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Castro C6Rdoba

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2016-12-15
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  1. “As a country without an army, we do not possess any weapons of mass destruction and our laws prohibit anything that when activated produces asphyxiating, poisonous, paralysing, irritating or tear gases, as well as any substance that has irreversible physical or mental effects. That is why we will continue to work until a world free of nuclear weapons and mass weapons of mass destruction - for some a utopia but for us an attainable goal - becomes a reality.”

    2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source

  2. “In Costa Rica, from the President to the relevant institutions, we are working and coordinating our efforts to achieve a more robust national nuclear security strategy, in accordance with the instruments of the International Atomic Energy Agency, international standards and recommendations for best practices. Similarly, in the first quarter of 2017, with the assistance of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) and other international organizations, we will be reviewing Costa Rica's current legislation in order to improve the application of our obligations under resolution 1540 (2004).”

    2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source

  3. “We continue to call for compliance with Article 26 of the Charter of the United Nations, which states that the Security Council shall promote the establishment and maintenance of international peace and security with the least diversion for armaments of the world's human and economic resources. We firmly believe that a world without weapons of mass destruction is essential if we are to achieve humankind's chief objectives, that is, peace, security and sustainable development. Our great challenge lies in effectively implementing all the international instruments created for that purpose, including resolution 2325 (2016), adopted this morning, and of which Costa Rica was a sponsor.”

    2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source

  4. “We must therefore continue to work to promote the full implementation of resolution 1540 (2004) by all States; continue to seek cooperation in order to facilitate that implementation; research and develop mechanisms for monitoring and reporting implementation; improve awareness of the information gathered and its availability to States; encourage the exchange of information on best practices and national legislation that can assist other States; strengthen international mechanisms for controlling technology and the materials needed to develop such weapons; and redouble efforts to prevent terrorist groups from acquiring any weapons of mass destruction and to control the export and import of the materials, equipment and technology needed to develop them.”

    2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source

  5. “Globalization and technological development can help the international community to limit new risks and threats. However, these tools are a double-edged sword, since they also allow for the possibility that in the long term weapons of mass destruction may fall into non-State hands.”

    2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source

  6. “We firmly believe that the best tool available to nuclear-weapon States to increase nuclear security within their territories is precisely a reduction of non-civilian material, thereby contributing to the laudable and broader goal of achieving general, complete, verifiable and enduring nuclear disarmament for the sake ofboth its citizens and the rest ofhumankind. Once again, we iterate our support for negotiating a universal legally binding instrument prohibiting nuclear weapons, with a view to their complete and verifiable elimination. We therefore welcome the adoption by the First Committee of the General Assembly of draft resolution A/C.1/71/L.41, entitled "Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations", with a View to establishing and maintaining a nuclear- weapon-free world.”

    2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source

  7. “Mr. Castro C6rdoba (Costa Rica) (spoke in Spanish): We thank you, Mr. President, and your delegation for convening this important debate. As an unarmed democracy, Costa Rica considers disarmament and non-proliferation to be fundamental pillars of its foreign policy, as they contribute to the well-being and survival of humankind. Therefore, such topics are always of the highest relevance to us. My country recognizes the fundamental responsibility of States, consistent with their respective national and international obligations, to maintain the effective security of all nuclear, chemical and biological material under their control, including material used for military purposes.”

    2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source