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Mendoza-Garcia

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first: 2015-01-30
most recent: 2018-02-06
sittings or episodes: 16
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“At the same time, Costa Rica reaffirms its belief in the need to address other situations that can create spaces for the spread of terrorism and its narrative, such as prolonged unresolved conflicts; the dehumanization of victims; the absence of the rule of law; violations of human rights; discrimination on ethnic, nationality or religious bases; the political exclusion; economic marginalization, and the lack of effective governance, among others. We reaffirm the need for a comprehensive, multidisciplinary and multilevel approach, led by the United Nations. We take this opportunity to appeal respectfully to States that have not ratified the Arms Trade Treaty to do so without delay. The diversion of weapons to extremist groups could be reduced significantly if more States implemented the provisions of the Treaty.”
2016-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7690 (2016) · source
“The day after the bombing in Paris, a network campaign was launched under the title "Nous Sommes Unis", prepared by the Quilliam Foundation, a civil society think tank based in the United Kingdom. The campaign carried a message of peace in which several people, Muslim and non-Muslim, francophone and non-francophone, European and non-European, spoke of unity and solidarity, rejecting ideologies and narratives that divide and kill innocent people. That is a good example of possible actions to counter the terrorist narrative.”
2016-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7690 (2016) · source
“However, nowadays, when Da'esh recruits mostly through social networks and collective media, it might be appropriate for the media to consider the possibility of adopting voluntary codes of conduct for journalists covering terrorism, including, for example, avoiding the glorification of terrorists. Another possibility is to provide media communication opportunities to victims of terrorism and their families, thereby empowering the victims and giving them a voice. That voice should be transmitted in the same cultural language and through the same channels used by young people, like the terrorists do. Without affecting freedom of expression and the right of access to information, it may be appropriate to assess whether the establishment of guidelines such as those I have mentioned could be useful to counter the terrorist narrative.”
2016-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7690 (2016) · source
“If we want to prevent vulnerable young people who hold moderate opinions from becoming militant extremists, and militant extremists from becoming terrorists, it is necessary to address the ideological narrative used to draw them into their ranks. In that regard, my delegation recognizes the importance of resolution 1624 (2005), which seeks, among other things, to prevent educational, cultural and religious institutions from encouraging extremist indoctrination by calling for Member States to legally prevent and prohibit incitement to acts of terrorism, in accordance with their obligations under international human rights law.”
2016-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7690 (2016) · source
“Terrorist groups such as Da'esh and the Al-Nusra Front promote the recruitment of young people through media campaigns with a narrative that presents the West as an enemy of Islam, which requires recruits willing to defend it. In 2014 and 2015 alone, Da'esh launched more than 1,000 media campaigns for recruitment purposes. These were translated into Russian, English, French and German. Most consisted of videos showing terrorists in battle. The second-most recurrent theme consisted of interviews with terrorists who have been recruited from around the world. In that period, the number of foreign fighters grew by 70 per cent.”
2016-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7690 (2016) · source
“Mr. Mendoza-Garcia (Costa Rica) (spoke in Spanish): Costa Rica thanks the delegation of Egypt for the timely organization of this debate. We have witnessed a dramatic evolution in the nature of the terrorist threat. In recent months, attacks on almost every continent have killed, maimed or displaced tens of thousands of civilians. We send a message of solidarity to the Governments and the peoples of Egypt and Iraq with respect to the recent attacks they have suffered. Terrorism is more than ever a serious threat to States and the international community as a whole. The flow of foreign terrorist fighters - more than 30,000 individuals from some 100 United Nations Member State, as reported by the Organization - has further complicated the response to the threat.”
2016-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7690 (2016) · source
“What is crucial now is to be able to integrate them and, above all, to truly understand and apply the experts' recommendations. It is vital that we meet Goal 16 of the 2030 Agenda, which we must all support in order to promote and strengthen security at both the national and international levels by strengthening democracy and human rights and promoting respect for the rule of law. The world we bequeath to future generations demands an enduring and collective effort if we are to build a lasting and sustainable peace for all.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“The existence of the University for Peace sends a message that tells the entire world that peace is not born out of nothing but is rather the result of a constant building process, a question of responsibility to humankind and one that must be worked on if it is to be achieved. In that regard, we are very honoured that Costa Rica hosts that academic institution, in recognition of our pacifist, democratic, unarmed civic tradition and on our trust in the multilateral system and international law as our only instruments of defence. At this seventieth anniversary of the United Nations, the three review processes connected to peace - of peace operations, the peacebuilding architecture and women and peace and security - have taken on great importance.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“Costa Rica hopes that Colombia will achieve its longed-desired irreversible transition from war to sustainable peace with the support of the international community. My delegation believes that peacekeeping and peacebuilding are necessarily achieved through the promotion of a culture of peace. We are talking about an educational task based on studying and preventing conflict, eliminating cultural violence, and promoting disarmament, as well as educating people so that dissent and non-conformism do not become triggers of violence. Peace will continue to be a constant challenge demanding means, resources, personnel and thoughtfulness.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“We are very happy with the joint statement of 19 January issued by the Government of Colombia and the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia committing to their final peace accords. That goal became even closer with the Security Council's unanimous adoption, on 25 January, of resolution 2261 (2016), which creates a political monitoring and verification mission that will have the support of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States. On top of that came the announcement, on 16 February, of the creation of a post-conflict stabilization and peacebuilding fund. There can be no question that the support we provide to that peace process will be of benefit to the whole world.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“In regions as diverse as Central Asia, Africa and the Middle East, many countries are struggling to address the root causes of conflict, while in January 2014 the Presidents and Heads of State of Latin America and the Caribbean proclaimed the region a zone of peace and reiterated their continued commitment to the peaceful settlement of disputes, with the goal of banishing forever the use or threat of use of force in our region. Our Heads of State also stressed the commitment of the States of the region to complying strictly with their obligation not to intervene, directly or indirectly, in the internal affairs of any other State and to observing the principles of national sovereignty, equal rights and the people's right to self-determination.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“As stated in the Secretary- General's report (S/2010/466) on women's participation in peacebuilding and the report (see S/2015/490) of the Advisory Group of Experts on the Review of the Peacebuilding Architecture, women are crucial partners in the transition from war to peace. They are key agents in promoting social cohesion, political legitimacy and economic recovery. We must also continue to demand respect for the policy of zero tolerance for sexual abuse.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“Our challenge is arriving at transitions to lasting peace that can enable democratic participation in decision-making and the full implementation of the Goals, targets and indicators of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (General Assembly resolution 70/1). Achieving sustainable development is a prerequisite for preventing relapses into conflict. Peacebuilding definitely requires more time than we currently allow it. We must work on post-conflict reconstruction by rebuilding legitimate institutions and restoring the people's trust. That requires adequate transition time and careful attention to human rights, security and sustainable development. That is how to build inclusive, sustainable peace that is not imposed and runs no risk of relapsing into conflict. Women's participation is and will remain essential to maintaining peace.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“The fragmentation and lack of cohesion in the United Nations are major problems that pose significant obstacles to peacebuilding, and we have to address and solve them and thus provide a speedy response to them. We should place great emphasis on preventing conflicts, both operationally and structurally. The big challenges to peace require, among other things, establishing greater economic equity, building sustainable development, human security and effective democratic participation, and replacing a culture of violence with a culture of peace. Violent conflicts are often a symptom of the existence of profound inequalities, social exclusion, violations of human rights and a lack of good governance and the rule of law, to name only a few.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“The situation is more complex and the clashes last longer, and therefore the international Organization has to be more adaptive. Modern conflicts have tended to transcend borders, entering a new, transnational dimension. While that makes the role of the United Nations a fundamental one, it does the same for the regional and subregional organizations that take on a more specific responsibility for conflict areas. In that regard, creating alliances is crucial. Since the maintenance of peace is the principal objective of the United Nations, it is essential that we have shared responsibility and that all its Members focus seriously on prevention, reconstruction and post- conflict recovery, not just on the imposition of peace.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“It is vital that we exchange the logic of confrontation, blame and war for one of good faith, goodwill and peace. As is stipulated in its Charter, the main objective of the United Nations must remain the maintenance of peace, which requires that we act preventively and in a timely fashion and that we be capable of preventing conflicts and of maintaining a presence during and after them. The post-conflict period is a critical stage, and under no circumstances should be pushed into the background. Since its creation, the United Nations approach to the maintenance of international peace and security has evolved significantly. The global dynamic has changed, with the emergence of new types of conflicts and movements.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“Mr. Mendoza-Garcia (Costa Rica) (spoke in Spanish): We congratulate you, Sir, and the Venezuelan Mission for the work it is doing this month during its presidency of the Security Council and for having convened today's open debate on a subject of vital importance for my delegation. We thank the Ambassadors of Kenya and Sweden and Mr. Rosenthal for their briefings earlier today. As a peace-loving nation that voluntarily disarmed 67 years ago, Costa Rica is a firm believer in the peaceful settlement of conflicts between peoples and between States within a framework of international law and multilateral diplomacy. That decision was made based on our conviction of the importance of contributing to international peace and security, principles that govern our foreign policy.”
2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source
“Luis Guillermo Solis Rivera, in his statement in the general debate (see A/70/PV.19) at the opening of the seventieth session of the General Assembly, to strengthen the United Nations at the epicentre of global governance, the Security Council must assume its responsibilities in the maintenance of international peace and security, take into account human rights considerations in its operations and improve its work on conflict prevention.”
2015-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7540Resumption1 (2015) · source
“We welcome the work Special Envoy Cheikh Ahmed has planned with Government representatives and with the Houthis and their allies to complete the preparations for the negotiations, the aim of which is to lay the foundations for a lasting peace that will benefit the Yemeni people. For all these reasons, we hope the Security Council can fully carry out its mandate in the Middle East to maintain international peace and security and fulfil its duty to promote the full implementation of international justice and the rule of law. As reaffirmed by the President of the Republic of Costa Rica, Mr.”
2015-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7540Resumption1 (2015) · source
“However, many people in need are still trapped without access to humanitarian assistance. That is why we urge that assistance be allowed to reach its destination and that humanitarian issues remain outside of conflicts. One might think that at this point, and given the developments in the conflict, it would be resolved by one or two Powers. On the contrary, we believe that the Security Council is called upon to play a role in order to diversify the conversations and bring about interactions and dialogues that are different from those that have occurred around the crisis in recent weeks. With regard to the current situation in Yemen, my delegation looks favourably on the statements made by the officials of the Yemeni Government expressing the willingness to participate in peace talks.”
2015-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7540Resumption1 (2015) · source
“We hope that it will be possible to explore the real and tangible options, as was recently stated by the United States, to achieve a political transition in Syria, whose civil war has intensified with Russia's intervention on 30 September in support of the Damascus Government against the insurgents. The extension and deepening of the conflict is causing unprecedented humanitarian effects. Every day that tensions increase, there is an exponential increase in the violations of rights and the suffering of the Syrian people. We are pleased that, due to the ceasefire agreements, the United Nations system, together with its partners the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, has managed to deliver medical supplies in several cities in Syria.”
2015-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7540Resumption1 (2015) · source
“He also underscored that the Israeli occupation and the dwindling prospects for a Palestinian State have contributed to worsening the situation. My country will never cease to urge that parties resume negotiations on the core issues of the conflict that still exist, based on the obligations already acquired and the agreements previously agreed among the parties and supported by international law and the decisions of the Security Council and the General Assembly. For Costa Rica, it is crucial to bring an end to the armed conflict in Syria and to seek an early political solution, especially with regard to the humanitarian crisis.”
2015-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7540Resumption1 (2015) · source
“My delegation is deeply concerned about the Israeli- Palestinian conflict, and especially the escalation of violence in recent months, which we vigorously condemn and in which civilians, including women and children, continue to pay a high price. During the emergency meeting convened by the Security Council on 16 October (see S/PV.7536), it became clear that it was necessary for the international community to take action because it can no longer stand by and bear witness without doing anything about this conflict. As the Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Mr. Taye-Brook Zerihoun, warned, we should ponder the serious consequences of turning this conflict into one of a religious nature.”
2015-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7540Resumption1 (2015) · source
“Mr. Mendoza-Garcia (Costa Rica) (spoke in Spanish): We congratulate the Spanish delegation on assuming the presidency for the month of October. We thank Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson for his briefing and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Spain, Mr. Jose Manuel Garcia Margallo, for his statement. Costa Rica has decided to participate in this open debate because of the importance it attaches to the situation in the Middle East. As a peace-loving country that has not had a standing army by its own volition for more than 65 years, Costa Rica is a firm believer in the peaceful settlement of conflicts between peoples and States in the context of international law and multilateral diplomacy. As stated by His Holiness Pope Francis, war brings destruction and multiplies the sufferings of peoples.”
2015-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7540Resumption1 (2015) · source
“It can choose to refresh its collaborative energy, renew the momentum to consolidate current achievements and meet new challenges, or it can retreat to its familiar protocol and close ranks around its own prerogatives, which would negatively impact its effectiveness and legitimacy. We all know that the first of these is the only viable option.”
2015-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7539Resumption1 (2015) · source
“Nevertheless, Costa Rica and other will continue to work to generate the political momentum needed to ensure that the Security Council presents not just one, but two or more candidates to the General Assembly, and that the process include an election, and not simply an appointment. Rather than ask when we should begin to implement resolution 69/321, the question we should be asking ourselves is why we have taken so long. We ask the same question every year when we find that the Security Council's rules of procedure are still provisional and that, despite the calls of the membership, a plan of action for implementing presidential note S/2010/507 and its subsequent updates has yet to be adopted. The Security Council is at a critical juncture in terms of its transparency and working methods in general.”
2015-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7539Resumption1 (2015) · source
“It is urgent that the process of selection for the next Secretary-General - whom Costa Rica hopes will be a woman - begin as soon as possible with the dispatch of a joint letter from the President of the General and the President of the Security Council. The recently adopted resolution maps the way forward ,and my delegation will attach due importance and attention to the implementation of the process. My delegation is encouraged that from this point on, and for the first time in history, we will have the opportunity to know the names of the candidates and their platforms and to interact with them.”
2015-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7539Resumption1 (2015) · source
“The election of the next Secretary-General will be a golden opportunity to increase the equality, transparency, predictability and inclusivity of this process and to further strengthen the relationship between the General Assembly and the Security Council, as it is a decision taken not by the 15 members of the Council alone but by the entire membership. Costa Rica would urge us all to take advantage of the momentum surrounding the adoption of General Assembly resolution 69/321, on the revitalization of the General Assembly's work, by launching as soon as possible the process to determine who will occupy the role of Secretary-General as of 1 January 2017.”
2015-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7539Resumption1 (2015) · source
“The fact that 15 Arria Formula meetings have been held this year is worth noting with appreciation.In that regard, we also commend the work of the non-permanent members of the Security Council and urge them to use all means at their disposal to ensure that the Council increases both its transparency and its effective engagement with other relevant stakeholders. This brings me to the second point that I should like to highlight in this debate - the importance of the role of the Secretary-General, whether through his good offices in accordance with Article 99 of the Charter, or through initiatives such as "Rights up front".”
2015-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7539Resumption1 (2015) · source
“This communication should be much more fluid and dynamic, not only with the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council and the Secretariat, but also with the Peacebuilding Commission, the Special Representatives and Envoys of the Secretary-General, and especially with the International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice. This communication should also extend to regional and subregional organizations, troop-contributing countries and civil society organizations that, through the Arria Formula format, have the opportunity to directly influence the Council's work.”
2015-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7539Resumption1 (2015) · source
“Mr. Mendoza-Garcia (Costa Rica) (spoke in Spanish): Costa Rica would like to thank Spain for convening this open debate on the Security Council's working methods, and the President of the General Assembly, Mr. Mogens Lykketoft, and the Vice-President of the Economic and Social Council, Mr. Sven Jiirgenson, for their opening statements. Allow me to address two specific points. First, my delegation recognizes the importance of deepening communication between the Security Council and other bodies and actors in order to allow the former to effectively carry out its tasks.”
2015-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7539Resumption1 (2015) · source
“The emerging global trends caused by natural disasters and the adverse impacts of climate change compel us to look at the big picture, including the effects involuntary human displacements. We believe that initiatives such as the Nansen Initiative on cross- border displacement due to natural disasters can lay the foundation for a protection and prevention agenda so as to guarantee the fundamental rights of the people involved. To conclude, I wish to call upon all Member States not to forget these and other challenges mentioned in this debate during negotiations at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Paris Conference, in Paris. The agreement we reach there must take into account the main concerns we have expressed here, and we hope that the final Paris outcome will reflect those concerns.”
2015-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7499 (2015) · source
“These efforts must be accompanied by the establishment of an action plan for cooperation on the part of the international community with middle-income countries, many of which are SIDS. These efforts also must go hand in hand with the implementation of the Green Climate Fund. It is key to ensure its funding, so that developing countries, including SIDS, will have the financial resources necessary to deal with the impacts of climate change and will be able to provide better, more effective and lasting solutions focused on adaptation and mitigation. We call on the developed countries to fulfil the objective of mobilizing $100 billion annually by 2020, as they have committed to doing.”
2015-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7499 (2015) · source
“Working together on the eve of the outcome of negotiations on the new sustainable development agenda and on the basis of the already negotiated Addis Ababa Action Agenda should fuel our desire to deepen our dialogue. Our aim must always be to promote a comprehensive approach in that respect, acknowledge the various challenges facing this group of countries, place the United Nations system at the heart of the activities, and closely involve the relevant regional and subregional organizations, the international financial system, the private sector, civil society and the populations of the countries concerned, as well any individuals who wish to cooperate with them.”
2015-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7499 (2015) · source
“From our perspective, peace and security are essential elements for the achievement of sustainable development. It is not possible for developing countries to achieve higher levels of progress if we do not decrease our vulnerability indices and increase our national resilience, building peaceful societies in which the absence of conflict, the rule of law, good governance and sustainable development are part of our daily realities. My country believes in the strengthening of a cooperation strategy established by the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action, and we support more specific cooperation among island States and other countries that are not island States but that share challenges, vulnerabilities and aspirations.”
2015-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7499 (2015) · source
“Mr. Mendoza-Garcia (Costa Rica) (spoke in Spanish): My delegation would like at the outset to thank you, Mr. President, for this important initiative to discuss for the first time the peace and security challenges that small island developing States (SIDS) face. Costa Rica may not be a member of that group, but it fully empathizes with the peace and security challenges confronting those States. We are in full solidarity with them in the face of the need to work together in the quest for solutions to these challenges. After having listened to the statements made by the representatives of Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia, who spoke so eloquently about their immediate needs as countries, we realize that these are issues to which we must accord maximum priority.”
2015-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7499 (2015) · source
“The full inclusion of young people in spaces of genuine power is crucial in generating intergenerational agreements that will allow our societies to adopt new attitudes and points of View and to create new avenues for peaceful coexistence among peoples and new forms of dialogue and understanding that will enable us to acknowledge one another and act as citizens of the world that we desire to build and to preserve peace.”
2015-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7432 (2015) · source
“In that regard, education is undoubtedly the most valuable investment in the development and harmony of individuals and societies, which Governments should promote, encourage and guarantee as a right to ensure social mobility and full access to the exercise of other rights and in building a culture of peace. Costa Rica remains proud of its decision to abolish the army in 1948. That decision is fundamentally important to our country, having freed greater resources to be allocated to education and the social security system. It is the basis for enhancing and pursuing, to this day, the building of a knowledge-based society where young people, through information and communications technologies, have become increasingly involved in social power networks and able to make more informed decisions in forging of common values and identities.”
2015-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7432 (2015) · source
“In this regard, fostering the ability to generate content for young people is key if we are to open the way to new options for them to engage in social, economic, environmental, political and cultural participation. Information and communications technology is a key instrument in educational processes and a fundamental part of the way education is delivered today as a practical tool that allows young people to be more equitably involved in the process of sustainable development, escape poverty and contribute to society, genuine development, and the maintenance and promotion of peace.”
2015-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7432 (2015) · source
“Despite the educational and socioeconomic disadvantages facing many thousands of young people around the world, they nonetheless represent the sector of society that has made the most progress in areas that will be fundamental to the delivery of change, such as access to and the sophisticated use of information communications technology in the digital age. Nevertheless, the inclusion or exclusion of young people cannot be attributed simply to the so-called digital divide, given that the use of the Internet and wireless telecommunications networks is no guarantee of their genuine and authentic inclusion in digital society or in the main power networks that forge our common identities and values.”
2015-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7432 (2015) · source
“The purpose of this designation is to encourage the international community, the private sector, organized civil society and the teaching profession to deliver skills development and access to information and communications technology to young people, without regard to their social reality or environment. In this regard, Costa Rica has already been acknowledged for its tireless participation and involvement in issues relating to cybersecurity and the protection of childhood in the digital age, achieving important and innovative change in our domestic legislation with the overall aim of protecting childhood and youth.”
2015-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7432 (2015) · source
“This will ensure that young people can simultaneously benefit from and act as champions of social progress, a process in which they will not simply play the role of spectator, but in which they can also act as producers of content with social, political and cultural depth and impact. The President of the Republic of Costa Rica, Mr. Luis Guillermo Solis Rivera, has upheld an ongoing commitment to youth, involving young people directly in the decision-making process at the highest levels and ensuring their full participation in Government and political posts that are key to the holistic development of society. Given his actions, the Secretary-General of the ITU has extended the courtesy to our President of appointing him Patron of Youth and Information Technology, an appointment that will be made official in June of this year.”
2015-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7432 (2015) · source
“Costa Rica is honoured to have organized, together with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the World Youth Summit, held in San Jose in August 2013, which, in its outcome document, emphasized the fact that young people are genuinely transforming today's world and shaping themselves as a force for progress. The Summit also shed light on the need to improve democracy as an essential mechanism for guaranteeing the full participation of young people in decision-making processes and on the need to take action that would nurture their empowerment at regional, national and international levels. It is therefore urgent that we focus on fostering and enabling genuine, free and fair access to knowledge about information and communications technology.”
2015-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7432 (2015) · source
“As was reiterated at the recent Ibero-American Summit of December 2014, the young people of today are the best educated and skilled generation in history, yet they face many challenges in such areas as employment, health, mobility and participation, with none as cross- cutting as education, the development of knowledge and innovation. We therefore have to grapple with two realities: first, the growth of the youth population, particularly young people of working age, which serves as the economic and demographic engine of our region within the current global context; and secondly, the development of technology, particularly information and communications technology.”
2015-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7432 (2015) · source
“Mr. Mendoza-Garcia (Costa Rica) (spoke in Spanish): We thank the Jordanian delegation for having organized such an important debate. We are participating here today firmly convinced of the key role that youth have to play in the attainment of democracy and the promotion of peace. The world continues to View with alarm the serious threat posed by terrorism and Violent extremism to internationalpeace and security, the enjoyment of human rights, the social and economic development of States, global stability and prosperity, and ofcourse the creation of opportunities for the development of young people.”
2015-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7432 (2015) · source
“In light of all this, we hope that the Security Council can fully exercise its mandate to maintain peace and international security in the Middle East, and to ensure the full exercise of international law and the rule of law in the region. We hope to return to this Chamber in the near future, not to call for negotiations and tolerance between the parties, but to celebrate agreements and an end to their conflicts, and discuss plans for a sustainable and harmonious development among peoples.”
2015-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7430 (2015) · source
“Because the Government bears the responsibility for protecting its own population, it is urgent that the necessary measures be taken to avoid further bloodshed and human rights violations. This obligation falls mainly on the shoulders of the country's authorities, but it is also the responsibility of the armed opposition and any other country directly or indirectly involved in the conflict. We stress that the decision of how Syria organizes its Government and institutions is one that the Syrian people alone can make, through a broad and inclusive political dialogue based on respect for diversity, tolerance, peace and democracy.”
2015-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7430 (2015) · source
“Costa Rica believes that if we wish to prevent the further deterioration of the conflict in Syria, we must put an end to the armed conflict as soon as possible and seek a political solution, as agreed in the recent negotiations in Moscow, based on the terms of the Geneva communique issued on 30 June 2012 (S/2012/522, annex) by the Action Group for Syria, which calls for the establishment of a transitional Government that could offer a neutral environment in which change would involve and be brought about on the basis of the mutual consent of all parties, be they members of the current Government, the opposition or other groups. We urgently call on the Syrian authorities to respect their commitments under international law and, in particular, under international human rights law and international humanitarian law.”
2015-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7430 (2015) · source
“Likewise, we emphasize the call for the respect of international humanitarian law; the need for all parties to ensure the security and safety of civilians, including those receiving assistance; and the need to ensure the safety and security of humanitarian staff, including United Nations and associated personnel, in order to prevent a recurrence of the sad events that took place yesterday in Somalia, where United Nations staff were killed in the line of duty.”
2015-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7430 (2015) · source
“As the World Health Organization has reported, some 650 people have already died in the conflict and more than 2,000 have been wounded as a result of the recent escalation in the conflict. The humanitarian political situation is crucial at this time. The support of the International Committee of the Red Cross has been essential, but as its spokesperson has said, if the war continues at this rate, we will need more resources. On 14 April, the Security Council adopted resolution 2216 (2015), which establishes an arms embargo and affirms that a solution to the crisis must be political. We must follow that path and not allow Yemen to become a theatre for other nations proxy wars.”
2015-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7430 (2015) · source