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Moragas Sanchez

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2018-03-28

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2018-08-29

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1. “We agree with him that prevention is not merely a priority but the priority, and that mediation is its preferred vehicle.”

   2018-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8334 (2018) · source

2. “The participation of Spain in the meetings on mediation held at the United Nations, the sponsorship of the various General Assembly resolutions, the significant contributions made to the Mediation Support Unit and the Department of Political Affairs in general, the contributions of Spain to the creation of the guidelines for effective mediation, its status as a founding partner and its participation in the activities of the Group of Friends of Mediation and, above all, the implementation of the Spanish-Moroccan Initiative on Mediation in the Mediterranean Region, which has enabled, among other things, the training of dozens of women mediators in the region, are tangible proof that mediation is one of our foreign policy priorities. Finally, I thank the Secretary-General for his efforts to promote preventive diplomacy and mediation.”

   2018-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8334 (2018) · source

3. “Religious leaders may also have a critical role to play in mediation for conflict prevention and resolution in contexts. Spain supports the creation of platforms of religious leaders for peace, especially in the most conflict areas where the need is most urgent, and the establishment of networks of local religious leaders, for which our country has already organized several meetings since 2015. Spain places a particular emphasis on young people and on the need to train them in mediation, incorporate them into negotiation processes and empower them to act as agents to resolve disputes by peaceful and never violent means, thereby also preventing them from falling into radicalism.”

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4. “Another key element is the creation of national and local mechanisms to redress grievances and reduce tensions through mediation, facilitation and dialogue. That means devoting resources and efforts to the training of mediators at the regional and local levels, who can play an important role in preventing conflicts in their initial stages. It is also essential to continue to encourage the participation of women in mediation processes, not because they have are more skilled at those tasks but because although conflicts affect the whole community, they are harder on women and girls, who have higher dropout rates and are victims of gender-based violence. For that reason, their contributions, needs and solutions are particularly important.”

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5. “Practically since its founding, the United Nations has participated in mediation processes either through the direct involvement of the Secretary-General or through his Special Representatives, gradually establishing the structures needed to develop that function. However, considerable room for improvement remains in this area, which does not necessarily require developing new structures or adopting new resolutions, but rather involves certain aspects that can increase the effectiveness of mediation processes. It is also imperative that the United Nations provide a joint, rather than a fragmented, response and that all efforts be aligned to achieve a resolution to the conflict. It is also important that the United Nations carry out joint mediation activities with other regional or subregional organizations.”

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6. “For his or her part, the mediator must also meet a series of requirements. The work of the mediator must be agreed by the parties in conflict, impartial and carried out in respect of national sovereignty and with a comprehensive knowledge of the conflict, while enjoying the material and human resources allowing him or her to travel, meet with the parties in conflict, organize meetings, write reports and conduct other activities the process may require. At the same time, however, it is also essential that mediators know that mediation is not always necessarily the best response to a given conflict. They must be able to determine whether the time is right to mediate it, whether the type of conflict at hand actually requires mediation or whether the mechanism could ultimately cause more harm than good.”

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7. “Lastly, we face conflicts resulting from the struggle for natural resources, in general involving water and fossil fuels. That reality reflects the need to adapt mediation and other dispute resolution mechanisms to the changing nature of conflicts and revise the guidelines developed by the United Nations for mediators, States and other actors that support mediation work in order for the process to be viable and its outcome lasting. The main prerequisite for mediation to be successful is the consent of all parties to a conflict, without which good-faith negotiations or commitment to the process is impossible. It is also essential that the process be inclusive, thereby lending heightened legitimacy to any agreement and decreasing the possibility of it being undermined by excluded parties.”

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8. “The United Nations has carried out important work in that area, and it would be unfair to forget the many crises that it has successfully defused quietly through complex and often long-term efforts. Nevertheless, conflicts continue. Moreover, the situation today differs substantially from the one in 1945 when the San Francisco Charter was drafted. We are faced with inter-State conflicts of a territorial nature and internal armed conflicts, as well as those concerning political transitions and ethnic-territorial and religious issues. There is also an increasing number of conflicts and risk factors, known as the new threats, which are regional in dimension, such as terrorism and organized crime, including the illicit trafficking in human beings, drugs and weapons, environmental crimes and breaches in cybersecurity.”

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9. “Mr. Moragas sanchez (Spain) (spoke in Spanish): I would like to begin by thanking the United Kingdom for convening this open debate, which is especially important for Spain. Over the past several years, we have devoted time, effort and resources to promoting preventive diplomacy and the peaceful settlement of disputes, including mediation. The Charter of the United Nations obligates States Members to settle their international disputes by peaceful means so as to avoidjeopardizing international peace and security and justice. Among the various methods for the resolution of disputes, mediation is perhaps the oldest and undoubtedly one of the most effective with regard to resolving conflicts.”

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10. “I should not conclude without expressing the unequivocal and decisive support of Spain for the work done by the human rights components of these missions. Considering the risk before us that a world undergoing change could become a world in decline, the United Nations is now more necessary than ever. This Organization is facing the major challenge of committing to in-depth reform that is multidimensional, coherent, timely, bold and balanced. Our most universal Spaniard, Miguel de Cervantes, said that "to change the world is not utopia or madness. It is justice". I recall that today in particular because the reform that we are undertaking is essential.”

    2018-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8218 (2018) · source

11. “We believe that more women should be deployed in peace missions and in leadership positions, as outlined in Security Council resolution 2242 (2015), not only because women have added value in the protection of civilians, but also because of the unquestionable role they play in early warning, capacity-building and contributing to the development of more cohesive and inclusive societies. Finally, we should all support a zero-tolerance policy in cases of exploitation and sexual abuse. The legitimacy of the United Nations and the ultimate purpose of the missions are at stake. That is why Spain has signed the Compact introduced by the Secretary- General. The current President of Spain, Mariano Rajoy Brey, is a member of the circle of trust to combat this phenomenon.”

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12. “The strengthening of national capacities to ensure the necessary accountability for atrocious crimes is included in their mandates. That is why predeployment training and the identification of threats at the planning phase are essential. Spain also calls for the inclusion of a gender perspective in all phases of a mission, and we welcome the work being done by child protection and women's protection advisers. Their interaction with the parties to a conflict is key to achieving changes in the mindset of State actors and armed groups.”

    2018-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8218 (2018) · source

13. “The achievement, maintenance and consolidation of peace should be the result of a structured and continuous process that meets its objectives through realistic strategies until it arrives at a stable and sustainable State. We must ensure that the institutions of the host State can design their own future and maintain their own security. We need to establish clear exit strategies for missions. In short, politics must always be a permanent and cross-cutting dimension in the actions of the United Nations, because we all know that the United Nations must not and cannot do everything, everywhere, or at all times. Fifthly, if there is no force protection, the force cannot protect civilians. The majority of current missions have a wide range of mechanisms aimed at supporting States in their responsibility to protect civilians.”

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14. “The current crises require us to look for synergies among international organizations, regional organizations and other bodies operating in conflict zones, including the security and defence forces of host States. In the Sahel region, the bilateral operations and European Union operations - the European Union Training Missions in Mali and the Central African Republic - are successful examples that show the viability of this approach. The work of all of those missions has benefited the United Nations peacekeeping operations, the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali and the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic. We must continue and deepen the search for those complementarities. Fourthly, we must strengthen the political dimension of missions.”

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15. “Current crises demand new capabilities. Concepts such as force protection, appropriate predeployment training, combating improvised explosive devices, intelligence, offensive capacity, adequate equipment and an effective system of lessons learned, among others, are of particular importance in this context. Mission contingents are not United Nations armies, as the Secretary-General rightly noted this morning in his statement, but neither should they be a mere collection of capacities or a disparate accumulation of troops. We must have an acceptable level of force cohesion and interoperability, and that is a challenge that we must tackle together. Thirdly, we must optimize resources.”

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16. “The document has the virtue of departing from bureaucratic rhetoric and focusing on a transparent analysis of the issues. The ensuing action plan and mission reviews will strengthen an approach that seeks not to assign blame but to find common solutions. That said, I have six brief observations with regard to the Secretary- General's reform of the peace and security pillar of the United Nations First, we must strengthen the systems for mission planning and operations. We must ensure that the legal basis for missions, their mandates, are adapted to the reality of a particular crisis and are clear and orderly in their implementation. The interested parties must have measurable goals, through performance indicators, that respond to conditions that are decisive, defined and attainable. Secondly, we must reinforce capacities.”

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17. “Mr. Moragas sanchez (Spain) (spoke in Spanish): Spain aligns itself with the statement to be delivered by the observer of the European Union. Spain advocates for an active and robust role for the United Nations in conflict prevention, political mediation and conflict resolution. This Organization has a unique added value, the product of its broad legitimacy amd its extraordinary ability to open avenues to dialogue in multiple scenarios. With that it has been able to create an unstoppable dynamic of peace. We believe that current crises must be tackled with a more realistic and effective approach. That means that all the parties concerned must make courageous decisions. In that regard, we appreciate the direct and frank tone of the report of Lieutenant General dos Santos Cruz on the security of United Nations missions.”

    2018-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8218 (2018) · source