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Flores

lines on the record: 86
first: 1999-12-15
most recent: 2023-03-07
sittings or episodes: 13
sources: un-security-council

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“We plan to increase national awareness of the fact that we will be able to move forward only by improving and safeguarding our natural riches, our water basins and water resources, and focusing on water preservation and the creation of sustainable agroforestry systems, through ecosystem preservation in both protected and unprotected areas of the country. However, merely reciting a litany of needs does little good when the minimum resources required to significantly mitigate such weaknesses are non-existent, as many of those weaknesses are not related merely to the country's geographical position.”
2011-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6587Resumption1 (2011) · source
“Even though no one can ever be fully prepared to face such a natural upheaval, a certain degree of preparedness, in the form of identifying and devising solutions to vulnerabilities, has proved helpful in mitigating the consequences and repairing the damage. In designing mitigation and international cooperation policies and programmes aimed at dealing with the impact of such phenomena, it is imperative to take account of the geographical, political, economic, cultural and religious differences between our national societies. We in Honduras are working on a national climate change mitigation strategy aimed at elaborating public policies and community practices that will contribute to decreasing our vulnerabilities.”
2011-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6587Resumption1 (2011) · source
“Thanks to international solidarity and the aid of providence, we marshalled the internal strength we needed to overcome this harsh test and move on, but not without having to retrace our steps along the same path. That required time, resources and efforts that could have gone into dealing with our setbacks in order so as not to exacerbate our underdevelopment. For these reasons, we believe that limiting this debate to issues related to the impact of rising sea levels, food security and risks of scarcity on international peace and security would be far too simplistic. Whenever nature rebels against humans, the ensuing destruction affects the natural equilibrium, provoking chain reactions, threatening fundamental aspects of our lives and destroying opportunities for future generations.”
2011-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6587Resumption1 (2011) · source
“If the blows of nature in its cruelty can significantly affect countries with greater capacities for response reaction and relief in the face of such disasters, imagine how severe their impact is on the weakest and most vulnerable societies. How can we expect many of our meagre economies to achieve the Millennium Development Goals while they may be dealing with one of these tremendous setbacks, which can destroy achievements that took decades to attain? As Mr. Achim Steiner, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme, said today, I come from one of those nations battered by the fury of a deadly hurricane of biblical proportions. In a split second, the hurricane took away 50 years of determined effort and so many dreams, just when we thought we could finally see the light at the end of the tunnel.”
2011-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6587Resumption1 (2011) · source
“Ms. Flores (Honduras) (spoke in Spanish): Mr. President, my delegation joins previous speakers in acknowledging your dedication and commendable work in presiding over the Council. You and the rest of the Council members have our cooperation and commitment of support on the issue of climate change, which is being addressed in the Council today. We thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; the President of Nauru, Mr. Marcus Stephen; and Mr. Richard Marles, Australia's Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs, for their statements today. We concur with delegations that have today affirmed that climate change is a threat that affects peace and security.”
2011-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6587Resumption1 (2011) · source
“The cries of a baby in a suburb of Port-au-Prince, in a barrio of Tegucigalpa, in afavela of Rio de Janeiro, in the villas miserias of Buenos Aires, in the callampas of Santiago, in the ciudadela of La Paz or in the chabolas of Madrid are heard in Berlin, New York, Beijing and Moscow. There is no first, second or third world. The differences end where solidarity begins, because we are all inhabitants of the same Planet Earth.”
2011-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6510Resumption1 (2011) · source
“The report clearly states that those projects relate to education, jobs, agriculture and health care - among the most important areas that need to be addressed. According to the figures of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, at the end of 2010 Haiti's foreign debt was 12 per cent of its gross domestic product. A country battered as Haiti was cannot bear such a heavy burden. The best way for the international community to help is to forgive the debt of a nation that today is going through the most difficult time in its history. It should not be forgotten that solidarity begins with the idea that the suffering of a father, mother or child has no nationality or borders.”
2011-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6510Resumption1 (2011) · source
“The hope eclipsed by disaster must be addressed and strengthened now, as it was at first, by continuous acts of solidarity and commitment, such as today's Security Council meeting, which serves as an ineluctable reminder of what happened there and of the challenges that still lie ahead. We agree with the assertion of the report of the Secretary-General (S/2011/183*) that the international community must continue to provide support. We join the Council's appeal for a concerted effort of all international actors to achieve these goals. It is striking that, after having selected 14 projects for the reconstruction of Haiti, at a projected cost of some $300 million, that country has still not received and therefore cannot spend $224 million - 75 per cent of the estimated need - to carry out those projects.”
2011-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6510Resumption1 (2011) · source
“What is most grievous about these misfortunes is that, while the generosity of compassionate hearts flows immediately after disaster, as time passes and the initial shock lessens, the world's attention is captured by other equally stunning and touching news. We do not wish to imply that all that has happened in Haiti has already been forgotten. We simply acknowledge that the sense of urgency recedes as each day goes by, but the mountain of needs does not. The same enormous problems persist and the agony of the Haitian people as they rebuild their lives does not abate.”
2011-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6510Resumption1 (2011) · source
“We therefore understand the stoicism required to face their struggle and draw strength from weakness, as well as the fibre of the spirit that enables them to overcome adversity. Today, we come together to reaffirm our moral support and our commitment to accompanying that noble people struggling to rebuild. They have shown great commitment to picking up the pieces after the destruction, rebuilding their nation economically, institutionally, socially and politically, and striving at the same time to heal their wounds and dry the tears of grief in the wake of disaster. The task is far from small and the journey has hardly begun.”
2011-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6510Resumption1 (2011) · source
“Ms. Flores (Honduras) (spoke in Spanish): We would like to praise the sensitivity shown by the Council in addressing this issue. It is an honour for my delegation to participate in this open debate of the Security Council on Haiti, a nation that is close to us in geographical terms, but even more is a sister nation in sentiment because its people has been shaken by countless afflictions that are all too familiar to us. We, like them, have also experienced the upheaval of political polarization, the pain of scarcity, the burden of economic underdevelopment and the bitterness of inequalities. We have endured persistence poverty and, if that were not enough, we have also suffered the tribulations of natural disasters.”
2011-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6510Resumption1 (2011) · source
“We respectfully suggest that a taskforce be created among us, with sufficient power to identify the existence and provenance of resources, and to recommend their reallocation once it has been concluded that they are being poorly used. Impatience causes anxiety, just as the possibility of change gives cause for hope. Our peoples are eager for solutions that will improve their fate and brighten their future. It is imperative to defuse the outbreaks of impatience and convert them into sources of hope.”
2011-02-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6479Resumption1 (2011) · source
“The financing and cooperation that are required in the continual struggle for well-being should not be denied to the people of any nation. Indeed, we need reform to ensure that all those resources that are wasted, funds that are squandered in large amounts, and money that is spent on superfluous things when essentials are lacking are made available to development, with an emphasis on the most vulnerable and fragile sectors of our communities, in order to prevent the deterioration of our ecosystems. That would make the greatest contribution to peace in and among nations and to global security. With respect to the question underlying the topic we are addressing, what can the delegations of this world Organization do to contribute to that end?”
2011-02-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6479Resumption1 (2011) · source
“However, just as I am not indifferent to those evils, I can at the same time attest to the great benefit that accrues to domestic peace from the enthusiastic provision of assistance to those who require a helping hand to escape the invisibility of their pathetic realities. Honduras has been hard hit by the appalling violence of discord leading to conflict and by Mother Nature's fatal and destructive blows. My country has overcome difficult times with diligence and enormous faith, assisted by the helping hands of good friends to whom we are infinitely grateful. By closing the distance between need and abundance, all resources invested in development and in providing opportunities to those who see their opportunities to advance and succeed truncated are a contribution to international peace and security.”
2011-02-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6479Resumption1 (2011) · source
“The sense of powerlessness to achieve a decent standard of living - a right due to the vast multitudes who, in different latitudes of the Earth, subsist in the most precarious economic and social conditions - is undeniably a latent source of conflict. I ramble on about these concepts precisely because I come from a corner of the world where such conspicuous and painful conditions of vulnerability can be found. We can testify to the threats posed to internal peace, in the smallest context, or to world peace, in a more universal perspective, by the continued exacerbation of these distressing circumstances and deep-rooted causes that breed discontent and create flash points for conflict.”
2011-02-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6479Resumption1 (2011) · source
“The limitations of scant development, compared to the comforts enjoyed by the more fortunate countries, make national deficiencies, injustices, shortages and gaps apparent with crude intensity and an increased sense of the enormous gulf of inequality that separates us. Recognizing with crystal clarity what others have achieved, and what underdevelopment denies, deepens dissatisfaction and triggers a rebellion of spirit among those who lack in their lives what others have in overabundance. No one can feel resignation in the presence of these terrible differences. I am speaking of those who have been marginalized from the blessings of development and have no access to health, education or other opportunities for individual and collective advancement.”
2011-02-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6479Resumption1 (2011) · source
“The fast-paced transformation of communications over the past few decades has created a new reality for the coexistence and interrelationship of the people in the world in which we live. Nothing is outside of knowledge, and there are no limitations of distance or ignorance when we can obtain, in mere seconds, information on events taking place on the far side of the planet. So graphic and instantaneous is the transmission of information that there are no isolated nations or peoples who might feel themselves imprisoned by the confining geography of their borders when those borders extend as far as, or should we say as close to, the most distant regions of the world. Our peoples today can compare and contrast the realities of our nations in an instant solely by observing their surroundings and beyond.”
2011-02-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6479Resumption1 (2011) · source
“Ms. Flores (Honduras) (spoke in Spanish): I wish to congratulate Brazil on assuming this month's presidency of the Security Council, as well as the new members on their election. I take this opportunity to express our gratitude and firm commitment to cooperating with all of them. We acknowledge the wise decision to convene this debate on interdependence between security and development for consideration by Member States, both as a contribution to this topic and as a gesture of transparency in the working methods of the Security Council. I also wish to thank the Secretary-General, the Chairman of the Peacebuilding Commission, and Ms. Cliffe of the World Bank for their statements.”
2011-02-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6479Resumption1 (2011) · source
“There is no greater contribution than acts of solidarity, large and small, that brighten the darkness, that make coexistence easier and lighten the heavy burden of life. That woman, who is real, who exists everywhere, and whom we do not see, because we have become accustomed to her silent, daily, constant and untiring presence; that stranger who, without monument or tribute, builds peace every day, because the cry of suffering, the agony of tribulation, has neither nationality nor borders. I close with the deepest recognition of every heroic act, but with a feeling of great admiration for all the heroes and heroines ofpeace.”
2010-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6411Resumption1 (2010) · source
“When, in my country, we suffered the impact of a brutal natural disaster that shattered the geography of our country into hundreds of pieces, like a jigsaw puzzle, all of those compatriots and those women who came from other parts of the world as members of volunteer missions, to help in that moment of misfortune, to repair lives, to breathe encouragement to the grief- stricken - they were all heroines of peace. The immigrants who, desperate and hopeless, leave their beloved homeland, risking everything, even their lives, to reach a destination that offers a way to provide for their kin - and who, ironically, with their remittances, help sustain the sickly economy of the country from which they fled - they are heroines of peace.”
2010-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6411Resumption1 (2010) · source
“For example, those self-sacrificing mothers in my homeland, bearing the cross of poverty on their shoulders, with no companionship other than their solitude and the burden of their responsibilities, support and educate their children, so that they can achieve their impossible dreams. They are heroines of peace. There are those dedicated women who, defying prejudice and defeating the inertia of inequality, climbed the mountain peak. They are heroines of peace. When, in Central America, where I come from, we passed through the bloody polarization of the 19805, the women who enlisted in any of these civilian trenches to aid the destitute, to care for refugees or take part in the reconstruction of their homeland were, unquestionably, heroines of peace.”
2010-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6411Resumption1 (2010) · source
“But just as there are heroic acts forged in the heat of battle, there are also those forged in the battle for life, in times of peace, exemplary conduct that contributes to peace. Undoubtedly to those heroic feats of war we can attach well-known names, like medals for honour and bravery, but there are also many names of those unknown people who perform epic deeds in peacetime, which, owing solely to their numbers, remain shrouded in the deepest silence. I come from one of those small nations, as the poet has said, where our history could be written in a teardrop, and I can vouch for this second type of heroism.”
2010-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6411Resumption1 (2010) · source
“We have seen them acting as mediators in hostilities, as bridges to overcome differences and as intermediaries in serious disputes. Women listen with their feelings. Through the healing of the heart and the balm of emotion, they can reach the soul to cure wounds, where medicine stumbles and science fails. Sometimes relief comes more from soothing the affliction than from treatment of an actual physical injury, just as a mother puts her child to sleep with the mellifluous whisper of her voice and the soft caresses of her love, women soothe pain with only the breath of their serene words and their tranquil presence. There is no doubt that in armed conflict valiant, exceptional and extraordinary attitudes produce heroes.”
2010-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6411Resumption1 (2010) · source
“For reasons that have been extensively studied and debated through the ages, women and children have always been the vast majority of the innocent victims of violence and armed conflict. The irony remains that these victims, the most vulnerable and most affected, emerge from their precarious condition of fragility to provide great consolation in times of anguish, to be healers of suffering and to help mitigate the torments caused by ruthless violence in all its manifestations. Due to the very nature of their being, women, from birth, learn to be peacemakers and negotiators in conflicts. This is the task that they carry out entirely naturally within the bosom of their families, and by virtue of their innate abilities as catalysts of agreements in the intimacy of their homes and in the most complex situations.”
2010-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6411Resumption1 (2010) · source
“Ms. Flores (Honduras) (spoke in Spanish): My delegation is grateful for the opportunity to participate in this open debate of the Security Council on the contribution of women to international peace and security. We acknowledge the visionary work of the Council and its members, aimed at enhancing the principles of resolution 1325 (2000) and the empowerment of women. We are pleased with the new gender entity, UN Women, under the leadership of a distinguished stateswoman, Michelle Bachelet. The Secretary-General has also shown an excellent example in incorporating women into the upper management of the Organization, and I reiterate our commitment to cooperation and support for all.”
2010-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6411Resumption1 (2010) · source
“We call for an end to the violations of the Blue Line, condemn the recent attacks originating in Lebanese territory and call on all parties involved to show the utmost restraint.”
2002-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4510Resumption1 (2002) · source
“The special meeting of the ministers of the European Union on 3 April decided to send a high- level mission to the region to meet with Prime Minister Sharon, President Arafat and other relevant personalities on both sides. We regret that the Israeli Government refused to allow the European Union to meet Mr. Arafat, the elected President of the Palestinian Authority. It is essential that the "quartet" of special envoys be given full access to all parties. It is also imperative that diplomatic and consular representatives be able fully to perform their tasks, in particular as regards access to and protection of their own citizens in the territories. To conclude, the European Union is extremely concerned at the volatile situation in the region and in particular at the recent escalation of violence along the border between Lebanon and Israel.”
2002-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4510Resumption1 (2002) · source
“We urge both parties to cooperate fully with Secretary Powell, as well as with Special Envoy Zinni and others, to implement the Tenet work plan and the Mitchell report recommendations with the aim of resuming negotiations on a political settlement. We also urge the parties to accept an impartial monitoring mechanism. We are convinced that deploying observers on the ground will serve the interests of both parties. We stand ready to participate in such a mechanism. The European Union continues to make every effort with the parties, the countries of the region, the United States, the United Nations and Russia to end a conflict that can have only a political solution. We look forward to the meeting of the "quartet" at the ministerial level, with the presence of the Secretary- General, scheduled to take place in Madrid tomorrow.”
2002-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4510Resumption1 (2002) · source
“The European Union stresses the importance of the vision contained in President Bush's statement on Thursday and in that regard welcomes the mission of Secretary of State Powell to the region in order to work with the parties to implement Security Council resolutions, in particular resolution 1402 (2002). The creation of a politically and economically viable Palestinian State, security guarantees for the State of Israel and the support recently offered by the League of Arab States for Crown Prince Abdullah's peace initiative are among the elements included in that vision that the European Union has long called for and strongly supports.”
2002-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4510Resumption1 (2002) · source
“The EU is extremely concerned by the humanitarian disaster affecting the Palestinian population. In particular, we are concerned about news concerning the gravity of the humanitarian situation in Jenin and Nablus. We reiterate that actions against medical and humanitarian institutions and personnel are absolutely unacceptable and contrary to United Nations Conventions relating to the protection of civilians in armed conflict and to international humanitarian law. They must be able fully to perform their work and given full access to populations in need. We recall that both parties must respect international humanitarian standards and protect the lives of civilians.”
2002-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4510Resumption1 (2002) · source
“We deeply regret that they continue to be ignored, in particular the demands for an immediate cessation of violence, a meaningful and effective ceasefire and the immediate withdrawal of Israeli troops from Palestinian cities and other areas under the control of the Palestinian Authority. The lockdowns and restrictions on movement must end. There must also be an immediate end to President Arafat's isolation and lack of freedom of movement. The Palestinian Authority and its President, the legitimate representatives of the Palestinian people, must make every possible effort to stop the violence, dismantle all terrorist organizations such as Hamas and the Islamic Jihad and guarantee that those responsible for the most recent brutal terrorist attacks against Israelis do not go unpunished.”
2002-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4510Resumption1 (2002) · source
“Today, we want to reiterate this message and to express our utmost concern at the continuing military operations in the Palestinian territories, the violations of international humanitarian law, and the increasing and alarming number of casualties among the civilian population. The attempts to destroy the Palestinian Authority and its infrastructure, the isolation of Chairman Arafat, and the humiliation and confinement of the Palestinian civilian population are unacceptable and contrary to international law. Those actions and the disproportionate use of force must cease immediately. They are unjustified and do not serve Israel's legitimate fight against terrorism. Security Council resolutions 1397 (2002), 1402 (2002) and 1403 (2002) must be implemented immediately.”
2002-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4510Resumption1 (2002) · source
“Mr. Flores (Spain) (spoke in Spanish): I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union (EU). The countries of Central and Eastern Europe associated with the EU - Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia - the associated countries Cyprus, Malta and Turkey, and the European Free Trade Association countries belonging to the European Economic Area, Iceland and Liechtenstein, align themselves with this statement. In the past weeks, the EU has condemned in the strongest terms the relentless cycle of terror and violence that is afflicting the Israelis and the Palestinians.”
2002-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4510Resumption1 (2002) · source
“In this context, Spain has participated in the Gabon 2000 exercise and has recently signed a memorandum with the Secretariat to make rapid deployment forces available to the United Nations. Finally, concerning conflict resolution, the processes for disarming and reintegrating combatants into civil and political life of the country are fundamental. The case of Central America provides a good example of what can be achieved when these reconciliation and reconstruction measures are correctly implemented. Strengthening democratic institutions and modernizing the police and civil safety are also important.”
1999-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4081Resumption1 (1999) · source
“We must maintain the unity of the Security Council to prevent differences among members from leading to stalemates. We must improve the transparency of the Council's working methods - this debate being a good example thereof - in order to broaden the basis of support for its decisions. The mechanisms of the Charter must be fully respected, in particular the role set aside for the Security Council and for the Secretary-General's preventive diplomacy. With regard to peacekeeping operations, what is crucial is United Nations coordination with the African regional and subregional organizations and cooperation by the international community to strengthen the African capacities in these operations.”
1999-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4081Resumption1 (1999) · source
“Mr. Flores (Spain) (spoke in Spanish): My delegation endorses the statement made by the representative of Finland on behalf of the European Union and emphasizes the importance of this debate, convened by the British presidency of the Security Council, as a wake-up call to the international community on the magnitude of Africa's problems and the need to devote the same interest and resources to them that are devoted to other parts of the world. With respect to conflict prevention, the fact that the Security Council is preventively addressing any particular problem is in and of itself a powerful deterrent. The instruments available are familiar to all. In all such Security Council action, we believe that it is crucial to preserve three action-oriented criteria.”
1999-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4081Resumption1 (1999) · source