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Castellon Duarte

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1996-08-15
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  1. “We would like to take this opportunity to thank Member States that have made important contributions to the continuation of the difficult and costly task of demining in Central America. With the historic signing of the Treaties of Pelindaba, Rarotonga and Bangkok, the Antarctic Treaty and the Treaty of Tlatelolco, there are already four denuclearized zones on our planet. If this has been achieved in the difficult sphere of nuclear matters, why can we not declare a zone free of anti-personnel land-mines in the western hemisphere? Let us pool our efforts to ensure that the dawn of the new century sees the beginning of economic and social development for our peoples, thus making possible a peace dividend.”

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

  2. “Klaus Kinkel, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany. Nicaragua, a state signatory to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects, is aware of the importance of this international instrument and is taking the steps necessary for its ratification, which shows the high priority our country attaches to negotiations to abolish such weapons. We would also like to reiterate the urgency of concluding demining tasks before the end of this century. To this end the Governments of Costa Rica, Honduras and Nicaragua are continuing their efforts within their respective countries.”

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

  3. “Echoing the agreements made at those meetings, my delegation, as Secretary pro tempore for Central America, appeals to the international community to continue and increase in a sustained way its assistance to demining programmes in Central America. We would like to reiterate the point that we have made in other forums: there is an urgent need to deal with the larger issue of a ban on the export and production of anti-personnel mines. We are prepared to support initiatives to that end. It is in that spirit that we have co-sponsored the resolutions adopted by the General Assembly on a moratorium on the export of anti- personnel mines, until we have a total ban on these weapons. We would also like to express our support for the seven-point programme of action on anti-personnel mines proposed on 18 July 1996 by Mr.”

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

  4. “It emphasized the ongoing and serious problem of land-mines and their effects, which impede the social and economic development of vast and rich rural areas and have a serious adverse effect on the border integration of areas affected by these deadly devices, and it urged States members of and permanent observers to the Organization and the international conununity to continue to cooperate and support the demining work carried out in Central America. It also noted with satisfaction the important contributions to the demining programme in Central America made by States members, including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Canada, Colombia, Peru, the United States of America, Uruguay and the Permanent Observers to the OAS, including France, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Russia, Spain, Switzerland and Sweden.”

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

  5. “The seminar also encouraged Governments and the communications media to disseminate relevant information among populations exposed to the danger of anti-personnel land-mines so that they would not become victims, and urged the international community, the International Committee of the Red Cross, and non-governmental humanitarian organizations to contribute to the programmes undertaken by Central American countries for the re-education and rehabilitation of victims so as to achieve their social and occupational reintegration. Furthermore, at the twenty-sixth session of the Organization of American States (OAS), held in Panama in June 1996, a resolution was adopted on support for demining in Central America.”

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

  6. “Mexico and the countries of Central America expressed their will to establish on their territories an anti-personnel-mine-free zone and reaffirmed the will of the Governments of the region to promote national policies fostering the complete and immediate prohibition of the production, possession, transfer and use of anti-personnel land-mines. They invited national parliaments to pass legislation to prohibit and sanction the manufacture, possession, transfer and use of such mines and to establish a set of norms to guarantee job opportunities to the victims of such devices.”

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

  7. “This is why we have stated our country's position on this serious problem in many forums. The solution is the complete eradication of this kind of weapon from the face of the Earth. To this end, widespread and persistent political efforts are required to achieve a complete ban and sustained international cooperation for mine clearance. In this spirit, on 28 and 29 May 1996, a regional seminar was held in Managua, Nicaragua, on anti-personnel land-mines, demining and rehabilitation. Anti-personnel mines were defined as a violation of international humanitarian law.”

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

  8. “In the face of this alarming situation, the international community has begun efforts through the application of restrictive measures adopted by many Member States regarding the transfer, production and reduction of current land-mine stocks and other unexploded devices. Nevertheless, the results of the Review Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects show the lack of political will to achieve agreements regarding the establishment of an effective and binding verification mechanism. Furthermore, the existing extensions should pave the way for stronger negotiations to achieve a complete ban on anti-personnel land-mines.”

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

  9. “To mention only a few of the countries where this is truly a priority problem, where there are millions of mines, we have Afghanistan, Angola, Bosnia, Cambodia, Laos, Mozambique, Rwanda and Somalia. The demining programmes that have been established in those countries will for a long time require international assistance, and we express our solidarity with them. The cruelty of these weapons is shocking: thousands of dead and maimed, along with damage to the economy and infrastructure of the countries that have the misfortune to suffer from this scourge, its indiscriminate effects and the prolonged consequences of war in time of peace.”

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

  10. “Mr. Castellon Duarte (Nicaragua) (interpretation from Spanish): On behalf of the delegation of Nicaragua and in our capacity as Secretary pro tempore for Central America, we welcome with great interest this meeting of the Security Council on demining as a demonstration of the special interest of Germany and of the international community as a whole in the worldwide problems caused by land-mines and the disastrous effects their indiscriminate destruction have on civilian populations and on the economic recovery of countries after conflicts and in the obstacle they place in the path of peace- keeping operations. It is estimated that there are more than 110 million land-mines scattered through more than 60 countries. None the less, 2 million to 5 million more mines are planted every year.”

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