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Aguilar Zinser

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first: 2002-01-30
most recent: 2003-11-20
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“The second thing you learn is how to defend and cherish it. The third thing you learn is to need it. The United Nations is, indeed, an indispensable organization which is not only composed of its Member nations, but is also an organization that all citizens of the world must feel themselves to be part of. We, the citizens of the world must be the defenders of the United Nations and must perpetuate its work in civil society. Mexico is a country committed to multilateralism and committed to the United Nations, and it will continue to be committed with the same will and determination and with the same resolve with which I have tried to work in representing my country.”
2003-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4868 (2003) · source
“I want to thank everyone with whom we have worked on a daily basis and on the two occasions when Mexico presided over the Council during this period. Very special thanks go to the interpreters as well, who had to decipher our hieroglyphics on many occasions and who helped us express our views to the members of the Council here in this Chamber and to understand each other's views here, as well as in the informal meetings. My appreciation also goes to the Security team at the United Nations. I want to officially tell Rocky that Mexican coffee will continue to flow into the Security Council even though I will not be here. During the two years I have served in the United Nations I have had an exceptional experience. Like many other delegates, the first thing one learns when one arrives at the United Nations is how to criticize it.”
2003-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4868 (2003) · source
“President, and to all the members of the Security Council with whom I have worked during these nearly two years on the many tasks that have gathered us together, and on which we have had discussions and in most cases agreed. In these two years we have succeeded in fashioning an increasingly strong Security Council. I also want to express my gratitude to the teams of all of the Member States of the Security Council with whom we have had the privilege of working and in particular, to the Secretary-General who is our guiding light in this Organization. We thank him for the leadership with which he has inspired our work. Our support and love go to the United Nations and to his team. I also want to thank Joseph Stefanides, Norma Chan, Alek Martinovic, Shola Omoregie, Troy Setiawan and certainly I am forgetting some names.”
2003-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4868 (2003) · source
“Mr. Aguilar Zinser (Mexico)(spoke in Spanish): Serving on the Security Council as Permanent Representative of my country has been an unparalleled honour and responsibility. The Security Council is the body which, on behalf of the United Nations and based on the United Nations Charter, takes the most important decisions for the preservation of peace and security in the world. From Mexico's standpoint, and that of my delegation, the Security Council is and must be the body that identifies the collective interests of all States and it is the organ that must act to preserve the vitality of international law. I wish to express my personal gratitude to you, Mr.”
2003-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4868 (2003) · source
“Mexico, together with other nations of our hemisphere, has participated in two demining processes in Central America. We strongly support the establishment on the American continent of a mine-free zone. We will continue to work towards that end and, under the leadership of the United Nations, to contribute to the efforts of the international community in this area.”
2003-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4858 (2003) · source
“It is significant that the Conference will be held in Africa, since the countries of that continent have been severely affected and have made an important contribution to eradicating the scourge of anti-personnel landmines, which, we are convinced, should be recognized by the international community. Since 1993 the Security Council has made a great many statements with regard to the prevalence of mines in various areas of conflict throughout the world. In that context, it has been necessary, in the mandates of various peacekeeping operations, to include explicit references, provide for instruments and make concrete efforts to encourage demining activities. Our country believes that activities in this area are essential to peace-building efforts. Mexico has actively participated in the implementation of the provisions of the Convention.”
2003-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4858 (2003) · source
“We must continue to expand the normative framework, so as to have, at the international level, all the instruments necessary for bringing about the prohibition and eradication of anti-personnel landmines. It is estimated that there may still be millions of mines in place, which hamper the development process and are responsible for between 15,000 and 20,000 victims a year. It is therefore very important for the Organization to redouble its efforts to proscribe those deadly weapons. Mexico welcomes the fact that Kenya will host the First Review Conference of the Convention.”
2003-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4858 (2003) · source
“Four years have elapsed since those negotiations ended - negotiations in which Canada, one of the principal sponsors of the Convention, participated actively. Four years later, approximately 141 countries have acceded to that instrument. However, key members of the international community - whose contribution to demining efforts is essential - have not yet acceded to the Convention. My country therefore wishes here to urge those that have not yet ratified or acceded to that Convention to do so, so that the international community may have at its disposal a general and universally applicable normative framework that very clearly establishes the commitment of all States to eradicate these weapons, whose principal victims are always innocent civilians. There are also other instruments which the international community has established.”
2003-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4858 (2003) · source
“Recently, as the Ambassador of the United Kingdom has pointed out, we witnessed, during the Security Council's mission to Afghanistan, the tremendous efforts being made in that country by the United Nations in support of demining and reconstruction. We were able also to take stock of the enormous social and human costs to Afghanistan associated with mines and mine victims, and the effort and expense involved for that country and the international community in eradicating that scourge. We are convinced that the most effective means of preventing the harm done by mines is to bring about their total elimination. In that connection, Mexico participated actively in negotiations on the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-personnel Mines and on Their Destruction.”
2003-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4858 (2003) · source
“We wish in particular to underscore the efforts made by Under- Secretary-General Guehenno to present to the Security Council at this meeting a set of proposals and suggestions to broaden the field of action, expand demining efforts and consolidate the normative framework in which the international community is working to combat the scourge of anti-personnel landmines. We recognize the fundamental role played in that regard by the United Nations, which has made this issue one of its priorities in the context of its endeavours to bring about international peace and security and as part of reconstruction efforts. We recognize also the role being played by the Geneva Centre, the United Nations Mine Action Service, and, in particular, the work of the United Nations Development Programme and of the United Nations Children's Fund.”
2003-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4858 (2003) · source
“Mr. Aguilar Zinser (Mexico) (spoke in Spanish): Sir, my delegation joins other speakers in congratulating you on your assumption of the presidency of the Council and in particular for the initiative taken by your country, Angola, to convene this meeting of the Security Council on demining efforts and the question of anti-personnel landmines. Your country has been a mine victim, and therefore your leadership in ensuring that the Security Council addresses this issue is particularly appreciated. My delegation wishes also to thank Under- Secretary-General Jean-Marie Guehenno as well as Ambassador Dahinden for their briefings.”
2003-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4858 (2003) · source
“Independent non-governmental groups such as Human Rights Watch consider the construction of the wall to be a very significant obstacle to the peace process and an action that aggravates the situation in Palestine and imposes severe restrictions on the exercise of the human rights of Palestinians themselves. We therefore believe that the State of Israel must halt construction of this wall and avoid any action in Palestinian territory that cannot be justified on the basis of their legitimate right to secure borders or to prevent any terrorist acts on their own territory.”
2003-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4841 (2003) · source
“But one clear obligation on the parties in the peace process is to refrain from building walls that make the life of Palestinians more difficult and make the peace process even more remote. We think that building a separation wall within Palestinian territory is unjustified. Despite the promises that it will be temporary in nature, it is greatly aggravating the high levels of tension in this conflict. My delegation therefore considers that it is appropriate and timely for the Security Council to express its views on this item through a resolution. The wall repeatedly strays from the demarcation line established after 1948 between the Israeli and Palestinian territories. It has a very serious impact on the residents and their capacity to exercise their basic fundamental rights.”
2003-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4841 (2003) · source
“However, the methods and procedures through which Israel is achieving these legitimate objectives are contrary to international law and therefore illegitimate. They run counter to commitments made by the Israeli authorities, particularly those recently agreed on under the Quartet peace plan, which was supposed to manage efforts to ease tensions in the region. These measures thus contribute to exacerbating the climate of confrontation and the vicious cycle, which adds to the insecurity in Israel. My country considers that the critical road map published last 30 April is an instrument that should promote the peace process and govern the conduct of both Israel and the Palestinian authorities. This map provides for actions and mutual concessions. Unfortunately, it does not provide for any machinery to oblige the parties to comply with it.”
2003-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4841 (2003) · source
“Mr. Aguilar Zinser (Mexico) (spoke in Spanish): On other occasions in which the Security Council discussed the issue of Israel and Palestine, my country began its statements with condemnation in the strongest terms of the terrorist attacks that claimed innocent civilian victims in Israel. At this meeting, my delegation regrets that we must begin our statement by also condemning in strong terms the destruction of the Rafah camp in the Gaza Strip by segments of the Israeli armed forces. Israel has no valid justification for making innocent people living in the Palestinian territories victims of their reprisals. Israel is entitled to demand and have secure borders. It also has the right to take steps to protect its people from terrorist attacks.”
2003-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4841 (2003) · source
“We also believe that the necessary resources and capacities must exist in post-conflict periods to build institutions and to establish and strengthen independent and impartial judicial systems. A few days ago in this Chamber, at the initiative of the United Kingdom, we discussed the role of the United Nations in justice and the rule of law. We believe that that discussion was very useful in helping us recognize the importance of our Organization's work in promoting and strengthening national judicial systems in post-conflict situations.”
2003-10-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4838 (2003) · source
“There is therefore a need for independence and universal treatment. Finally, we believe that the completion strategy has served to underscore the importance and complementary nature of national justice systems. We share the views expressed here by both Judges and both Prosecutors that it is important to have a very complete view of the cases in order to be able to transfer to national courts the cases that are indeed suitable for such treatment, depending on the circumstances and merits of the individual cases. However, we believe that enhancing the capacity of national courts is critical in order for the countries to actually be in a position to fulfil their tasks.”
2003-10-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4838 (2003) · source
“My delegation would therefore like to know from Mr. Jallow how he intends to continue those investigations and how that will be properly reflected in the completion strategy. Likewise, we would like to know what steps are going to be taken in order to have those investigations culminate in trials of the persons involved. In raising those questions my delegation is aware that the purpose of the completion strategy is to focus on investigations and trials of those with the greatest responsibility for crimes that fall under the Tribunal's jurisdiction, namely, genocide, crimes against humanity and Violations of international humanitarian law. However, we believe that there will be no chance for national reconciliation in Rwanda if impunity thrives or if the same treatment is not afforded to all perpetrators of crimes.”
2003-10-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4838 (2003) · source
“I would like to ask Prosecutor Jallow some questions with regard to the completion strategy. My delegation is aware of the fact that Ms. Del Ponte began investigations of the Rwandan Patriotic Army. Resolution 1503 (2003) itself appealed to all States to cooperate with the Tribunal in those investigations. In the completion strategy, recently drafted by the Tribunal, it is, in the judgement of my delegation, not entirely clear what steps the Office of the Prosecutor will have to take to continue the investigations concerning elements of the Rwandan Patriotic Army. Although we are aware of the need to make some reductions in the list of accused persons, as has been explained here, that should not be at the cost of investigations begun by the previous Prosecutor. That would create an atmosphere of impunity.”
2003-10-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4838 (2003) · source
“Undoubtedly, that represents a significant step towards the full implementation of the completion strategy. With regard to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, my delegation would like in particular to thank President Erik Mase for having presented to us an encouraging picture of the visible progress made concerning the efficiency of that Tribunal's judicial and administrative functions. In that connection, we believe that the Security Council should continue to consider with interest the request by President Mase to authorize the use of 9 ad litem judges at any given moment. We believe that will contribute to the sound implementation of the completion strategy. It will also make it possible for the investigations begun by Ms. Carla Del Ponte to lead to bringing those responsible to trial under the new Office of the Prosecutor.”
2003-10-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4838 (2003) · source
“However, as Security Council resolution 1503 (2003) itself recognized, we must remember that the States mentioned in the resolution should provide greater cooperation and assistance to the Tribunal in order to bring before it all persons charged, including those specifically named in the resolution. It is important for my country to emphasize that nothing at all should stand in the way of the Tribunal's ability to exercise its powers. There should be no obstacles to bringing accused persons before the Tribunal, with the full cooperation of the States involved. Yesterday we welcomed the presence in the Chamber of Lord Ashdown and Judge Meron, who provided us with information regarding the establishment of a chamber within the State Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina to specifically address serious violations of international humanitarian law.”
2003-10-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4838 (2003) · source
“I should first like to turn to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. Mexico has on previous occasions stressed that full cooperation by all States with that Tribunal is essential to achieving the goals set out in the completion strategy and the ultimate goals for which the Tribunal was established, namely, to maintain peace and security in the region, bring about national reconciliation and put an end to impunity. In that regard we welcome the efforts and progress made with regard to the cooperation extended by Balkan States in apprehending persons charged by the Tribunal.”
2003-10-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4838 (2003) · source
“We are considering their recommendations to the Council with regard to strengthening their capacity to carry out their work in the phase they are now beginning. I would also like to extend a warm welcome to Mr. Hassan Bubacar Jallow, who was recently appointed Prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. My delegation wishes him every success in his work and expresses its confidence in him. We would also like to congratulate Ms. Carla Del Ponte for the professional and independent work she has done as the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, as well as to once again express our confidence in her ongoing work as the Prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. Allow me to take this opportunity to make a few comments and ask a few questions.”
2003-10-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4838 (2003) · source
“Mr. Aguilar Zinser (Mexico) (spoke in Spanish): As the delegation of Germany has done, we too would like to express our sincere thanks to the Presidents of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda - Judges Theodor Meron and Erik Mase - for the exhaustive presentations they have made to the Security Council regarding the reports on their work. Those presentations have given us the useful information necessary to conclude that those judicial institutions are functioning efficiently and with the dedication to dispensing criminal justice and ending impunity. We also recognize the difficulties they face in seeking to complete their cases satisfactorily.”
2003-10-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4838 (2003) · source
“We also appeal to Israel to channel its own legitimate indignation into the appropriate course, as set out in the Charter. The Security Council must be the forum in which to ease and resolve disputes that threaten peace. We hope that prudence, moderation, reason and international law will prevail and that this escalation will not lead to an even more serious spiral of violence. The consequences for the region and the rest of the world would be horrific. We support the efforts of the Quartet and urge its members to redouble their efforts to secure peace in the Middle East. Once again, my country considers that it is only the establishment of a Palestinian State can lay a firm foundation for peace in the Middle East.”
2003-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4836 (2003) · source
“And yet again the Council is obliged to condemn such acts and appeal to the Palestinian Authority genuinely to work to combat and prevent such attacks. The reprisals taken by Israel in consequence of that attack are equally reprehensible. Israel gains nothing by such reprisals; they only contribute to the spiral of violence of which Israel and its citizens are the victims. The Israeli attack on Syrian territory was a clear violation of the United Nations Charter; it was a grave act that endangers international peace and security. In that connection, my delegation notes with optimism Syria's decision not to respond militarily to the aggression. It is our expectation that, as this matter has been brought before the Security Council, it will follow a course permitting the easing of tension.”
2003-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4836 (2003) · source
“Mr. Aguilar Zinser (Mexico) (spoke in Spanish): Like the Permanent Representative of Chile, I am sorry, Sir, that this should be the first Security Council meeting for the month of October, at which we express our pleasure at seeing you assume the Council presidency. Yet we express to you our confidence and support. Further, our thanks go to Ambassador Emyr Jones Parry of the United Kingdom. He had just joined the Council, but he conducted our work most effectively, wisely and prudently. Let me begin by conveying my country's condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in the suicide bombing that took place yesterday in a seaside restaurant in Haifa. Nothing can justify such an attack against innocent civilians. It was yet another expression of extremism that contributed nothing to furthering the Palestinian cause.”
2003-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4836 (2003) · source
“My country therefore hopes that the Security Council will continue to work closely with the Economic and Social Council's Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Guinea-Bissau, the Group of Friends of Guinea-Bissau and the United Nations Peace-building Support Office in Guinea-Bissau to ensure the effective work of all actors according to their areas of competence. In our case, that is restoring peace and security; for the Economic and Social Council it is creating conditions conducive to sustainable economic and social development. Working together we will be able to find an answer to the situation prevailing in that country.”
2003-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4834 (2003) · source
“During our visit to Guinea-Bissau, we did not fail to notice the great number of unemployed young people lacking dignified living conditions in the economic conditions in their country, who could potentially be victims of violence, leading to situations similar to those the Council saw in neighbouring countries. In conclusion, my delegation believes that attending to the problems in Guinea-Bissau, from an international perspective of conflict prevention and of resolving the dispute that arose there, calls for coordinated efforts among the agencies involved and the organs working at the regional level and at the level of the United Nations.”
2003-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4834 (2003) · source
“We believe that one of the reasons why there has been some delay in the arrival of economic assistance to Guinea-Bissau is because donors were not fully confident that those resources would be put to their intended use. Now, in the new Circumstances, we should redouble our efforts so that, with the support of the African Union, ECOWAS and the CPLP, the United Nations can play an important role in ensuring that the resources provided in fact serve the ends for which they were intended. Guinea-Bissau is part of a region that is going through difficult circumstances. To allow Guinea- Bissau to go adrift at this moment, when it is confronted with the economic and social problems and the political crisis, would perhaps create a more fertile ground for the violence that has unfortunately developed in Western Africa in recent years.”
2003-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4834 (2003) · source
“We also underline that the international community's vigilance will be indispensable in the coming months to ensure that the difficult economic and social conditions prevailing in Guinea-Bissau do not aggravate the political crisis. It is very important for the international community to be active in Guinea-Bissau by fulfilling its previously pledged obligations and offers of economic assistance. It should be a priority of United Nations action to help ensure that this economic assistance is in fact delivered and that the instruments of the international community ensure that the economic aid is used for the purposes for which it was intended.”
2003-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4834 (2003) · source
“We consider that a basic first task of the United Nations lies in that process. We believe that the United Nations, in conjunction with the African Union, ECOWAS and the CPLP, is the most suited to ensuring in those circumstances that the population and the political parties of Guinea-Bissau view the process of legislative elections as the solution the country requires. There is much that the United Nations and the international community can do to focus and strengthen the transparency and fairness of the process and to ensure the participation of all citizens. We hope that the United Nations will organize the efforts of the international community in support of, first, the legislative elections and then the presidential elections, to which it now appears the new authorities Guinea- Bissau are committed.”
2003-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4834 (2003) · source
“However, given the critical conditions existing in Guinea-Bissau, we appreciate the efforts of the African Union, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP) to ensure that even in those circumstances, the political process will be restored and the necessary internal agreements and consensus will be reached, enabling the holding of legislative and presidential elections. We regret that the elections have been delayed beyond the date announced during the Economic and Social Council and Security Council mission. However, we understand that holding those legislative elections, the first step for the restoration of constitutional democracy in Guinea-Bissau, requires the support and participation of all political forces and the full trust of the citizens.”
2003-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4834 (2003) · source
“In our assessment we underline, as other Council members already have, that the economic and social situation of Guinea-Bissau and the conditions in which the Government operated augured serious problems if emergency economic assistance - which was and still is necessary - was not provided. My Government condemns and regrets the coup d'etat that took place in Guinea-Bissau. We believe it is a breach of constitutional order that cannot be considered a starting point for establishing a democratic Government.”
2003-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4834 (2003) · source
“Mr. Aguilar Zinser (Mexico) (spoke in Spanish): Like preceding delegations, we would like to warmly thank Assistant Secretary-General Mr. Tuliameni Kalomoh and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Timor-Leste, Mr. Jose Ramos Horta, for the information that they have provided to the Council and for the perspectives they offered for the restoration of democratic order in Guinea-Bissau. When the joint Economic and Social Council- Security Council mission visited Guinea-Bissau, we took note of the fragility of the process. We spoke with the military authorities, political parties and Government officials, and we noted that the process was fragile and that there were imminent risks.”
2003-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4834 (2003) · source
“Israelis and Palestinians should be prepared for the Security Council to become a part of the solution to this conflict. Only through the prompt establishment of a Palestinian State will peace be possible, and this will not be achieved by expelling Yasser Arafat.”
2003-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4824 (2003) · source
“The road map has its failings - it does not establish a clear sequence for mutual concessions and it does not set out a clear system of penalties for the parties. Nor does not it establish a clear system for implementation. Those failings can - and should - be corrected. The Quartet's road map should not, however, be aborted; it remains the only way forward towards a viable and legitimate solution of the conflict. Together with the efforts of the Quartet, the Council should consider the adoption of other measures to strengthen confidence and improve the prospects for peace so as to put an end to violence and deal with the deeply distressing humanitarian situation faced by the Palestinian people. The Security Council has an obligation to take action.”
2003-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4824 (2003) · source
“He is the legitimate representative of the Palestinian people, having been elected by them, and must be respected as such. Israel will gain nothing by violating the self-determination of the Palestinian people. Mexico has endorsed all the various attempts to resolve this issue that the Council has supported since the Madrid Conference, the Oslo Agreements and the various commendable mediation efforts led by the United States. The path of mediation has led to the road map proposed by the Quartet. This is not just one more initiative; in many ways it is the final opportunity for Israel and Palestine to truly cross the threshold to a peace in which both sides can live together as independent nations with secure borders.”
2003-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4824 (2003) · source
“Those measures are very far from achieving their security objectives; they will not make Israel more secure. For the Israelis, there can be no consolation in the fact that, through blood and fire, they are preventing the carrying out of certain suicidal terrorist acts, when other acts will follow them. Experience undoubtedly shows that walls are only open wounds and that fire is not put out with fire. Mexico, as a friend of Israel and of its people, expresses the hope that extrajudicial executions will be halted, that the Government of Israel will put an end to reprisals against the civilian population, that the building of the wall will be suspended and that the settlements will be halted. My Government also expresses the particular hope that measures to expel or confine President Yasser Arafat will not be taken.”
2003-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4824 (2003) · source
“The Palestinian Authority and President Arafat must understand once and for all that everything they do to halt and prevent terrorism, everything they do to overcome hatred and to inculcate among children and youths, not a thirst for vengeance but a generous spirit of reconciliation, will benefit their cause. The sooner an end is put to terrorism, the closer the foundations of a Palestinian State will be - not the reverse. Israel gains nothing by going down the path of disproportionate reprisals, with grave loss of human life. It gains nothing by making life impossible for the Palestinians in their own territory. It gains nothing by creating extreme humanitarian conditions for Palestinian youths and children. It gains nothing by carrying out extrajudicial executions. It gains nothing by building walls.”
2003-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4824 (2003) · source
“We deeply regret that the Palestinian Authority has not yet had the strength, the cohesion or ultimately the determination to halt the terrorist attacks and suicide bombings that have caused so much pain, horror and bloodshed to the Israeli population, primarily the innocent civilian population. Indeed, the great majority of victims of those attacks are innocent Israelis - children, young people, women and the elderly - many of them genuinely convinced that Israel and Palestine should and can live in peace and prosper together. Each terrorist attack is an act of self- immolation of the Palestinian cause itself. Each drop of blood shed on Israel's streets deepens the abyss and distances the Palestinians from their just dream and their legitimate vision: the creation of an independent State.”
2003-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4824 (2003) · source
“To the fragile political will of the Government of Israel and of the Palestinian Authority, we must add the openly anti-peace postures that extremist factions on both sides of the conflict are taking daily. What has happened in recent weeks is the true expression of the lack of a genuine and courageous commitment by the parties to a peaceful way out. As the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Roed-Larsen, said, neither of the parties has made a serious and genuine effort to attend to the demands of the other. For that reason, the road map has not taken off, and now we run the risk that this effort will founder. The tunnel through which we had been moving towards the light of peace has once again collapsed.”
2003-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4824 (2003) · source
“Mr. Aguilar Zinser (Mexico) (spoke in Spanish): We are grateful for the holding of this open meeting and especially for the very frank analysis given to us by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in the region. It is obviously no coincidence that this new wave of acts of terrorism, provocations and reprisals characterizing this bloody vicious circle is occurring just when the peace initiative proposed by the Quartet and expressed in the road map had taken shape in the political and diplomatic field. There is very clearly a very wide gap between the purposes verbally expressed by the Israeli and Palestinian parties to reach a negotiated agreement, on the one hand, and their weak political will on the other.”
2003-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4824 (2003) · source
“We therefore welcome the third programme of arms amnesty, organized by the United Nations, which will be held in September. In Mexico's view, to the extent that there exists in Kosovo a will for dialogue, there will be a future and irrational acts will be relegated to the past.”
2003-09-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4823 (2003) · source
“Mexico notes with satisfaction the efforts undertaken by Mr. Harri Holkeri, Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), to initiate soon the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue on practical issues. Forging a mechanism for direct dialogue will undoubtedly depend on progress being made in political, social and economic items for mutual understanding among all inhabitants of the province. In conclusion, I wish to say that the illicit traffic in weapons and the volume of such weapons among the population of Kosovo is a source of concern and should become a cause of major attention by the Council. Mexico believes that the traffic in and the possession of weapons should be restricted to the full extent possible, since their very existence can promote social violence.”
2003-09-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4823 (2003) · source
“There cannot be genuine coexistence while there is mistrust. Regardless of ethnic origin or religious beliefs, all Kosovars are jointly responsible for forging that inclusive future. Accordingly, we must even more decisively support the promotion of the return of refugees and internally displaced persons to their homes under secure and normal conditions. It is also necessary that the self-governing provisional institutions earn the trust and respect of the entire population, and the only way to do that is to work in accordance with the law, with transparency and a sense of equity and justice. In that context, Mexico has viewed as positive measures the recent suspension of seven members from the Kosovo Protection Corps and the disciplinary action against eight others on suspicions of links to organized crime and extremist groups.”
2003-09-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4823 (2003) · source
“That effort must be maintained, and we must achieve the objective set by the Security Council. Therefore, the Council must not confine itself to condemning acts of violence. We must confront the causes that bring them about, as a first step, in order to implement later concrete strategies to prevent their recurrence in the future. Mexico considers that the strategy must be comprehensive, addressing simultaneously questions of education, security, development and the administration of justice. In the area of education, activities and programmes must be promoted at all levels that foster mutual understanding of cultures, religions and customs and mutual feedback between ethnic groups as a basis for cultural understanding and coexistence. The normalization of life in the province is the responsibility of all Kosovars.”
2003-09-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4823 (2003) · source
“On 31 August, there were two explosions in the town of Cernica, leaving one person dead and three wounded. My delegation condemns once again those types of acts and wishes to share its deep concern that those atrocities are recurring themes that we encounter every time that we discuss Kosovo. For that reason, we wish to say that, in Mexico's opinion, the road to a prosperous and tolerant Kosovo, where law and respect for human rights prevail, is the road that the extremist groups do not want to take. Therefore, those types of acts that promote hatred and anarchy must be stopped. The international community formed an outstanding strategic alliance with respect to Kosovo. Substantial human and financial resources and political will have been invested in the effort of reconstruction and reconciliation.”
2003-09-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4823 (2003) · source
“Mr. Zinser (Mexico) (spoke in Spanish): My delegation does not want to miss this opportunity to address members of the Council to express our deepest sorrow at the death of a great friend of Mexico, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden, Mrs. Anna Lindh. It is a deplorable loss, and we join in what other members of the Council have said. We also thank Mr. Hedi Annabi for his briefing, analysing the latest developments in and prospects for consolidating peace in Kosovo. Scarcely three weeks ago, the Council examined the topic that we are addressing today. On that occasion, we met as the result of a criminal act aimed against the principle establishing multi-ethnicity as the formula for coexistence within the province. On 26 August, near Klina in the Pec' region, another armed attack was carried out against the Serbian minority.”
2003-09-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4823 (2003) · source
“In effect, attacks on humanitarian workers in conflict zones are war crimes, and all States must strive to ensure that the authors are brought to justice and punished accordingly. It is now incumbent on the Security Council to ensure that this resolution is fully implemented in all situations and circumstances. The security issues of all missions should be reviewed by the actors involved, including the contributing countries. We must protect our personnel: it is a key responsibility of the Organization.”
2003-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4818 (2003) · source