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Martinez Vezquez

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2015-05-29
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  1. “To cite the most recent meetings in that regard, I would mention those held by the group of five Sahelian States and by the conference of 10 countries of the Western Mediterranean. I should like to reiterate my gratitude to the presidency of the Council for affording ministers of the interior this opportunity to share their views. The capacity for political commitment is the measure of our strength to face the threat of foreign terrorist fighters. I am therefore convinced that this political momentum will imbue the spirit of the meeting we will hold in Madrid next July, which will be devoted to counteracting the flow of foreign terrorist fighters. It will be an honour to welcome participants to Spain.”

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  2. “As part of that effort to improve security at our borders and prevent the flow of foreign terrorist fighters, Spain actively advocates for the adoption of the European Union policy on such fighters coming from our continent. That is our responsibility as a State, which has suffered a great deal as has always remained at the forefront of the fight against terrorism in all its manifestations. That is also the message that we uphold in international forums that serve as our point of reference, such as the United Nations, the European Union and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, as well as in regional forums where we see international cooperation as a vital and irreplaceable tool.”

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  3. “And the criminal code now also covers recruitment and training, encitement to terrorist acts, defending terrorism, and victim humiliation. At the moment, we are modifying our criminal procedure act in order to ensure greater certainty with regard to technological research. Specifically to that end, we will update provisions concerning undercover agents with respect to future activities under assumed identity in the context of closed communication networks in order to allow the recording of images and conversations when necessary. On another front, in urder to comply with the requirement in resolution 2178 (2014) to prevent terrorists from crossing borders by ensuring effective border controls, we are aware of the fact that we should strengthen the security of our land, sea and air borders.”

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  4. “Moreover, on 2 February, the Prime Minister and the leader of the main opposition party signed a State pact to combat international terrorism, which they invited the entire political spectrum to join. The pact has already borne preliminary fruit, by way of a thorough reform of the penal code, passed with broad parliamentary support, that criminalizes new behaviors as crimes of terrorism, as requiresd by resolutionn 2178 (2014). Among other things, it also delinks the crime of terrorism from membership in a given terrorist organization, so as to effectively prosecute lone wolves. It also addresses indoctrination and military training, specifically including passive indoctrination and training, with special mention of such via the Internet. We also explicitely criminalize the phenomenon of foreign terrorist fighters.”

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  5. “It is a multidisciplinary tool for detecting outbreaks of violent radicalization and for taking timely action against them from different perspectives - the social, educational and communication - including producing counter-narratives that serve as an effective response against terrorist propaganda. We have also been proactive with regard to resolution 2178 (2014), which includes, among the best practices identified by the Global Countererrorism Forum, action within penal facilities. Last year, we launched a new programme to prevent radicalization in such facilities, with a View to preventing inmates from taking advantage of their time in prison to recruit new followers, increase their own radicalization and that of those around them or to interact with other cells of terrorist groups or common criminals.”

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  6. “We must make a resolute political commitment in the light of that common threat. That is why, last autumn, the Spanish Ministry of the Interior took a very strategic decision, in line with resolution 2178 (2014), to merge its coordination and criminal intelligence capabilities with the establishment of a new intelligence centre against terrorism and organized crime in order to combine our capacities to combat those two criminal phenomena. In only a few months, we have identified 200 links among different areas, demonstrating that there is a relationship between international terrorism and organized crime. As we know, that fact is key to efforts to combat their financing methods effectively. Similarly, earlier this year, the Spanish Government approved its national strategic plan to combat violent radicalization.”

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  7. “First of all, there must be a law enforcement response. Since 2004, the year of the brutal attack in Spain, we have carried out 124 operations to combat international terrorism, resulting in a total of 568 arrests. Since late 2011, the Government I represent has carried out 38 operations in Spain and made 104 arrests. We all know, however, that a law enforcement response is insufficient. We are at a decisive moment in building trust, sharing information and enhancing our cooperation capabilities. That is why we in Spain have stressed the need to work with the international community to identify those displaced terrorist fighters who return or will return to any of our countries more radicalized, trained for combat and often with very clear instructions to carry out attacks.”

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  8. “First, a comprehensive response from all State authorities is needed, as is robust and well-constructed international cooperation. Secondly, the fight against terrorism requires the utmost political and social legitimacy. That is why Spain recently adopted a State agreement to strengthen unity in defence of liberty and in the fight against terrorism, thereby guaranteeing optimum consensus and united political action. Thirdly, the fight against terror should not focus solely on repression; there is also a need to rely on intensive preventive action and a counter-narrative that rejects the language of radicalization. That must always be undertaken in the presence of and with proactive testimony and input of victims of terrorism. We are facing terrorism with very new aspects, necessitating a flexible and effective political response.”

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  9. “Spain's experience reveals that, with considerable effort and sacrifice on the part of society, it is possible to defeat terrorism and radicalization, but it requires a firm political and social commitment and decisive and ongoing law enforcement and judicial action. By adopting such a comprehensive View, and while upholding the rule of law, Spain has been able to defeat the terrorism perpetrated by Euskadi Ta Askatasuna and other local terrorist groups. Spain also experienced the scourge of international terrorism in a very painful manner with the attack of 11 March 2004, which made us the European country with the highest number of deaths caused by terrorism. On the basis of our experience in the fight against terrorism, we have come to a number of conclusions.”

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  10. “Mr. Martinez Vazquez (Spain) (spoke in Spanish): It is an honour to address the Security Council. I thank the Lithuanian presidency for organizing this meeting and I believe that it is very judicious to incorporate the perspectives ofMinistries ofthe Interior, given the clear responsibility they shoulder in the fight against the threat ofterrorism. This is a very positive initiative that highlights something that we have also observed in the European Union - the very close relationship between domestic security and foreign policy. This meeting therefore represents both an obligation and opportunity to reaffirm our political commitment against terrorism and to pursue our efforts to implement resolution 2178 (2014), which was adopted in September last year.”

    2015-05-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7453 (2015) · source