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Argentina abstains on a Russian UN resolution on colonialism and draws criticism

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Argentina abstained on Thursday in a vote by the UN General Assembly’s Fourth Committee on a Russian-sponsored draft on “contemporary forms of colonialism”, a decision that Buenos Aires province’s government minister, opposition figure Carlos Bianco, linked to President Javier Milei’s alignment with the United States and to Argentina’s strategy over the Falklands.

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Argentina abstained from a resolution against colonialism that won 85 votes in favour. Nicolás Trotta questioned Javier Milei and asked the chancellor for explanations.

The Argentine delegation to the United Nations abstained on Thursday, 15 October, in the vote of the Fourth Committee of the General Assembly on the Russian-led project “Fighting Contemporary Forms of Colonialism”. The text was adopted with 85 votes in favour, 49 against and 23 abstentions, with the support of Brazil, Uruguay, Mexico, South Africa and India. Argentina did not accompany, despite the fact that the Malvinas question integrates the …

Argentina abstained from voting on a resolution at the United Nations against "the new forms of colonialism." The claim about Malvinas is complicated.

·Buenos Aires, Argentina
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El Destape Web broke the news in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Friday, October 16, 2026.
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