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Llorentty Soliz

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“The Executive Directorate is a United Nations focal point for the Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering and collects relevant information from the other United Nations entities, such as the 1267 Monitoring Team and the Expert Group of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004), in order to draft and to present a United Nations observer report to the Asia/ Pacific Group annually. The Executive Directorate actively facilitated the dialogue between the Eurasian Group on Combating Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism and the Monitoring Team, which resulted in granting the Monitoring Team observer status within the Eurasian Group in May. When two or more groups participate in the same event, particularly the FATF and FATF-style regional body plenary meetings, they usually exchange information.”
2018-10-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8364 (2018) · source
“The Executive Directorate and the Monitoring Team took part in missions on an in-depth review of the Advance Passenger Information System and will do the same with regard to passenger name records. The Executive Directorate also acts as the FATF focal point for the United Nations expert bodies based in New York and coordinates the preparation of reports on joint activities three times a year, which are presented at each FATF plenary. The Executive Directorate also plans and coordinates annual meetings between the FATF secretariat and the expert bodies in New York.”
2018-10-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8364 (2018) · source
“Furthermore, the Counter- Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate and the Monitoring Team continue to work closely in drafting the Secretary-General's reports on the threat posed by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant. The three expert bodies continue to work with and reach out to various international and regional organizations of common interest in order to explore ways to further enhance the implementation of their respective mandates in a coordinated and complementary way. The three expert bodies continue to participate in platforms of common interest, such as the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force and its working groups and the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).”
2018-10-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8364 (2018) · source
“The three Committees have maintained close cooperation with the United Nations counter-terrorism bodies. On 28 September 2017, the Chairs of the 1267 Committee and the Counter-Terrorism Committee addressed the Council, together with the Under- Secretary-General of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism and the Officer-in-Charge of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate, at a briefing on "Threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts" (see S/PV.8059). On 28 June, the Chairs of the 1267 Committee and the Counter-Terrorism Committee addressed the United Nations High-level Conference of Heads of Counter- Terrorism Agencies of Member States, convened by the Secretary-General.”
2018-10-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8364 (2018) · source
“In that context, I would like to highlight that the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate and the Group of Experts of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) participated in two joint visits to Armenia and to Georgia in July. The Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team established pursuant to Security Council resolution 1526 (2004) participated in the Executive Directorate's visit to Ethiopia and to the Niger in July and will also take part in the visit to Mali in October. This month, the Monitoring Team and the Group of Experts of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) will participate in a joint workshop to be held in Zimbabwe to support capacity-building activities in the areas of countering the financing of terrorism and proliferation.”
2018-10-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8364 (2018) · source
“The Committees convened a joint briefing on Central Asia on 2 July. The three Committees continue to believe that those coordinated activities are very important tools for strengthening their dialogue with Member States, for helping to improve the overall understanding of their distinct yet complementary mandates, and for assisting Member States in implementing the relevant Security Council resolutions. The expert bodies associated with the three Committees continue to cooperate closely in working with Member States by exchanging information, coordinating visits in the context of their respective mandates, when appropriate, and facilitating and monitoring the technical assistance provided to Member States to implement the relevant Security Council resolutions.”
2018-10-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8364 (2018) · source
“In the light of that broad spectrum of measures, the three subsidiary bodies continue to attach great importance to coordination and cooperation among their respective Groups of Experts, the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team establihed pursuant to paragraph 7 of resolutions 1526 (2004); the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED); and the Group of Experts of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004). The three Committees are maintaining their efforts to enhance information-sharing through joint meetings and encourage their associated Groups of Experts to further step up their cooperation. Pursuant to resolution 2368 (2017), the 1267 Committee and the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) have undertaken a series of coordinated and more targeted outreach activities.”
2018-10-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8364 (2018) · source
“The three Committees and their respective Groups of Experts strive, within the limits of their respective mandates, to promote the most updated and effective measures based on human rights, the rule of law and gender issues in the areas of non-proliferation, sanctions, countering the financing of terrorism, border management and law enforcement, international judicial cooperation, prosecution, rehabilitation and reintegration, countering terrorist narratives and engaging communities.”
2018-10-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8364 (2018) · source
“The three Committees highlight the importance of bearing in mind the potentially devastating effects that nuclear, chemical or biological weapons could exert in the hands of non-State actors, including terrorists. The three Committees are aware that terrorist groups and their supporters are ready to commit extreme violence on a wide scale, which could have catastrophic humanitarian, economic, social and political consequences.”
2018-10-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8364 (2018) · source
“Terrorists, terrorist organizations and their affiliates and cells continue to adapt their tactics and methods, including by using modern means of communication to recruit followers, finance, plan and execute attacks against soft targets, and incite the commission of such acts. Returning and relocating foreign terrorist fighters pose new threats and challenges to their countries of origin and nationality and third countries. Globalization, rapid advances in science and technology and the continuously evolving trading environment bring not only great benefits, but also new risks, including with respect to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and terrorism.”
2018-10-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8364 (2018) · source
“On behalf of the Chairs of the Committee established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Da'esh), Al-Qaida and associated individuals, groups, undertakings and entities; the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1373 (2001) concerning counter-terrorism; and the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004), I have the honour to brief the Security Council on the work of the three Committees, including the ongoing cooperation between the three Committees and their respective Groups of Experts. The three Committees carry out their work in a strategic context in which the global security landscape has become significantly more complex, volatile and challenging. Terrorism continues to pose a grave threat to international peace and security.”
2018-10-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8364 (2018) · source
“Briefings by Chairs of subsidiary bodies of the Security Council The President (spoke in Spanish): The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. At the outset, I will make ajoint statement on behalf of the Committees established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015), 1373 (2001) and 1540 (2004). Following that joint statement, the Council will hear briefings by the Chairs of those three Committees. I shall now make a joint statement on behalf of the 1267, 1373 and 1540 Committees.”
2018-10-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8364 (2018) · source
“Expression of sympathy for the Victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Sulawesi, Indonesia The President (spoke in Spanish): On behalf of the Council, I would like to remember all those who lost their lives on Friday in the devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck Sulawesi, Indonesia. The members of the Council offer our deepest condolences to the families and loved ones of the victims, as well as to the people and the Government of Indonesia. I request members to stand and observe a minute of silence in solemn memory of those who lost their lives in that natural disaster. The members of the Council observed a minute ofsilence. Adoption of the agenda The agenda was adopted.”
2018-10-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8364 (2018) · source
“As this is the first public meeting of the Security Council for the month of October, I should like to take this opportunity to pay sincere tribute, on behalf of the Council, to Her Excellency Mrs. Nikki Haley, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the United States of America, for her service as President of the Council for the month of September. I am sure that I speak for all the members of the Council in expressing deep appreciation to Ambassador Haley and her delegation for the excellent diplomatic skill with which they conducted the Council's business last month.”
2018-10-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8364 (2018) · source
“In conclusion, we emphasize again that there is no military solution to this conflict; only a diplomatic solution based on dialogue and consultations will allow us to achieve the complete and verifiable denuclearization of the Korean peninsula and allow us to build a sustainable peace regime in that region.”
2018-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8363 (2018) · source
“With regard to sanctions, we insist that they should not be an end in themselves; in that respect, we express our concern about the possible adverse effect that they could have on the population of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Any action by the Council must not diminish the living conditions of local populations, while highlighting the important work done by the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1718 (2006) and facilitating exceptions for the importation of products for humanitarian purposes. Likewise, we reiterate our rejection of any unilateral action and any type ofimposition ofunilateral sanctions.”
2018-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8363 (2018) · source
“That opened up the possibility of a fourth meeting between both leaders in the city of Seoul, which would be quite an event and a clear sign of the strengthening of mutual trust. We highlight the holding of the summit between the Chairman of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the President of the United States last June in Singapore. I reiterate that such rapprochement should serve to build mutual trust between the parties with the ultimate goal of achieving the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula and building a lasting and stable peace regime, to which the suspension of military exercises will contribute.”
2018-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8363 (2018) · source
“For example, the Panmunjom Declaration for Peace, Prosperity and Unification of the Korean Peninsula, which calls to suspend all hostile acts in all areas, is a very powerful manifestation of the will of the parties in building mutual trust and in strengthening relations that seek peace, harmony and prosperity. We must point out that those conversations had more concrete results, such as the halting of ballistic missile tests, the dismantling ofthe Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site and the reunification of families separated for more than 60 years as a result of conflict, among others. More recently, at the Pyongyang summit, they agreed to permanently dismantle the Tongchang-ri ballistic missile engine and launch-test site, and the Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center.”
2018-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8363 (2018) · source
“Bolivia reiterates its commitment to comply with those resolutions and all resolutions issued by this organ. Since the beginning of 2018, and thanks to the political will of the different parties involved, the situation in the Korean peninsula has undergone positive changes. Bolivia, as a pacifist state, promoter of the culture of dialogue and peaceful settlement of disputes, welcomes the strengthening of the inter-Korean dialogue, which so far this year has already had three high-level meetings between Presidents Moon Jae-in and Kim Jong Un. The result of those meetings, which were based on sincere dialogue based on mutual respect, were very remarkable.”
2018-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8363 (2018) · source
“The year 2017 was one of the most intense years in the Security Council regarding the issue of non-proliferation in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. After the nuclear test in September of that year and multiple ballistic missile tests, the Security Council unanimously adopted three resolutions, which not only imposed increasingly harsh sanctions on that country but also expressed the prevailing need for peaceful solutions to the conflict on the Korean peninsula. In that context, we consider that the imposition of sanctions is fulfilling part of its objectives to create opportunities to bring the parties to the negotiating table in order to resume the dialogue to reach a peaceful, diplomatic and political solution that leads to the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.”
2018-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8363 (2018) · source
“In that regard, we have signed the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. For that reason, we reiterate our call on all States that have not yet done so, in particular the so-called nuclear-weapon States, to sign that important Treaty, because the best way to fight against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction is by guaranteeing their total prohibition by all State and non-State actors. Bolivia once again calls on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to stop and dismantle its programme for the development of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, with the ultimate goal of achieving complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization of the entire Korean peninsula.”
2018-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8363 (2018) · source
“Mr. Llorentty Soliz (Plurinational State ofBolivia) (spoke in Spanish): On this occasion, as President Evo Morales Ayma said in yesterday's meeting (see S/PV.8362), the issue of the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons is one of the most important on the Security Council's agenda, and therefore of special importance for my country. Bolivia is part of the first densely populated region in the world to declare itself free of nuclear weapons, just over 50 years ago, through the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America - the Treaty of Tlatelolco, Moreover, Bolivia has enshrined in its Constitution the prohibition of the manufacture and use of chemical, biological and nuclear weapons on the Bolivian territory, as well as the internment, transit and deposit of nuclear and toxic waste.”
2018-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8363 (2018) · source
“It is also essential to remind the parties that attacks or military campaigns that target civilians, public spaces, housing or medical and educational facilities, as well as missile launches and the deployment of anti-personnel mines, are contrary to international law and international humanitarian law. Such actions could constitute war crimes and be investigated and punished by the relevant international courts. Finally, with a view to achieving a political solution to the conflict in Yemen, my delegation reiterates its full support for the efforts at mediation and dialogue initiated and being carried out by the Special Envoy vis-a-vis the parties.”
2018-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8361 (2018) · source
“All actors and parties involved must therefore put an immediate end to the violence, abandon any precondition to establish dialogue and commit to starting a negotiation process for a political solution that meets the demands and aspirations of the Yemeni people, while respecting the country's sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity. My delegation supports the process of consultations and dialogue launched by the Special Envoy, as an important initiative to foster a political negotiation process that would allow for a peaceful settlement to the situation in Yemen. We again call on the actors and parties involved to join and contribute constructively to the dialogue process.”
2018-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8361 (2018) · source
“On 14 September, it reported that approximately 3,500 people had been displaced as a result of clashes in districts adjacent to Al-Hudaydah. Clearly, a military campaign in that city could cause a major disaster. Those acts of war serve only to undermine and go against the efforts being carried out by the United Nations and the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General to resume dialogue to bring the parties together in the quest for a negotiated solution to the conflict. Therefore, the Council must emphatically reiterate to the parties that compliance with its resolutions if obligarory, in particular resolution 2216 (2015).”
2018-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8361 (2018) · source
“Similarly, effects could then be felt throughout the country as ports that are vital to the survival of the Yemeni people are compromised or rendered useless by the military strife under way. We recall that more than 70 per cent of the imports that arrive in Yemen enter through the port of Al-Hudaydah. Therefore, an attack on the city or port would not only seriously affect the 22 million people who currently need humanitarian assistance in the country; the number of people who require urgent assistance would become unsustainable. It is also important to bear in mind that increased violence would also lead to the displacement of entire families fleeing the conflict and heading to the city of Al-Hudaydah for shelter. A clear example of that situation was recorded by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.”
2018-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8361 (2018) · source
“Regrettably, such armed clashes have extended beyond the port and have affected the main road connecting the cities of Al-Hudaydah and Sana'a, making it practically impossible to use that route to transport goods and humanitarian assistance. In addition, as Mr. Lowcock explained, they have affected the Red Sea Mills silos. Since the start of the conflict, the number of civilian Victims who have died or have been seriously injured as a result of the clashes and attacks on civilian areas and infrastructure has risen to more than 16,000. That number could spike dangerously if the city of Al-Hudaydah and its more than 600,000 residents are trapped in the midst of a military campaign.”
2018-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8361 (2018) · source
“Mr. Llorentty Soliz (Plurinational State ofBolivia) (spoke in Spanish): My delegation joins in the gratitude expressed by several of our colleagues to the delegation of the United Kingdom for requesting today's meeting. We also thank you, Madam President, for putting this item on the agenda. And we thank Mr. Mark Lowcock for his briefing. We listened attentively to the details of the horrific effects of the war. My delegation is deeply concern about the increasing level of violence in Yemen, and in particular about the stepped up bombing and air strikes resulting from the military campaigns in the area surrounding the city of Al-Hudaydah.”
2018-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8361 (2018) · source
“Bolivia is convinced that the only long-term option for resolving this occupation is the two-State solution, ultimately leading to a free, sovereign and independent Palestinian State within the pre-1967 international borders and with East Jerusalem as its capital, in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the Security Council and the General Assembly.”
2018-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8358 (2018) · source
“Given this priority need, we call on the States Members ofthe Organization to continue making their valuable economic contributions to the Agency in the understanding that the current crisis has the sole effect of worsening of the quality of life for all Palestinian refugees. As on other occasions, Bolivia expresses its firm commitment to all international efforts to find a peaceful solution to the situation and, in this regard, endorses such initiatives as the Quartet road map, the Madrid principles, the Arab Peace Initiative and others that guaranteejust and lasting peace so that both peoples are able to live within internationally recognized and secure borders.”
2018-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8358 (2018) · source
“We also categorically reject the politicization of humanitarian assistance engaged in by some Member States as they withdraw their economic support for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), justifying their decision by claiming that the school, health and assistance services provided by the Agency are wanting. Bolivia offers its warmest commendation to UNRWA for its humanitarian work in assisting the more than 5.4 million Palestinian men and women who find themselves refugees in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, Gaza, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.”
2018-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8358 (2018) · source
“The report also details a total of 50 Palestinian casualties during the attempt of 10 boats to set sail from Gaza to break the Israeli naval blockade as part of the so-called Great March of Return. These incidents culmminated in the ships being impounded by the Israeli navy and, as usual, the use oflethal weapons of war and tear gas. We are concerned about the dreadful unemployment among Palestinians in the occupied territories. The unemployment rate is 27 per cent - the highest in the world, according to a report of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, which also warns that the impact is higher on women and young people.”
2018-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8358 (2018) · source
“Mladenov, under the pretext of an absence of building permits, the Government of Israel has demolished or confiscated 25 structures belonging to Palestinian families in Area C and in East Jerusalem. As a result of this arbitrary action, 47 people 4 including 23 children - have been displaced and the livelihoods of 108 civilians seriously affected. My delegation forcefully rejects the deadly attacks of the Israeli armed forces on the Palestinian civilian population, including those reported by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in its report on the protection of civilians. In the report, OCHA details the murder by the Israeli army of three Palestinians, including two children, with 666 wounded between 28 August and 10 September as a result of the use of live fire.”
2018-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8358 (2018) · source
“We stress the importance of having written reports provided to delegations because it allows us to have first-hand information relating to the complete cessation of all Israeli settlement activities, which is critical to safeguarding the two-State solution in accordance with resolution 2334 (2016). Unfortunately, the Government of Israel continues to demonstrate its disdain for the resolutions adopted by the Security Council. Its administrative and legal acts continue to dangerously foment negative trends on the ground and are used as justification by the security forces to take part in violent action against the Palestinian people and their property.As we were informed today by Mr.”
2018-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8358 (2018) · source
“Mr. Llorentty Soliz (Plurinational State ofBolivia) (spoke in Spanish): My delegation thanks Mr. Nikolay Mladenov for the information he has provided today. I would like to begin my statement by expressing our concern at the fact that a written report on the implementation of resolution 2334 (2016) was not circulated, although it had been requested by 10 members of the Council in a letter dated 14 May and was acted upon in June, when the report was distributed in good time. I thank the Secretary-General for having acceded to our request at that time, and we reiterate that this should be a recurring practice for all reports.”
2018-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8358 (2018) · source
“To conclude, we are certain that the collective response, both to terrorist threats and to political instability in Somalia, must be robust and consistent. The international community must continue its strengthened cooperation for the full implementation of the national security architecture throughout Somali territory, so that in the near future the Somali security forces can take full responsibility for maintaining the security of their country and their people.”
2018-09-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8352 (2018) · source
“Asymmetric attacks using car bombs, improvised explosive devices, including those controlled remotely, have caused the loss ofhundreds of lives and significant material damage. The kidnapping of Government and international staff, the kidnapping, recruitment and indoctrination of children as fighters, as well as sexual violence against women and girls, particularly those who have suffered forced displacement, all are alarming. We commend the coordination between UNSOM and the United Nations Development Programme in the implementation of support programmes for the protection of victims of sexual violence and in the establishment of preventive measures. The protection of women, boys and girls is and must be a priority.”
2018-09-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8352 (2018) · source
“Sustainable peace must be brought about through political tools if political solutions are to be found. Dialogue means learning and requires reflection and the recognition not only of differences but also of areas of common ground. It also facilitates crisis recovery and can avert an escalation of violence insofar as the priorities and needs of all stakeholders are borne in mind. On another tack, we are deeply concerned at the continual deterioration of the security situation. As several colleagues have already mentioned, the presence in Somalia of the Al-Shabaab terrorist group and a self- declared faction of the so-called Islamic State continues to highlight the imperative need to identify the means necessary to counter such threats.”
2018-09-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8352 (2018) · source
“In that regard, the political road map for Somalia shows significant progress that we are certain will be reflected in significant advantages of mutual benefit to both the Federal Government and federal states. Bolivia fully supports the efforts of the international community to implement initiatives for mediation and preventive diplomacy that support the quest for a peaceful and sustainable solution to the conflict in Somalia. In this regard, it behoves us continually to highlight the work of the African Union Mission in Somalia and its personnel, some of whom have sacrificed their lives in the service of their mandate. We fervently appeal to the parties to use peaceful mechanisms for resolving conflicts and disputes. We stress the need for the use of political means, including inclusive dialogue.”
2018-09-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8352 (2018) · source
“in providing support to the Office of National Security, which we deem of paramount importance to building capacities in the area of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration, as well as effective weapons and ammunition management, maritime security and strengthening the capacities of the country's police forces. In this respect, we would echo those who call for effective coordination of the various international stakeholders involved so as to ensure that all cooperation efforts in the security field are made in close coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia. At the political level, we are concerned at the persistent tensions between certain federal states and the Federal Government, as political rivalries undermine Government oversight and hamper all the efforts of our Organization and the international community.”
2018-09-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8352 (2018) · source
“We would underscore also the initiatives taken by the Federal Government in the areas of peacebuilding, State-building, the strengthening of the rule of law, security-sector reform and other key objectives, which demonstrate its ongoing commitment to achieving political and social stability and, above all, to providing protection to the civilian population. On security-sector reform, we note that it is vital that Somalia take ownership of the process, which must be built on a relationship of mutual trust and be consensus- and inclusivity-based with respect to both Federal Government and the federal states. To that end, we underscore the importance of the work of UNSOM.”
2018-09-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8352 (2018) · source
“Bolivia welcomes the efforts of the African Union, the United Nations and countries of the region to achieve peace and security in Somalia and overcome ongoing terrorist threats. We also underscore and commend the efforts of the Federal Government of Somalia to build and consolidate the political process of peace and reconciliation, in the framework of its sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity, with a focus on defining its priorities for development, strengthening resilience and promoting socioeconomic transformation.”
2018-09-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8352 (2018) · source
“Mr. Llorentty Soliz (Plurinational State of Bolivia) (spoke in Spanish): We would like to thank Mr. Francisco Caetano Jose Madeira, Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for Somalia and Head of the African Union Mission in Somalia, and Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of UN-Women, for their briefings. As my other colleagues have mentioned, we thank Mr. Michael Keating, not only for his briefing today, but also for his commitment, efforts and determination in supporting the well-being of Somalia and the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations. I also echo my colleagues in welcoming the new Permanent Representative of Ethiopia and take this opportunity to pay tribute to his predecessor, Ambassador Tekeda Alemu. The new representative has our full support.”
2018-09-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8352 (2018) · source
“Prendergast mentioned, the financial system is used through those tax havens and banking secrecy, and in conjunction with transnational corporations, to launder money from criminal activities, including corruption and the plundering of natural resources, which is used, inter alia, to finance conflicts. That is why we must fight corruption worldwide - first and foremost within the global financial system. In conclusion, we emphasize our conviction that the promotion of the rule of law at the international level is fundamental to make a reality a fairer world and Organization that can deal with the phenomenon of corruption effectively and in respect for the sovereignty of all States.”
2018-09-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8346 (2018) · source
“There are also initiatives against corruption in the framework of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States and the Union of South American Nations. However, rules and regulations are not everything. A strong political commitment to fight such a phenomenon and take concrete actions to eliminate that evil is needed. In that regard, it is necessary to work on the elimination of tax havens, as well as to design, adopt and implement measures to supervise and control transnational corporations, which undermine the sovereignty of States and in many cases encourage corruption and the violation of human rights. As Mr.”
2018-09-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8346 (2018) · source
“In Bolivia, President Evo Morales Ayma, together with other authorities of the country, decided voluntarily and for the first time in the history of Bolivia, to renounce banking secrecy for the sake of transparency - an example that should be replicated throughout the world. Moreover, at the international level, this year marks the fifteenth anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Convention against Corruption, which enjoys broad international consensus and has served as an international framework for cooperation to strengthen prevention and mitigate the risks of corruption. At the regional level, the member States of the Organization of American States adopted the Lima Commitment to tackle systemic corruption. Bolivia adhered to those documents, as well as to the Inter-American Convention against Corruption.”
2018-09-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8346 (2018) · source
“The Council should set an example of defending and promoting the rule of law, respecting the sovereign equality of States, the peaceful settlement of disputes and non-interference in the domestic jurisdiction of any State. Selective application and politicization of rules that aggravate conflicts and weaken the credibility and authority of the Security Council, and thus the United Nations system, should be avoided. The United Nations, and the international community in general, should cooperate with Member States in the creation and strengthening of their institutions and the rule of law, assuming responsibility themselves for fighting corruption, and I repeat, doing that in strict respect for the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of States.”
2018-09-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8346 (2018) · source
“In that regard, Bolivia emphasizes that the Security Council's decision to hold this informative briefing should not be considered a precedent and should not lead to undermining the authority or mandate of the competent bodies in which the entire membership participates or to the exploitation of this meeting for ideological reasons. Likewise, it should neither lead to the undermining of the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of States by using the Security Council under the pretext of fighting corruption for international peace and security, nor should it be used for ideological reasons, as we said before. By the same token, it should not be used as an excuse to undercut legitimate and democratic Governments or to encourage policies of regime change.”
2018-09-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8346 (2018) · source
“The Council must also comply with the Charter and with international law both in its decisions and in its actions. The interference of the Security Council in the functions and powers of other organs of the United Nations is a distortion of the purposes and principles of the Charter, undermines the authority of those organs and violates the rights of all Member States. Including corruption as a threat to international peace and security in the Council's agenda does not give any added value and leads only to greater politicization of the issue and heightened disagreement among States.”
2018-09-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8346 (2018) · source
“In many cases, corruption derives from weak institutions due to a lack of economic resources or regions with armed conflict. It can also emerge where there is a lack of State presence as a product of the key causes of conflicts. We therefore believe that corruption is fundamentally an issue that falls under the functions and powers of the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council and the relevant subsidiary bodies of the Organization. Those powers are set forth in the Charter of the United Nations, and the Security Council is duty-bound to respect that and to confine itself to matters that constitute threats to international peace and security. The Security Council must identify threats to international peace and security in accordance with the purposes and principles of the Charter, as stipulated in Article 24, paragraph 2.”
2018-09-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8346 (2018) · source