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Medina-Carrasco

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2009-10-05
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2010-01-27
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  1. “We ask the Security Council to look into the implementation of Chapter II of the Charter and to recommend to the General Assembly some of the actions provided for under it. This body's silence in the face of the Israeli Government's daily massacre of innocent Palestinians has cast doubt on its role as guarantor of international peace and security. We urge the Security Council to regain its legitimacy in dealing with the issue before us today, to carry out its functions and to adopt the decisions that, under the Charter of the United Nations, are necessary to definitively restore peace to the Middle East.”

    2010-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6265Resumption1 (2010) · source

  2. “As a Member State of the United Nations, we demand that the Security Council consider the implementation of Chapter II of the Charter of the United Nations. Given the record - which has been thoroughly considered over the decades in meetings of this Council as well as of the General Assembly - of grave violations of international law in general, to the detriment of the Palestinian people and of the countries of the region, like Syria and Lebanon, we should ask whether, if the State of Israel is mom propio capable of complying with the obligations of the Charter of the United Nations, it is prepared to do so. We should also ask whether the Security Council has taken the necessary preventive or coercive steps to limit the privileges of the State of Israel as provided for under Article 5.”

    2010-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6265Resumption1 (2010) · source

  3. “We should ask the Council what importance it attaches to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the wall, or to the conclusions and recommendations of the Human Rights Council's Fact- Finding Mission on Israel's terrible and aggressive policies of extermination against an innocent people, or even to the Security Council's own report on Israel's responsibility in that horrendous situation. Some of the victors of the Second World War sacrificed the Palestinian people without a second thought. Without consulting them, they decided that the Palestinians had to share their land with people of various nationalities who had only their religion in common. The United Nations owes an historic debt to the Palestinian people.”

    2010-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6265Resumption1 (2010) · source

  4. “Also of great concern are the letters from the Permanent Representatives of Lebanon and Syria to the Secretary-General in December 2009 and January of this year (S/2009/686 and S/2010/4 respectively) informing him of the ongoing violations committed by Israel on their respective territories. Syria has even condemned an Israeli plan to occupy additional Syrian territory in the Arab Golan and to Judaize its population. It is right to ask why, in other conflict situations and even in those outside its purview, this body acts with such speed, and even disproportionately. Why is there this complicit silence, this inaction when Israel's failure to observe all norms of international law and the Charter of the United Nations is so obvious?”

    2010-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6265Resumption1 (2010) · source

  5. “As the Council knows very well, it is a crime under international law to force the relocation of thousands of Palestinians from their own city. In that context, it is scandalous, to say the least, that some are trying to ignore the legitimate right of Palestinians to defend themselves in the face of brutal aggression by Israel - a regime that even possesses weapons of mass destruction. It is important to reiterate that the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela does not recognize Israel's annexation of East Jerusalem or its effort to have Jerusalem considered as a unified whole by declaring it eternal and indivisible.”

    2010-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6265Resumption1 (2010) · source

  6. “We wish to stress before the Security Council that Governments of goodwill are demanding the achievement of a lasting peace in the region. Within its mandate under the Charter, the Security Council must demand that Israel, the occupying Power, comply with General Assembly resolutions on the Middle East and withdraw from all the occupied territories. It is crucial that Israel put a permanent end to the policy of extermination against the Palestinian people that it has been carrying out. It must also put an end once and for all to settlements, blockades, the detention of Palestinians, the demolition of homes and evictions. This policy of genocide has been heightened in East Jerusalem, including through the revocation of identity cards for Palestinian residents, who have been forcibly removed.”

    2010-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6265Resumption1 (2010) · source

  7. “This situation is a result of the systematic refusal by the Israeli governing class to respect international law or the Palestinian people's right to peace and territorial integrity, or to respect the rights of Syria and Lebanon. The Government of Israel does not seem to realize that by practicing its malicious policies it is ignoring its own history and showing disrespect for it. We believe in peace built by peoples. Peace is not imposed by force, by threats or by war. In our capital, two major houses of worship are separated by a few metres: a mosque and a synagogue. There, the faithful gather to practice their religion. That scene is duplicated in many countries around the world. But it does not seem to be the case in the Middle East. We have to ask ourselves why.”

    2010-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6265Resumption1 (2010) · source

  8. “Ms. Medina-Carrasco (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) (spoke in Spanish): We wish, Mr. President, to express our satisfaction at the way in which you, the representative of the People's Republic of China, are guiding the work of the Security Council during the month of January. We thank you for having organized this meeting to consider the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. The Permanent Mission of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the United Nations fully supports the statement made by the Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement. We consider that the report by the Secretariat on the critical situation in the Middle East, in particular in Palestine, is most timely.”

    2010-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6265Resumption1 (2010) · source

  9. “We are referring in particular to the Council member that denies the Court's competence and demands that countries into which it makes military incursions grant diplomatic immunity to its agents and its military and security personnel. That situation strongly promotes impunity for serious crimes against women and children. This is an aspect that should be of concern to all United Nations Member States. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela fully supports all efforts made within the General Assembly, its funds and its programmes to ensure the comprehensive consideration of the advancement of women and their genuine empowerment in the context of an egalitarian and just society that respects their rights.”

    2009-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6196Resumption1 (2009) · source

  10. “We express our concern, however, at the fact that the Security Council continues to address General Assembly agenda items, which are outside the scope of its purview. That does not contribute to the adequate and balanced consideration of such items. With regard to peacekeeping operations, we believe that the Security Council cannot be both judge and party. We are concerned at the possibility that, under article 16 of the Rome Statute, the Council could indefinitely stall an investigation or proceedings being conducted by the International Criminal Court in this area, particularly when agents or officials of a permanent Council member are involved.”

    2009-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6196Resumption1 (2009) · source

  11. “Violations of women's human rights, given their many social, economic and political implications, undermine human coexistence and constitute serious crimes that compromise the dignity of women, as established in various instruments of international law. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela reaffirms its clear and firm commitment to promoting and respecting women's human rights and its support for the elimination of all forms of violence against women, including sexual violence. Venezuela believes that all relevant United Nations human rights entities should address the problems experienced by women in situations of armed conflict. We draw attention to the role that should be played by the Human Rights Council in that regard.”

    2009-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6196Resumption1 (2009) · source

  12. “Ms. Medina-Carrasco (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) (spoke in Spanish): I should like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council and to thank you for organizing this important debate on a most important issue. We should like our statement to serve as a reflection on this issue. We are concerned at the tone of a number of statements, and we should like our delegation's statement on behalf of the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to be properly understood. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is respectful of the norms of international law and the commitments undertaken in that context.”

    2009-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6196Resumption1 (2009) · source