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Bermudez

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first: 2016-01-13
most recent: 2017-11-16
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“Those groups continue to destabilize the country and cause the loss of many lives, in addition to the significant displacement of the population. I take this opportunity to underscore the heroism demonstrated by Spanish Bishop Juan Jose Aguirre of the Diocese of Bangassou, who, on various occasions since 2014, has served as a human shield to protect all Christian and Muslim followers alike from ruthless militia attacks. We therefore exhort the leaders of the armed groups to spread awareness among their members with a view to committing to an immediate and total ceasefire of hostilities and fulfilling, without restriction, their commitments to the disarmament, demobilization, reintegration and repatriation process.”
2017-11-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8084 (2017) · source
“For several months now, the Central African Republic has swung between consolidating the achievements made since the completion ofthe political transition period and election of President Touadera, especially the headway made in the areas of Bangui and Bambari, and a serious deterioration in security conditions in other parts of the country, which has negatively impacted both the humanitarian situation and human rights of the local population. Uruguay would like to express its profound concern about the ongoing clashes between armed groups in the Central African Republic and the attacks targeting civilians in specific communities, as well as United Nations peacekeeping personnel and humanitarian workers.”
2017-11-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8084 (2017) · source
“Mr. Bermudez (Uruguay) (spoke in Spanish): At the outset, I would like to express my appreciation for the briefings by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Central African Republic, Mr. Parfait Onanga-Anyanga; the Special Representative of the African Union, Mr. Bedializoun Moussa Nebie; and the Head of International Relations of the Community of Sant'Egidio, Mr. Mauro Garofalo.”
2017-11-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8084 (2017) · source
“For the short- and medium-term, High Commissioner Grandi can count on Uruguay's commitment to participating actively and constructively in developing the global compact on refugees.”
2017-11-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8083 (2017) · source
“Once legal refugee status has been granted, that document is subsequently replaced by the same form of identification issued to residents. Rather than continuing to detail out national refugee policies, we believe that a positive approach in the area of refugees would set the international community upon the right path to facing that global challenge. As set forth in the New York Declaration, protecting those who are forced to flee and the obligation to support countries and communities that host them are shared international responsibilities that must be assumed in a more equitable and predictable manner. We must address the root causes of forced displacement, support host communities and actively promote sustainable solutions for refugees, particularly when refugee status becomes protracted.”
2017-11-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8083 (2017) · source
“The first principle assures that during any immigration control entry into Uruguay shall not be denied to any individual expressing their intention to seek refuge. That provision applies even to cases in which the applicant lacks the documentation required under migratory law or produces obviously fraudulent or falsified documentation. Concerning confidentiality, no information regarding asylum seekers or refugees shall be made publicly available. Pending the completion of the petition process, every asylum seeker in Uruguay is entitled to the issuance of a temporary identity document that bears similar features as those issued to legal residents, thereby facilitating their access to basic health services, education and legal employment.”
2017-11-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8083 (2017) · source
“That historic political Declaration is aimed at improving the way in which the international community addresses large movements of refugees and migrants, including protracted situations involving refugees. We commend the work of the international community and, at the same time, we would like to highlight aspects of Uruguayan policy pertaining to refugees. Uruguay recognized the right to asylum and the rights of refugees through the adoption of its law 18-76, of 19 December 2006. All persons in Uruguay have the right to seek refuge on our national territory to preserve their life, physical, moral and intellectual well-being, freedom and security. Likewise, Uruguay espouses two fundamental principles with regard to refugees, namely, the principle of non-refoulement at the border and confidentiality.”
2017-11-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8083 (2017) · source
“It is the responsibility of the entire international community, and especially that of the Security Council, to focus on preventing conflicts so as to avoid a continued increase in the number of refugees and internally displaced persons. Preventing conflicts and adopting policies aimed at achieving long-term stability will make possible halting the increasing number of refugees and internally displaced persons. At the Summit on Addressing Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants, held during the seventy-first session of the General Assembly in New York last year, States Members of the United Nations unanimously adopted the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants.”
2017-11-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8083 (2017) · source
“The majority of the 65.6 million people who have been forcibly displaced throughout the world, including refugees, asylum seekers and internally displaced persons, fled their homes as a result of various conflicts. The statistic of 65.6 million people represents nearly 19 times the population of my country, and that number is only a point of reference. Beyond the statistics, which seem overwhelming, we should try to grasp the actual lives that lie behind those numbers. It is no coincidence that the countries that generate the highest number of refugees are on the agenda of the Security Council: Syria, Afghanistan, Somalia, South Sudan, the Sudan, the Central African Republic, Burundi and Myanmar. Accordingly, the direct relationship between conflicts and the number of refugees worldwide is indisputable.”
2017-11-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8083 (2017) · source
“Mr. Bermudez (Uruguay) (spoke in Spanish): First of all, I congratulate the delegation of France on assuming the presidency ofthe Security Council for the month of October. I wish you, Sir, and your delegation every success during your term of office, during which you can count on the support of the delegation of Uruguay. I thank Mr. Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for his comprehensive briefing, in which he laid out a very timely and detailed account of the most urgent and difficult to manage situations. It is crucial that we be aware of the views of the High Commissioner when addressing many of the conflicts on the agenda of the Council. I agree with him that briefings such as this must take place at least once a year. Unfortunately, the world is witnessing record numbers of refugees.”
2017-11-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8083 (2017) · source
“Likewise, it reiterates the importance that the mechanism and the annual report of the Secretary- General on children and armed conflicts remain impartial and objective tools that allow initiating a dialogue on how to address such violations, prevent future violations and improve the protection of children. Lastly, Uruguay stresses the need for the international community to continue joining efforts to improve the protection of civilians and respect for international humanitarian law, and reiterates its commitment to continue working tirelessly with the United Nations, all States Members and civil society to improve the situation of children in armed conflicts. All girls and boys are vulnerable, but that is especially so during armed conflicts. It is the responsibility of all of us to protect them.”
2017-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8082 (2017) · source
“In that regard, Uruguay reiterates that the inclusion of specific provisions for child protection must be the cornerstone of any agreement involving a cessation of hostilities or peace negotiations, and, accordingly, it welcomes the recent signing of action plans focused on children, endorsed by the authorities of the Sudan and Mali, as well as with the Civilian Joint Task Force in Nigeria. We look forward to their early implementation. Uruguay highlights the importance of the monitoring and reporting mechanism established in accordance with resolution 1612 (2005) to collect and provide information on grave violations affecting children.”
2017-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8082 (2017) · source
“At the same time, Uruguay acknowledges the importance of the presence of qualified human resources personnel to ensure compliance with child protection standards, and, in that connection, is concerned about reductions in personnel within some missions' mandates, especially given the increased number of registered cases in which minors have been detained on charges relating to national security, or to gather information from them. States must guarantee due process to all children detained because of their association with armed groups, while keeping in mind that children must be treated primarily as victims, who should be detained only as a last resort and for the shortest possible period, while always respecting the overriding interests of minors and the principles enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child.”
2017-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8082 (2017) · source
“Similarly, Uruguay signed the Safe Schools Declaration, and is committed to using guidelines to protect schools and universities from military use during armed conflicts. Respecting and protecting the right to education during armed conflict is a key factor in the reconstruction of a country emerging from conflict. Uruguay recognizes the value of appropriately training personnel participating in peacekeeping missions. It therefore stringently requires that every Uruguayan contingent successfully complete a predeployment course on human rights, international humanitarian law, gender issues, child protection and exploitation and sexual abuse.”
2017-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8082 (2017) · source
“Allow me to underscore Uruguay's commitment to protecting civilians in areas of armed conflict, in particular children, who are especially affected by those conflicts. Historically, Uruguay has been a champion of international instruments aimed at protecting children, and is proud to have ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its Optional Protocols with regard to children's participation in armed conflict. In that respect, although most States have raised the minimum recruitment age to 18-years- old for their armed forces, 43 States have yet to so. Attempting to end that practice among armed groups is therefore unrealistic, as certain States continue to consider children suitable for recruitment.”
2017-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8082 (2017) · source
“In that regard, although pointing out those who violate international law is a very important step, we reiterate the responsibility incumbent upon all States to end impunity and investigate and prosecute those responsible for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and other atrocity crimes perpetrated against children, both at the national and international levels, while highlighting the fundamental role that the International Criminal Court plays in that regard. Similarly, Uruguay believes that those who sell weapons to countries in which grave violations are committed affecting children and those who use them share the responsibility of the consequences, and, in that vein we call on all States to immediately stop the sale and export of weapons to parties that have been listed in annexes of the Secretary-General's report.”
2017-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8082 (2017) · source
“In that regard, we underscore the work regularly being done by the Group of Friends of Children and Armed Conflict. We align ourselves with the statement to be made by the representative of Canada on its behalf. Likewise, we highlight the endeavours of the Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict, which help maintain a consistent focus on the issue on the agenda on the Security Council. Uruguay gratefully welcomes the annual report (S/2017/821) of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflicts, submitted earlier this month, which, in its annexes, identifies parties to conflicts having committed serious violations against children.”
2017-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8082 (2017) · source
“Mr. Berml'ldez (Uruguay) (spoke in Spanish): I would like to thank France for having organized this open debate on an issue that is of particular importance and on which the international community must continue its work. I also thank you, Minister Le Drian, for presiding over our work. I would also like to express our appreciation for the participation and briefings by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres; Ms. Virginia Gamba, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict; and Mr. Mubin Shaikh, civil society representative of the Rome'o Dallaire Child Soldiers Initiative. The changing and complex nature of current conflicts presents us with the challenge of having to continually adapt the mechanisms and strategies that we use to protect children in conflict zones.”
2017-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8082 (2017) · source
“We need a political solution that will end the war and ensure a peaceful political transition, consolidate the local cessation of hostility agreements and ensure humanitarian access to the millions of people who need it in areas that are under siege or hard to reach, regardless of who are conducting the sieges and who are subjected to them.”
2017-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8081 (2017) · source
“We hope that, at the Astana meeting, as the three guarantors did in a statement last month, emphasis will be placed on the need to make use of the deactivation of violence zones created in May for quick, safe and unimpeded humanitarian access, as well as the need for parties to the conflict to develop confidence-building measures, including the release of detainees and people who have been kidnapped, the delivery of the remains of the dead and the identification of disappeared persons, in order to create better conditions for the success of the political process and a lasting ceasefire. We also hope that by 28 November, at the start of the eighth round of intra-Syrian talks in Geneva convened by Special Envoy De Mistura, the humanitarian situation will be showing signs ofimprovement. The priorities in Syria are clearly defined.”
2017-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8081 (2017) · source
“Although significant progress has been made in reducing violence, we must now ensure unimpeded access for the United Nations and humanitarian assistance to those areas, as well as the freedom of movement to voluntarily enter and leave those territories. This would ensure that the basic principles of international humanitarian law are being upheld. The Security Council must be vigilant when it comes to this humanitarian crisis. Just as in 2014 it adopted resolution 2165 (2014), which has been successively renewed, most recently with resolution 2332 (2016), it must ensure that the most suitable humanitarian corridors are protected so that supplies reach their intended destinations. Time is running out and winter is coming.”
2017-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8081 (2017) · source
“I want to dwell today on the emergency humanitarian situation - or I would say, food catastrophe - in eastern Ghouta, where there are at least 350,000 civilians under siege and which was described last Friday as "an outrage" by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mr. Zeid Ra'ad Zeid Al Hussein. UNICEF reported on 23 October that there are over 1,100 cases of child malnutrition, 232 of which are severe acute malnutrition. Today, Monday, 30 October, as Under-Secretary-General Lowcock mentioned, it is reported that supplies for 40,000 people were authorized for the cities of Kafr Batna and Saqba. Unfortunately, according to the reports and statistics regularly provided by OCHA, the percentages of the civilian population that effectively receive assistance are very low in comparison with the target population.”
2017-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8081 (2017) · source
“The provisions of resolution 2286 (2016), on the protection of the injured, the sick and medical facilities and personnel, must be fully complied with. We will continue working to strengthen that resolution. Attacks on hospitals and health-care personnel violate the most basic international humanitarian laws and may constitute war crimes. The Astana process and other regional initiatives launched in recent months to achieve the cessation of local hostilities have enabled a significant reduction in the fighting in the country this year by implementing of various violence de-activation zones. Despite this, there are still several hot spots with intense fighting and this situation directly impacts the distribution of supplies.”
2017-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8081 (2017) · source
“Nevertheless, many hotbeds of intense fighting persist and remain a source of concern. Regrettably, every month OCHA and the Secretary-General inform us that humanitarian access in the country continues to encounter serious problems, despite constant efforts to coordinate with Syrian authorities to change the dynamic on the ground. We call on countries with influence to do what they can to ensure that humanitarian aid can be delivered in a fluid, secure and unhampered manner. For that to occur, Damascus must allow OCHA's bimonthly plans to be fully implemented by issuing all necessary permits to that effect. The Government of Syria bears the primary responsibility for allowing its own people to access food, water, medicine and supplies to ensure their survival as long as the conflict has not reached a definite end.”
2017-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8081 (2017) · source
“Mr. Bermudez (Uruguay) (spoke in Spanish): We thank Under-Secretary-General Mark Lowcock for his comprehensive briefing. First of all, allow me to recognize, as we do each month, the permanent, dedicated and brave work of the thousands of humanitarian workers of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and its local partners seeking to improve the living conditions of millions of civilians, who are always the primary victims in this and other conflicts. We cannot stress it strongly enough that humanitarian principles, human rights and international humanitarian law must be respected. Whenever they are violated through grave crimes, those responsible must be held accountable. We must urgently have immediate, secure and unhindered access to deliver humanitarian relief to all those in Syria who need it.”
2017-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8081 (2017) · source
“UNISFA's mandate expires in mid-November, which is why I repeat here what we stated at the time of the adoption of resolution 2352 (2017): "[l]et me clearly reaffirm that the future of this peacekeeping mission is now exclusively in the hands of the Governments of the Sudan and South Sudan." (S/PV. 7939, p. 6)”
2017-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8078 (2017) · source
“In that connection, we urge the Governments of the Sudan and South Sudan to take advantage ofthe mechanisms that have been established to resolve outstanding issues and to implement the decisions taken. That is vital in order to promote good- neighbourly relations and avoid a relapse into conflict. In conclusion, allow me to recall that resolution 2352 (2017), which the Security Council adopted in May and which set out the current mandate of UNISFA, is a conditional resolution. Through the resolution, it was decided that the continuation of UNISFA support tasks with regard to the Joint Border Verification and Monitoring Mechanism would end with that extension unless both parties demonstrated, via their actions, clear commitment and firm assurances for operationalizing the Mechanism.”
2017-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8078 (2017) · source
“However much support the international community might offer the parties - as it has done throughout the years, in particular through the United Nations and the African Union - we reiterate that the responsibility for showing real progress in resolving the conflict lies primarily with both Governments. We take note of the point made by Mr. Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union Commission, in his communication dated 23 October, where he referred to the latest efforts to convene meetings of the various mechanisms established under the 2011 and 2012 agreements, including the Abyei Joint Oversight Committee and the Joint Political and Security Mechanism.”
2017-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8078 (2017) · source
“However, the peacekeeping mission has been hamstrung in achieving its full potential as a result of the glaring lack of willingness to compromise by both parties to the conflict, which have not only incessantly put obstacles in the way of UNISFA's work, but have also failed to show tangible progress in implementing the agreements of 2011 and 2012, aimed at achieving a lasting solution to the status of Abyei. That leads me to my second point, namely, to reiterate the primary responsibility borne by the Governments of the Sudan and South Sudan to fulfil the commitments they themselves undertook in those agreements.”
2017-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8078 (2017) · source
“Thanks to its proactive stance and unflagging support for mediation initiatives and political dialogue, the mission has contributed enormously to the fact that there have been no major clashes between the armed forces of the two countries in the Abyei Area since 2011. In short, UNISFA has fulfilled the role that was expected of it - that is, establishing a secure environment in which the Sudan and South Sudan can resolve their differences through dialogue.”
2017-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8078 (2017) · source
“There can be no doubt that, since its establishment in 2011 and to date, UNISFA has played a stabilizing role in Abyei and along the entire border between the Sudan and South Sudan, as clearly pointed out in the report (S/2017/870) of the Secretary-General's report. Although some violent incidents have been reported over the past few months, the security situation in the Abyei Area has remained relatively calm, to a great extent thanks to the role played by UNISFA. Nevertheless, it is worth highlighting that the situation remains unstable due to the lack of progress made in the political process. In that regard, I would like to express our gratitude for the work of UNISFA.”
2017-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8078 (2017) · source
“Mr. Bermudez (Uruguay) (spoke in Spanish): At the outset, I would like to express our gratitute for the briefings by Mr. Alexander Zouev, Assistant Secretary- General for Rule of Law and Security Institutions of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, and Mr. Nicholas Haysom, Special Envoy of the Secretary- General for the Sudan and South Sudan. I shall focus my statement on two points: first, specificallly on the work of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA); and secondly, the lack of concrete headway in implementing the agreements of 2011 and 2012 intended to resolve the conflict over the status of Abyei.”
2017-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8078 (2017) · source
“In conclusion, I would like to express our condolences to the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania for the death of two of its Blue Helmets as a result of the deliberate attacks perpetrated by the Allied Democratic Forces armed group. We firmly condemn those attacks and call for those responsible to be brought to justice.”
2017-10-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8067 (2017) · source
“We have taken note of the special report (S/2017/826) of the Secretary-General on the recently published strategic review of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We acknowledge the comprehensive and serious work done at the direction of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, and it is important to us. We should also emphasize that the Secretariat has already clearly indicated the limits of the tasks that MONUSCO can carry out in its present configuration and given the current situation on the ground. We encourage MONUSCO to continue focusing on the Mission's two strategic priorities, the protection of civilians and support for the implementation of the Agreement of31 December 2016.”
2017-10-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8067 (2017) · source
“I reiterate once again that those negative trends cannot improve as long as the political actors do not make tangible progress with the political process. Hence the crucial importance of the immediate and full implementation of the Agreement of31 December 2016. Thirdly, Uruguay acknowledges the efforts that MONUSCO has continued to make with the goal of turning its force into a more agile, flexible and receptive instrument. However, in that regard I should reiterate my delegation's views as expressed during the renewal of the mandate in March (see S/PV.7910) and the previous briefing session in July (see S/PV.7998). We are concerned about the reduction in MONUSCO troop numbers at a time when there the violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is increasing significantly.”
2017-10-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8067 (2017) · source
“With regard to the militias operating in the country, a truly horrifying video has been circulated recently ofa public rape and execution that took place in April in the city of Luebo in Kasai province. While many were responsible, the main perpetrator was Kalamba Kambangoma, the head of the Kamuina Nsapu rebel group. Acts such as these make us reflect and urge that such evidence be brought before the International Criminal Court so that the murderer and his followers can be sentenced as soon as possible. Those realities, exacerbated by a fragile economic situation, have led to a worrying humanitarian situation, with more than 8.5 million people in need of humanitarian assistance and almost 4 million displaced from their homes.”
2017-10-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8067 (2017) · source
“As the Secretary-General's report (S/2017/824) points out, the security situation has continued to worsen in many areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the past few months. We also continue to be concerned about the number of human rights abuses and violations documented by MONUSCO, including the continuing shrinking of the democratic space and violations of civil and political rights, especially the right to peaceful assembly and freedom of opinion and expression. We urge the Government authorities to take decisive action to end impunity. That will involve strong Government measures aimed at bringing to justice any individual responsible for human rights violations, including members of the national police and armed forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.”
2017-10-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8067 (2017) · source
“Uruguay endorses the repeated requests by the Secretary-General, the Council and the African Union for the speedy publication of a credible calendar for the holding of elections, in accordance with the provisions of the agreement. It would not only significantly reduce uncertainty among the Congolese people but would also enable the various partners - including the United Nations, whose technical and financial support remain important for the conduct of elections - to better determine the type of support they will have to provide. Secondly, the stagnation of the political process is clearly having a negative effect on the security, humanitarian and human rights situation. It is always the civilian population that suffers most in such crises.”
2017-10-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8067 (2017) · source
“The continuing delays in the implementation of the Agreement, thanks to the lack of genuine commitment among parties, have seriously jeopardized the possibility of holding elections before the end of the year, as stipulated in the Agreement, and have done nothing but heighten the political and institutional uncertainty. In order to deal with this, Uruguay strongly urges all the political stakeholders who signed the Agreement - including the Government, which has a special role to play by virtue of its sovereign responsibilities - to create the conditions necessary to advance the political process. There is no more time to lose.”
2017-10-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8067 (2017) · source
“I speak not just as a non-permanent member of the Security Council but also as representative of a country that has been contributing troops to MONUSCO for the past 17 years without interruption. I would like to outline Uruguay's assessment of three aspects of the situation - the accumulating political delays, their impact on the security, humanitarian and human rights situations, and the role of MONUSCO in dealing with the current situation. First, we are concerned about the fact that the broad consensus reached between the key political actors through the signing on 31 December 2016 of the Comprehensive and Inclusive Political Agreement is rapidly eroding, thanks to significant divisions among the signatories.”
2017-10-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8067 (2017) · source
“Mr. Bermudez (Uruguay) (spoke in Spanish): I would like to start by welcoming the presence of Mr. Leonard She Okitundu, Vice-Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We also thank Mr. Maman Sidikou, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his briefing, and reiterate our appreciation for his entire team and the staff of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) for the work they are doing in very difficult conditions. I would like to once again reaffirm Uruguay's commitment to establishing peace and stability in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.”
2017-10-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8067 (2017) · source
“Finally, allow in particular to thank the Special Envoy for his work and reiterate our strong support to him. We are also grateful for the continuous work carried out by humanitarian workers and agencies in Yemen, who are trying to help millions of persons under extremely difficult conditions.”
2017-10-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8066 (2017) · source
“In that regard, Uruguay calls on the parties, in accordance with the provisions of that resolution, to provide full and transparent access to the international investigative committee and to cooperate with it so that it can fulfil its mandate. All parties involved in this prolonged conflict have committed war crimes and other serious violations of international law - and continue to do so with total impunity. They must be held accountable before justice for their actions. Accountability is crucial to achieve a lasting settlement to the conflict. Similarly, Uruguay welcomes and appreciates the annual report (S/2017/821) of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict, as well as the inclusion in the attached list of perpetrators of serious violations against children in Yemen.”
2017-10-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8066 (2017) · source
“In that connection, we urge all parties to distinguish at all times between the civilian population and the combatants. Civilians are not a target, and humanitarian assistance must be allowed to reach them without restrictions or interruption. My delegation has spoken on several occasions in the Council about the need for accountability for the serious widespread violations of international humanitarian law committed by all warring parties. We are pleased by the recent adoption by the Human Rights Council of a resolution that provides for the establishment of a panel of experts to monitor the situation of human rights in Yemen, including violations and abuses committed by all the parties to the conflict since September 2014.”
2017-10-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8066 (2017) · source
“With regard to the humanitarian situation, Uruguay is concerned by the dire situation of civilians, in particular that of the most vulnerable groups, such as women and children. According to a recently published report by Yemen Protection Cluster, led by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, during the first half of 2017 the number of air attacks reported exceeded the total number of air attacks for all of 2016, with a monthly average almost three times greater for the present year. The same phenomenon applies to the data on armed clashes. Civilians are the ones paying the highest price for those acts - with their lives. Uruguay condemns each and every violation of international humanitarian law and international human rights law that are taking place in Yemen.”
2017-10-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8066 (2017) · source
“On a military basis, none of the contenders will prevail. Uruguay also calls on the parties to the conflict to fully comply with the cessation of hostilities to facilitate negotiation and as a first step towards establishing peace. They should understand that, if the war were to continue, it would favour the actions of Al-Qaida and Da'esh. Furthermore, those countries that have influence on the parties must cooperate in the search for a peaceful solution to the conflict. The lack of concrete results in the peace process continues to create suffering for Yemeni civilians, causing great harm every day to the humanitarian situation in Yemen, which is on the verge of collapse, which is aggravated by famine and the outbreak of cholera.”
2017-10-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8066 (2017) · source
“Mr. Bermudez (Uruguay) (spoke in Spanish): First of all, I should like to thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Mr. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, and to the representative of the Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Mr. John Ging, for their briefings. We also thank the French presidency for convening this public briefing. Uruguay sees no other way to arrive at a solution to the bloody conflict in Yemen except through a Yemeni- led negotiation process in which all parties involved participate in an inclusive, peaceful and democratic manner. There is no military solution to the conflict. Uruguay emphatically urges the parties to return to the negotiating table without preconditions and in good faith and to agree to put an end to the armed conflict in a peaceful way as quickly as possible.”
2017-10-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8066 (2017) · source
“We reiterate our constant and long-standing commitment to peacekeeping operations, while we also continue evaluating the possibility of further pledges in line with our capabilities.”
2017-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8064 (2017) · source
“In conclusion, politically as well as on the ground, my country reiterates its commitment to strengthening capacity in force generation in peacekeeping operations. On the political level, Uruguay is honoured to co-host the Vancouver Peacekeeping Defence Ministerial Meeting in November. Among other things, the goal of the meeting is to continue efforts in force generation and follow-up on the promises and pledges made by various Member States at various multilateral meetings held between 2015 and 2017. On the ground, Uruguay continues to contribute peacekeeping personnel to various missions, having recently concluded its contribution to the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti following its successful closure.”
2017-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8064 (2017) · source
“On the other hand, the Council should demand full respect, and compliance by host countries, with the terms agreed in status of forces agreements, which constitute the guarantees that protect the personnel whom a country voluntarily contributes to peacekeeping operations. We are also concerned to have witnessed an increase in the frequency of deliberate attacks against United Nations personnel and facilities, which have led to significant loss of human life and equipment. On this issue we believe that we should, inter alia, provide our troops with a greater number of tools to confront the new realities - for example, passive defence measures and strengthening the rules of engagement - as well as exhausting all possible avenues to ensure that those responsible for such crimes are held accountable.”
2017-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8064 (2017) · source