Transcripts For CSPAN2 Key Capitol Hill Hearings 20160917 :

CSPAN2 Key Capitol Hill Hearings September 17, 2016

But some things have come they are looking for opportunities to see that the decisions taken by the administration reflect for example on the Credit Rating which is something very important. It is not something that suddenly they have been there administration but we believe the decision may be in the Financial Institution that you have the responsibility. Of course were looking for in a more cooperation with the private sector and again the administration is important. But we are working more specifically in certain areas. Were incorporating the second objective which i described. It is strong, its a strong cooperation between the security institutions, we found that our Security System was quite dismantled so we are seeking support on the building come on equipment, so we are working on things in that regard and were also working very closely and coordinating with peacekeeping, private change in things that are of importance to us but also to the us. We also have have a few things where we may not agree as anyone else but we can all live with that. We are glad you are in the position you are. The major to our members and remind you that this is on the record, ask you to stand, give your name and your affiliation and make your comment or question relatively short so that your colleagues can also participate. Yes, at the far table. Thank you. I would like to know how argentina sees the role of the us . Especially with all these democratic challenge in the region, especially minnesota . Iq. Well first of all, we value the role. We feel is an institution it is one of the oldest institutions in the world. It has some incredible established institutions within and the human rights aspects of it are significant. We believe that the Human Rights Council on all the elements of it are very important, because we really value it. Somebody asked us when were just coming into the administration, there was this discussion about. [inaudible] we felt the institutions are different and have different purposes and both of those should be retained. So we are very engaged. We think that its an opportunity for the continent to come together. Although it is true within the continent we have a lot of relations. But the more to Work Together and try to find, good. So we are infested. At the front table. [inaudible] i will get it right eventually. Informally with the department of state. I understand that argentina is a candidate for membership in the oecd. Could you tell us where that stands . Well, we have region to oecd indicating are interest in as a member. But we also said in our letter that we are interested as long as they are interested as a member. And this is now being picky. There is a reason for these and the discussions whether the expansion should continue or maybe the number of members is enough. And being part of oecd has, and many added values. I always like to say the complying with many of the things they establish puts us in a straitjacket that is helpful for the future. So because of a longterm it is also true that it is a very heavy investment. So we we are ready to go for as long as we have partners willing to come along with us. We are trying to get to investigate work most a the leaders of the oecd say that we are ready to tackle and now well see what the other side is ready. But we feel that it is worth making that investment. With one caveat. We also we also need to be very careful that politically the speed of implementation is something that one needs to be very mindful of. Theres so many things on our plate that we need to stagger what is it that we do and how fast we do it. This is something we have also shared with members of oecd. Another question. Thank you, it is very interesting to listen to your presentation about the objective and priorities of the government and the broad agenda that is associated with it. My question really is, anything within that agenda that offers some idea about the restructuring of the argentinas economy which is pretty much a rat Natural Resource base into a modern economy that is competitive, and this context, context, do you have a model in mind that you want to emulate, is that the new region like countries like brazil versus chile, or looking farther to countries like korea and vietnam . First of all, it is true that our country is strong, but its also true that are country is one of the weakest countries in the world. I learned a long time ago that one needs to understand and then move from there because once you try to deal and weaknesses the work that you want to get is much more challenging. So what is it that we feel we must do . I said it in my introduction, we believe that we have to deal on our advantages. And move up in the value change if we do that. So clearly agribusiness is hard. The fact that the administration eliminated all of the different hurdles that the Agricultural Sector had is now yielding at least this year 20 more of output in soybean, and et cetera. So the speed in which that sector reacts to the right incentives is critical to us. We have now to make sure as they said that we move from be in the supermarket so that is an area of opportunity. There is another area of opportunity that we have really throughout our history and that is in earls. When you look at what we know with the gdp of chilean you look at what is our gdp it is almost nella in our gdp. And for some reason god put all of the minerals to the west, not to the east. Thats the only way to say. So that my name is another area where we can do a lot. But here again, not only the expectation and building up in the value chain. We have the largest resource in argentina. We have it set up so some of the minerals that are more critical in the advanced technology until we not only to exploit the minerals but so thats another area where we are very much in the position of the outside being relatively simple and it is part of what were trying to do. It is clear that argentina has an opportunity in the sector side of business because there is first a welleducated population, specifically a young population, a population that is very creative as they said earlier, when you look at a startup in latin america, four of the five largest of latin america come from argentina, talking about the technology sector. Even though there were no new sentence in argentina to help there is another area and is provided to the world in certain areas it is also important. So so do we have a single country that will be our mirror . We dont. We are trying to look at best practices by sector. We are constructing role plan for our action and productivity to increase and we are trying to compare sector by sector and learn from the best ones. So it could be in our government and indication that it had, it is clearly the case of chilean minerals, but but i think we have many things to learn. On the back table, the gentleman sitting with the computer. Thank you very much. Im with ap. I would like to try to topics. If you could please give us an update on the plan for argentina to receive 3000 Syrian Refugees that we have not heard only recently, and i would like to also follow up of venezuela. Is argentina ready to say that the mediation done by the three former president s have been achieve a significant outcome and there is a need to try a different strategy . And also. Thats too. Yes but secretarygeneral involved a charter in may when he called a special meeting, so then my question is why should be the next step in this assessment of venezuela . What should be the next step of the nation there. So anything you could share i appreciate. If i ask you can you remind me of the first one . The refugees. Theyre going to to be making more specific announcements next week in the high level in new york but what i can say to you is that we have put together a plan to expand what argentina has been doing in the past because one needs to say it is not new that argentina is receiving refugees, but what we want to do is to it at a different pace and with a different force. So we are spending with how to receive refugees in a manner that allows them to have the coverage when they arrived on their own. This is based on two principles. The first principle is that argentina is a country of migrants and refugees. Many of us have parents or greatgrandparents who came to argentina either be a migrants or economic get a refugees or were refugees. So what feel is the question of syria it requires shouldering by everybody by the world and its a drop in the ocean but we are trying to do it and do it in a responsible manner, meaning we are trying to have the first and have it covered by the fact that there are two very large populations in argentina of syrian and lebanese origin that can help to integrate these people. That we have five or six provinces where the government, they are totally ready to work on refugees and trying to put together all of these in a manner that is well sustained and allows us to feel that people can be productive as soon as they arrive. You know, having a level of 30 of Poverty Level of 30 makes us very responsible of what we do when we open ourselves. Because we do not have the possibility of affording us a government to bring his proper anything because we cannot do that with our own people. We are trying to work with the private sector and with some of these to make sure that we get that next that allows them so details will be announced by the president next week so if you allow me to leave there. Regarding venezuela, first of all we believe that dialogue and i said in a different context a few minutes ago is the way to sort out issues. It is clear that the venezuelans have voted twice in a very different way sending very different messages. The executive is there in the democratic process through the source of elections and when given the powers by the people is also clear that last december they decided to give a majority to the opposition. So what our really is is the venezuelans have told the leadership, come together and sort this out. And in that regard we are looking at the need for dialogue is there, when you said that nothing has happened with the dialogue of the three president s, i would not dare say be so absolute, probably i could say that we have the most is when would like, in our view some are very important, you may have seen they have sent a letter offering the offices of the vatican to intervene. We have a push for that for a long time. And we believe that if the vatican draws forces here with the moral authority a pope francis, in the world and particularly in this region there is an opportunity to sort things out into how the parties find a solution in a way forward. So we feel better with that and were trying to do our very best in hoping that is the way to go. Particularly because other options in our view are really not good options. Then its true though there able to present his view on the democratic in the case of oes. And this was under the presidency of the council, you may recall that and now it is being discussed among Member States. What they said in interviews is an analysis of all options of things that can be done and because here and there the democratic umbrella. That is being discussed. In fact the would be conversations in the next weeks among the states. But all of these is not something that happens overnight when you have an engagement it takes time. So i think that despite this is being under consideration its very important because of part of the role of oes. Thank you. Im kelly. I thought it was very interesting that early in the ten year president mockery went to chile for the Pacific Alliant summit. I saw in a few it, and on the relationship. Thank you. Well they did a few things that were interesting to our region. Before the president he was still president elect we flew to two different places on the same day. This had a lot for us because it is clear that rozelle is our largest partner, it is clear that we cannot think about ourselves without thinking about brazil. But its also clear that we believe, deeply believe in a perspective of our self and of the region. This notion of having a view of atlantic versus specific is just plain wrong. If are not here and not tape i would say plain stupid but i cannot say that. So its just wrong. So our view is, and this is discussed between president s at the time, it it is not something you people can say now well you are starting something, no, this is discussed then and we agree that there is a combination of a lion specific that can commit to circle. After that we were invited to become observers and we decided to accept that privilege. So we so we are now observers of the pacific alliance. We think that in the end south america, latin america has to really strengthen its integration. Id like to say that we measured through results, and when when you look for example the level of integration within the past ten years and the investment within the region or trade within the region you have to deal with a lot so we need to talk business and get serious about integration and put that in terms that go beyond labels. Really get to the heart of it. Thank you carla. Michael Michael Shifter of the interamerican dialogue, thank you. You mentioned your opening remarks that the argentina is reorienting its relationship with china. In light of the current priorities. Can you describe for a bit what that means, reorienting in what way . It clearly in the Prior Administration signed an agreement with china, and we have decided that that is something that we want to maintain. But we want to maintain in terms that are aligned with what the government feels are the priorities. So we have had a very fruitful conversation, series of conversations. In fact the president already met twice and we have somehow there was an agreement around a contract more than an agreement signed around the power plant in the south and we look into it ends we are signing that and our chinese counterpart has agreed to that. The chinese have proposed a couple of options on power plants, Nuclear Power plants which are now considering in light of our overall plan on energy. And we are discussing with them. There were discussions around a plan base, not a plant that was approved and both developed in getting the south regarding satellite monitoring which had all kinds of questions regarding the use of application of the base. We start with our chinese partners and said we understand that these have always, they have civilian checked it. But we would like to make an we have now assigned, an agreement an addendum to make it clear and specific. So what we have done is set with the chinese who are serious players in the region. Our series players in the world and have decided to make sure that our relationship is based on mutual trust and also mutual interest. Yes, the back table. Thank you. Im tresa from carter for capital. It is such a pleasure to have you. I would would have to tell you that every Single Person i know wishes the best of success to that administration. On another topic, if we are so lucky and youre so lucky to be the secretary general of the un, what would be your top three, or five or five priorities for the United Nation . Well first of all this is in the hands of people who decide based on a greater scheme. So thats in their hands. You know, my view on the United Nations is that probably it has been over review, over transform, over a change in layers. So you have an organization that is often very functional because different people have taken partial looks on what should be done and in the end the cost of coordination to get things done is such that its impossible to be effective and efficient. I havent viewed that the un should be what i call issue centric. And we need an inspirational leader that values the troops internal but also rallies Member States. And discusses issues and around issues you sort out how to build a solution. And so you can be organizational centric in which each part of the organization puts a stake in the solution because that is a way to survive. You start to reverse and you think about what is it that the people you are there to serve require and you reverse to that. So my sense is that the un has more than reform which many people talk about, is to get practical and define itself in space. In doing so you then start to understand how is it that things should be done and eventually you get to the reform aspects of what is it that should be changed and why should we change. I say this is a First Priority because normally people will ask you how will you reform and you get into the discussion of adding a layer and adding a certain level, i will go into going into getting things done and i think i have one to understand what is needed and enough of an outsider to understand how it should be done. So that is how i see my priorities. With this organization. So on the big problems of the world i believe that there is a strong need to have the secretary general playing a very big role of bridgebuilder, facilitator, and this is a moment where things get stuck very often so having the notion of the secretary general who can reach out and go quietly to parties and propose options and alternatives is very important. At the same time be ready should that be necessary to stick an accountant say im going to use article 99 for the ones who dont know is the article that brings issues to the security council. One needs to be very careful with that but needs to be ready in the search to use it should there be any. On the other thing is that one also has to balance a lot and invest a lot on prevention. Again, with office of the secretary general not only with security but also on Climate Change and on action. On the main issues that the world is facing today and coming from the oceans meeting when you look at that we do not do prevention and action soon we are going to travel. So that is something the un needs to move to. A cma good friends is being a champion of these and hes been frustrated by the fact that we have not gotten far enough because clearly Member States are ready when a disaster occurs but are not ahead ready ahead of time. In my sense is the agenda the Climate Change agreement and all the things that have come to fruition we will allow the next general to do it. Will that was a wonderful response to a very difficult question in many respects and right within our time. The administer has to return to argentina. I think you all agree with me, argentina is extraordinarily fortunate to have some

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