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Hermida Castillo

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2008-07-17
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  1. “Mr. Hermida Castillo (Nicaragua) (spoke in Spanish): We congratulate you, Sir, and your country on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. We thank Mr. Oscar Fernandez-Taranco, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, for his briefing this morning. The right of conquest is viewed as an offence to human rights, to the sovereignty and self-determination of peoples and to the norms governing relations among nations, including the inadmissibility of the seizure of territory by force. We thought it had been eliminated with the end of the age of colonization by the Western Powers and with the drafting of the Charter of the United Nations, but in the twenty-first century it appears still to be enjoyed by Israel in the Middle East.”

    2009-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6171Resumption1 (2009) · source

  2. “Political crises that degenerate into armed conflicts are, in the overwhelming majority of cases, the symptom of social and economic crises that cannot be lastingly resolved without genuinely tackling the root of the problems. There will be no peace and security in the world without economic and social development for all. Only in that way will civilian populations be truly and effectively protected.”

    2009-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6151Resumption1 (2009) · source

  3. “Similarly, the difficult and painstaking session of the Fifth Committee, that just concluded yesterday should serve as a lesson to the members of the Council. May it be understood once and for all that, in order to be able to implement the mandates voted on here in this Council, peacekeeping missions must be provided with all necessary resources. Those resources are vital to the provision of consolidated and specific training activities for each mission with a mandate to protect civilians, and to increase the operational capacity of the Blue Helmets and the national forces of the host country. In that regard, the General Assembly awaits the report of the Secretary-General requested by the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations on bringing approved resources in line with operation mandates.”

    2009-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6151Resumption1 (2009) · source

  4. “With regard to the protection of civilians in imminent danger of physical violence, as the Security Council has provided for in the context of peacekeeping operations, it is important to reiterate that such a task must be accomplished in accordance with the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter and with the guiding principles of peacekeeping operations, which, I recall, include the consent of the host State. In peacekeeping operations, the protection of civilian populations cannot be consistently ensured without a broad peace process in which all interested parties participate and that is supported by the national authorities. It is therefore of primary importance that peacekeeping missions not only cooperate closely with the national authorities but also support them in carrying out their task of protecting civilians.”

    2009-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6151Resumption1 (2009) · source

  5. “We also hope that where there are so-called coalitions or multinational forces, mechanisms for accountability and international justice will be developed, so that the words "collateral damage", used euphemistically by the military hierarchies of certain countries, will disappear from the international news and so that the relatives of the victims of the devastation of war by some will be compensated and justice applied.”

    2009-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6151Resumption1 (2009) · source

  6. “In fact, in its resolution 1674 (2006), the Security Council reaffirmed that it was essential to end impunity so that a society in conflict or recovering from conflict could come to terms with past abuses and prevent future such abuses. Where then is the Council's resolve when it comes to the humiliated and tormented Palestinian population? Unfortunately, the day when the long- awaited justice for which the Palestinian people have been calling becomes a reality seems very uncertain and distant. Applying a double standard with regard to the protection of civilian populations inevitably undermines the credibility of this Council. It is that double standard that fuels, inter alia, the despair of a people who see no future other than that of the missiles launched against them by a Power with crushing military technology.”

    2009-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6151Resumption1 (2009) · source

  7. “Although the principle of the protection of civilian populations is among the most commendable, we shall not allow it to be manipulated so that some interfere in the strictly internal affairs of sovereign States. Unfortunately, there is a plethora of examples of that type of manipulation in the history of Nicaragua, Latin America and the Caribbean in general. The Secretary-General, in the report before us for consideration (S/2009/277), describes a way to strengthen compliance with the relevant international norms, but it is obvious that the Council has been selective in its approach and decisions in that regard.”

    2009-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6151Resumption1 (2009) · source

  8. “Mr. Hermida Castillo (Nicaragua) (spoke in Spanish): Allow me first of all to congratulate you, Sir, on your presidency of the Security Council. I am also grateful to Mr. John Holmes, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, for his introduction of the report of the Secretary-General (S/2009/277). In a few months, we will mark a decade since the subject of the protection of civilians in armed conflict was first considered by the Security Council. My country considers it important to reiterate at this time a few basic points on that topic. First, the protection of civilians in armed conflict must be carried out within the framework of strict compliance with the principles contained in the United Nations Charter, with full respect for the national sovereignty and territorial integrity of the countries involved in a conflict.”

    2009-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6151Resumption1 (2009) · source

  9. “We support a peaceful negotiated resolution of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the right of the Palestinian people to sovereignty and self- determination in an independent Palestinian State, on the basis of the 1967 borders and with Jerusalem as its capital. Only in that way cam we have lasting peace in the Middle East.”

    2009-01-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6061Resumption1 (2009) · source

  10. “Nicaragua rejects that aggression and condemns in the strongest terms the extermination practiced by Israel, the occupying Power, in the occupied Palestinian territories. The current hostilities are further destabilizing the situation in the occupied territories and throughout the Middle East and are making it ever more difficult to achieve a lasting solution to the Palestinian problem. The Security Council must compel Israel to put an immediate end to its military operations and to open all border crossings in order to guarantee unhindered access to the area for humanitarian assistance. Any decision to be adopted must not only lead to a lasting solution, but must also guarantee that hostilities will not resume. Any decision must respect all relevant international resolutions. There can be no military solution to the Palestinian problem.”

    2009-01-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6061Resumption1 (2009) · source

  11. “In that connection, we support the statement issued by the Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement, which expresses deep disappointment at the inability of the Security Council to uphold its responsibilities in maintaining international peace and security, and notes that, despite more than 12 days of sustained military attacks that have gravely affected the civilian population and heightened instability and tensions in the region, the Council has regrettably been unable to take any concrete measure to end the aggression. The Security Council has the legal and moral obligation to take all measures necessary to bring an immediate end to the aggression against the Palestinian people.”

    2009-01-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6061Resumption1 (2009) · source

  12. “The Israeli military attacks have caused additional shortages of basic food, medical supplies, drinking water and fuel, as well as electricity cuts, because assistance cannot be delivered. This is a horrible tragedy. People continue to arrive at hospitals; the number of injured continues to rise. The director of Gaza operations for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, John Ging, has called the situation incredible. For its part, my Government regrets the fact that the Security Council has not yet been able to reach any outcome while we see the number of victims of the barbaric Israeli attacks continue to rise.”

    2009-01-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6061Resumption1 (2009) · source

  13. “The attacks that took place yesterday - the day of the Three Kings, a very important day for children - on three schools protected by the United Nations flag, claiming more than 43 lives and injuring more than 100 people, was a further Israeli scorn for human rights, for the right to life, for international law, for the Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War and for the United Nations. It is a clear example of the tragedy that the people of Palestine are enduring. Many humanitarian organizations have condemned the humanitarian crisis throughout the 362 square kilometres of the Palestinian territory of Gaza, whose 1.5 million inhabitants have been living in misery owing to the blockade imposed by Israel.”

    2009-01-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6061Resumption1 (2009) · source

  14. “The wall that separates that population from its neighbours isolates them, forces them to live in misery and denies them the right to a homeland of their own. Regrettably, it is the descendants of those who had been declared stateless, who were the victims of Nazi persecution and genocide and who were forced to live in ghettoes who are now victimizing the Palestinian people. But while the Jewish Holocaust ended with the end of the Second World War and while the Jewish people were given a State and territory, the Government of Israel's excessive campaign of destruction has continued for more than 60 years. This has denied the Palestinian people - the age-old inhabitants of historic Palestine - the right to an independent homeland. Thus far, the two-State solution remains a solution on paper only. The situation in Gaza is tragic.”

    2009-01-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6061Resumption1 (2009) · source

  15. “Mr. Hermida Castillo (Nicaragua) (spoke in Spanish): It is with deep sadness and grief that the people of Nicaragua have learned the news of the tragedy being experienced once again by our brothers, the Palestinian people. Six hundred and sixty people have been killed and more than 3,000 injured as a result of the latest Israeli aggression against the occupied Palestinian territories. For more than 12 days now, the heroic Palestinian people have been the victims of bombardments by air, sea and land that constitute a massacre of the Palestinian civilian population. Yet again, history is repeating itself; regrettably, that appears to be happening with respect to the question of Palestine, whose population is suffering under persecution and systematic genocide.”

    2009-01-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6061Resumption1 (2009) · source

  16. “What is needed is to seek urgently an alternative to unbridled capitalism, which exacerbates conflicts to the benefit of the economic interests of the arms industries or those that extract natural resources, which are ultimately the greatest beneficiaries of the suffering and death caused by armed conflict. Lastly, my delegation would encourage all interested parties to continue to foster a constructive dialogue with the parties to conflict, which would yield tangible benefits for boys and girls affected by armed conflict.”

    2008-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5936Resumption1 (2008) · source

  17. “In order to achieve the Millennium Development Goal on education, we must give more attention to the fact that education is currently not part of emergency response. At the present time, two thirds of the children of the world who are not in school live in countries affected by conflict. Above and beyond all of those endeavours and the challenges that we face, if we really wish to put an end to the participation of children in armed conflict, we need to tackle the problem at its root - conflict itself. We agree with what has been said by many delegations and by the presidency of the Security Council in its statement issued in February, in which the need was stressed to establish a broad-ranging strategy of prevention aimed at attaining sustainable development and the eradication of poverty.”

    2008-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5936Resumption1 (2008) · source

  18. “Over the past few years, there has been much discussion on that topic and tangible progress has been acknowledged, including the creation of the Working Group of the Security Council on Children and Armed Conflict, the establishment of the monitoring and reporting mechanism and the adoption of commitments and plans of action by countries affected by armed conflict. Nonetheless, many challenges remain to be faced. Moreover, we must not ignore the importance of sustainable reintegration into communities and family, in which education plays a decisive role as a factor for peace. Greater efforts must be made to ensure the right to education in emergency situations. Education has often been ignored in situations of armed conflict.”

    2008-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5936Resumption1 (2008) · source

  19. “Mr. Hermida Castillo (Nicaragua) (spoke in Spanish): The delegation of Nicaragua would like to thank Viet Nam for convening this very important meeting. The delegation of Nicaragua regards this debate in the Security Council as one more opportunity to call attention to the tragic evil that embroils hundreds of thousands of children in armed conflict around the world, depriving them of their family life, their childhood, their education, their health and above all, in most cases of the simple opportunity to live.”

    2008-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5936Resumption1 (2008) · source