Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's speech in Argentina - 14 June 2011

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1. "The world has mined its way to growth and burned its way to prosperity, without thinking about the consequences."
2. "Meanwhile, social inequalities between the rich and poor grow wider and wider in many countries."
3. "Argentina's participation in United Nations peacekeeping dates back more than half a century, to the deployment of a party of military observers in Lebanon in 1958."
4. "In the 1990s, as conflict raged through the Balkans, Argentina sent large and much-needed contingents to UNPROFOR, the UN Protection Force, signifying a welcome step up in commitment."
5. 
   "We have seen that the credibility and effectiveness of an operation are also affected by the speed with which troop contributing countries deploy and carry out humanitarian and peacekeeping tasks."
6. "Twenty Argentine peacekeepers have given their lives while serving the cause of peace around the world."
7. "No doubt we will mourn again."