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Castro Lopez

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2017-05-25
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2017-05-25
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  1. “If we are to see positive results over time, we need a strong engagement from all States Members of the United Nations, particularly from the members of the Security Council. We all need to lead by example, implementing resolution 2286 (2016) and holding others accountable when they fail to do so. (spoke in Spanish) I conclude by indicating that Spain will circulate in the Chamber a note with its national contribution in compliance with resolution 2286 (2016).”

    2017-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7951 (2017) · source

  2. “That is why we need to speak up and react whenever attacks take place, demanding full, prompt and impartial investigations. In the words of an Uruguayan poet, Mario Benedetti, few things are more deafening than silence. Finally, resolution 2286 (2016) was the product of a joint effort by five elected members of the Security Council from a purely humanitarian perspective. We did not seek to take sides or point fingers. Our goal was - and still is - to unite the Council and eventually get it to act whereever and whenever an attack takes place. In that spirit, Egypt, Japan, New Zealand, Uruguay and Spain stand together today to affirm that resolution 2286 (2016) can be only a first step in the right direction.”

    2017-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7951 (2017) · source

  3. “The resolution addresses such issues as humanitarian access, adequate training in international humanitarian law, adequate reporting, the fight against impunity and the need to hold investigations when violations occur. Resolution 2286 (2016) is unique because of the role played by civil society, from the early stages of its drafting to the present day. It is a resolution inspired by those who risk their lives to save others on the field on a daily basis. We have all felt extremely concerned, frustrated and disappointed whenever the parties to an armed conflict fail to comply by international humanitarian law. However, for thousands of doctors, nurses and first-responders all around the world, frustration is not the issue. It is their ability to work - and ultimately their own lives - that are at stake here.”

    2017-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7951 (2017) · source

  4. “Resolution 2286 (2016) is a unique resolution for different reasons: the scope of the resolution, the role of civil society, and the teamwork behind the scenes. For the first time ever, the Security Council focused on the increased difficulty of providing basic health care in conflict situations all around the world. As the Secretary-General has pointed out in his report (S/2017/414), hospitals are treated today as part of the battlefield rather than as sanctuaries. Resolution 2286 (2016) did not merely seek to condemn attacks against hospitals or recall international humanitarian law provisions for protecting the wounded and those who care for them; it also lays out a series of practical steps to be taken by Member States in order to prevent those attacks.”

    2017-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7951 (2017) · source

  5. “Mr. Castro Lopez (Spain) (spoke in Spanish): I should like to begin with a few words of congratulations for and gratitude to the Uruguyan presidency of the Security Council. Spain associates itself with the statement on the protection of civilians to be made by the observer of the European Union on behalf of its 28 member States. I wish to devote this statement to attacks against doctors and hospitals, with a message to the Security Council on behalf of the five countries that promoted resolution 2286 (2016). On behalf of Egypt, Japan, New Zealand, Uruguay and my own country, Spain. Five countries, from five different regions of the world, came together a year ago united by a common goal: to stop attacks against health care in armed conflict.”

    2017-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7951 (2017) · source