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Chavez Colmenares

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2015-08-13
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  1. “Finally, Venezuela reaffirms its commitment to the African peoples in their struggle against poverty and social exclusion and to support their right to development through the promotion of international cooperation and solidarity, especially with respect to threats such as the one that this terrible scourge has posed to humankind.”

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  2. “We must ensure that access to new initiatives to combat Ebola such as the development of a vaccine and all means for treating it should be available to all, without any social or economic discrimination. All States and institutions are called on to work towards this goal in a decisive manner. We must also avoid and punish any stigmatization of individuals and nations victims of Ebola, through an ethical, responsible social response that does not unduly dramatize the situation, ensuring also the provision of adequate educational programmes that ensure a scientific and humane approach to the pandemic and to other diseases that several affect developing countries.”

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  3. “The post-Ebola focus is an opportunity to implement a comprehensive socioeconomic, political, humanitarian and cultural approach focusing on the empowerment of the African people in their development processes, with the ongoing full support of the international community, in a spirit of solidarity, so as to cooperate in the strengthening of their health systems, in which regional bodies will also have a key role to play. The crisis has taught us about the need to improve our coordination mechanisms as well as our health-care protocols at the international level and to create early- warning and updated technology-transfer systems in the field of public health, on a free and accessible basis, giving priority to prevention and education.”

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  4. “Despite the immense challenges, there have been efforts to raise awareness in the rest of the world to mobilize concerning the human right to international solidarity on this and other important issues. We are therefore convinced that overcoming this crisis requires us to reflect on how cooperation in its many dimensions can contribute to the development of the great human and geographical potential of Africa, a continent with great cultural diversity and a rich history. It is important, therefore, that we promote new sustainable cooperation models in solidarity with the peoples and the Governments of Africa, bearing in mind their right to self-determination.”

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  5. “We also need to ensure that continued efforts are made to tackle poverty through the use of inclusive, sustainable economic and social models and that the necessary structural measures are taken so that the pandemic never recurs. The devastating humanitarian crisis in various segments of society caused by Ebola, which particularly affected children and women, is a call on us to engage in deeper reflection and to take action with respect to the major challenges that remain in terms of cooperation with the brotherly peoples of Africa in the fields ofboth security and peacebuilding. After years of exploitation and colonialism, the region is now encountering major crises, which its people have faced with exemplary dignity and courage.”

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  6. “We appreciate the efforts of the Peacebuilding Commission and encourage it to continue strengthening them in the future. For its part, together with international efforts to prevent the spread of the virus, on 18 October 2014 the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America held an special summit in Havana to address the fight against Ebola and to motivate political will towards prevention and training of interdisciplinary teams both to prevent health threats affecting the region and to contribute on the ground to eradication efforts. At this stage, where the most affected States remain fragile in the face of chaos and the the consequences of the crisis, the international community must not relent in its cooperation in support of those nations.”

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  7. “The economic and social recovery from the crisis must be a priority on the international agenda, given the contraction in the gross domestic products of the affected countries, including more than 70 per cent since the start of the crisis. The structural causes of the crisis must be addressed substantively in the search for a more just and equitable model, since the pre-eminence of a capitalist, impoverishing and exclusionary system is unsustainable over time and is the leading cause of world inequities whereby the countries of the South are precisely the main victims. Moreover, in the context of the peacebuilding architecture, it is fundamental to prioritize a sustainable development approach for these African countries, especially given the social and human repercussions of the virus.”

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  8. “Latin America and the Caribbean have been present from the beginning in the form of 450 Cuban doctors who contributed as fellow human beings working in solidarity on the ground. Moreover, we welcome the Secretary-General's initiative to convene on 10 July the high-level international conference on post-Ebola recovery efforts, in close cooperation with the Governments of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. For Venezuela, the leadership of the brotherly peoples of Africa through their Governments and regional and subregional institutions is essential to formulateing strategies in the new phase when the whole region is declared definitively Ebola-free.”

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  9. “Global mobilization has been manifest through multiple contributions of various kinds made in solidarity to address the devastating consequences of the pandemic. Venezuela contributed generously to the Ebola Response Multi-Partner Trust Fund. In that context, we recognize the selfless efforts of the interdisciplinary teams of men and women around the world dedicated to fighting the Ebola virus and the work of representatives and of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Ebola and his colleagues, WHO, the African Union, the Economic Community of West African States, the Mano River Union, the international medical brigades and the States Members of the Organization.”

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  10. “We welcome the latest report published by the World Health Organization (WHO), which highlights a significant reduction in the incidence of the outbreak following the declaration of Liberia as a territory free of Ebola in May and despite the three new cases presented earlier this week in Sierra Leone and Guinea. We congratulate the peoples and Governments of those countries on the results achieved after more than a year of hard and sustained struggle. The gravity of the health problem has demanded a comprehensive and multidimensional approach on the part of the international community, which has been involved by way of international, regional and national organizations, and the economic and social sectors.”

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  11. “Thoresson, Deputy Permanent Representative of Sweden, for their comprehensive statements regarding the current situation in the fight against the Ebola virus. The Ebola outbreak became a regional crisis in West Africa that demanded urgent attention and whose consequences were made evident in the collapse of health systems, the shutdown of schools, the increased rate of internally displaced persons and refugees, the closure of farms and businesses, and the overall contraction of the economies of the most affected countries. Resolution 2177 (2014), adopted by the Council on 18 September 2014, recognizes the threat posed by Ebola and the need for a coherent approach that is both coordinated and comprehensive.”

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  12. “Ms. Chavez Colmenares (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) (spoke in Spanish): My country welcomes the convening of this briefing of the Security Council and the concept note (S/2015/600, annex) to guide our deliberations on the Ebola virus disease and its current status. The pandemic has tragically affected the friendly peoples of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, thereby impacting the entire region of West Africa and the world over the past year and a half. In commending the holding of this meeting of the Council, we consider it equally important to address this issue in the appropriate political forums, including the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council, in View of its clear economic and social dimensions. We also thank Dr. Nabarro, Dr. Fallah, Dr. Chan, Ambassador Antonio and Mr.”

    2015-08-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7502 (2015) · source