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María Eugenia Brizuela de Ávila

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first: 2001-09-24
most recent: 2002-09-24
sittings or episodes: 2
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“All of them are of crucial importance to the future of the environment, particularly in developing countries. Allow me to conclude by reiterating the firm commitment and political will of the Government of El Salvador to contribute actively to the search for collective and individual solutions to the problems that we will take up during this session of the General Assembly. We also wish to reiterate our confidence in the work that the Secretary-General is doing on behalf of the nations that make up our Organization and on the basis of the purposes and principles enshrined in the Charter. Along with the strengthening of multilateralism, those purposes and principles remain entirely valid in the new millennium.”
2002-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 57 (2002)
“As was the case recently in many European countries, other regions that previously had not been very much affected by natural disasters are now experiencing them. In this connection, the people and the Government of El Salvador would like to reiterate their complete solidarity with the Governments of affected countries and with the families that have suffered as a result of the devastating floods in Europe. The Government of El Salvador calls on the international community to jointly implement the agreements reached in the five basic areas taken up by the World Summit on Sustainable Development that took place recently in Johannesburg, South Africa. Those included water and sanitation, energy, health, agriculture and biological diversity.”
2002-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 57 (2002)
“In that sense, El Salvador shares the vision that international cooperation with medium-income countries must not be exclusively limited to technical cooperation. That cooperation should also include financial cooperation, as the fight against poverty should not be confined by borders or limited by statistics pertaining to national averages. Such figures are far from being a true reflection of existing realities in different places. Our renewed democracies need to 28 be consolidated, strengthened and made sustainable in a way that gives everyone access to a better quality of life. Another of the major challenges we face, namely, natural disasters, could nullify the efforts we have made throughout the years. The devastating effects of such phenomena are no longer limited solely to traditionally vulnerable regions.”
2002-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 57 (2002)
“Meanwhile, another sixth of mankind has attained levels of well-being that would have been unimaginable just a few decades ago. Between both extremes there are the 4 billion inhabitants of developing countries who, although we may no longer be living on the verge of disaster, are very far from achieving the security, capacity and material well-being enjoyed by the developed world. As a developing country, El Salvador is following the course charted at Monterrey. We hope that the offers of funding made by various countries at the Conference will become a reality. We are also actively participating in the preparatory work for the World Summit on the Information Society, as we are convinced of the potential benefits that connectivity and knowledge will bring to the future development of free societies.”
2002-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 57 (2002)
“In the same vein, I am also pleased to inform the Assembly that last week El Salvador ratified the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, as well as the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography. In his report on the implementation of the Millennium Declaration, the Secretary-General stated that the world in which we live today is divided between rich and poor as never before in human history. That report also pointed out the harsh reality experienced by one sixth of all human kind, which daily fights to survive in a life and death struggle with sickness, hunger and natural and human disasters.”
2002-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 57 (2002)
“We also reiterate our complete readiness to cooperate in the unequivocal implementation of that resolution. In addition, we would like to inform the international community that El Salvador will host the third session of the Inter-American Committee against Terrorism. That meeting will be held in San Salvador during the first half of 2003. We hope the meeting will adopt relevant decisions to further strengthen the hemispheric fight against this scourge. El Salvador recognizes the progress achieved with the entry into force of the Statute of the International Criminal Court. In this regard, my Government is carrying out the necessary reviews to bring our constitutional rules in line with those of the Statute, so as to enable us to initiate the process of joining the Court.”
2002-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 57 (2002)
“In the international sphere — having just commemorated the first anniversary of the terrorist attacks perpetrated in the United States — the Government of El Salvador would like to reiterate its firm commitment to the worldwide struggle against terrorism and all related criminal activities. We view this global effort as a joint and individual endeavour of Member States. Consequently, we see it as an effort linked to the deepest respect for the principles established in the Charter of the United Nations, in international law and in international humanitarian law. In that connection, the Government of El Salvador would like to express its gratitude for the efforts being made by the Counter-Terrorism Committee established by Security Council resolution 1373 (2001).”
2002-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 57 (2002)
“Furthermore, we have also recently resorted to the International Court of Justice to exercise our right to request a revision of its 1992 judgement, but only with regard to one of the six areas in dispute in the case that we jointly submitted in 1986. Through these efforts, El Salvador and Central America are clearing the way in order to make unencumbered progress towards the realization of our common integration projects. In the end, our goal is for the borders that we are now defining through law to be erased in practice by harmony, mutual respect and the development of our peoples.”
2002-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 57 (2002)
“Through the Puebla-Panama Plan we intend to take advantage of the potential of Central America and of the southern and south-eastern regions of Mexico as 27 a natural corridor linking North and South America and joining two oceans. We have responsibly assumed the historical challenge to address through relevant bodies the border disagreements inherited by the current generation of Central Americans. El Salvador has done its share in this regard. We are convinced that strict compliance with international law provides the foundation for harmony among neighbouring countries. We have therefore recently reached an agreement at the presidential level with the Republic of Honduras to accelerate the demarcation of our territorial borders.”
2002-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 57 (2002)
“It is in that context that the Presidents of Central America have agreed on an economic integration plan of action effective immediately. That plan includes the formation of a customs union by next year. Likewise, among other things, we will continue to work on adopting common duty tariffs and facilitating trade and the free movement of all products. With that goal in mind, and having already attained positive results with the Central American agreements now in effect with Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Chile and Panama, we are also jointly negotiating free trade agreements with Canada and United States. We are also working to strengthen and implement the Puebla-Panama Plan by implementing eight large meso-American integration projects.”
2002-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 57 (2002)
“We do so because it is only through a stable and united region that we will be able to complement one another in order to strengthen our position in the world economic environment and jointly face the challenges of globalization. Only through integration will we be able to overcome our narrow territorial limitations to effectively respond to the just demands of our citizens in the areas of education, health and opportunities for the future. Being united and open to the world as a region will be the only way we will be able to cease to appear small in the face of the great challenge of creating, with all the requisite speed, more and better jobs so that all our peoples will be able to forge for themselves a worthy future in their own homelands.”
2002-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 57 (2002)
“We are particularly grateful to the Group of Friends of the Secretary-General for the peace process of El Salvador — Colombia, Mexico, Spain, Venezuela and the United States of America — for the support they offered during the unfolding of that process, whose successful outcome continues to assist efforts for conflict resolution throughout the world. With regard to Central America, I wish to reaffirm El Salvador's spirit of integration, which leads us to attach high priority to our relations with neighbouring countries in seeking common development for the region and in strengthening the Central American integration process in its political, economic and social facets.”
2002-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 57 (2002)
“The Government of President Francisco Flores Pérez has strongly promoted an economic model featuring economic rights as a means to advance towards development and to take advantage of the opportunities offered by the opportunities of globalization. We have also favoured human development, investing primarily in education, health, housing and basic services, as those areas are indispensable elements contributing to social well- being, to the improvement in the quality of life of our people and to development. Ten years after the signing of the peace accords, El Salvador has successfully culminated its peace process and is now enjoying the dividends of peace. Therefore, we are grateful for the valuable support of the international community and of the United Nations.”
2002-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 57 (2002)
“This year, my country commemorated the tenth anniversary of the signing of the peace accords, which put an end to armed conflict and paved the way for a new reality of hope, peace, democracy and development. Our democratic process has progressively been consolidated and is advancing with normality within the same dynamic of open debates and deliberations that characterize all democracies. This has been a result of the firm desire of all Salvadorians to construct a free and democratic society, which we, the Member States, should feel proud of and part of, through the successful role played by the United Nations. In the economic and social fields, we have achieved significant progress in strengthening peace and democracy.”
2002-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 57 (2002)
“In this context, we reiterate our request to review the special international situation of the Republic of China on Taiwan, whose 23 million inhabitants are being denied the right to representation in this forum. We nurture the hope that in the near future the participation in this world Organization of all the nations of the world without exclusion — as is currently the case with Taiwan — will become a reality. The Government of El Salvador is convinced that it is necessary to examine new and visionary initiatives to remove existing obstacles in the discussions on the composition and role of the Security Council in the new millennium. That is necessary and essential in order for the United Nations to continue to be the principal world forum of collective action in the face of challenges to international peace and security.”
2002-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 57 (2002)
“Allow me to express, on behalf of the people and the Government of El Salvador, our most sincere congratulations to the President on being elected to conduct the work of this session of the General Assembly. Likewise, we would like to express our recognition to Mr. Han Seung-soo for the successful work he carried out during the past session. We commend Secretary-General Kofi Annan for his work and attention in the prevention and solution of conflicts, and we encourage him to continue moving forward in the reform process of the United Nations. 26 We welcome to this important world forum the Swiss Confederation and, soon, the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste in their new capacity of Member States.”
2002-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 57 (2002)
“Finally, given the complex and uncertain international situation, we urge all Governments, groups and sectors of civil society to reflect on the imperative importance of working together in a spirit of human solidarity that will enable us to overcome all differences that separate us in order to achieve great global objectives that could not be achieved on an individual basis, with a view to attaining the spiritual and physical peace to which all nations aspire.”
2001-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 56 (2001)
“Regarding the strengthening of the world Organization, it is important that this opportunity not be lost to address an item of priority interest for all Member States: Security Council reform. In this regard, we must emphasize the commitments contained in the Millennium Declaration so that this reform can be carried out. In that regard, we urge the Open-ended Working Group established for this purpose to redouble its efforts so that those commitments will be fulfilled and so that we can achieve, on the basis of flexible positions, a general agreement on the issue.”
2001-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 56 (2001)
“In that context, the Government of El Salvador reiterates its support for all efforts and measures aimed at achieving a negotiated political solution that takes into account the interests of the parties directly involved, in order to achieve a firm and lasting peace. The State of Israel’s right to exist and to live within secure borders, as well as the inalienable right of the Palestinian people to self-determination and to establish its own State, are basic preconditions for achieving peace, which will enable the leaders of the region to devote themselves to promoting the progress and well-being of their peoples. The extraordinary situation of the Republic of China in Taiwan is a case that the international community should examine, particularly in the light of the most recent changes in the international system.”
2001-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 56 (2001)
“With respect to other sensitive issues for the international community, the Government of El Salvador views with concern the continuation or worsening of certain problems that, if not resolved, will be a threat to international peace and security. These include the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, which is a source of great concern, especially because 6 during the past year we have seen unremitting violence, leading to the irreparable loss of human life and material and economic damage in the region, and to a constant increase in the suffering of the Israeli and Palestinian peoples.”
2001-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 56 (2001)
“In this regard, the least that we can hope is that there will be good will and political resolve on the part of the developed countries to grant us solidarity and support to enable us to become effectively incorporated in the process. In view of the importance of the commitment assumed by the heads of State and Government in the Millennium Declaration of the United Nations, we note that the International Conference on Financing for Development, to be held in Mexico, and the World Summit on Sustainable Development will provide opportunities to demonstrate the solidarity and cooperation of the international community, particularly on the part of the developed countries, by the adoption of appropriate measures conducive to achieving fair and equitable development, especially in the developing countries.”
2001-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 56 (2001)
“At the same time, we are making an effort to strengthen the process of the Central American Integration System (SICA), where we have taken significant steps, including customs activities and a regional proposal to modernize and transform Central America. The proposal’s strategic projects for development were presented this year to the Consultative Group in Madrid. The implementation of the Puebla-Panama Plan, in which Central America is partnered with Mexico for its development, is part of these efforts. In general, we can say that, given the trend towards globalization, which marks modern international relations, and despite the difficulties and complexities involved, our country is doing its utmost to take advantage of the phenomenon.”
2001-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 56 (2001)
“At the beginning of this year, as part of a gradual process that will lead finally to the elimination of the national currency, the Government of El Salvador enacted the Monetary Integration Act, establishing the dollar as the unit of account in the financial system. This will facilitate our trading and financial integration and further improve conditions for national and foreign investment and access to international financial sources. In the area of trade, in addition to having a free- trade relationship with our fraternal Central American countries, we have extended our ties with Mexico, the Dominican Republic and Chile, establishing free-trade treaties with them, while others are in the process of being negotiated with Panama and Canada.”
2001-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 56 (2001)
“We want to become partners in development and achieve mutual benefits so that we have the opportunity to gradually improve our conditions and have better access to and derive greater benefit from international markets. In El Salvador, we have put into practice a number of measures concerning the free market and promotion of foreign investment. They have led to internationally recognized economic openness, which in practice has included a process of privatization, especially in the communications, energy and finance sectors and in the area of social security, enhancing our potential for growth and development.”
2001-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 56 (2001)
“In this regard, it is essential to pay attention to the problems besetting the international economic order and prevent them from spreading and becoming causes that generate fresh conflict, especially in the developing countries. For this reason, we hope that the outcome of the meeting of the World Trade Organization in Doha will be beneficial for the developing countries. It is appropriate to note that during the participation of the President of El Salvador, Francisco Flores, in the Group of Eight Summit in Genoa, Italy, on 10 June, he voiced the anxiety and concerns that we feel about the serious problems that exist and stated our aspirations as developing countries to promote the progress of our peoples. On that occasion, President Flores noted that we do not want handouts or concessions based on paternalistic approaches.”
2001-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 56 (2001)
“Consequently, we are committed to the process of modernizing and strengthening democratic institutions in conformity with the strategy of 5 sustainable development, whose focus and destiny are to improve the quality of life of each and every Salvadoran. In a globalized and interdependent world, any situation that affects the economy of the industrialized countries and those with emerging economies has a significant impact on the conditions in the remainder of the countries of the international community. The trend towards a slowdown in these economies becomes disquieting for our countries because of its adverse effects on fostering economic progress and maintaining social stability.”
2001-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 56 (2001)
“In fulfilling the Peace Agreements, all Salvadorans shouldered the obligations with the seriousness and responsibility that were required, mindful of the solemn significance and the implications of such fulfilment for the aspirations and expectations that the Agreement outlined, both domestic and vis-à- vis the international community. This is why we are very pleased that in fulfilling our obligations we have not betrayed the trust of those that showed us solidarity and supported us throughout the process. Now more than ever, new possibilities are opening up for all sectors of the country — with a vision of being a nation — to face the future with a sense of shared responsibility, and for us to undertake the new challenges involved in continuing to bolster democracy and promoting economic and social development.”
2001-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 56 (2001)
“During the process we have made great efforts to fulfil the commitments of the Agreements in order to achieve peace, democracy, respect for and protection of human rights, national reconciliation and reunification of Salvadoran society, and we have achieved qualitative changes in these areas. The Government of El Salvador, as a signatory party deeply interested in faithful observance of the Agreements, has been gratified to see the success achieved in executing these undertakings, putting into practice a constructive policy that has enabled us to deal with sensitive and complex issues. The members of the international community, especially the donor countries and the United Nations, can attest to this.”
2001-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 56 (2001)
“I wish to highlight, with great satisfaction, that 16 January 2002 will mark 10 years since the historic signing of the El Salvador Peace Agreements, which formally ended the armed conflict that had wreaked havoc in our society for 12 years. The Secretary- General participated actively and played an important role as intermediary in the process of negotiation and in the verification of the parties’ compliance with all the commitments they had undertaken. Since that date, we have engaged in a process that we can divide into two phases — first, the transition from war to peace, and second, the transition from peace to democracy.”
2001-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 56 (2001)
“Thus we believe that it is essential to reiterate our special recognition of and gratitude to all the countries and international organizations that provided us with valuable assistance during these natural disasters. I wish to thank in particular the World Food Programme for its effective work in relieving the food-supply problems of large sectors of the population affected by the drought. It is of the utmost importance to the Government of El Salvador to refer on this occasion to something that has marked a turning point in the history of our nation and which, at the same time, represents a success for United Nations peacekeeping operations: the first multidisciplinary mission to resolve an internal conflict, as was the case in El Salvador.”
2001-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 56 (2001)
“The two earthquakes in January and February shook the very foundations of Salvadoran society, since 25 per cent of the population was affected, and losses amounted to 13 per cent of the gross domestic product. The devastating effects of the earthquakes extended into the economic and social spheres, obliging us to implement an emergency programme, which meant changing and adapting the Government’s plan to match the new priorities, redirecting the State’s limited financial resources to reconstruction. This was compounded by an unprecedented drop in international coffee prices, our major export commodity. We also suffered a widespread drought, affecting agricultural production, which is the unpinning of our economy.”
2001-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 56 (2001)
“Pursuant to the decisions taken by the international community, the Government of El Salvador is taking the proper steps to fulfil the provisions articulated in the pertinent resolutions of the Security Council and the General Assembly and other measures decided upon at the regional and continental level. It is appropriate to mention that at the Central American level, the Security Commission has adopted an ambitious programme of action so that we can work together to combat terrorism. With respect to our national situation, on a number of occasions we have reiterated the commitment and political resolve of the Government of El Salvador to tackle effectively the challenges of building sustainable human development. We have made much progress in the last decade. However, as everyone knows, this year began with serious natural disasters.”
2001-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 56 (2001)
“In view of all this, the countries represented here should not allow minority groups to crush our peoples’ democratic spirit or to sow permanent uncertainty and fear by means of violence and threats directed against the most fundamental principles of human coexistence. It is precisely the norms of human coexistence that underpin and sustain peace, freedom and development for humanity, regardless of ideology, culture, race or religion. We concur with many delegations that the struggle against terrorism should 4 not be considered, much less interpreted, as a struggle among civilizations or nations.”
2001-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 56 (2001)
“The delegation of El Salvador believes that the deplorable and irrational terrorist attacks on the people and Government of the United States, which we repudiated and condemned at the time and do so again in this forum, have made it plain that terrorism in all its forms and manifestations is a grave threat to peace, freedom and democracy. Given the special nature of that scourge, it is essential that we unite our wills and pool our efforts to combat and eradicate it. These acts of terrorism have affected us all directly, because they represent an assault on civilization, which is based on the values and principles embodied in the Charter of the Organization. Indeed, such acts affect not only international peace and security, but also the growth and development of our economies.”
2001-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 56 (2001)
“We congratulate you, Sir, on your election to preside over the General Assembly at this session and wish you every success in fulfilling your mandate. Our appreciation also goes to Mr. Harri Holkeri for his work at the last session. We wish to convey to our Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan, our sincerest congratulations on his unanimous re-election for a second term as leader of this Organization in a broad acknowledgement of his abilities, leadership and firm resolve to promote the purposes and principles of the Charter, which have been rightly recognized with the awarding to him and the United Nations of the Nobel Peace Prize.”
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