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Benitez Lima

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2019-07-09

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2019-07-09

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1. “Our country continues to work to overcome its vulnerabilities and is grateful for the support for those efforts to adapt to the new demands of the international context, within the framework of respect for the Charter of the United Nations and international law, including international human rights law and international humanitarian law.”

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2. “The strategy pursues four main objectives, namely, to prevent, protect, evaluate and respond, thereby seeking to implement solutions with a comprehensive approach. Given the transnational nature of organized crime and terrorism, we cannot limit ourselves to national actions but should instead encourage and strengthen bilateral, regional and international cooperation. In that regard, Uruguay maintains its firm commitment to cooperating with other actors in the international community in the fight against both of these scourges and their pernicious links. Our actions carried out at the national level reflect that commitment. We appreciate the recommendations that were made by the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate during its most recent visit to Montevideo, on 16 and 17 March 2017.”

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3. “It stipulates measures aimed at controlling and regulating psychoactive cannabis and its derivatives, as well as providing education, raising awareness and preventing the health risks of cannabis use in society, particularly with regard to the development of addictions. For its part, Law 19,513, of 2017, on combating drug trafficking and transboundary organized crime, established the Commission to Combat Drug Trafficking and Transboundary Organized Crime as well as the Security Committee for Border Crossings, and it also includes criminal provisions. Also in 2017, Uruguay adopted a national counter-terrorism strategy that established the National Counter-Terrorism Coordination Centre with the aim of improving the country's response capacity within the context of respecting the rule of law and human rights.”

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4. “In terms oflegislation, in recent years Uruguay has been incorporating new standards into its legislation that allow us to confront the evolution of threats. Several laws have been adopted regarding the prevention and control of money-laundering and the financing of terrorism, the latest being Law 19,749, of 15 May 2019, and its regulatory decree 136/2019, of 16 May 2019. In another area, in 2013 Uruguay enacted Law 19,172, on State control and regulation regarding the importation, production, acquisition, stockpiling, commercialization and distribution of marijuana and its derivatives. The law states that, through State intervention, it will seek to tackle the devastating health, social and economic consequences of the problematic use of psychoactive substances, as well as to reduce the incidence of drug trafficking and organized crime.”

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5. “Over the past few years, Uruguay has been preparing to tackle these scourges, which corrode peace and the social welfare of the population and have a destructive potential to affect a country's sovereignty, territorial integrity, development and resources, thereby undermining its future. We are aware that in order to effectively prevent and combat organized crime, terrorism and the nexus between them, it is necessary to have in place effective police and judicial systems, with updated legislation and inter-institutional coordination within the State. For that reason, various national actors are engaged in addressing and tackling the various threats through a multidimensional approach with a view to providing a multisectoral response.”

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6. “Although they have not managed to establish permanent bases within our territory, they have local partners responsible for domestic distribution and collaboration across multiple logistical and support aspects. Moreover, owing to the nature of our borders and geographical location, Uruguay is attractive as a transit country. With regard to terrorism and its financing, at the time of carrying out the evaluation reflected in the aforementioned national strategy, no terrorist organizations acting locally were identified and we did not find that the Uruguayan financial system had been used to carry out financial transfers linked to terrorist organizations acting abroad. The main threat identified was that posed by terrorist organizations that had been able to operate in other countries of the region.”

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7. “Organized crime and terrorist acts are among the obstacles that Uruguay could face in the 2014- 2030 period. Our national strategy to combat money- laundering, terrorism financing and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction for the period 2017- 2020 highlights that among the illicit cases of money- laundering and terrorism financing perpetrated within, in connection with or from Uruguay, the most relevant were those related to the trafficking of narcotic and psychotropic drugs. It also indicates that international criminal organizations, particularly those dedicated primarily to drug trafficking, constitute a threat to our country.”

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8. “Ms. Benitez Lima (Uruguay) (spoke in Spanish): We are grateful for the briefings delivered and commend Peru for having taken the initiative to convene today's open debate on a hugely important topic that is particularly relevant at a time when we are seeing the proliferation of threats that did not previously exist, exposing us to new risks and vulnerabilities. Activities related to organized crime, such as drug trafficking, illegal arms trafficking, money-laundering, human trafficking, corruption and cybercrime, among others, all contribute to the proliferation of domestic crime, intensify its effects, damage the economic, social and cultural development of the State, destroy its social cohesion, damage its international image and even threaten the stability of its democratic institutions.”

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