A representative of the Argentine government, Guillermo Frances, defends the whole thing by saying that neither commitments nor treaties solve the issue of gender-based violence.
The resolution was not binding and was not even controversial, really. Countries like North Korea, Russia, and Iran did what they usually do and abstained instead of voting against. Argentina's active no came as a surprise to many in the UN circle, since the country has long been seen as one of the more socially progressive in South America.
Recently, Argentina, as the only country in the G20 group, refused to sign formulations on gender equality.
By getting involved in fabricated cultural wars, we will become isolated, complained Senator Martin Lousteau, chairman of a centrist party, who labels the no-vote to the UN resolution as "a shame" for the country.
Javier Milei, who has described himself as an anarcho-capitalist and a great admirer of Donald Trump, has spoken of the UN as a colossus, or monster, whose tentacles reach everywhere. Recently, he withdrew the country's representatives from the UN climate meeting in Baku and has hinted that the country may withdraw from the Paris Agreement.
