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Arias Cardenas

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2006-07-21
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2006-07-21
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  1. “We cannot set aside the idea that, in view of the Council's failure to act, we should invoke the resolution entitled "Uniting for Peace" (General Assembly resolution 377 (V)) of 3 November 1950 for an emergency session of the General Assembly to discuss in a very broad, transparent and democratic way the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, and in this way adopt a resolution that would not be vetoed. The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela reiterates its solidarity with the innocent victims and calls upon the Member States of the Organization to develop a joint effort that would lead to the immediate cessation of hostilities and the resumption of negotiations that would promote the advent of a much desired peace, to which all peoples of the world have the right.”

    2006-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5493Resumption1 (2006) · source

  2. “The Security Council should fulfil the role that is incumbent upon it in a courageous and responsible way. The recent recourse to the veto could be understood as complicity with the death and destruction that is now occurring in the Middle East. In the United Nations, we are witnessing a new outrage that joins a long list of failures that represent, one after another, lamentable episodes that taint the history of the Organization - Iraq, Afghanistan, Rwanda Is it possible that we could finally put an end to this situation of death and destruction?”

    2006-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5493Resumption1 (2006) · source

  3. “Our country is convinced that maintaining peace and international security depends on the premise that relationships between States, quite apart from ideological, cultural and political differences, should be governed by the very strict adherence to the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter and by respect for international law, including the principle of peaceful coexistence between States. The Security Council cannot become an accomplice of destruction and death. For a long time now within the Council there has been an obstructionist policy with regard to a balanced, just and consensus action to resolve the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. That demonstrates double standards that in no way contribute to a fair, broad and lasting solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict.”

    2006-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5493Resumption1 (2006) · source

  4. “The United Nations staff members who provide humanitarian assistance to victims in Lebanon have been attacked, which has prevented them from fulfilling their role in assisting those who have been affected by the confrontation. We condemn the arrest of parliamentarians and members of the Palestinian National Authority. Those acts are a flagrant violation of international law. The fact that the Palestinian people freely chose a given political group is no justification for this deplorable conduct.”

    2006-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5493Resumption1 (2006) · source

  5. “From this same place, where effective measures should have been devised to avoid death and destruction, we send our condolences to the families of all the countries affected by these abominable acts. Deeds have been carried out that indiscriminately affect the territories and peoples of Lebanon and Palestine. A military campaign to bomb the physical infrastructure of Lebanon and parts of Gaza has been undertaken. Bridges have been destroyed, as have power stations that provide for the energy needs of those peoples. Lebanon has been blockaded by land, sea and air. These incursions are completely out of all proportion and have destabilized the Middle East region. One third of the deaths have been of children. Venezuela condemns those acts and demands that they cease immediately.”

    2006-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5493Resumption1 (2006) · source

  6. “Mr. Arias Cardenas (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) (spoke in Spanish): First of all, on behalf of the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, I bring greetings to the presidency of the Security Council for this month. The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela fully supports the statement made by the Permanent Representative of Malaysia on behalf of the countries of the Non-Aligned Movement. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela condemns the Israeli military incursions into the occupied Palestinian territories and into Lebanese territory and the violation of Syrian airspace. On this occasion, more than ever before, what has happened in the last few days is extremely serious.”

    2006-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5493Resumption1 (2006) · source