In a dramatic shift in foreign policy, President Javier Mieri’s government joined the governments of Belarus, North Korea, Burkina Faso, Nicaragua, Niger, Paraguay, Russia, Israel and the United States in voting against the United Nations General Assembly resolution.
same emphasis Staff of the International Criminal Court must be able to carry out their duties “without intimidation” and “condemn any intimidation, attack or interference”. to it, its employees, or anyone cooperating with it. ” The Islamic Republic of Iran also abstained.
A senior official, who was not satisfied with everything in the vote, said it was presumed that this was the decision of Argentina’s representative to the United Nations, Francisco Tropepi, in consultation with Pablo Quirno’s cabinet. This is the same thing he inherited from his predecessor, Gerard Vertein, and the role of deputy prime minister has disappeared from the political arena.
Junior diplomats are in charge of these decisions, and there is no question today about what should be done: vote everything as the United States and Israel vote, without much regard for domestic regulations.
How countries voted in approving the United Nations’ annual report on the International Criminal Court symbolizes the strange alliance of new compatriots.
Argentina, Belarus, NoKorea, Burkina Faso, Nicaragua, Niger, Paraguay, Russia, Israel, USA https://t.co/vtIgM7ebNE pic.twitter.com/gAkZYkNAH1— Pass Blue (@pass_blue) November 12, 2025
Importantly, Argentina is part of the Rome Statute (approved in 1998 and in force since 2002). The Rome Statute created the International Criminal Court and has always defended its work with all its might. Until now, it had been one of the pillars of national defense.
It is known that the United States has never ratified the Rome Statute and has no intention of ratifying it. It also imposed court sanctions after issuing arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and then-Defense Minister Job Gallant. as perpetrators of war crimes in Gaza.
Sanctions could include cutting off financial access to property and assets in the United States and imposing travel bans.
“Coercion and sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) are an attack on the very principles of international law. For more than two decades, the Court has shown that it is possible to face impunity and to hold accountable even in the darkest moments. But today, in the face of atrocities that continue to shock the human conscience, it is clear that the Court is far from fulfilling its mission,” warned Annalena Germany, President of the United Nations General Assembly. on tuesday. Mr. Burbock was the foreign minister of his home country.
Since Javier Milay took office, all votes have been similar in their unconditional sympathy for the United States and Israel, except in rare cases when Democrat Joe Biden was in power. And it had to do with one or two votes in favor of girls and indigenous peoples. But the rest were voted in a similar way to Washington and Tel Aviv.
Furthermore, Milley will not be visiting South Africa for the G20 summit after President Trump takes office, and because of President Cyril Ramposa’s punishment of the Netanyahu government, which South Africans have accused of “genocide” and “war crimes” in Gaza at the International Criminal Court.
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