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Almagro

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2011-04-06
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2015-01-19
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  1. “We believe that the Security Council must help through its work, coordinated with other United Nations agencies on the ground, to transform post-conflict situations into environments that promote development and long- term stability. It is crucial that the principal organs of the United Nations make significant contributions to the well- being of populations and that they have a genuine impact on situations that have been on the agenda for decades. Our standards for respect for and observance of human rights must continue to rise.”

    2015-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7361 (2015) · source

  2. “Uruguay, as a candidate for a non-permanent seat of the Security Council for the period of 2016-2017, expresses its commitment to that broad approach, which links inclusive development with the maintenance of peace and security. Our development entails poverty reduction and the elimination of extreme poverty, the inclusion of all in the educational system and universal access to health services, the inclusion of women in all spheres of participation through their empowerment, the recognition of the rights of those who wish to marry someone of the same sex, and the possibility of persons with disabilities to lead a full life in all areas, including that of employment, among others. The best society is based on the observance and promotion of the rights of every child, woman, minority, refugee, victim of violence, sexual orientation.”

    2015-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7361 (2015) · source

  3. “Urugay, as one of the main troop contributors to these missions, has seen on the ground the strong positive impact of building stronger, more inclusive and more resilient societies. We recognize the importance of a political vision with regard to rights for the resolution of conflicts. Our societies are richer only through the promotion, observance and recognition of full economic, social and cultural rights. Our societies cannot further develop without full respect for civil and political rights, which are essential to the consolidation of democracy and the rule of law. Likewise, achieving fairer, more stable societies depends on the universality, indivisibility and interdependence of human rights.”

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  4. “It is the paradigm of democractization, and it is relevant to build political stability and democratic governance, which in turn are fundamental to the preservation and building of peace. Whenever we exclude others or fail to deal with discrimination against a person, group or social class, we empoverish our coexistence and impair our societies. But fundamentally, we are being unjust. Peacebuilding, as a long-term objective, is a cross- cutting task that must begin with the initial phases of a peacekeeping operation. It is important that the Security Council consider ways to accentuate the dimensions of development and respect for human rights in the mandates of peacekeeping missions.”

    2015-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7361 (2015) · source

  5. “Allow me to refer to the Social Charter of the Americas, agreed upon by the Organization ofAmerican States, which establishes the basis for inclusive development with equity in the American hemisphere and emphasizes respect for human rights, inclusion and non-discrimination as a basic pillar of the system. That Vision, which is shared in other regional forums such as MERCOSUR, the Union of South American Nations, and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, has helped to maintain our regional space and to keep it stable and free of conflict. Inclusion - social, religious, territorial, national, ethnic, social, gender, economic and cultural-is important in governing ourselves better.”

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  6. “There is no doubt that, in a general sense, inclusive development is linked to the conflict-prevention agenda and to peacebuilding. The political stability, democratic governance and territorial integrity of States are conditions to generate development and are also, as a result, factors that contribute to conflict prevention. I stress this principle by which we govern and cooperate internationally. Although every State is responsible for its own development, international cooperation complements national efforts aimed at building increasingly greater rights for increasing numbers of people in order to strengthen human and institutional capabilities with a view to achieving comprehensive and inclusive development.”

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  7. “Mr. Almagro (Uruguay) (spoke in Spanish): It is a great pleasure to see you, Madam President, presiding over today's meeting of the Security Council. It is also a great honour to have been invited to participate. I thank you for convening this open debate on security and development. I especially thank you for the presidential statement (S/PRST/2015/3), which makes a contribution to consolidating the interdependence that exists among the three pillars of the United Nations system, namely, human rights, peace and security, and development. I should also like to express my gratitude for the important contributions by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, by my dear friend Antonio Patriota, whom I have the honour to sit next to once again, and by Ms. Leymah Gbowee.”

    2015-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7361 (2015) · source

  8. “The South Atlantic is a geostrategic area that endows our countries, through the South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone, with a new instrument to move forward in the major objectives of the international community: peace, security and the development of our societies.”

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  9. “We also reaffirm GeneralAssembly resolution 31/49, which calls on both parties to the dispute concerning the Malvinas Islands, South Georgia Islands and South Sandwich Islands, and the surrounding maritime areas to refrain from taking decisions that would involve the introduction of unilateral changes in the situation while the Islands go through the process recommended in resolutions of the General Assembly. In that context, we are concerned to see the development of illegitimate activities of oil exploration in the zone in dispute. Uruguay, as Chairman of the South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone, maintains along with other countries of the Zone, that we must eliminate the vision of the South Atlantic as a stage for strategic action between antagonistic States with competing interests.”

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  10. “We reiterate the need to further study mechanisms and possibilities for cooperation in peacekeeping operations. The South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone supports the efforts of its member States in promoting the principle of the peaceful resolution of conflicts and the quest for negotiated solutions to territorial conflicts which affect member States of the zone. In that respect, the Zone calls for the resumption of negotiations between the Government of the Argentine Republic and the United Kingdom, in accordance with resolution General Assembly resolution 2065 (XX) and other resolutions of the General Assembly on the question of the Malvinas Islands with a view to finding a just, lasting and peaceful solution as soon as possible.”

    2013-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7015Resumption1 (2013) · source

  11. “We welcome efforts under way in Africa, in particular on the part of the States members of the Zone, to implement a legal framework designed to address this practice. In this respect, we urge the international community to support these efforts. For Uruguay and the South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone, it is crucial to stress the importance ofthe United Nations peacekeeping operations, to which some States members of the Zone are contributors. We recognize the potential for cooperation in strengthening the capacity of member States of the Zone to take part in peacekeeping operations. We also reaffirm the need to support the peace processes under way, as well as the United Nations peacekeeping operations deployed in States member in the Zone.”

    2013-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7015Resumption1 (2013) · source

  12. “We also understand the importance of preventive diplomacy, mediation and good offices, and the establishment, maintenance and consolidation of peace to the maintenance of international peace and security; the key importance of avoiding the escalation of conflicts and of settling disputes; and the important role played by women in the prevention and resolution of conflicts and in building peace. We highlight the importance of their full participation in all initiatives to maintain peace and security, and the need to increase their participation in decision-making with respect to prevention and resolution of conflicts. Our country is concerned by the negative role played by the exploitation of natural resources in the exacerbation of conflicts.”

    2013-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7015Resumption1 (2013) · source

  13. “We are therefore doing all we can to ban and prevent in our respective territories and territorial waters the use, manufacture, production, acquisition, reception, storage and deployment of all nuclear weapons, as well as any direct or indirect attempt to encourage any of these activities in the South Atlantic. In that regard, we urge the international community to respect the Zone's status. In addition to the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean and the African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty, which are currently in force, we urge the international community to fully respect the denuclearized status of our Zone. Our countries are unfailingly committed to disarmament, nuclear non-proliferation, and the peaceful use of nuclear energy, the three pillars of the Non-Proliferation Treaty.”

    2013-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7015Resumption1 (2013) · source

  14. “We urge other States to recognize it as such. We know that the very existence ofweapons ofmass destruction, in particular nuclear weapons, remains a serious threat to humankind, creating tension and mistrust among peoples. We believe that progress in the multilateral agenda, especially concerning compliance with disarmament obligations under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, must be a high priority for Member States. The South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone countries clearly recall the 1994 declaration of the Zone on the denuclearization of the South Atlantic, adopted at the third ministerial meeting.”

    2013-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7015Resumption1 (2013) · source

  15. “The South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone embodies a commitment to the essential values of peaceful coexistence, democracy and respect for human rights. For our countries, these are fundamental and undeniable principles. The Zone is an initiative of international scope, and we manage it in strict respect for the purposes and principles of the United Nations, including the sovereignty and legal equality of States and the peaceful settlement of disputes, as well as non-interference in internal affairs of other countries. As current Chairman of the Zone, I note some of the fundamental provisions of our Montevideo Declaration. Our meeting in that city helped to reiterate our commitment to the consolidation of the South Atlantic as a zone of peace and cooperation free of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction.”

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  16. “The South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone is a contribution of our countries to protecting our region from military adventurism. It has opened a path to cooperation, completely changing the logic in the South Atlantic with respect to the North Atlantic, which has its defence mechanisms and its military alliances. This strategy, which has been strengthened politically by the importance attached to it by such organizations as the African Union and UNASUR, to which our countries belong in our respective regions, is also strengthened by the greater interaction achieved through the Africa- South America summit that took place in Abuja, Margarita Island, and Equatorial Guinea. These entities recognize the Zone as a fundamental instrument for promoting peace, security and cooperation among our countries.”

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  17. “Uruguay also welcomes the presence of the representatives of regional and subregional organizations, in particular from Latin America and the Caribbean, including the Common Market of the South, the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), and the Organization of American States, and our dear friends from the League of Arab States. Notwithstanding the responsibility that the Charter of the United Nations Charter entrusts to the Security Council in maintaining international peace and security, regional and subregional entities make a clear and ineluctable contribution to preventing, resolving or minimizing most of the situations that threaten global peace.”

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  18. “Mr. Almagro (Uruguay) (spoke in Spanish): I should like to begin by congratulating President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and the delegation of Argentina on assuming the presidency of the Security Council and on having convened this high-level open debate aimed at strengthening our understanding of the role of regional and subregional organizations in maintaining international peace and security and incorporating new regional and subregional actors that reflect the dynamics of sociopolitical realities throughout all regions of our planet.”

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  19. “As the Secretary-General 11-29014 pointed out, this will call for a genuine commitment on the part of the new authorities to create an independent and effective judiciary, a parliament that is increasingly accountable to the people and a Government that acts with increasing transparency, effectiveness and awareness, responding to the needs of the country and being truly representative of the Haitian people. Furthermore, in the Group's view, the promotion of the rule of law should be accompanied by the creation of complete land and civil registries, construction and building codes and commercial laws. The rule of law should be evident in the capacity of the State to guarantee adequate legal protection as a way to facilitate economic development.”

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  20. “The Groups of Friends of Haiti acknowledges the efforts of the donor community and calls upon them to fulfil without delay the pledges made at the International Donors Conference Towards a New Future for Haiti, held in New York on 31 March 2010. We believe that donors will be especially motivated in the fulfilment of their commitments if the international community enhances and strengthens Haiti's institutional capacities, enabling them to improve their planning for and implementation of projects in their long-term development strategy. We emphasize the importance of promoting the rule of law in Haiti as a fundamental building block for a just and prosperous society that must confront the important challenges of its reconstruction, especially after the 2010 earthquake, and respond to the needs of Haitians living in poverty.”

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  21. “The Group of Friends of Haiti encourages the current and upcoming representatives of the executive and legislative branches of government to work together to meet the aspirations of the Haitian people and to achieve the reforms the people have been longing for for far too long. We stand ready to support Haitians in the implementation of a strategy that will transform plans into reality, working more closely with the Haitian authorities and MINUSTAH. Haiti continues to struggle with poverty and a fragile humanitarian situation. In those areas, partly due to the earthquake of January 2010, there has unfortunately been a marked deterioration in the daily living conditions of the vast majority of the Haitian people.”

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  22. “Although we are still awaiting the final results, I wish to underscore that the voting was held in a generally calm and peaceful atmosphere, which represents an important step for the consolidation of the democratic process. The Group also commends the Provisional Electoral Council of Haiti and thanks the missions on the ground of the OAS and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), MINUSTAH and the United Nations Development Programme, which made Vital contributions to the electoral process. As the Secretary-General pointed out in his latest report, the incoming Government of Haiti will inherit a set of daunting challenges, compounded by the onset of another hurricane season and the need to strengthen the country's institutional capacity and to improve governance and the delivery of public services.”

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  23. “As the coordinator of the Group of Friends of Haiti, I wish to express our strong support for MINUSTAH and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for their efforts to improve stability and governance in Haiti. The latest report of the Secretary-General, dated 24 March 2011, highlights the progress made in the implementation of the Mission's mandate as set out in resolution 1944 (2010) and previous resolutions. The Group of Friends of Haiti wishes to congratulate the Haitian authorities and the candidates in the presidential and legislative elections, as well as the people of Haiti themselves, for holding, for the first time in their history, a second round of presidential and legislative elections, which took place on 20 March 2011.”

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  24. “Luis Alberto Moreno. The Group also wishes to thank all United Nations personnel on the ground for their dedication and selfless sacrifice. The Group of Friends of Haiti once again reaffirms its continuing support for the Government and people of Haiti in the reconstruction of their country, the consolidation of peace and stability and the promotion of recovery and sustainable development. The presence of several Ministers for Foreign Affairs and representatives of countries members of the Group of Friends of Haiti in today's meeting, as well as your own direct involvement, Mr. President, constitute clear evidence of the sustained commitment of the Group to the Haitian process.”

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  25. “We also welcome the participation in today's debate of the United Nations Special Envoy for Haiti, former President William Clinton, of the Secretary-General of the United Nations and of the Secretary-General's Special Representative and Head of MINUSTAH, Ambassador Edmond Mulet. I wish to highlight Mr. Mulet's tireless efforts to help the Haitian people break the cycle of poverty, to help the Haitian Government create the conditions for a peaceful political transition, and to mobilize international assistance and investment intended for the social and economic recovery of the country following the tragic earthquake of 12 January 2010. I also wish to express thanks for the presence of the Secretary General of the Organization of American States, Mr. J ose Miguel Insulza, and of the President of the Inter-American Development Bank, Mr.”

    2011-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6510 (2011) · source

  26. “Mr. Almagro (Uruguay)(spoke in Spanish): My delegation is speaking on behalf of the Group of Friends of Haiti, composed of Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, France, Peru, the United States and Uruguay. We wish to congratulate the President of Colombia, His Excellency President Juan Manuel Santos, for taking the important and opportune initiative to organize this open debate on the question concerning Haiti, coinciding with the issuance of the midterm report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) (S/2011/183*). Our Group is very grateful for the presence of the President of Haiti, Rene Preval, among us.”

    2011-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6510 (2011) · source