Argentine, Spanish ministers meet on UN reform
Argentina's Deputy Foreign Minister Roberto Garcia Moritan and his visiting Spanish counterpart Bernardino Leon Gross met Tuesday to discuss reforming the UN.

Their talks focused on the planned new UN council on human rights, currently the responsibility of the UN General Assembly. which would cover human rights in greater depth.

Moritan and Gross also discussed another proposed body, the Peace Consolidation Commission, which would work on rehabilitating nations affected by armed conflicts.

The talks are within the framework of a 2006 strategic association agreement signed by Argentine President Nestor Kirchner and Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero.

Argentina's Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana and his Spanish counterpart Miguel Angel Moratinos are pushing for an international seminar, the Alliance of Civilizations, which aims to deepen political, social and education links between Muslim nations and the West.

Taiana met Spain's secretary of state for Ibero-American affairs, Trinidad Jimenez in Buenos Aires last week.