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Aguilar Zinser

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first: 2002-01-30
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“We welcome the forthcoming meetings of the Committee with representatives of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, the World Customs Organization and INTERPOL to consider the issue of weapons of mass destruction and terrorism. Such meetings should serve as a preparatory step, before the Committee devotes greater time and effort to that vital aspect of resolution 1373 (2001). In this same context, the Committee should, in the near future, begin preparations to address the links between terrorism and transnational organized crime, pursuant to paragraph 4 of resolution 1373 (2001).”
2003-04-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4734 (2003) · source
“The CTC should explore all possible avenues so as to maximize its capacity to respond to requests for assistance on the part of Member States. All of the foregoing clearly reveals the Committee's cooperative nature. The force of its mandate pursuant to resolution 1373 (2001) lies in cooperation among States. In that connection, the certainty of a clear mandate that is free of ambiguous interpretations has been the factor that has enabled us, under Sir Jeremy Greenstock's direction, to promote the consensus, cooperation, authority and legitimacy of the Committee itself.”
2003-04-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4734 (2003) · source
“With respect to the progress made in the consideration of reports submitted to the Committee, my delegation believes that it has been possible to set priorities according to each State's capacity to implement resolution 1373 (2001). In the subsequent stages, which will begin under Spain's leadership, the Committee's work must go beyond mere recognition of the existence of national legislation in that regard and must be aimed at considering the establishment and development of the necessary administrative machinery to effectively implement the resolution's provisions. Capacity-building through the Committee's assistance programme is one of the key elements that will enable us to move all States forward together towards our common objective.”
2003-04-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4734 (2003) · source
“For that reason, my delegation - in the context of the General Assembly and recently in the Commission on Human Rights - has promoted draft resolutions that emphasize the need to protect human rights in the fight against terrorism. In addition, we enthusiastically welcome the recent exchange between Ambassador Curtis Ward and the Human Rights Committee in Geneva, and we hope that cooperation in that sphere between that Committee and the CTC will intensify. My delegation believes that we must bear in mind the growing importance of this issue in the light of the report submitted by the Secretary-General in the context of the fifty-ninth session of the Commission on Human Rights, in conformity with General Assembly resolution 57/219.”
2003-04-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4734 (2003) · source
“Therefore, fighting terrorism must be an act of civilization, carried out with scrupulous respect for human rights. We are fighting terrorism not only in order to live in safety, but also - and above all - in order to preserve and broaden our freedoms, to affirm the dignity of human life and to ensure the rule of law. Terrorism is essentially an enemy of freedom; thus the fight against this phenomenon must not be a pretext for cancelling rights and freedoms. In the fight against terrorism, international law must be our best weapon: that is Mexico's conviction. The legitimacy of all our efforts would be significantly diminished if we were to depart from the fundamental principles and purposes that govern the Organization.”
2003-04-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4734 (2003) · source
“My delegation associates itself the statement that will be made later by the representative of Peru on behalf of the Rio Group. The Counter-Terrorism Committee is an instrument created pursuant to an exceptional resolution of the Security Council - a resolution that represents a step forward in the building of international law. Indeed, the fight against terrorism must be implacable and merciless; that is the resolve expressed in the mandate that the Security Council entrusted to the Committee. The fight against terrorism is ultimately in the hands of States, and it is up to the Committee to provide guidelines and support so that they can effectively carry out their international obligations in that regard. Terrorism is an act of barbarism.”
2003-04-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4734 (2003) · source
“I shall now make a statement in my capacity as representative of Mexico. This meeting of the Security Council is especially significant. It provides a twofold opportunity: first, to renew the international community's political and legal commitment to the fight against terrorism, and secondly, to thank and to pay a well-deserved tribute to Ambassador Greenstock and his team, headed by Anna Clunes, In that context, we also wish to welcome to the chairmanship Ambassador Inocencio Arias of Spain and his team and to wish them every success. The Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) remains in good hands. I take this opportunity also to thank the experts of the Committee and the Secretariat team, in particular Ms. Sujata Mehta.”
2003-04-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4734 (2003) · source
“I thank Sir Jeremy Greenstock for his comprehensive briefing and for his leadership, which has laid a good basis for the future work of this Committee. To enable us to conduct this meeting as efficiently as possible, I would request that statements be limited to seven minutes. The presidency intends to conclude the morning meeting at 1.10 at the latest. If necessary, we will continue after lunch.”
2003-04-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4734 (2003) · source
“His leadership and great diplomatic skills, together with his firm conviction that the United Nations must play a central role in the fight against terrorism were all components of his successful chairmanship. Ambassador Greenstock has built a solid basis for the future work of the Counter-Terrorism Committee. He has also had the vision to initiate and promote a dialogue with other international, regional and subregional organizations. We pay tribute to his outstanding performance, and we wish Sir Jeremy the very best. I shall now give the floor to Sir Jeremy Greenstock, Chairman of the Counter-Terrorism Committee of the Security Council.”
2003-04-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4734 (2003) · source
“I invite Sir Jeremy Greenstock to take a seat at the Council table. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. At this meeting the Security Council will hear a briefing by the Chairman of the Counter-Terrorism Committee, Sir Jeremy Greenstock. At this particular juncture, I have the honour and privilege to state the following as President of the Security Council and on behalf of all its members. The members of the Security Council wish to express to Ambassador Jeremy Greenstock their deep gratitude for his work chairing the Counter-Terrorism Committee established pursuant to resolution 1373 (2001).”
2003-04-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4734 (2003) · source
“Ivanou (Belarus), Mr. Sardenberg (Brazil), Mr. Sun Suon (Cambodia), Mr. Giraldo (Colombia), Mr. Savua (Fiji), Mr. Vassilakis (Greece), Mr. Nambiar (India), Mr. Gillerman (Israel), Mr. Haraguchi (Japan), Mr. Kolby (Norway), Mr. De Rivero (Peru), Mr. Manalo (Philippines) and Mr. Sun Joun-yung (Republic of Korea) took the seats reserved for them at the side of the Council Chamber. The President (spoke in Spanish): In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations and in the absence of objection, I shall take it that the Security Council agrees to extend an invitation under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure to Sir Jeremy Greenstock, Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1373 (2001) concerning counter-terrorism. There being no objection, it is so decided.”
2003-04-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4734 (2003) · source
“Threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts The President (spoke in Spanish): I should like to inform the Council that I have received letters from the representatives of Australia, Belarus, Brazil, Cambodia, Colombia, Fiji, Greece, India, Israel, Japan, Norway, Peru, the Philippines and the Republic of Korea in which they request to be invited to participate in the discussion of the item on the Council's agenda. In conformity with the usual practice, I propose, with the consent of the Council, to invite those representatives to participate in the discussion without the right to vote, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter and rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure. There being no objection, it is so decided. At the invitation of the President, Mr. Dauth (Australia), Mr.”
2003-04-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4734 (2003) · source
“As this is the first meeting of the Security Council for the month of April, I should like to pay tribute on behalf of the Council to His Excellency Mr. Mamady Traore, Permanent Representative of Guinea to the United Nations, for his service as President of the Security Council for the difficult month of March 2003. I am sure I speak for all members of the Council in expressing deep appreciation to Ambassador Traore for the great diplomatic skill with which he conducted the Council's business last month. Adoption of the agenda The agenda was adopted.”
2003-04-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4734 (2003) · source
“This conflict has made evident the need to reflect and to define the actions to take in three principle areas: first, strengthening multilateralism, in particular the role of the United Nations and the Security Council; second, the search for consensus on the means for effectively achieving the elimination of all weapons of mass destruction; and third, updating the norms of international law relating to armed conflict. All Member States should participate in this process of reflection, contributing ideas and proposals for the reinvigoration and transformation of the United Nations.”
2003-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4726Resumption1 (2003) · source
“It is also incumbent upon the Security Council and the United Nations as a whole to do their utmost to ensure that all States respect the territorial integrity of Iraq, as well as the fundamental and inalienable rights of the Iraqi people over their resources, in particular their oil. Whatever dimensions the armed conflict assumes, here in the United Nations we must make a great effort to ensure that peace in Iraq is not re- established at the expense of the country's territorial integrity. If this conflict is taking place because of decisions taken outside the Security Council, the Council is nonetheless the only body with the legitimacy, authority and powers necessary for undertaking a peace process.”
2003-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4726Resumption1 (2003) · source
“The United Nations must now also strive to ensure that all the parties involved in this conflict respect international humanitarian law, in particular the Fourth Geneva Convention, in which are enshrined the responsibilities and obligations of the belligerent parties and the fundamental rights of the civilian population, regardless of the cause of or grounds for war. It is in our hands to ensure that the humanitarian agencies of the United Nations system, the International Committee of the Red Cross and non- governmental organizations devoted to humanitarian relief can fulfil their mission and act with the necessary safeguards in any location where direct or indirect victims of this war are found.”
2003-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4726Resumption1 (2003) · source
“To the extent that the Council is able to reactivate that programme and to respond to this grave humanitarian emergency by granting the Secretary-General the powers necessary for its functioning, we will be able in the near future to influence the establishment of conditions that put an end to the armed conflict. In that regard, Mexico welcomes the presentation of the humanitarian "flash appeal", as the Secretary- General has called it, which was developed by the Secretary-General and which appeals to all Member States to contribute generously to meet the urgent humanitarian needs of the Iraqi people. Mexico will make its contribution to that effort.”
2003-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4726Resumption1 (2003) · source
“We must overcome our differences and promptly reach a consensus that will enable us, first and foremost, to meet without delay the humanitarian responsibilities already assumed by the Council, on which depend the welfare and, today, the survival of a large part of the Iraqi population. That is the task and mandate of the oil for food programme established pursuant to resolution 986 (1995): to use resources from the sale of the petroleum of that country to alleviate the consequences of the sanctions imposed on Iraq. The resources of that programme belong to the Iraqis. Nothing could justify a failure by the Security Council today to take the decisions necessary to enable the people of Iraq to benefit immediately from those resources.”
2003-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4726Resumption1 (2003) · source
“Together with other members of the Council, my country sought formulas of understanding that would have enabled the Council to maintain by collective agreement the inspections regime and political and diplomatic pressure, by means of which we believed we could achieve the peaceful disarmament of Iraq. Faced with the impossibility of reaching such an agreement, Mexico maintains its conviction that this war should not have broken out. We uphold our commitment to continue working within the Security Council to find positions and actions that enable us to restore peace in Iraq. In that regard, the immediate challenge to the Council is not to fall into paralysis or irrelevance.”
2003-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4726Resumption1 (2003) · source
“In carrying out that mandate, we in the Security Council must strive through diplomatic actions to secure an end to this conflict. The disagreements that prevented the Council from continuing inspections and the peaceful disarmament of Iraq do not nullify the aspirations of the United Nations or invalidate multilateralism. They do not divert us from the values that gave life to the Organization. What is happening in Iraq should be a sign that the world cannot dispense with the United Nations. Mexico regrets the war and deplores the suffering of the Iraqi people. Destruction and the loss of human life must be avoided.”
2003-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4726Resumption1 (2003) · source
“In these circumstances and at this time of reflection, Mexico reaffirms its commitment to the United Nations and its conviction that it is only within the framework of the San Francisco Charter and by means of multilateral decision-making mechanisms that humankind will be able to find genuine and effective formulas of collective security that will truly prevent conflict, proscribe the use of force in international relations, induce parties to choose peaceful means of resolving their disputes, stop war once it has begun, restore peace in fair conditions, and promote full and complete disarmament and the eradication of weapons of mass destruction. The Security Council was established with the central mandate of ensuring the maintenance of international peace and security. Nothing today has changed that.”
2003-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4726Resumption1 (2003) · source
“The second bears on the question of the future of our Organization, the United Nations. In the eyes of the world, this Council is fractured. Indeed, the formula for achieving the disarmament of Iraq divided us. The differences that emerged here have led to an intensive debate about the authority of the Security Council, the validity of multilateralism, the United Nations capacity to enforce its resolutions and, in general, the effectiveness of the collective security mechanisms established in the United Nations Charter.”
2003-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4726Resumption1 (2003) · source
“Mr. Aguilar Zinser (Mexico) (spoke in Spanish): Mexico commends you, Sir, on your decision to respond immediately to the request submitted by a large number of States Members of the United Nations to convene today's debate. Bearing in mind this Council's commitment to transparency, we have heard more than one third of States Members averring their positions in this Chamber on the war in Iraq, its immediate effects and its probable consequences; on the humanitarian needs of the affected populations; on the responsibilities and duties which international humanitarian law imposes on the parties; and on the reconstruction of Iraq. Two common concerns have been expressed in all the positions stated in this debate. The first bears on the circumstances in which this war will come to an end and on what we can do to halt it.”
2003-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4726Resumption1 (2003) · source
“The responsibility for complying with existing United Nations mandates in Iraq requires that the Council take action immediately to restore the mandates that had been blocked or suspended. Mexico is a full participant in the combat against terrorism. We have undertaken responsibilities here. We have taken all kinds of measures to prevent this scourge and to attack it. Fundamentally, and these are our principles, we are all united.”
2003-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4721 (2003) · source
“We are convinced that with this instrument and the mandate it had, the United Nations could have brought about the peaceful disarmament of Iraq. My country feels that this is no time for recriminations. We now must analyse from the Council's perspective the tasks that lie ahead. We must do so with a clear sense of collective responsibility and a clear understanding of the challenges that we face. The first will be coping with the humanitarian situation in Iraq and, if the war does take place, with the reconstruction of the country. We fully trust in the leadership and capacities of the Secretary-General. He will have to propose the paths and actions that we will then have to authorize here in the Council.”
2003-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4721 (2003) · source
“Mexico joins the efforts of the Secretary-General to update the structure and methods of work of our Organization to make the United Nations a system that is increasingly relevant and effective and to ensure that its responses will always be timely, appropriate and relevant in order to combat poverty and marginalization, which are the underlying causes of hatred and violence. Throughout the process of disarming Iraq, since resolution 1441 (2002) was adopted, Mexico has expressed its trust in the United Nations Monitoring, Inspection and Verification Commission (UNMOVIC) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). We would like to express our confidence in them once again. This is the most robust, dynamic and effective effort at peaceful disarmament that has ever been attempted.”
2003-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4721 (2003) · source
“The United Nations is the forum par excellence where representatives of all States can meet, come to an agreement and take collective decisions to preserve and restore peace, where necessary, to face humanitarian crises, help refugees, protect humanity from terrible diseases such as AIDS, protect the environment, work for sustainable development and fight for and preserve the rights of women or children or the disabled. Our Organization has the strength and the legitimacy to discharge all these mandates. This is something to be protected, strengthened and enhanced.”
2003-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4721 (2003) · source
“Mexico's strength is based on our principles, which reflect the lessons learned from history. In essence, they express our interests, and it is as a function of them that we participate in the debates in the Council, that we present our points of view and that we fully shoulder our responsibilities. The touchstone of these principles is the peaceful settlement of disputes and disarmament. These are the principles that lend momentum to the multilateral avocation of our foreign policy. It is in this light that Mexico believes deeply in the reason for the existence of the United Nations, because it reflects the hopes for peace and conviviality and peaceful coexistence of millions of human beings.”
2003-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4721 (2003) · source
“The Charter establishes that the use of force must always be a last and exceptional recourse, which can only be justified when all other means have failed to produce results." The Security Council is the only organ to which the international community, whose will was expressed in the Charter signed in San Francisco, has entrusted the right to use force. As the President of Mexico said, "In the present circumstances, what is at stake is the very manner in which humanity is to handle matters as pressing as disarmament and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, which our country has always considered to be tremendously important." I represent here a State and a nation that is deeply peace-loving. The people of Mexico cherish peace and have given its representatives a mandate to pursue it at all times and in all circumstances.”
2003-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4721 (2003) · source
“Mr. Aguilar Zinser (Mexico) (spoke in Spanish): Mexico regrets that we have not been able to reach an agreement in the Security Council to continue to work together on the task of disarming Iraq. Nevertheless, those differences should not be an obstacle to the Council's continued fulfilment of its mandate and of its assumption of its responsibilities with regard to peace and security in the world. As President Vicente Fox said in his message to the nation on 17 March, Mexico upholds a multilateral approach to conflict resolution and deplores the path of war. The world, as the President of Mexico stated, "must continue to advocate solutions that are in keeping with the spirit and letter of the Charter of the United Nations.”
2003-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4721 (2003) · source
“The very decisive role that a national police force might play in contributing to the establishment of the rule of law vis-a-vis the various armed factions fighting for power in the provinces will in fact be a force for political stability. But in order to achieve that there will be a need to confront the various factions that are likely to dispute areas of jurisdiction. How would Ambassador Braun envisage that consolidation process taking place? What degree of conflict will arise in Afghanistan as a result of an attempt to establish a national police force with authority over any other armed or police forces in the provinces?”
2003-02-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4711 (2003) · source
“In that regard, I would like to know whether, in the light of the information provided to us by Ambassador Braun, a great effort is being made to establish a police force that will have a decisive presence throughout the country and that will secure the borders while providing domestic police enforcement. Given the prevailing circumstances in Afghanistan, we would like to know what mechanisms are envisaged to coordinate efforts to create a national police force with the establishment of provincial police forces. Is that an issue that will ultimately have to be resolved in the process of drafting a new constitution?”
2003-02-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4711 (2003) · source
“Mr. Aguilar Zinser (Mexico) (spoke in Spanish): My delegation too would like to express its gratitude for the information that has been provided to the members of the Council by Mr. Guehenno, Mr. Nishimura and Mr. Braun. In particular, we would like to thank Mr. Nishimura and Japan for their outstanding work in maintaining the international community's commitment to Afghanistan's reconstruction. We would also like to recognize and express appreciation for the work being done by Ambassador Braun and Germany in putting together a police force that will make possible the establishment of a reliable legal order in Afghanistan.”
2003-02-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4711 (2003) · source
“For that purpose, there is a need for objective, impartial tribunals in which the international community has confidence.”
2003-02-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4705 (2003) · source
“As well, the commitments undertaken by the parties involved in the conflict must be fulfilled, especially, as Mr. Vieira de Mello indicated, the establishment of a national observatory for human rights and of a truth and reconciliation commission that could gather testimony from those persons who have been affected so that justice can be done and the guilty brought to justice. The Security Council must demand that the parties to the conflict respect human rights and punish the guilty. In that regard, we also support sending a fact-finding commission to help determine where the responsibilities lie. Finally, we call on Mr. Jean-Pierre Bemba, the leader of the MLC, to take the necessary measures to make compensation for the damages done by members of his group and to bring to justice those guilty of those crimes.”
2003-02-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4705 (2003) · source
“Mr. Pujalte (Mexico) (spoke in Spanish): Like other delegations, my delegation thanks the Under- Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Guehenno, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mr. Vieira de Mello, for their briefings today. The Mexican delegation profoundly regrets the confirmation that members of the Mouvement de liberation congolais (MLC) have committed war crimes and violations of human rights in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Particularly disturbing are the reports of kidnappings, the rape of women and children, summary executions and acts of cannibalism. In order to help improve the human rights situation, the Pretoria Peace Agreement for the establishment of a transitional Government must be implemented.”
2003-02-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4705 (2003) · source
“The United Nations is in Kosovo with the mission of achieving the vision of multi-ethnicity. Many obstacles to achieving that purpose and vision arise on a daily basis. The United Nations must pursue its work in Kosovo with this prospect in mind. The international community must help Kosovar society to live in peace as a multi-ethnic society. That, in the final analysis, is the aspiration of Kosovars and the aim of the international community.”
2003-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4702 (2003) · source
“That is our view, shared by the Council's mission during its Visit to Kosovo. As far as cooperation between Belgrade and Pristina is concerned, my delegation supports the Secretary-General's appeal to the leaders of the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government in Kosovo to agree to embark on direct dialogue with Belgrade, as well as his request to the federal and Serbian authorities to do their utmost to promote such dialogue. Along with other delegations, mine supports the concept of standards before status, since we believe that it is the only way for Kosovo to become a democratic and multi-ethnic society. It is important, however, for Kosovar society and its political leaders fully to embrace that concept and its parameters as their own and not as a process imposed from outside.”
2003-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4702 (2003) · source
“The maintenance or creation of parallel structures does not contribute to reconciliation; indeed, it militates against it, as do the initiatives designed to hasten the definition of Kosovo's status. The active participation of representatives of minorities at all levels of public administration is among the objectives of the concept of standards before status. While it is important for minorities to benefit from the scope for political and public participation provided by UNMIK, and while it is the responsibility of their representatives to promote such participation, it is also true that, so long as a climate of security and tolerance does not exist, such participation will continue to be limited. It is the responsibility of the Albanian majority and its leaders to create such conditions.”
2003-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4702 (2003) · source
“The sustainable return of refugees and displaced persons, minorities in particular, to their communities of origin is a fundamental precondition for achieving inter-community reconciliation, as is resolving the question of the fate of the missing persons. In this regard, we see with particular concern that minorities continue to face grave threats to their safety and security and that this situation, along with the consequent lack of freedom of movement, restricts their access to social services and economic opportunity, as quite rightly pointed out in the position paper published by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in January.”
2003-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4702 (2003) · source
“However, we are deeply concerned at the violent incidents that have recently occurred within the Albanian-Kosovar community, apparently for political reasons, and, of course, at the aggression directed against minority communities - particularly the Serb minority - which are serious obstacles to the establishment of the rule of law. In this respect, we believe that the messages rejecting political crime, issued by Kosovar leaders, and the popular demonstrations in that regard are positive factors towards creating this new attitude and a new society. We urge those leaders to repudiate violence against minorities with the same vigour.”
2003-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4702 (2003) · source
“The process of transfer of responsibility to local institutions is an encouraging element of development, as is the expansion of UNMIK's authority to northern Mitrovica and the appointment of judges and prosecutors belonging to minority groups as part of Kosovo's judicial system. These latter developments have resulted from dialogue with the authorities of Yugoslavia, now Serbia and Montenegro. The rule of law is a fundamental component for attaining stability, security and economic development in Kosovo. That is why my delegation welcomes the achievements in that sphere, such as last year's reduction in crime rates and the measures adopted by the Kosovo Police Service and the judicial system to make themselves multi-ethnic institutions with trained personnel.”
2003-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4702 (2003) · source
“Steiner has outlined as central elements of his effort and of his task in Kosovo: job creation, the establishment of full security conditions and, of course, the forging of a multi-ethnic society. In that regard, and with respect to the tasks carried out by the United Nations in Kosovo, there have undoubtedly been advances that we cannot overlook, advances in the implementation of resolution 1244 (1999). Noteworthy among those are the electoral processes of November 2001 and of October 2002, as well as the establishment of the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government and of the new Municipal Assemblies, all of which constitute exercises in democracy and form the basis of a new political maturity in that society, which has experienced such intense violence.”
2003-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4702 (2003) · source
“Mr. Aguilar Zinser (Mexico) (spoke in Spanish): At the outset, I wish to thank the Secretary-General for the report on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) and, of course, most especially to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Michael Steiner, for his presence here and for his very timely and precise briefing on the situation on the ground. I wish to relate my comments chiefly to the report of the Secretary-General (S/2003/ll3), and to do so using the Security Council mission to Kosovo and Belgrade last December as a viewpoint. In that respect, I associate myself with other delegations in thanking Ambassador Kolby of Norway, then a Council member, for organizing and heading that mission very successfully. My delegation notes with great satisfaction the objectives that Mr.”
2003-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4702 (2003) · source
“At the same time, we are promoting an internal culture of protection and respect for the rights of children at all times, in all places and under all circumstances. My country is convinced that broad dissemination of information concerning children's rights and the consequences of their violation is a very valuable tool. In that connection, we agree with the Secretary-General's observations contained in his report. In its resolution 1379 (2001), the Security Council manifested its decision to be actively concerned with the protection of children in armed conflict. We encourage the Council to continue to completely fulfil that commitment.”
2003-01-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4684 (2003) · source
“Mexico reiterates its appeal that other associated parties - such as the civilian police and military forces working under the direction of the United Nations, as well as non-governmental organizations - observe appropriate and scrupulous behaviour in their dealings with civilians. Mexico also appeals to troop-contributing countries and to the Secretary-General to consider the possibility of including a clause in which observance of the six principles elaborated by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee is contemplated. In conclusion, Mexico is a party to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Internal measures are now under way to permit our ratification of the Statute of the International Criminal Court.”
2003-01-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4684 (2003) · source
“It was also proposed that an informal Security Council group be established to assess compliance with applicable international norms by parties to conflict that are mentioned in the report of the Secretary-General (S/2002/1299). In addition, the desirability of having more child protection advisers in the field and of taking special education and prevention measures aimed at halting the spread of the devastating AIDS epidemic among children was mentioned. No effort aimed at protecting children in armed conflicts can be complete unless all personnel participating in humanitarian missions observe appropriate behaviour in their dealings with civilians, especially with children.”
2003-01-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4684 (2003) · source
“That is why Mexico joined the French initiative to convene a meeting of Security Council members yesterday, under the Arria formula, in which non- governmental organizations interested in this subject - under the umbrella of the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers and the Watch List on Children and Armed Conflict network - participated in a frank and interactive dialogue. At that meeting, valuable points of view were exchanged and conclusions were reached that could lead to better measures to protect children in armed conflicts. Among such measures, we would highlight recommendations made by non-governmental organizations to strengthen follow-up and monitoring mechanisms implemented by international organizations, in particular the United Nations.”
2003-01-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4684 (2003) · source
“Under international humanitarian law, all parties to conflicts must permit humanitarian access. Mexico supports current efforts to facilitate access by humanitarian agencies and organizations to all areas where conflict situations occur. As I pointed out last December in my statement on the protection of civilians in armed conflicts, the participation of non- governmental organizations in this effort is vital. Often, they are the international community's only presence in conflict zones.”
2003-01-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4684 (2003) · source
“We believe that United Nations actions aimed at the general protection of civilians in armed conflicts- such as the separation of civilians and combatants; the placement of refugee camps; and disarmament, demobilization, reintegration and repatriation programmes - contribute in an important way to the protection of children. But, from that perspective, it is also clear that the specific needs of minors require policies, measures and criteria in the field, as well as child protection experts who can implement them. In addition, we welcome the creation of a child protection unit within the framework of the Economic Community of West African States and the assessment activities being carried out jointly with the United Nations in the Mano River region.”
2003-01-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4684 (2003) · source