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first: 2003-02-20
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“Mr. Giraldo (Colombia) (spoke in Spanish): Allow me to begin by congratulating you, Mr. President, on taking over the Presidency of the Security Council this month. I would also like to thank Mr. Jan Egeland, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, for the outstanding presentation he has given us on the topic we are discussing at today's Council meeting. A year ago, in her statement to the Council, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Colombia highlighted the worsening situation of armed conflicts, in which 90 per cent of the Victims are civilians, along with terrorism and the ensuing humanitarian tragedies such as those we witnessed in Rwanda and Srebrenica, demonstrate that contemporary conflicts deliberately target unarmed civilians.”
2003-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4877Resumption1 (2003) · source
“A woman without a rifle is an active member of society whose example influences families and communities. A woman without a rifle has a direct impact in the task of taking children out of conflict. A woman without a rifle is a guarantee that society is ready to become more deeply involved in building peace. I conclude by reiterating the commitment of the Government of Colombia to respect for international humanitarian law and the human rights of all Colombia's citizens, both women and men. It is high time for the illegal armed bands themselves to decide to respect the lives, integrity, property, freedom and other rights of the civilian population. We must urgently begin to strengthen peace and security while taking women and children out of armed conflict. By doing so, we will be making a considerable contribution to peace.”
2003-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4852Resumption1 (2003) · source
“Colombia, like the United Nations and Member States, has the goal of taking all children out of armed conflict. We must also aim to take every woman out of the ranks of illegal armed bands. Colombia appeals to the United Nations and Member States to give particular attention to the reality of women soldiers in illegal armed bands. Programmes and campaigns must be implemented to encourage those women to abandon the path of violence and become true builders of peace and development. Women's organizations in Colombia make a considerable contribution to the restoration of peace and to reconciliation. There is therefore an urgent need for women combatants in illegal armed bands to end their involvement and join all those who are daily working to extricate the country from decades of violence and armed conflict.”
2003-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4852Resumption1 (2003) · source
“The repatriation, reintegration and rehabilitation of combatant and non-combatant populations are basic priorities during the post-conflict stage in order to build foundations for reconciliation and structures for peace. In those circumstances, the achievements in programmes for women and children have a direct and immediate impact on communities and entire countries. On 14 October, while subscribing to the national agreement on equality between men and women - an event in which Government officials, members of the executive and legislative branches and representatives of civil society participated - President Alvaro Uribe made a special appeal to women in the ranks of illegal armed bands to lay down their weapons. He also gave a firm commitment by the State to support them in that process.”
2003-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4852Resumption1 (2003) · source
“Resolution 1325 (2000) has particular meaning in Colombia, being closely linked to our harsh reality. Just like men, and even children, women are both participants in and victims of armed conflict. Our efforts are aimed towards ensuring that all members of illegal armed bands disarm, demobilize and reintegrate themselves into civil society. Our commitment is to the thousands of internally displaced persons, to whom we want to give the necessary assistance so that they can soon return to their homes. In both tasks we attach particular importance to women and children, who make up at least half of the membership of illegal armed bands and of internally displaced persons in our country.”
2003-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4852Resumption1 (2003) · source
“The existence of women combatants makes it impossible to build the peaceful and sustainable society that every country requires. Given the particular vulnerability of women and children in armed conflict, the Government of Colombia has focused special attention on the participation of women in issues related to peace and security. We have devised a national policy of women as builders of peace and development, a policy geared towards peace, equity and equal opportunity. Building equity starts with identifying populations in which there are clear differences in opportunity and needs. All those issues have been included in our national development plan, "Towards a Communal State", a document reflecting the current Administration's priorities.”
2003-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4852Resumption1 (2003) · source
“Colombia is committed to the ideals expressed in resolution 1325 (2000). As a member of the group of friends, we have supported the resolution's implementation and follow-up. In Colombia, violence perpetrated against civilians by illegal armed actors has led to the forced internal displacement of thousands of people, mostly women and children, with grave social and economic consequences for the entire nation. We also have the tragedy of women combatants in these illegal armed bands, where, in addition to becoming machines of death, they are also the subjects of sexual and psychological discrimination and abuse. In such bands, women lose their very natures and vocation as the bedrock of family, community and social stability.”
2003-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4852Resumption1 (2003) · source
“Mr. Giraldo (Colombia) (spoke in Spanish): I should like at the outset to thank you, Sir, for having taken the initiative of convening this open debate of the Security Council on women, peace and security so that we may assess progress made in implementing resolution 1325 (2000), in which member States expressed their concern over the situation of civil populations, particularly women and children, in armed conflict. My country is a member of an informal group of delegations working to formulate initiatives allowing the United Nations and its membership effectively to formulate and implement gender equality policies; focus on women and child victims of armed conflict throughout the world; take into account the specific needs of women; and help in reconciliation and the restoration of the social fabric.”
2003-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4852Resumption1 (2003) · source
“We therefore support the proposal made by Ambassador Mufioz, Chairman of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999), regarding the need to strengthen the Committee's technical capacity, which will make it possible to carry out an effective assessment of the implementation of related resolutions by Members States, particularly with regard to the freezing of financial and economic assets. To that end, the time has arrived to further study the serious evidence that exists with regard to the financing of the Al Qaeda network with money from the illicit drug trade.”
2003-07-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4798 (2003) · source
“Effective steps must be taken to control such transactions in national and international banking systems. There is also a need to strengthen international cooperation to combat money-laundering, to control the sale of chemical precursors and to combat trafficking in explosives and small arms and light weapons. Doing so would merely be a logical result of the many resolutions adopted by the General Assembly and the Security Council underscoring the link between terrorism and illicit drugs.”
2003-07-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4798 (2003) · source
“They also develop into transnational phenomena that take advantage of globalization, free trade and integrated financial systems. Colombia therefore emphasizes the essential need for the Organization, and specifically the committees of the Security Council established to combat terrorism by resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1373 (2001), to promote efforts to strengthen mechanisms intended to identify and sever the link between terrorism and the traffic in illicit drugs. With regard to the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) in particular, we suggest a broadening of the guidelines for the preparation and submission of national reports to include information about suspicious transactions in order that particular attention may be given to transactions that may stem from the traffic in illicit drugs.”
2003-07-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4798 (2003) · source
“In a single Asian country $3 billion enter the State annually through the hawala system, while a mere $1 billion enter the country through the formal banking system. Those numbers give us an idea of the amount of money from drug trafficking that is at the disposal of terrorists. However, the link between terrorism and illicit drugs exists not only in that region of the world and in the Al Qaeda network. Links between terrorism and illicit drugs exist around the world, and they can also be found among one third of the international terrorist organizations on the list compiled by the Department of State of the United States. Those links occur naturally, as both terrorism and drug trafficking take place in poor regions, where State control is difficult to impose.”
2003-07-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4798 (2003) · source
“Given that the report recognizes that Al Qaeda has developed new techniques to acquire, use and distribute funds around the world, we should investigate whether money from illicit drugs has also financed the terrorist attacks in Indonesia, Saudi Arabia and Morocco and whether such funds are similarly being used to finance associated terrorist groups in Algeria, Kenya, the Philippines and elsewhere. The Monitoring Group's experts have also reported that the drug trade in Afghanistan and its neighbouring countries channels its revenues through the so-called hawala banking system and other informal remittance networks. Around $80 billion moves annually throughout the world through those systems.”
2003-07-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4798 (2003) · source
“However, those figures are all the more alarming when one takes into account that, to date throughout the world, economic assets have not been frozen; that only $125 million in financial assets have in fact been frozen, mostly from bank accounts; and that only $59.2 million of that amount actually belonged to the Taliban-Al Qaeda network and its associates. In addition, the report of the Monitoring Group pointed out that profits from the illicit drug trade not only funded the activities of the Al Qaeda in Afghanistan - where coalition forces have suffered a total of 167 terrorist attacks this year - but also in Chechnya, Georgia and other areas of Central Asia.”
2003-07-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4798 (2003) · source
“The good news that there has been a significant decrease in the funding of that terrorist network and that international cooperation has made it more difficult to acquire funds from sympathizers and to transfer them to other parts of the world has been overshadowed somewhat by serious evidence that points to the fact that, with increasing frequency, such terrorists are using international drug trafficking as a source of funding. Of the $6 billion profits produced last year from drug trafficking, $1.2 billion came from the traffic in opium and heroin originating in Afghanistan. Those profits remain in the hands of the warlords of that country, some of whom are remnants of the Taliban and Al Qaeda network.”
2003-07-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4798 (2003) · source
“Mr. Giraldo (Colombia) (spoke in Spanish): We would like to thank the Permanent Representative of Chile, Mr. Heraldo Munoz, Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999), for submitting the report (S/2003/669) that is before the Council. While congratulating the Committee ON the work that it has accomplished over the past year, the Government of Colombia would like to comment on a number of recommendations and observations that appear in the report presented in the month of June by the expert Monitoring Group established pursuant to resolution 1455 (2003). These are contained in part IV of the report and relate to the freezing of the financial and economic assets of the Al Qaeda terrorist network.”
2003-07-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4798 (2003) · source
“In reiterating our support for the work being carried out by the Council and its Counter-terrorism Committee in fighting this universal scourge, I should like to reiterate our appeal to the international community to cooperate with respect to the legislative and political activities required under resolution 1373 (2001) in order successfully to combat terrorism. In this field of international cooperation, the United Nations has the capacity, the experience and the moral authority to assist all regions of the world affected by the scourge of terrorism.”
2003-07-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4792 (2003) · source
“This is essential if we bear in mind that the controls imposed by resolution 1373 (2001) on the financing of terrorist acts must be successful, for terrorists will increasingly have recourse to these types of crimes in order to fund their activities. Acts of terrorism must be characterized not only by where they are committed or by their global or national scope, but also in terms of the origin of the phenomena behind them and that of the funds that are used. It has been proved that the international financial networks used by terrorists are similar to those that underpin trafficking in illegal drugs and illegal weapons. That is why Colombia stresses the urgent need to take a direct approach to combating terrorism and related crime on the basis of the principle of shared responsibility.”
2003-07-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4792 (2003) · source
“We must once and for all relieve the topic of terrorism of its political connotations, so as to be able to combat it throughout the world for what it is: a serious crime against life and the freedom of individuals, and a grave threat to civilization. Finally, although resolutions 1373 (2001) and 1456 (2003) enabled the Security Council to express its concern about the close linkage between terrorism, organized transnational crime, the use and trafficking of illicit drugs, money laundering and traffic of illegal weapons, the Council and the Committee must deepen their consideration of these linkages.”
2003-07-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4792 (2003) · source
“Another initiative that deserves serious consideration is the possibility for the Counter- Terrorism Committee and the Security Council to draw up a general list of international terrorist organizations worldwide, similar to the one kept by the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) for Al Qaeda and the Taliban. We do not believe that a formal definition of terrorism is a prerequisite to devise such a list; indeed, such a definition has not been achieved in more than 30 years. Whoever carries out criminal acts for political purposes, intended or calculated to provoke a state of terror in the general public", as stated in General Assembly resolution 49/60, is a terrorist, whatever his or her motivation.”
2003-07-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4792 (2003) · source
“We would like to highlight first of all the fact that all types of terrorism, in whatever form or manifestation they may appear, constitute a single phenomenon, and that all of them, whether domestic or international, must be rejected and fought to the same degree and with the same resolve. Things cannot be otherwise, for this phenomenon is a challenge to the democratic principles of respect for life and the fundamental freedoms of the human being, so deeply cherished by our peoples and by this Organization. Furthermore, every type of terrorism can become a threat to international peace and security. Let us not forget that the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand - an act of domestic terrorism carried out for internal policy reasons within the Austro-Hungarian Empire - was the spark that ignited the First World War.”
2003-07-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4792 (2003) · source
“Mr. Giraldo (Colombia) (spoke in Spanish): Colombia fully endorses the statement made by the Permanent Representative of Peru on behalf of the Rio Group. We also thank the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Spain, Inocencio Arias, for the submission of his first report as chair of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) of the Security Council. While we recognize the progress made in the programme of work of the CTC during its eighth programme of work, the Government of Colombia has decided to speak in this open debate of the Security Council because it considers that the Committee and the Council must engage in other initiatives related to this issue. Some of those were raised before the Council on 6 May by the President of the Government of Spain, Jose Maria Aznar.”
2003-07-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4792 (2003) · source
“In that connection, we note with great interest the initiative recently presented in this Chamber by the President of the Government of Spain - a proposal that could bring about the updating of resolution 1373 (2001) with a View to broadening the scope of its provisions and thus tightening even further the net that the international community is stretching around all those who have made violence and terror a way of life.”
2003-06-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4774Resumption1 (2003) · source
“As the United Nations tackled the terrorism of Al Qaeda with swiftness and resolve, it now has the obligation to take up the fight - for which humanity will be grateful - against all of terrorism's forms and manifestations, which constitute grave threats to international peace and security. Therefore, my delegation reaffirms Colombia's commitment to the direct struggle against terrorism and welcomes any initiative that will help to eradicate that scourge.”
2003-06-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4774Resumption1 (2003) · source
“Currently, FARC is refining the paste and shipping cocaine to consumer destinations. So we must bear in mind that terrorists' association with and participation in illicit drug trafficking are virtually inevitable, will increase with time and will make the task of strangling terrorism at its economic sources even more difficult. All of the forms and manifestations of terrorism are equally dangerous to international peace and security. All terrorists share related objectives and means. They are opposed to democracy, human rights, tolerance, the peaceful settlement of disputes and freedom of thought and expression, among other intangible values. That is why their objectives are very similar throughout the world, and that is why their enemies are all of us who agree on the absolute need to defend those values.”
2003-06-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4774Resumption1 (2003) · source
“Therefore, we cannot yield in our commitment to containing all possible sources of terrorist financing through, inter alia, the strengthening of our legislative systems, effective banking controls and adequate exchange of information at the international level. In Colombia, the deadly alliance between terrorism and trafficking in illicit drugs has become obvious. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) - a guerrilla group that says it fights, for political causes - initially confronted illicit-drug trafficking organizations and soon proceeded to coexist with them and to protect their crops and laboratories in exchange for payment in cash or in kind - generally weapons. Later, it became involved in illicit cultivation, even going so far as to process coca leaves in order to produce basic paste.”
2003-06-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4774Resumption1 (2003) · source
“The global drug problem has transcended the public health and police spheres, having become a matter of national security owing to its grave impact on the social, economic and political stability of nations. As a representative of a nation that has been a victim of the perverse alliance between terrorism and trafficking in illicit drugs, I should like to deliver to the Council - which, I recognize, is much wiser than my words - a warning derived from experience. Terrorists do not share our values. For them, trafficking in illicit drugs is only an effective means of financing their actions.”
2003-06-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4774Resumption1 (2003) · source
“We acknowledge the work of the countries that assisted Afghanistan in its struggle against drug trafficking, and we stress the need to continue and intensify that work. We join in the call to reduce the world-wide consumption of these substances and to offer Afghan farmers alternative development programmes with markets open to their products. The General Assembly and the Security Council itself have repeatedly acknowledged the links between international terrorism and drug trafficking. In the fight against those serious phenomena, the international community must resolutely shoulder its commitment, in conformity with the principle of shared responsibility.”
2003-06-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4774Resumption1 (2003) · source
“In fact, extremist groups have been strengthened financially by the proceeds of the alarming expansion of illicit cultivation in that country and the resulting opium trafficking, mainly to Europe. For that reason, we welcome the fact that today, the Security Council will adopt a presidential statement in which the links between these two problems are acknowledged and the danger that these activities represent for Afghanistan, its neighbours and the entire world is highlighted. We also welcome the appeal made to neighbouring countries and the international community to intensify their cooperation with regard to security and control of trafficking in drugs, their precursors and related crimes such as money- laundering.”
2003-06-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4774Resumption1 (2003) · source
“Illicit drugs, money- laundering and the illicit trafficking in arms are the effective tripod of international crime. Actions to confront this that have been taken by countries most affected have proved inadequate when the entire international community does not commit itself to destroying every one of these elements through international cooperation. The global problems of drugs and terrorism are increasingly inter-linked, since terrorist groups not only avail themselves of the copious resources generated by the growing demand for drugs, but also participate directly in that perverse business. What has happened in recent years in Afghanistan demonstrates that.”
2003-06-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4774Resumption1 (2003) · source
“We know first-hand the arduous task facing the Afghan authorities in eradicating these illicit crops, since for many years we have made major efforts and invested hundreds of millions of dollars in eradicating these crops from our country. In 2002, we succeeded in reversing the upward trend in these crops, which for the first time in history dropped by 30 per cent. The international community recognizes the global problem of drugs and related crime as one of the most serious scourges on humanity today and as an immense challenge. Along with the public health problem that is caused by the consumption of illicit drugs, with its tragic consequences for the family and society, there is also the huge danger that this problem poses to international security.”
2003-06-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4774Resumption1 (2003) · source
“Mr. Giraldo (Colombia) (spoke in Spanish): Allow me to begin by congratulating you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of June. The delegation of Colombia expresses its solidarity with the Afghan people, victims of the endemic violence and religious extremism that have undermined their basic rights. The Colombian people too has endured violence generated by illegal armed and violent groups that persist in sowing terror and death in order to cause anarchy and prevent the economic and social development to which all the peoples of the world are entitled. Colombia, which has been waging a relentless war against illicit drugs and terrorism, notes with particular concern that opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan reached such high levels in 2002.”
2003-06-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4774Resumption1 (2003) · source
“Such cooperation, in the framework of the United Nations, would set a course and guide the international community in its efforts to support peoples and States that work to maintain the lofty principles of this Organization and that struggle daily for the protection of the dignity of human beings.”
2003-05-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4753Resumption1 (2003) · source
“3) The issue of external factors that fuel internal conflicts deserves such an approach, which demands the action of States and of international and regional organizations. Now that the need to address the global illicit drug problem has been recognized, that approach has to be based on the principle of shared responsibility. In sound logic, if an internal conflict is financed by the drug trade, the consumers of illicit drugs should share the responsibility for that conflict and of the violations of human rights and of international humanitarian law that occur in it. I must insist on that point. That is why the international community is overdue in initiating effective cooperation on this issue.”
2003-05-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4753Resumption1 (2003) · source
“The chemical precursors indispensable to fabricate illicit drugs continue to reach countries in conflict without any appreciable control. All of these external elements not only fuel such internal armed conflicts, but also increase the violation of human rights, a crucial topic for the United Nations and other international organizations, as well as for many Member States. In resolution 44/21, the General Assembly "Encourages Member States to consult and cooperate within the framework of the United Nations, the Security Council, the General Assembly and their appropriate subsidiary bodies in order to find multifaceted approaches to implement and strengthen the principles and the system of international peace, security and international cooperation laid down in the Charter." (resolution 44/2], para.”
2003-05-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4753Resumption1 (2003) · source
“The role of diamonds in the financing of armed conflict in Africa has been well recognized. Many important mechanisms have been created to monitor the international trade in diamonds and to prevent its profits from fuelling the conflict. In the same way, it is necessary to recognize the role of the illicit drug trade, a criminal transnational activity, and related crimes in the funding of internal armed conflicts. A terrible alliance has been forged between drug traffickers and illegal armed groups that finance themselves through such activities. The weapons and explosives by which these groups spread death are negotiated for and acquired externally. They are paid for using international banking accounts fattened by the drug trade.”
2003-05-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4753Resumption1 (2003) · source
“In this regard, it has also been acknowledged that it is the affected State's fundamental responsibility to prevent and eliminate disputes and conflicts and that any activity undertaken by United Nations organs must be at that State's request. Because many of these conflicts evolve in circumstances of an international and transnational nature, the principle of international cooperation in the resolution of such conflicts at the regional and global levels acquires particular importance. Colombia would call the attention of this Council and of the international community to the external factors that affect many of the internal armed conflicts that exist throughout the world. Such factors require the commitment and cooperation of all States and international institutions, starting with the United Nations.”
2003-05-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4753Resumption1 (2003) · source
“In seeking a prompt and fair settlement of a dispute, we prefer direct negotiations as an efficient and flexible means, but we recognize that States have the right to choose freely from other legitimate ways that they may consider more appropriate. The Charter of the United Nations and the 1982 Manila Declaration on the Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes refer only to the pacific settlement of international disputes - in other words, between States - and to the prevention of international conflicts. Nowadays, the world in general and the United Nations in particular are concerned with internal conflicts in many States.”
2003-05-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4753Resumption1 (2003) · source
“These possibilities, provided for in Chapter VI of the Charter, are complemented by the competences given to the General Assembly in Articles 11 and 12 and to the Secretary-General in Article 99, as well as by the three resolutions of the General Assembly mentioned by the President in his document. Colombia, which has based its international policy on the full respect and promotion of the principles and purposes consecrated in the United Nations Charter, grants particular importance to the pacific prevention of disputes based on the principles of the sovereign equality of States, non-intervention, good faith and the spirit of cooperation.”
2003-05-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4753Resumption1 (2003) · source
“Mr. Giraldo (Colombia) (spoke in Spanish): Let me begin by congratulating you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. I also welcome your initiative to organize this event. I also congratulate Mexico for its handling of the presidency of the Council last month. As stated by the President in the document distributed on the topic, the United Nations Charter offers the Security Council vast possibilities of action to prevent disputes from arising between parties, to preclude disputes from escalating into conflicts and to contain and resolve conflicts when they occur.”
2003-05-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4753Resumption1 (2003) · source
“In conclusion, Colombia reiterates its call for cooperation on the part of the international community, not in terms of funds but in terms of legal and police activities, such as those called for in resolution 1373 (2001), in order successfully to combat terrorism. The nature of acts of terrorism should not be determined solely by the location in which they are committed or by their global or national scope, but also by the origin of the phenomena that trigger them and the monies that finance them. In this area of international cooperation, the United Nations has the capacity, experience and moral authority to assist the regions of the world afflicted by the scourge of terrorism.”
2003-04-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4734Resumption1 (2003) · source
“In reaffirming our support for the work that is being done by the Security Council and its Counter- Terrorism Committee in combating this universal scourge, I wish to restate our gratitude to Ambassador Greenstock for the important work he has done and to state our certainty that the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Spain, Inocencio Arias, will continue, with fresh impetus, to pursue the important tasks of the Committee and the Security Council. Both of these bodies have the tremendous responsibility of meeting our peoples' expectations concerning their historic role in combating terrorism in all regions of the world.”
2003-04-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4734Resumption1 (2003) · source
“As President Uribe of Colombia has said, "We have the moral authority to ask for international cooperation because we are committed to respecting human rights, because our democracy is one that is governed by the rule of law and not by the whim of rulers. We have the moral authority to ask for international cooperation against terrorism because we have never rejected dialogue or humanitarian agreements. The international community is aware of our unswerving decision to defeat violence and of our infinite readiness for reconciliation in sincere peace".”
2003-04-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4734Resumption1 (2003) · source
“Our experience has taught us that the international community's struggle against the global drug problem, in which the principle of shared responsibility has been accepted, is a key factor in the fight against terrorism. Similarly, success in combating terrorism will depend on the extent to which we also make the principle of shared responsibility effective in this area. Combating terrorism is the responsibility of us all. In this fight, every State must undertake a task in keeping with its circumstances and in accordance with its capacity to carry it out. On the issue of shared responsibility, Colombia calls on the international community to wage a full fight against the criminal activities that feed terrorism in our country.”
2003-04-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4734Resumption1 (2003) · source
“For that reason, we wish to thank the Government of Canada for having included on its list of terrorist organizations the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the National Liberation Army (ELN) and the United Self-defence Groups of Colombia (AUC), illegal armed groups that direct their activities against the rule of law and civilians in my country. This constitutes ethical, political and legal support that indicates a procedure which we hope will be taken into account by all countries wishing to assist us in our fight against terror. Recognizing that reality is fundamentally important for Colombia, where terrorism is supported by such international criminal activities, which are fundamentally related to the global problem of illicit drugs.”
2003-04-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4734Resumption1 (2003) · source
“But there is also an external aspect that is key in the fight against terrorism. It has been shown that the international financial networks used by terrorists are similar to those used by the illicit drug and arms traffickers. On 20 January 2003, the Security Council, meeting at the ministerial level, issued a declaration, annexed to resolution 1456 (2003), which rightly reaffirmed that, "terrorists must also be prevented from making use of other criminal activities such as transnational organized crime, illicit drugs and drug trafficking, money-laundering and illicit arms trafficking".”
2003-04-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4734Resumption1 (2003) · source
“I want to begin by thanking the Chairman of the Counter-Terrorism Committee, the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom, Sir Jeremy Greenstock, for his briefing and for his intensive work. At the meeting on 20 February 2003, Colombia highlighted the two inseparable aspects - internal and external - that exist in our conflict today. With regard to the internal aspect, we stated that we recognized our obligations. Colombia has undertaken the struggle against terrorism within a democratic framework, in accordance with its Constitution and laws, the international treaties on human rights and international humanitarian law. Our democratic security policy seeks to protect all Colombians: civilians, union members, human rights defenders, businesspeople and workers. Democracy in security means security for all.”
2003-04-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4734Resumption1 (2003) · source
“Mr. Giraldo (Colombia) (spoke in Spanish): Allow me at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of April and to wish you every success in your work. I also wish to thank and commend the representative of Guinea for the effective way in which he conducted the Council's work last month. Colombia fully endorses the statement made by the Permanent Representative of Peru on behalf of the Rio Group. However, the Government of Colombia has decided to speak in this open debate of the Security Council because of the importance of this issue to our country, which is waging an unrelenting struggle against terrorism and which seeks international solidarity in this endeavour.”
2003-04-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4734Resumption1 (2003) · source
“But today, our principal concern must be to rise to the ethical demands of our time. In the past, war theoreticians and practitioners spoke of the scorched- earth policy and its deadly consequences. Today, how things have changed. Humanitarian aid, promoted by all, is entirely the opposite, since it seeks to make conditions less distressing and to protect lives during and after confrontations. Let us stop the verbiage and return to the human aspect. The requirements of humanitarian assistance mean we must act and we must act quickly. Let's clear the way for the United Nations to make this vital contribution.”
2003-03-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4726 (2003) · source
“Colombia urges all Security Council members to put an end to the debate of the past three weeks and to concentrate on real aspects of life and sustenance for the Iraqi people, such as providing humanitarian assistance, ensuring the continuation of the oil for food programme, giving priority to such supplies and permitting the required funding for all these tasks. It is essential that the draft resolution currently being discussed in the Council provide the Secretary-General with the necessary authority and flexibility to move this work forward. It is urgent that the draft resolution be adopted as soon as possible. Later, we will be able to - and will have to - discuss all the legal aspects of the current situation, and the arguments of Member States will surely serve to guide us in future crises and in similar situations.”
2003-03-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4726 (2003) · source