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Gomez-Acebo

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first: 2014-09-24
most recent: 2014-09-24
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“For that reason, my country was one of the proponents of the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee and has supported the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, adopted in 2006. Against that backdrop, Spain commends President Obama for his initiative to convene this high-level Security Council meeting. We welcome the important resolution 2178 (2014), adopted unanimously by the Council. We joined as a sponsor of the resolution, and we are ready to participate with the greatest degree of commitment in its immediate and effective implementation.”
2014-09-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7272 (2014) · source
“In that regard, we are preparing to modify our legal statutes so that the movement of individuals seeking to leave Spain to join terrorist groups in a third country would be punishable as a crime under our penal code. That is a measure that is in line with those taken by other countries and is recommended by the codes of best practices we are putting in place. Moreover, Spain aims to foster information exchanges to prevent the relocation of foreign terrorist fighters, as we have begun to do with some neighbouring countries, as part of a cooperation effort that has already yielded very positive results. Spain has always supported international multilateral cooperation to face the great challenges of our times, among the terrorist threat.”
2014-09-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7272 (2014) · source
“For all those reasons, we fully identify with and have actively participated in the efforts of the international community to address this serious problem. First of all, Spain has actively focused on preventive approaches aimed at preventing the radicalization that can lead to terrorist violence, promoting alternatives based on education and dialogue. Spainhas been applying that approach for several years. It is at the heart of the Alliance of Civilizations promoted by Spain, which is now an integral part of United Nations mechanisms. The same approach underlies other regional measures and programmes we have encouraged, such as the Mediation in the Mediterranean initiative. Where we have been unable to prevent radicalization and terrorist recruitment, we have been forced take other measures to prevent the movements of terrorist fighters.”
2014-09-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7272 (2014) · source
“Spain is taking up the fight against the phenomenon of foreign terrorist fighters in solidarity with the countries most acutely affected, but also because Spain itself is directly affected by the problem. My country is experiencing this problem most immediately as a country of origin. We have already identified at least 50 individuals who have exited our borders in order to join terrorist groups in Syria and Iraq. We are also aware that human trafficking networks may try to use our territory along their routes in order to transport foreign terrorist fighters, which would make our country a transit point. In addition, Spain is exposed to the security threat posed by returning terrorist fighters.”
2014-09-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7272 (2014) · source
“Mr. Gomez-Acebo (Spain) (spoke in Spanish): I would like at the outset to thank the United States for the opportunity to participate in this timely and necessary meeting. Contemporary terrorism, including in its jihadist form, from which Spain has long and painfully suffered, is a multifaceted and mutable phenomenon. However, it has one defining characteristic - it is a crime against humanity, rooted in the fanatical and absolute denial of the very idea of human rights. The threat posed by foreign terrorist fighters illustrates the changing nature of terrorism. It is not a completely new phenomenon, but its current features have intensified, requiring us to come up with urgent decisions and solutions that are also well considered and effective yet that consistently maintain respect for human rights.”
2014-09-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7272 (2014) · source