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Escalona Ojeda

lines on the record: 45
first: 2008-12-09
most recent: 2013-08-19
sittings or episodes: 6
sources: un-security-council

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“To conclude, I would like to reiterate my country's commitment to the common cause of peace and international security, guided by our shared values in the building of a multipolar system that is free of hegemony and aimed at strengthening a multicentric and inclusive world that fully adheres to international law.”
2013-08-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7019 (2013) · source
“Moreover, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela reaffirms its call for an end to violations ofinternational humanitarian law committed by the Israeli military and political elite in the occupied territories and Gaza. We demand that Israel fully abide by the provisions of the Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the protection of civilian persons in armed conflicts. In that connection, we demand an immediate end to the policy of building settlements in the occupied territories and Jerusalem East, as well as an end to the blockade against Gaza. In addition, it must comply with United Nations resolutions with regard to its withdrawal from the occupied Palestinian territories.”
2013-08-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7019 (2013) · source
“As for the current situation in the Syrian Arab Republic, Venezuela reaffirms its support for the search for a negotiated political solution to the internal conflict in that country, which continues to be the victim of the interventionist policies of foreign Powers seeking to overthrow the legitimate Government of President Bashar Al-Assad. In that connection, we deplore the fact that those countries continue to fuel the clashes among various sectors of Syrian society by providing weapons to mercenary groups operating outside the law and perpetrating terrorist acts that cause the loss of innocent human lives. We reiterate our full support for the integrity, unity and political independence of Syria, in accordance with the right to self-determination.”
2013-08-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7019 (2013) · source
“To the contrary, there has been increasing efforts at regional and subregional integration that have served to promote dialogue and trust among countries, as well as to prevent and avert conflicts between States. Through novel mechanisms, such efforsts are intended to strengthen our democratic systems, thereby creating the conditions, both within countries and collectively, to strengthen a culture of peace. In that context, Venezuela reaffirms its support for the peace negotiations between the Government of the Republic of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. Those talks have been taking in Havana, and Venezuela and Chile are participating as observers at the request of the parties. The goal is to bring an end to a conflict that has affected the political and social life of that sister nation for several decades.”
2013-08-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7019 (2013) · source
“We value the role that the United Nations has been playing, with the support of Member States, in promoting peaceful solutions to conflicts in various regions of the world, in particular the contribution of peacekeeping operations in dealing with such situations. The emphasis of peacekeeping operations should be on the use of political influence and its integral support functions to the parties in finding a peaceful solution to a given conflict. Peacekeeping operations should be part of the political settlement of a conflict, not an alternative to it. There are today no conflicts in the Latin American and Caribbean region between countries that could endanger regional or global peace.”
2013-08-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7019 (2013) · source
“The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela reaffirms its commitment to protecting civilians in armed conflict, for we are convinced that it is up to States, in fully exercising their sovereignty, to ensure the fulfillment of their responsibilities in the promotion and respect for human rights and international humanitarian law, in accordance with the purposes and principles of the Charter and the United Nations. My delegation believes that dialogue and cooperation in the peaceful settlement of conflicts are appropriate ways to contribute effectively to the protection of civilians and thereby contribute to the achievement of peace.”
2013-08-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7019 (2013) · source
“Mr. Escalona Ojeda (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) (spoke in Spanish): I thank you, Madam President, for organizing this important debate as an opportunity for dialogue. We welcome the efforts that have been made by the Argentine Republic at the helm of the Security Council. We, too, would like to join in the homage paid to Mr. Sergio Vieira de Mello. Similarly, we associate ourselves with the denunciations made by the Permanent Representative of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, especifically with regard to the act of aggression experienced by President Evo Morales Ayma.”
2013-08-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7019 (2013) · source
“This is therefore about journalists in general, working within their own communities and workplaces. With all due respect to them, however, reporting is not carried out just by them. We are also speaking about people such as Julian Assange and Edward Snowden, who, acting for truth and justice, while putting their lives in danger, have exposed the enormous reach of one of the greatest threats to international peace and security: cyberwar. Those reporters also deserve the protection of the international community.”
2013-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7003Resumption1 (2013) · source
“Before I conclude, I would like to clarify that when we speak of journalists and media personnel we are not just referring to the reporters and columnists of the major media conglomerates. We are also referring to all of those who from their communities or places of work reveal to the their societies and the world at large the abuses and violations that are taking place on a day to day basis. Let us not forget to mention that, on more than a few ocassions, some information outlets appear to act as instruments for inciting violence and war. We should therefore take note of the fact that such networks are also responsible for the deaths ofjournalists in armed conflict; for, whether deliberately or not, they expose them to dangers for which they are not prepared.”
2013-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7003Resumption1 (2013) · source
“For the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, it is important to emphatically reiterate that the establishment of the brigade cannot and must not, under any circumstances, set a precedent for how the Council conducts itself. We are also deeply concerned that unmanned aerial systems - drones - are being used in the context of peacekeeping operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. While such aircraft are currently being used to protect civilians, United Nations staff and facilities, we have very few assurances that in the near future they will not be used as instruments of war. Judging by the establishment of the intervention brigade, the trend seems to be that the protection of civilians justifies anything.”
2013-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7003Resumption1 (2013) · source
“In that connection, my delegation expresses its concern at the Security Council's adoption of resolution 2098 (201 3), last March, which refers to the establishment of an intervention brigade responsible for neutralizing certain armed groups and reducing the threat they pose to the authority of the State and to security in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, thereby creating some scope for stabilization activities. Venezuela stands by the Government and people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We also recognize the imminent need to protect civilians affected by the conflict, and we reject the atrocities committed by certain armed groups. However, we also fear that the establishment of that intervention brigade might set a negative precedent for how peacekeeping operations are carried out.”
2013-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7003Resumption1 (2013) · source
“In that regard, the role of the United Nations must be to serve as an honest, objective, neutral and impartial mediator between the parties to a conflict, paving the path for a durable, peaceful solution. That is the only way not just to avoid the loss ofinnocent lives, but any loss of life. Peacekeeping operations must focus on using their political influence and their role ofproviding comprehensive support for parties to a conflict in the search for a peaceful solution. Peacekeeping operations must be a part of political solutions to conflicts, not an alternative to them.”
2013-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7003Resumption1 (2013) · source
“My statement is aimed primarily at finding ways of ensuring peace. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela reaffirms its support for the need to protect civilians in armed conflict, includingjournalists and all media personnnel. We also reiterate that responsibility to protect lies primarily with sovereign States, which need to abide by international humanitarian law and the Charter of the United Nations. The best way to protect civilians, including journalists and media personnel, is through diplomacy and dialogue, not by using force. It is also the best way to attain peace. We must strive to protect civilians in armed conflict without resorting to the use of force.”
2013-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7003Resumption1 (2013) · source
“Mr. Escalona Ojeda (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) (spoke in Spanish): I should like to thank you very much, Mr. President, for having organizing this important meeting. We would also like to pay tribute to all journalists who have lost their lives in the context of the circumstances mentioned in the invitation to this meeting. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela hopes and is working for a world of peace free of violence, which is the only real way to avoid such tragic events, So long as war persists, we will continue to regret such events. We are therefore working towards a world of justice and peace, both of which are mutually reinforcing. We need such a world so that we need not regret not just the killing ofjournalists, but also the loss of so many innocent lives. All death is regrettable.”
2013-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7003Resumption1 (2013) · source
“To conclude, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela would like to recall that, as the representative of Egypt stated, any effort to improve the working methods of the Security Council will require significant political resolve within the Council itself and the implementation of the diverse and constructive proposals made by Member States to make the workings of this organ more transparent and more legitimate.”
2010-04-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6300Resumption1 (2010) · source
“We here to stress the need to guarantee that non-members of the Council enjoy early and timely access to all resolutions and statements of this organ, as well as the importance of promoting the access and participation of non-permanent members in all its deliberations and consultations. We are certain that the consideration of different perspectives will make the Council's work more efficient because it will ensure a more all-encompassing and balanced treatment of issues within its authority, effectively and fairly reflecting the interests and needs of countries of the North and the South. However, this aspiration can become reality only if the closed meetings and briefings of the Security Council are limited and the number of open sessions is increased.”
2010-04-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6300Resumption1 (2010) · source
“There have also been repeated calls to reverse the Council's tendency to take control of issues that have been the exclusive responsibility of the Economic and Social Council or the General Assembly; to take into account the recommendations of the General Assembly on questions relating to international peace and security; and to improve the Council's accountability to the General Assembly by submitting substantive and analytical reports to it. Venezuela has joined in these calls and hereby reaffirms its support for those proposals. In that regard, the definitive approval of Security Council rules of procedure is a crucial step to establish the explicit procedures necessary for the Council to comply with its obligations to the General Assembly under the provisions of the Charter.”
2010-04-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6300Resumption1 (2010) · source
“This issue, linked to the wider sphere of the reform of this organ, is key to the full exercise of the sovereign equality of nations and to the legitimacy of the United Nations as a promoter and guarantor of international peace andjustice. The most recent rounds of intergovernmental negotiations on this subject showed that most Member States agree on the need to make the Security Council more transparent and accountable.”
2010-04-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6300Resumption1 (2010) · source
“On behalf of the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, I would like to thank the Permanent Representative of Japan who is presiding over the Security Council in the month of April. We also welcome the initiative of convening this open debate to consider the implementation of the measures described in the presidential note on the working methods of this Council (S/2006/507). Our delegation associates itself with the statement made on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement by the representative of Egypt. The review of the Council's working methods is a subject of special interest to our Government.”
2010-04-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6300Resumption1 (2010) · source
“It is a fact that there can be no peace in the Middle East so long as the occupation continues, so long as the legitimate right of the Palestinian people to self-determination is denied, so long as inhumane and degrading practices continue daily against thousands of Palestinians, and so long as colonization, carried out through Israeli settlements, continues. In the midst of its tragedy, Palestine has produced great poets, lending distinction to the memory of its people. I shall conclude by quoting from "Homeland," by the Palestinian poet Ibrahim Nasrallah. "Under the yoke of our mornings The sun crumbles And in the darkness of our steps Our panting breath is on fire These incomplete homelands In which we appear to be Nothing more than prisoners of war."”
2009-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6100Resumption1 (2009) · source
“In Venezuela, Jewish communities enjoy full guarantees that their culture, economic well-being and social aspirations will be respected - as befits a tolerant, multi-ethnic and multicultural country that demonstrates tolerance both to those born in Venezuela and to immigrants. Our respect is extended to Jewish people in Venezuela and throughout the world. We believe in the importance of all initiatives towards the attainment of peace in the Middle East, in particular the demand by Palestine as a nation for peace, respect for its sovereignty and the full development of its people. The League of Arab States is playing a fundamental role in that regard. The United Nations must stress the need to meet the urgent needs of the population and bring about lasting peace. That will be possible only if justice is systematically sought.”
2009-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6100Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Complacency and complicity clearly have negative consequences on Palestinians every day, Worse yet, however, they create a precedent that could affect all countries, including as regards international impunity, which could create an environment for the destabilization of the international system. Hence, it is important to establish criminal responsibility for what took place, lest the Security Council lose even further credibility and legitimacy. Our criticism of the Israeli Government and Israeli army policy of genocide cannot be mistaken for anti-Semitism. The Bolivarian Government respects the Jewish people and its religious beliefs and practices.”
2009-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6100Resumption1 (2009) · source
“The report of the Special Rapporteur will be very important for the Human Rights Council in Geneva to confirm that the Israeli Government committed war crimes under the Geneva Conventions. The findings of the United Nations expert are conclusive. The Israeli army carried out crimes such as the deliberate execution of women and children by sharpshooters. It deliberately destroyed infrastructure such as schools, universities, public services, electricity and water systems and 21,000 homes, thus worsening the already negative human development indicators and dragging the population of Gaza to the lowest levels of poverty. The Government of Israel cannot indefinitely remain beyond international laws.”
2009-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6100Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Today, we note that despite General Assembly resolution ES-10/8, adopted by the General Assembly at its resumed tenth emergency special session on illegal Israeli actions in occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the occupied Palestinian territory, held on 15 and 16 January 2009, which called for an end to the occupation, the Israeli aggression continues. United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories Richard Falk has again reported that Israel committed massive violations during the 22 days of its invasion of the Gaza Strip. He confirmed that the bombings carried out by Israeli forces on the Palestinian civilian population constituted a massive violation of international humanitarian law.”
2009-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6100Resumption1 (2009) · source
“United Nations Special Rapporteur Richard Falk himself urged the Organization "to take urgent action to protect a civilian population being subjected to collective punishment that amounts to a crime against humanity". At that time, Mr. Falk believed that the International Criminal Court should investigate the situation in order to establish if the Israeli civilian and military leaders responsible for the Gaza siege should be indicted and tried for violations of international criminal law.”
2009-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6100Resumption1 (2009) · source
“The ineffective application of resolution 1860 (2009) of 8 January 2009, which has still not been implemented, brought about the tragedy that we deplore today. The resolution, in which the Security Council called for an immediate, durable and fully respected ceasefire, sadly illustrated the inaction of the major Powers in urging Israel to stop the attacks against Gaza. Nor has the blockade been lifted; nor is there free transit to allow humanitarian aid to enter and to put an end to Gaza being a prison and concentration camp. We must remember that the Bolivarian Government of President Hugo Chavez Frias decided to expel the Israeli Ambassador to our country for disproportionate and unjustifiable military action against the Palestinian people.”
2009-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6100Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Those 22 days of occupation and aggression between 27 December 2008 and 18 January 2009, according to figures provided by the United Nations Special Rapporteur for Human Rights, have borne that out. During the occupation, 1,434 Palestinians died, of whom 235 were combatants, 239 police officers and 960 civilians, including 288 children and 121 women. Also, 5,303 Palestinians were wounded, of whom 1,606 were children and 828 women. Even today, most have not been able to return to a normal life as a result of war-inflicted injuries. In the world's memory, there has never been such callousness displayed before our very eyes. Our Government is emphatic in denouncing the flagrant violation of international law and of the human rights of the Palestinian people in Gaza.”
2009-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6100Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Mr. Escalona Ojeda (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) (spoke in Spanish): Allow me, Mr. President, to greet you very respectfully and to express, on behalf of the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, our appreciation to you for the important work that you have been doing at the helm of the Security Council. We acknowledge your resolute commitment to peace and the defence of the sovereignty of the peoples of the world, in particular of Palestine. When our Government, through the Mission of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the United Nations, expressed its views on the Middle East crisis and on the situation in Palestine in this body, we warned of the urgent need to prevent the Government of Israel from committing, through its war machine, what we predicted would be a crime against humanity.”
2009-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6100Resumption1 (2009) · source
“"President Hugo Chavez, who has met with senior representatives of the World Jewish Congress and has always been opposed to anti- Semitism and to any type of discrimination and racism, has made a fraternal appeal to the Jewish people around the world to oppose these criminal policies of the State of Israel, which recall the worst chapters of the twentieth century. With the genocide of the Palestinian people, the State of Israel can never offer its people the prospect of a necessary and lasting peace."”
2009-01-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6061Resumption1 (2009) · source
“"For these reasons, the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has decided to expel the Ambassador of Israel and some of the personnel of the Embassy of Israel in Venezuela, reaffirming its vocation for peace and its demand that international law be respected. The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has instructed its Mission to the United Nations, along with the majority of Governments calling for the same thing, to pressure the Security Council to apply urgent and necessary measures to stop the invasion by the State of Israel against Palestinian territory.”
2009-01-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6061Resumption1 (2009) · source
“"In this tragic hour of outrage, the people of Venezuela express their unreserved solidarity with the heroic Palestinian people, share in the grief of thousands of families at the loss of their loved ones and extends their hand to them, affirming that the Government of Venezuela will work tirelessly to see those responsible for these atrocious crimes severely punished. "The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela categorically condemns the flagrant violations of international law carried out by the State of Israel and denounces its planned use of State terrorism, by which that country has placed itself at the margins of the community of nations.”
2009-01-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6061Resumption1 (2009) · source
“A Nuremberg tribunal will be awaiting them in the future in order to judge them as war criminals. With the permission of the Council, I shall read out a communique issued yesterday afternoon by the Government of Venezuela: "The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, along with the peoples of the world, is once again witnessing the horror of the death of innocent children and women resulting from the invasion of the Gaza Strip by Israeli troops, and the merciless bombing by air and land systematically carried out by the State of Israel on Palestinian territory.”
2009-01-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6061Resumption1 (2009) · source
“The State of Israel continues to sow the wind, and it will reap the whirlwind. No tyrant has ever been able to drain a people's last drop of blood: before that happens, peoples have risen up and have triumphed. That is what took place with the resistance against Nazi fascism during the Second World War - which, it appears, has been forgotten. Every cluster bomb of depleted uranium or white phosphorus - whose use is a war crime - sows not only death, but also a hatred that will become part of people's genetic code, generation after generation. Israel is creating millions of suicidal human beings, who will proliferate throughout the world. Then, neither Israelis nor anyone else will have peace. That is not the path we are seeking. The Israelis lost the war in Lebanon in 2006; they are not invincible.”
2009-01-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6061Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Mr. Escalona Ojeda (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) (spoke in Spanish): I thank you, Mr. President, for giving all countries the opportunity to address the Security Council in this open debate. On behalf of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, I wish to express our firmest condemnation of the genocide that the State of Israel is carrying out in Gaza and to affirm our unconditional solidarity with the Palestinian people. We are witnessing one of the darkest facets of modern war: the punishment of a civilian population in order to demolish its morale, destroy its spirit of resistance, to crush all will to struggle and to make people believe that benign slavery is preferable to resistance in the quest for freedom. In that context, the destruction of Hamas - which, of course, is among the objectives here - would be a collateral effect.”
2009-01-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6061Resumption1 (2009) · source
“There is only one condition to that end: respect for the sovereignty of the Government and people of Venezuela. With that single condition satisfied, along with respect for the sovereignty of all peoples, I am convinced that we will find a path to peace, dialogue and understanding.”
2008-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6034Resumption1 (2008) · source
“Mr. Escalona Ojeda (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) (spoke in Spanish): We listened to the statement of the representative of the United States concerning the case of Luis Posada Carriles. It is a very simple case. Mr. Posada Carriles has declared his responsibility for terrorist acts, as reflected even in the United States press. Furthermore, Mr. Posada Carriles is a fugitive from Venezuelan justice and Venezuela has requested the United States to extradite him. Those requests should be heard. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has also announced its readiness to enter into dialogue with the Government of the United States at the very highest level in order to normalize our relations. That is necessary immediately if we are to find a way to solve all these issues through dialogue and direct discussions.”
2008-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6034Resumption1 (2008) · source
“We can in no way believe that it is necessary for a human being to die in order to achieve peace. We believe in consensual agreements that are reached in a peaceful, fair and equitable manner. We think it is possible to settle disputes and conflicts via dialogue and negotiations, with respect for international law and for especially human rights. We once again call for disarmament and nuclear non-proliferation as a condition for the security of all nations. So too we recognize the right of all countries to carry out whatever research they deem necessary for the peaceful use of nuclear energy. The practice of terror has no justification and States have the obligation to put an end to torture, detentions without trial, special military tribunals, clandestine prisons, kidnappings and other affronts to human dignity.”
2008-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6034Resumption1 (2008) · source
“Moreover, we should warn that the present international financial system has shown that it generates serious disturbances of the peace, since its actions have increased unemployment, poverty and injustice. That generates violence of all sorts and creates a threat of chaos and terror, because without justice there can be no peace. Another aspect that is a serious threat to peace has to do with environmental issues. The planet is being killed through pollution, the destruction of biological diversity, global warming and the ruin of seas, rivers and other sources of water, all of which constitutes a severe threat to mankind and the loss of the planet's productivity. That intensifies hunger, above all in women and children, which is a real act of terror.”
2008-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6034Resumption1 (2008) · source
“That is why we wish to recall that, here in the United States, the dangerous terrorist Luis Posada Carriles - who is responsible for cruel acts, including blowing up a Cuban aircraft - is at liberty and protected by the authorities. Impunity is a lack of justice and is just as deadly as terrorist acts. Today, we are experiencing different kinds of threats to peace. One of them could be the terrible global inequality, in which 5 per cent of the world's population consumes 25 per cent of all world's energy resources and the rich, who constitute 16 per cent of the population - basically, the United States, Europe and Japan - consume 80 per cent of the world's goods.”
2008-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6034Resumption1 (2008) · source
“We cannot fight terrorism - which Venezuela has always condemned - through State terrorism, whose deadly aggression is masked with the description "collateral damage", when what is involved is families who have been bombed when they were walking on a beach, having parties or simply staying peacefully at home. We must denounce and condemn those atrocities and demand that the aggressors be stopped. We repudiate the recent attacks in Mumbai. We express our solidarity with the people and the Government of India and hope that the ongoing investigations will lead to the identification and punishment of those responsible. We condemn impunity.”
2008-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6034Resumption1 (2008) · source
“What we are seeing in today's world is, on the contrary, a meeting among various cultures and a profound and promising process of racial mixing. Despite the fact that such a positive process is under way, what has been imposed is ethnic cleansing, giving rise to conflicts that loom over the global political arena and pose a serious threat to peace. In the name of the supposed defence of national and international security, constitutional rights are being de-legitimized and violated, and legal statutes and norms of international coexistence are being flouted. Countries are being invaded, which has killed tens of thousands, including women, the elderly, children and entire villages. The cultural, economic and ecological heritage and physical infrastructures are being destroyed in a mad spree that surpasses any other atrocity in history.”
2008-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6034Resumption1 (2008) · source
“As a result, President Chavez Frias has denounced in various international forums those Governments that claim they defend peace and fight terrorism, while they attack other States and promote terrorism against them. The terrible and deplorable events of 11 September 2001 aroused global indignation, and Venezuela clearly condemned them. However, they gave rise to a policy that has various aspects. First, it changed the fight against terrorism into an excuse to attack and invade other countries. Secondly, it led to the systematic use of terror and human rights violations as a way to punish others for reasons linked to racial, cultural and religious discrimination, which has affected Muslim citizens in particular, as if it were a clash of civilizations, which cannot be true.”
2008-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6034Resumption1 (2008) · source
“These have included organizing internal conspiracies in order to overthrow the Government and weakening democracy by spreading violence and attempting to promote chaos in order to destabilize our society so that we will be declared an unviable State, a failed State, with all the consequences that that could have for our sovereignty, our territorial integrity and our very existence as a nation. In that context, a serious terrorist act was committed in Venezuela. It involved the assassination of Prosecutor Danilo Anderson, who was investigating the very people who had been involved in the coup d'e'tat against President Hugo Chavez Frias.”
2008-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6034Resumption1 (2008) · source
“When the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela revised its constitution in 1999, we set out in its preamble the overall guidelines for our legal and political conduct in the international arena. They promote peaceful cooperation among nations and encourage and strengthen Latin American integration in accordance with the principle of non-intervention and the self-determination of peoples, the universal and indivisible guarantee of human rights, the democratization of international society, nuclear disarmament, ecological balance and environmental resources as the common and inalienable heritage of humankind. Those guidelines have guided the course of our nation over the past nine years, during which we have been subjected to various kinds of international threats.”
2008-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6034Resumption1 (2008) · source
“Mr. Escalona Ojeda (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) (spoke in Spanish): On behalf of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, I wish to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the current month. I welcome the fact that the Council has considered it important to convene a debate on so essential a topic as that before us today: threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts. Undoubtedly, that is an issue that can be analysed from various perspectives and in various ways. However, if there is one thing on which all peoples and nearly all Governments throughout the world have agreed, it is that without justice there can be no peace, and without peace there can be no international security.”
2008-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6034Resumption1 (2008) · source