Milei and praised his remarks.

“I was moved to hear the speech of the President of Argentina at the General Assembly. President Milei, you are a true friend of the State of Israel. In this hall where we were slandered all day, you showed courage and supported Israel! Thank you."

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