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Javier Milei shreds ‘useless’ UN to its face in fiery speech to 'fatally arrogant parasites'

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Javier Milei, Argentina’s libertarian president, delivered a scathing speech at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, criticizing the organization as “useless” and composed of “fatally arrogant parasites.” He argued that the UN failed to uphold its founding principles during the COVID-19 pandemic by imposing policies he deemed harmful to national sovereignty. Milei further accused the UN of supporting dictatorships and failing to address issues like terrorism and the Israel-Palestine conflict adequately, highlighting the unresolved status of the Falkland Islands as an example of the organization’s ineffectiveness.
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On September 23, 2026, Argentina's President Javier Milei addressed the UN General Assembly in New York, criticizing the organization as "useless" and filled with "arrogant parasites." He renewed Argentina’s claim to sovereignty over the Falkland Islands, which Argentines call Las Malvinas. Milei accused Britain of flouting a UN resolution by proceeding with oil exploration around the islands, an action that Argentina has sanctioned 60 companies and individuals for. Tensions between Argentina and Britain have escalated since Argentina began sanctions proceedings in early September, leading British officials to describe Argentina's actions as "unacceptable." Milei also urged both sides to find a peaceful solution to the dispute, emphasizing that the principle of self-determination does not apply to the Falkland Islands.

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📰 Milei Addresses UN On Falklands Claims
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The Guardian
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“Article A discusses the upcoming selection of the next UN Secretary-General and the challenges faced by the UN, while Article B reports on President Javier Milei's speech at the United Nations General Assembly criticizing the organization.”
BBC News
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“The articles describe different speeches given at the UN General Assembly on the same day but by different speakers (Trump and Milei).”
Al Jazeera
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“The articles describe different speeches given by President Javier Milei and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at separate times during the United Nations General Assembly.”
ABC News (AU)
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“While both articles cover speeches at the UN General Assembly, they describe different speeches by different leaders.”
Daily Mail
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“The articles describe speeches at the UN General Assembly but involve different speakers (President Javier Milei and Prime Minister Albo) with distinct content and critiques.”
Toronto Star
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“While both articles discuss the United Nations General Assembly meeting and describe the global situation, they do not report on the same specific incident or speech.”
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They allowed chaos, violence and international terrorism to flourish," he said, adding, "The alleged defenders of human rights have sheltered bloodthirsty dictatorships and regimes that stone women in the streets; they have systematically voted against Israel while remaining silent in the face of Islamic terrorism and the genocide of Christians in Africa."
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🔮 Referencing free-market economist and philosopher Ludwig von Mises, Milei said, "I would remind them of what Mises said, ‘Good people do not think about controlling the lives of their fellow human beings.’"

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Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei struck again, this time in a fiery speech to the United Nations General Assembly in New York, in which he called the body "useless" and made up of "fatally arrogant parasites." asserted
he → strike → parasites
Milei began by commending the U.N.’s founding mission of resolving conflict peacefully and promoting universal freedom and dignity as "noble words." asserted
Milei → begin → words
However, he went on to say that "today, regrettably, it is time to acknowledge that in practice that sacred covenant has been broken. asserted
covenant → go → practice
"That’s to say, it has become a useless organization whose only purpose is to sustain a caste of fatally arrogant parasites masquerading as well-intentioned bureaucrats," he charged. asserted
he → ’ → bureaucrats
To make his case, he pointed to the U.N.’s role in restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, which he called a type of "genocide," as well as the "gender agenda, environmental extremism and unchecked immigration. asserted
he → make → agenda
Milei said that "during the pandemic, bodies under the auspices of this house put themselves before scientific evidence and the sovereignty of nations and promoted forced lockdown policies throughout the world." asserted
bodies → say → world
"Where some allege a public health policy error, we see a global experiment in social control disguised as science, and when a state wearing public health blinkers deprives its population of the right to work, to receive an education and to bid farewell to their dead, this results in millions of avoidable deaths; there is a word for it, genocide." asserted
this → allege → it
He charged that "every time [the U.N.] failed, rather than reviewing the model or apologizing, they doubled down." asserted
they → charge → model
"Those who were supposed to guarantee collective security and human rights failed in their task. asserted
who → suppose → task
They allowed chaos, violence and international terrorism to flourish," he said, adding, "The alleged defenders of human rights have sheltered bloodthirsty dictatorships and regimes that stone women in the streets; they have systematically voted against Israel while remaining silent in the face of Islamic terrorism and the genocide of Christians in Africa." asserted
they → allow → Africa
Milei is widely considered a radical reformer, budget slasher and also an ally of President Donald Trump. asserted
Milei → consider → Trump
Similar to Trump’s previous criticisms of the U.N. before the assembly, Milei did not hold back in his Wednesday address. asserted
Milei → hold → address
Turning to his own country’s grievances, Milei continued by saying, "And if that were not enough, an organization established to defend the territorial sovereignty of its members decided to look the other way with regard to the situation of the Malvinas [Falkland] Islands, South Georgia Islands, South Sandwich Islands and the surrounding maritime areas." asserted
organization → turn → Islands
He said that these islands "are a test of the gulf that exists between the words of international institutions and the reality upon which they purport to act." asserted
they → say → which
"There's no shortage of words or resolutions; what is lacking is consequences," he asserted. asserted
he → be → words
"Because an institution that cannot ensure that its words carry weight in the real world loses the most important thing of all, its authority. asserted
words → ensure → all
Milei said that alongside what he described as the Falkland Islands "failure," the U.N. has "built a bureaucratic leviathan devoted to deciding how the peoples of the world and their citizens should live." asserted
peoples → say → world
"This amounts to a curious mixture of anarchy and tyranny, impotence in the face of those who break the most basic rules, such as bloodthirsty dictatorships and terrorist organizations coupled with Orwellian control and impositions on liberal democracies that abide by the rules." asserted
that → amount → rules
Referencing free-market economist and philosopher Ludwig von Mises, Milei said, "I would remind them of what Mises said, ‘Good people do not think about controlling the lives of their fellow human beings.’" asserted
people → reference → beings
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