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Alday Gonzalez

lines on the record: 73
first: 2014-03-24
most recent: 2016-02-23
sittings or episodes: 9
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“We should take advantage of this five-year opportunity to review in depth the areas of our peacebuilding architecture that need more attention and reinforcement, taking into account proposals that favour political and inclusive solutions over military ones. In that regard, I would like to take this opportunity to welcome, and express Mexico's full support for, the establishment and deployment of the new United Nations special political mission to Colombia, authorized on 25 January. We hope that the mission, which will contribute not just to the peace process in Colombia but also to the security and stability of the entire region, will develop along the lines I have mentioned and will serve as an example for future special political missions.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“Requests and mandates to do more should be backed up with appropriate resources and strategic planning aimed at improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the work. We believe that it is vital to ensure that those intergovernmental processes result in a thorough analysis of the financial arrangements for the entire peacebuilding architecture and in concrete action aimed at strengthening those arrangements, including accountability mechanisms. This period of review of various bodies and commissions is an ideal opportunity for revisiting and revitalizing the Organization's conceptual and operational approach to peacebuilding.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“The absence of that kind of support for peacebuilding and peacekeeping, particularly when it comes to the root causes ofa crisis, can result in significant challenges when it comes to preventing the outbreak or resurgence of a conflict. Mexico appreciates the Advisory Group's recommendation that our peacebuilding instruments should always work together with regional and subregional organizations in their prevention efforts, whenever their constitutive bodies allow it. We also believe that key stakeholders, such as civil society and international financial institutions, should back the Organization's efforts and contribute positively to supporting national priority areas, encouraging economic development and lessening the risks of investing in countries that are rebuilding.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“The Security Council should make frequent use of the Commission's advisory capacity in reviewing the mandates of peacekeeping and peacebuilding missions, as well as in designing transition strategies with the timeliness and long-term vision essential to peacekeeping. The Commission should be a platform for bringing to the Council's attention the views of all of the relevant actors at the national, regional and international levels, including donors, agendas and the agencies of the United Nations system. Peacebuilding requires the political, technical and financial support of the international community. It also requires nonvengeful justice, and for that we need the mechanisms that can provide it.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“To reverse 10 years of inertia and obstacles placed in the way of the peacebuilding architecture, we will need coherent, systematic, collective efforts aimed at ending the disjunctions in the main intergovernmental bodies of the United Nations whose responsibility it is to change the paradigm in favour of sustainable peace - the Security Council, the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council. The United Nations presence must be constant or else, as with any other vacuum, it runs the risk of being occupied by others. Given the challenges and complexity of today's conflicts, the role and added value of the Peacebuilding Commission should be exploited, enhanced and strengthened.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“Mexico would like to acknowledge the work of the Advisory Group of Experts on the Review of the Peacebuilding Architecture, led by Ambassador Rosenthal, as well as the efforts of the Permanent Representatives of Angola and Australia to follow up on and bring coherence to our discussions on the issue in both the General Assembly and the Council. If we are to make progress towards our goal, it is essential that, as recommended by the Advisory Group, we change the epicentre of our peacebuilding efforts from the current reactive perspective to a preventive one. The emphasis on that aspect is consistent with the recommendations and definition of critical pathways that are being discussed in the other review processes currently under way, and our shared goal should therefore be to translate the recommendations into action.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“The lessons learned over the past decade have shown us that, if peacebuilding is to succeed, it requires a comprehensive strategy for addressing conflicts that can establish a consistent, solid and direct link between peace and security and human rights and development. Those elements, together with prevention, formed the preliminary framework for peacekeeping in 2005, and today they continue to be crucial to its long- term viability and effectiveness. In that context, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (General Assembly resolution 70/1) should play a key role in focusing the United Nations system's efforts.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“Mr. Alday Gonzalez (Mexico) (spoke in Spanish): I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening today's open debate, and the briefers for their interesting views. Ten years after the Organization's establishment of its peacebuilding architecture, we continue to face the challenge of finding the best way to achieve sustainable peace that can help to heal the scars caused by armed conflict, rebuild the countries and regions concerned, along with their institutions responsible for protecting fundamental rights, and provide basic humanitarian services, security and justice.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“The fusion of prevention and political influence with rapid response on the ground can help us to ensure that the Organization will no longer leave a place where it is most needed or abandon the most vulnerable when their protection is most urgent.”
2016-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7606 (2016) · source
“We urgetheCouncilinparticularto considerthelndependent Panel's recommendation that peacekeeping missions collaborate more closely with local communities and non-governmental organizations on the ground in order to establish an effective environment for protection and provide rapid responses to potential threats. Delays and inaction in the protection of civilians can often mean the difference between life and death. In Mexico's opinion, the multilateral system of collective security, especially the Security Council, remain the best option to implement the lessons learned in the service of our ongoing aspiration to achieve sustainable peace.”
2016-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7606 (2016) · source
“If the Security Council is able to anticipate and better respond to potential threats, we are convinced that it could also be more effective in preventing crises from becoming uncontrollable armed conflicts with their inherent ramifications for the civilian population. In that context, we hope that the Council members' visit to Burundi in the coming days will be an important step in that direction. We support the recommendations of both the Independent Panel and of the Secretary-General to improve the effectiveness of peacekeeping operations in the field of protection in areas such as planning, evaluation, capacity-building and leadership, as well to give them with realistic mandates tailored to specific contexts and linked to broader political solutions.”
2016-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7606 (2016) · source
“The ease with which conventional weapons can be acquired, especially through illicit trafficking, multiplies the impact of conflicts on and risks to civilian populations. Mexico reiterates its call for the implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty in order to ensure, inter alia, that arms transfers by Member States are subject to the compliance of the recipient State with international humanitarian law and international human rights law. As the High-level Independent Panel and the Secretary-General indicate in their respective reports (S/2015/446 and S/2015/453), prevention must be at the heart of all efforts to maintain international peace and security.”
2016-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7606 (2016) · source
“The presence of a United Nations mission does not reduce the host Government's responsibility, nor should the State's responsibility weaken the duty of peacekeeping missions. We therefore welcome the updated aide memoire annexed to the presidential statement on the protection of civilians of November 2015 (S/PRST/2015/23), and emphasize its importance as a practical tool to improve the Council's analysis and diagnostics on the topic of protection. Threats to international peace and security continue to arise largely from the proliferation and possession of weapons of mass destruction and from the notion that the most powerful countries can choose to position themselves above international law. In all the Council's efforts to fulfil its primary responsibility, disarmament and non-proliferation remain a dominant need.”
2016-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7606 (2016) · source
“Both cases constitute flagrant violations of international humanitarian law, and we therefore believe that our responsibility to protect must be supported by our responsibility to improve our response capacity. United Nations peacekeeping mandates have been strengthened with training, policies and guidance on the best way to implement the protection of civilians and human rights. However, the inclusion of civilian advisers on the protection of children or women has not yet managed to change the reality on the ground. As the High-level Independent Panel on Peace Operationshasproposed,itisessentialwheneverpossible to involve and ensure that Governments complement the development of concepts, standards and deployment of specialized United Nations personnel, assuming their competency as the principals responsible for protecting civilians.”
2016-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7606 (2016) · source
“The effectiveness of the Security Council and the United Nations in protecting civilians has had mixed results; some timely actions have managed to save lives, but in other cases systemic constraints arising from the lack of consensus in the Council or valid concerns about sovereignty have prevented early action that would have been more effective. As we have seen in the prolonged and complex conflicts in the Middle East and Central and Western Africa, civilians are increasingly exposed, either because schools and hospitals have become military targets, or because hundreds of thousands are denied timely access to humanitarian assistance.”
2016-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7606 (2016) · source
“Mr. Alday Gonzalez (Mexico) (spoke in Spanish): Mexico thanks Uruguay for having convened this meeting and Deputy Secretary-General Eliasson and the representatives of civil society for their briefings. The protection of civilians is at the very heart of all that the Council and the Organization are striving to achieve, and is the measure against which the United Nations system and its peacekeeping operations are judged. It is a basic principle of international humanitarian law and a moral responsibility of all Member States. However, history has shown us that moral exhortations and laws are often challenged or ignored, and are therefore insufficient to prevent or eliminate armed conflict or ensure the protection of civilians in such conflicts.”
2016-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7606 (2016) · source
“The current session of the General Assembly, focused on the follow-up of the review processes in different bodies and commissions, provides us with a valuable opportunity to convert our rhetorical commitments into early and effective action aimed at the prevention of violence and the establishment of peaceful societies.”
2015-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7561 (2015) · source
“We therefore support and will continue to support firmly the important recommendations made by the Advisory Group of Experts on the Review of the Peacebuilding Architecture and the High-level Independent Panel on Peace Operations in favour of the immediate adoption of proposals to establish a special and separate account for special political missions, which are among the main tools of the Council and the Organization in prevention, mediation and conflict resolution. Prevention is urgent and the risks of inaction are greater than ever.”
2015-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7561 (2015) · source
“As the Secretary-General noted at the beginning of this meeting, the issue of financial resources is also relevant to strengthening the Organization's prevention and response capacities. My delegation believes that there is no better investment than investing in peace, development and security for our societies. We believe that the requests and mandates to do more must be accompanied by a predictable budgetary structure and strategic planning that allows us to strengthen efficiency and effectiveness.”
2015-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7561 (2015) · source
“In order to translate recommendations into action, we must approach prevention, peacebuilding and peacekeeping as a political process that requires sustained attention and long-term commitment and action. As part of that dynamic, the necessary consent of Member States should serve to bolster the principle of national ownership. The principle of national ownership must be strengthened. We can build national capacities, strengthen institutions and support good governance if we involve the greatest number of stakeholders from the very start, including, of course, women at every stage. International, regional and subregional financial organizations, when their constituent bodies allow, can accompany and bolster the efforts of the United Nations in addressing the causes of conflict in a preventive manner.”
2015-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7561 (2015) · source
“In that regard, the focus on building and consolidating peace should, in my delegation's opinion, be the guiding theme that allows us to reduce the gap between the silos referred to in the concept note before us (S/2015/845, annex). We believe that the Peacebuilding Commission can and must play an important role in this exercise. The lessons learned over the past decade reveal us that, in order to be successful, peacebuilding requires a comprehensive focus on conflicts through the establishment of a solid and unidirectional linkage among the three pillars of the work of the United Nations: peace and security, human rights and development. Reversing fragmentation of efforts will require coherent collective action to that end.”
2015-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7561 (2015) · source
“All United Nations organs, within their respective remits, and the international community as a whole must keep pace with these realities and work better and more appropriately to improve our capacity for prevention and response to build and maintain peace. We cannot allow current conflicts to continue to cause havoc or the conflicts of the past to return with renewed violence. Among the broad range of recommendations derived from the review processes of United Nations peacekeeping operations and the peacebuilding architecture, perhaps none better reflects the objective and spirit of this meeting than that stressed by the team headed by Ambassador Gert Rosenthal to change the epicentre of peacebuilding efforts from the reactive perspective that has prevailed for years to a preventive one.”
2015-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7561 (2015) · source
“Mr. Alday Gonzalez (Mexico) (spoke in Spanish): Mexico thanks you, Mr. President, for convening this debate on a subject that is very relevant in the light of the events of recent days in Europe and the Middle East. We take this opportunity to extend our sincere condolences to the delegations of Russia, Lebanon and France for the loss of human lives and the wounds incurred from the recent attacks. The changing nature of the violent conflicts in different regions of the world is entrenched in inequality, exclusion, the lack of equal opportunities and jobs, frustration and social alienation. It suffices to look at the news headlines of the past few days to understand that our Organization's work to maintain international peace and security, prevent conflicts and establish peaceful societies remains fragile and insufficient.”
2015-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7561 (2015) · source
“We appreciate the work done by Ambassador Rattray as facilitator of the intergovernmental negotiations during the Assembly's sixty-ninth session and hope that his successor or successors can build on the lessons learned in the past twelve months so that they can facilitate progress with absolute transparency and objectivity. Mexico believes that reforming the structure of the Security Council is possible if all parties place political will and commitment before any other consideration in the negotiations. We need a more effective, transparent and representative Security Council that is able to adequately respond to the challenges that arise in the international agenda.”
2015-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7539 (2015) · source
“We believe that a clear timetable for the selection process and the holding of forums in which we can meet and exchange views with the candidates, perhaps using the Arria Formula format, would be very useful to the entire membership and would meet the objective of promoting greater transparency in the election of the next Secretary-General. Similarly, we hope that the spirit of cooperation we saw in the revitalization of the work of the General Assembly will be transferred to the intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council reform.”
2015-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7539 (2015) · source
“There are those who have resolved to strengthen the transparency that must prevail in the Security Council, and those who resist, reinforcing the stereotype of secrecy that has often characterized this Chamber, which inhibits a more transparent relationship between those who sit around this table for two years or on a permanent basis and those who are spectators. We welcome the result of the process on revitalizing the work ofthe General Assembly regarding the election of the next Secretary-General. The active involvement of the membership and civil society enables us to move forward. We commend the Presidents of the General Assembly and the Security Council for working in a coordinated manner to implement the provisions of the resolution.”
2015-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7539 (2015) · source
“The desire of some countries on the Council to inform their counterparts, coupled with the work of analysis and dissemination undertaken by non-governmental organizations and academia, has also contributed to that improvement. In that context, I thank the delegation of Venezuela, which, in its capacity as representative of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States, has on a daily and consistent basis shared information on the work and agenda of the Council with the rest of the regional Group. We also believe that the issue of whether or not to hold monthly wrap-up sessions at the end of each presidency reflects the sharp division of views prevalent within the Council on its working methods.”
2015-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7539 (2015) · source
“Limiting the use of the veto in such situations is a moral imperative and a principle underlying the accountability of the permanent members of the Council to the international community. We also call on the Security Council, in the discharge of its role as guarantor of international peace and security, to do a better job in its advisory role to the Peacebuilding Commission, and to enhance its interaction with countries contributing troops and police to peacekeeping operations, with timely consultations on the definition, amendment or renewal of mandates. In recent years, we have found that the flow of information to non-Council members on what is discussed in this Chamber has improved.”
2015-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7539 (2015) · source
“We therefore welcome the support of ACT members for the political proposal to restrict the use of the veto in cases of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, as put forward by the Foreign Ministers of France and Mexico last month here at Headquarters. We hope that the complementary initiative on the part of ACT members will also enjoy the wide support of Member States when it is formally presented on Friday at the commemoration of the seventieth anniversary of our Organization. Mexico sees the veto as a responsibility, not a privilege. When a permanent member uses it to block action against mass atrocities, it does so in contravention of the Charter.”
2015-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7539 (2015) · source
“We particularly acknowledge the boost that the elected members of the Security Council have given to the process in recent years, and we hope that the countries elected by the General Assembly last week to sit on the Council from January next year will strengthen that dynamic. My delegation wishes to acknowledge the meticulous work carried out by the Accountability, Coherence and Transparency (ACT) group through various working groups to improve the ways in which the Council and other United Nations organs can improve the interaction among them, and between each of them and the other Member States.”
2015-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7539 (2015) · source
“Mr. Alday Gonzalez (Mexico) (spoke in Spanish): I thank the Spanish delegation for convening today's open debate and for its introduction of the concept note (S/2015/793) to guide our discussion, and we grateful for the briefings presented by the President of the General Assembly, the Vice-President of the Economic and Social Council and Deputy Secretary-General Eliasson, The growing participation of Member States in open debates such as today's demonstrates clearly that there has been gradual improvement in the working methods of the Council and provides a clear signal of the interest of the majority in advancing the goal of providing the entire membership with more transparency, accountability, inclusiveness and efficiency.”
2015-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7539 (2015) · source
“Whatever the path charted by Haiti and the international community for their future relationship, we are sure that this Council will continue taking appropriate decisions that enable the consolidation of progress. Mexico's commitment to development and stability in Haiti, at the bilateral level, with the United Nations and through the Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti of the Economic and Social Council is for the long term.”
2015-10-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7530 (2015) · source
“The update of the situation in the country that was given to Haiti's partners by a number of Haitian ministers last week reflects broad progress in various areas. These periodic reports are important for maintaining relations between Haiti and its partners in the international community, in the public and private sectors, and for continuing to consolidate stability and democracy. As we assess the future relationship between Haiti and the United Nations, we believe that the Peacebuilding Commission could be, if the Haitian Government sees fit, the structure under which the relationship could be further enhanced. Haiti's experience could contribute decisively to the development of other countries emerging from conflict.”
2015-10-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7530 (2015) · source
“Mexico believes that the reduction and eventual withdrawal of the Mission from Haiti must be anchored in a coordinated transition plan among MINUSTAH, the States Members of the United Nations - especially the troop- and police-contributing countries - and, above all, the Haitian Government. We also appreciate the recommendation of the Secretary-General that a strategic assessment on the future presence of the Organization be undertaken, based on the progress made over the past 11 years, the degree of stability in the country and the capacity of the Haitian National Police to assume its growing responsibility. In our opinion, that assessment should occur once the electoral process is complete and once the new President and Parliament have taken office. We are inspired by the progress made by the Haitian people.”
2015-10-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7530 (2015) · source
“We welcome the decision to reactivate the High-level Committee on Cholera, since, according to Haiti's national statistics, that disease remains a major challenge in several departments of the country. Mexico supports the recommendation of the Secretary-General to extend the MINUSTAH mandate for another year without any change in the number of troops. We share the nearly unanimous efforts of the Group of Friends of Haiti to ensure that MINUSTAH's force reduction is progressive, not accelerated, and prudent rather than hasty. We strongly welcome the coherence, consistency and commitment shown over the past 10 years by Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Guatemala,\ during periodic assessments of the presence and future of MINUSTAH.”
2015-10-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7530 (2015) · source
“We also consider it essential that, in addition to playing a security role, MINUSTAH and the United Nations agencies in Haiti continue to provide socioeconomic alternatives to bolster progress in other key areas in the daily lives of the Haitian people. The prevention of sexual violence and quick-impact projects focused on strengthening the rule of law and good governance are just some of the items with a significant multiplier factor. However, my delegation remains concerned about the humanitarian situation. Public health problems are hot spots at any stage of national reconstruction and rehabilitation, and it is important that the Haitian authorities and the international community ensure that those challenges do not become additional obstacles for lack of proper care.”
2015-10-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7530 (2015) · source
“We commend MINUSTAH personnel for having provided special protection to the candidates following the agreement between the Mission and the Ministry for the Status of Women and Women's Rights. The August elections are testimony to the growing capacity of institutions in Haiti to assume greater responsibility in the democratic life of the country. We call on all political actors in Haiti to act in the same spirit to ensure that the next round of elections is free, fair, inclusive and transparent. Mexico hopes that institution-building, especially in terms of the HNP, will remain the cornerstone of efforts to reconfigure the United Nations presence in the country.”
2015-10-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7530 (2015) · source
“My delegation is pleased to note that the situation in Haiti has seen progress in security, the strengthening of the rule of law and the training of Haitian National Police (HNP), and above all that the long-postponed first round of legislative elections was able to take place in a relatively peaceful environment, making it one of the most important milestones for Haitians of recent years. We are pleased to have been able to support the conduct of the elections through financial contributions to the Electoral Observation Mission of the Organization of American States, and the basket fund for elections in Haiti administered by the United Nations Programme for Development.”
2015-10-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7530 (2015) · source
“Mr. Alday Gonzalez (Mexico) (spoke in Spanish): I thank the Spanish delegation for convening this debate and Ms. Sandra Honore both for introducing the comprehensive report of the Secretary-General (S/2015/677) and for her leadership of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) at a highly critical moment for the future of the country. This debate is particularly relevant for Mexico because it is our first participation since Mexican military personnel were deployed to the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti.”
2015-10-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7530 (2015) · source
“Mexico invites the small island developing States to broaden the dialogue on this issue and on other ideas or proposals that help them and us to strengthen their ability to completely fulfil their role as active members of the international community.”
2015-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7499 (2015) · source
“In this context, we believe it is important to emphasize the need for the voice of the SIDS have a more regular presence in this Chamber. Mexico is aware that in the past quarter century only six SIDS have been members of this Council. Therefore, as part of the compromise proposal to reform and democratize the Security Council, we urge the expansion of the number of seats - all non-permanent - to have a more diverse representation of the international community, ensuring greater and more frequent representation of SIDS, and the creation of long-term seats with the possibility ofimmediate re-election.”
2015-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7499 (2015) · source
“We invite the Security Council to discuss and adopt formulas that equip Member States with institutional mechanisms to respond clearly to the issues raised by the implementation of some of its resolutions and in particular sanctions regimes. It will be essential to provide access to resources of the Organization to address these issues in the instances that warrant it. For no one is this challenge more burdensome than for SIDS. In a rules-based international system, practical support should be provided to all parts of the system. Larger countries and the multilateral system and organizations cannot continue to impose on small island developing States the same obligations as on the rest without providing structural support so that they can meet those obligations appropriately.”
2015-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7499 (2015) · source
“Thought must be given to the actions that the Security Council can take to support the efforts that the small island developing States are carrying out to address the existing challenges and, more importantly, to prevent future conflicts and strengthen the maintenance of international peace and security. Compliance with decisions and resolutions of the Security Council requires new legal, economic and financial obligations from many States and, in the particular case of SIDS, a disproportionate additional administrative burden and a further reduction in their limited resources as the result of competing policy priorities.”
2015-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7499 (2015) · source
“Mexico has a strong interest in promoting a substantive multilateral discussion that highlights the similarities among regions within the framework of the preparatory process for the special session of the General Assembly on the world drug problem to be held next year. The threats and challenges that we have heard about throughout this debate demand multifaceted responses not only from the countries concerned but from the international community as a whole. In addition to the tools available to the United Nations system to which we have already referred, there is the role the Security Council could play, and should want to play, to mitigate the risks and threats of conflicts.”
2015-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7499 (2015) · source
“The sanctions imposed by the Security Council on countries where the illegal exploitation of natural resources takes place should be the international community's imperative for preventing conflicts, especially in developing countries like SIDS. The challenge that transnational organized crime represents for the international community is exacerbated when we analyse it from the viewpoint of SIDS. Their size and limited capabilities for effectively patrolling exclusive economic zones make them more susceptible to lurking criminal networks, often turning them into stopover points in the illicit trafficking in small arms and light weapons, persons and drugs.”
2015-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7499 (2015) · source
“Hunger and malnutrition are not only the result of conflict, but can also provoke them, alter the fabric of societies and nations, and undermine peace. In contrast, their eradication helps to prevent conflict and promote peace. My delegation believes that governance issues such as the responsiveness of the institutions of small island States can prevent temporary food insecurity crises caused by short-term factors from becoming chronic food insecurity that threatens peace and security. Everyone in this Chamber is well aware of the link between the over-exploitation of natural resources and conflicts around the world.”
2015-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7499 (2015) · source
“The droughts and hurricanes that often affect SIDS, together with so-called slow-onset events, conspire in some cases to generate a real threat to their territorial survival and become unequivocal examples of how climate change can be a threat multiplier for global security. We take this opportunity to call for strengthening the global climate regime by adopting a new and ambitious agreement at the upcoming Conference ofthe Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, to be held in France in December. Among other underlying challenges for many SIDS is the prevalence of undernourishment at alarming rates for their populations, aggravated by the challenges in agriculture and fisheries.”
2015-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7499 (2015) · source
“We believe that the United Nations system is the sole authority with the ability to mobilize and take concrete action to consolidate and guide efforts in this direction; accordingly, it is incumbent upon all Member States to nurture the system with political will and concrete commitments in order to effectively address the unique challenges facing small island developing States. From those who are dealing with these challenges every day, we have at this meeting heard about the consequences that climate change, food insecurity, transnational organized crime and piracy have had for their territories and populations.”
2015-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7499 (2015) · source
“We recognize the vulnerability and special situation of SIDS in terms of making progress on sustainable development and therefore consider it indispensable to strengthen international cooperation to benefit these States in the economic, social and environmental areas. That is why we encourage every effort to bring about the effective implementation of the SIDS Action Platform as a space with a dual function: to integrate the progress made and to provide guidance for the planning of future actions.”
2015-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7499 (2015) · source
“Mr. Alday Gonzalez (Mexico) (spoke in Spanish): We thank the delegation of New Zealand for its initiative in convening this meeting, which makes it possible to learn at first hand the challenges and specific vulnerabilities faced by small island developing States (SIDS) in maintaining international peace and security. On behalf of Mexico, I should like to take this opportunity to commend you, Mr. President, on your presidency of the Security Council for the month of July, which, as we have seen, has not been an easy month. We also wish to acknowledge the presence of the various ministers and Heads of State or Government participating here today. Mexico is convinced that development is intrinsically linked to peace and security. Without peace there can be no sustainable development, and vice versa.”
2015-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7499 (2015) · source