Overview
- Argentine President Javier Milei used his U.N. General Assembly address to call the United Nations 'useless' and to accuse its membership of acting as a 'caste of fatally arrogant parasites.'
- Milei sharply criticized pandemic-era policies under U.N. auspices, saying forced lockdowns caused 'millions of avoidable deaths' and calling those outcomes 'genocide' as part of a broader attack on institutional overreach.
- He charged the U.N. with failing to guarantee collective security and human rights, accusing it of sheltering dictatorships, selectively voting against Israel, and ignoring terrorism and violence against Christians in Africa.
- Turning to Argentina’s priorities, Milei said the U.N. has 'looked the other way' on the Malvinas/Falklands and warned Buenos Aires will press its sovereignty claims and act against companies it deems to be operating without permission.
- The speech invoked libertarian ideas, referenced Ludwig von Mises, and echoed Trump-style skepticism of multilateral bodies, a framing that media outlets covered with differing tones but that clearly signals a more confrontational Argentine foreign policy.