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Benitez Saenz

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1996-08-15
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1996-08-15
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  1. “We hail measures leading to unilateral indefinite moratoriums on the export of anti-personnel mines of all kinds. There is no doubt that Germany's concern that the Security Council should propose that demining be included in the mandates of United Nations peace-keeping operations is an excellent initiative.”

    1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3689 (1996) · source

  2. “Uruguay was among the sponsors of General Assembly resolutions 50/70 and 50/82, on the suspension of the export of anti-personnel lane-mines and on assistance in mine clearing respectively. Here too we acknowledge the efforts to achieve consensus proposals. My country has repeatedly spoken out against the traffic, stockpiling, export and manufacture of these weapons. That is why we were particularly interested in ideas that have been put forward by a number of delegations, which made it possible to hold today's debate. I highlight the German seven-point proposal for the elimination of the use of anti-personnel mines and the proposal on the immediate world-wide entry into force of the revised Protocol on land-mines adopted at Vienna in May this year.”

    1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3689 (1996) · source

  3. “Specifically, the participation of Uruguayan contingents in the operations in Cambodia, Mozambique and Angola is a clear example of our cooperation in this area. In the particular case of Angola, the activities of the United Nations Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM) have yielded concrete results: nearly 6,000 kilometres of roads have been opened, certified or demined by United Nations troops. Uruguay has participated in the establishment and functioning of the Central Mine Action Office and the Mine Clearance Training School. Recently, a Uruguayan teacher at the School, Captain Fernando Poladura, was gravely wounded in the course of his duties. To date, there have been three Uruguayan casualties in mine- explosion accidents.”

    1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3689 (1996) · source

  4. “In the framework of its peace-keeping operations, the United Nations has carried out an extensive programme of assistance to affected Governments covering not only demining tasks but also the training of local personnel and helping civilian populations to identify the presence of mines, the dissemination of information on the dangers of mines, and activities intended to abate the effects of mines, especially through medical treatment and rehabilitation. Here the participation of Member States is vital. As a contributor of troops to peace-keeping operations, Uruguay is sharing in the endeavours of the United Nations, with special emphasis on the two aspects of providing safety and security for troops in the field, and supporting the implementation of large-scale demining programmes in the context of a complex mandate.”

    1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3689 (1996) · source

  5. “The international community has made considerable efforts in the area of demining, but regrettably the results are outweighed by the efforts of those who lay more mines every year. It is important to underscore this disparity and to remember the words of the Permanent Representative of the United States, Ambassador Madeleine Albright, who has called anti-personnel mines a slow-motion weapon whose harmful effects continue for many years after the cessation of the conflict, with human destruction that does not respect age, age, creed or political affiliation.”

    1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3689 (1996) · source

  6. “Mr. Benitez Saenz (Uruguay) (interpretation from Spanish): The item before the Security Council today is of the greatest importance. Anti-personnel mines are a weapon of destruction widely used throughout the world; they are particularly bad because they are indiscriminate and because they continue over time to sow death and destruction even after the end of the conflict that caused them to be laid. The figures collected by international agencies are terrifying: more than 10 million mines in Afghanistan; nearly 15 million in Angola; between 8 million and 10 million in Cambodia; millions in the former Yugoslavia, Chad, El Salvador, Georgia, Guatemala, Mozambique, Rwanda and Somalia. The list goes on to include 65 countries in which mines have been laid.”

    1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3689 (1996) · source