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Amado

lines on the record: 7
first: 2011-02-11
most recent: 2011-02-11
sittings or episodes: 1
sources: un-security-council

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“I am sure that the Security Council will have to play a much more difficult role if we are not able to handle these situations, as I said, in a more comprehensive way, engaging the whole of the international community, including the Security Council.”
2011-02-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6479 (2011) · source
“Finally, I would like to make the following point on what is happening in the Middle East. Minister Westerwelle addressed the Council on this particular issue, but I would also like to stress this point. Given the dynamic of the events flourishing there, it is our fundamental responsibility to manage the geopolitical tension between war and peace. I would like to add to what Mr. Westerwelle said. More than ever, we need a very comprehensive approach to the realities of the Middle East. It is a mistake to look at the conflict, unrest and tension in a fragmented way. If we do not address them in the next couple of months or years in a comprehensive way, interlinking the political, security and development challenges of the region, I would say that we will be facing a tragic situation.”
2011-02-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6479 (2011) · source
“On the ground, it was always difficult not only to coordinate, but also to promote interaction among the security, military and development sectors. There were many preconceived ideas among the various agencies on the ground. Fortunately, it seems that those times have passed. There has been a long-standing debate within the United Nations, mainly on how to manage conflicts in Africa, and a comprehensive process is evolving. I think it is also important in today's debate to have had the opportunity to listen to Sarah Cliffe from the World Bank. I had the privilege of participating in some sessions in the preparation of that very important report, which I believe for the first time will address all these issues in the comprehensive way needed to face today's reality.”
2011-02-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6479 (2011) · source
“In that regard, we certainly also need to address the interdependence of the political, security and development dimensions with a comprehensive approach. We need to address the complexities of these situations, which are really vital in managing the difficulties that we need to manage. The timing in choosing this issue for our debate is also appropriate from the perspective of the global challenges that we face, with which we need to deal in a more comprehensive way. And to do that the political, security and development dimensions have to be addressed in an appropriate way. At the end of the 1990s, I served as Development Minister, and during that time I saw how difficult it was to conciliate the security and political dimensions with development policy.”
2011-02-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6479 (2011) · source
“I think we are also in the midst of a long, complex, difficult and very dangerous process of reconfiguration of the geopolitical order. I think that the Security Council will be at the centre of that process, and we have to assume that responsibility. To control that process and avoid a global confrontation, we need to address every tension, conflict and situation of unrest with particular sensitivity and, more than ever, collective commitment. That is why I completely concur with Guido Westerwelle's remarks about the determining role that the Peacebuilding Commission has to play in the context of the United Nations system. I think that we also need to address the different situations that we face all over the world in a more comprehensive way.”
2011-02-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6479 (2011) · source
“I think that we are living in one of those periods when history suddenly accelerates and human reason has difficulty keeping up with, adapting and responding to the situations created by that speeding up of history. In such a time, we have to assume our particular responsibilities. We act as politicians and, in this particular place, we have that responsibility. As the great recession of 2009 showed, we are in the midst of a huge process of transformation, of restructuring of the global economy and of change in the distribution of resources and wealth all over the world, as well as a rebalancing of power among nations and among regions. Peace processes have a huge geopolitical impact, which we cannot ignore.”
2011-02-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6479 (2011) · source
“Let me congratulate Brazil on its presidency of the Council. Let me also thank you, Sir, for the organization of this debate and the concept paper (see S/2011/50) that was distributed beforehand. Allow me to also thank the Secretary- General for his statement, as well as Ms. Sarah Cliffe and Ambassador Gasana for their contributions to this debate. As this is the first time that I have the privilege to address the Security Council, permit me to forgo reading out the text that has been circulated and instead share with the Council some reflections related to the problem being debated today. I would like first of all to make a general remark on the situation we face globally. We live in times of change and deep transformations.”
2011-02-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6479 (2011) · source