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Choquehuanca Cespedes

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2013-08-06
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  1. “Before concluding, I should like to express our rejection and condemnation of the practice of espionage on the part of the United States. I should also like to express the grief and indignation of my people and my Government over the act of aggression experienced by President Evo Morales Ayma, which has been described by the international community as offensive, humiliating, discriminatory, colonialistic, unfriendly, and a violation of human rights and international standards. Given the grave nature of these facts, we ask the United Nations to clarify these events and to take measures to guarantee human rights and international law so that no one will have to suffer such violations again.”

    2013-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7015Resumption1 (2013) · source

  2. “We must achieve the equality of rights of large and small nations enshrined in the United Nations Charter. The Security Council's action has not been participatory. We require a Security Council that is transparent, democratic and flexible; that acts with authority; but above all, that is open to the vigilance of all of the Members of the United Nations. In important matters, the General Assembly must have the power to review and to take a stand on issues and not simply leave it in the hands of the Security Council. Transforming the Security Council and the comprehensive transformation of the United Nations are critical to enabling us to tackle the various crises that have begun to merge and that affect the important issues facing humankind and the planet, such as energy, finance, food and climate change.”

    2013-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7015Resumption1 (2013) · source

  3. “Those who claim to be promoters and defenders of democracy in the world must be the first to set an example and must respect the basic principles of democracy within the United Nations. So long as we fail to discuss these substantive issues, international peace and security will not be guaranteed no matter how many cooperation programmes we have. The day will come when all States Member of the United Nations exercise their rights and participate in equal conditions - in other words, when there is true democracy in the United Nations. So long as the veto exists, we will not have a true democratization of the United Nations. We will have first-class and second- class nations. All Members of the United Nations must be equal in all its bodies.”

    2013-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7015Resumption1 (2013) · source

  4. “Preserving peace is not and will not be the result of the existence of international policemen, but rather as a result of the promotion of social justice, equity, complementarity, solidarity and respect between States. Latin America is an emerging zone ofpeace thanks to the desire of its leaders to write its history without oversight from other Powers. While NATO organizes interventions in South America, the Union of South American Nations has averted coups and conflicts of various kinds. The existence of two categories violates the principle of the equality of rights among States, whether large or small, as established by the Charter of the United Nations. In the twenty-first century, the existence of monarchistic practices within the United Nations is unacceptable.”

    2013-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7015Resumption1 (2013) · source

  5. “Mr. Choquehuanca Cespedes (Plurinational State of Bolivia) (spoke in Spanish): Today is 6 August, the day that my country celebrates its independence. I should like to welcome the struggle, the rebellion and the resistance of my people, who for centuries did not give up and will never give up peace and harmony. Today Bolivia is experiencing a revolutionary process that is sustained by democracy and the conscience of the people. Here in the twenty-first century, we feel that it is anachronistic to maintain the categories of permanent and non-permanent members of the Security Council. After 68 years, it is clear that some of these so-called super-Powers were and still are the causes of conflicts and wars in different parts of the world.”

    2013-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7015Resumption1 (2013) · source