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Morales Lopez

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2016-02-15
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2018-02-06
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  1. “However, we must remember that peace cannot be imposed, but must come from the players themselves and should respond to the particularities of each environment and each society so that it can become truly sustainable. My country, which has suffered the ravages of a conflict that has lasted for more than 50 years, has valiantly chosen to achieve peace. That is why we highlight the Council's decision, reflected in resolution 2261 (2016), of25 January, which establishes a political mission in Colombia, in which this body expressed its commitment to the peaceful settlement of disputes.”

    2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source

  2. “There is an old Spanish proverb that "prevention is better than cure"; and in diplomacy, as in health, identification and early-warning systems are essential to preventing the multiplication of conflicts and the increase in peacekeeping operations authorized under Chapter VII. The report of the High-level Independent Panel on Peace Operations (see S/2015/446) and of the report of the Advisory Group of Experts on the Review of the Peacebuilding Architecture (see S/2015/490) concur on the primacy of political authorities responding adequately and appropriately to situations of conflict from their initial stages. That approach does not neglect the proportionate use of force in cases where such is urgent and unavoidable.”

    2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source

  3. “The second issue I would like to address is the Organization's need for flexibility and adaptability. In the last 70 years, the world has continuously experienced the turbulence of events and the undeniable evolution of, and increase in, conflicts and their complexity. Those conflicts permanently defy the adaptability and responsiveness of the United Nations to the new threats to international peace and security and the growing need to ensure comprehensive sustainable development and the protection of human rights. Finally, I would like to refer to the need to rely on the tools provided under Chapter VI of the San Francisco Charter with greater frequency.”

    2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source

  4. “Sovereignty, territorial integrity, political independence, non-interference in the internal affairs of States, the prohibition of the use or threat of use of force and the peaceful settlement of international disputes are the fundamental pillars underpinning international law and international relations. They are as valid today as they have been over the past seven decades. My country's views were expressed by our representative Alfonso Lopez in the general debate on 30 October 1946, "With that same optimism we felt during all the initial stages of the organization of the United Nations... we are now ready to support any initiative tending to establish once and for all throughout the world the triumph of reason over force, of right over arbitrariness, and of liberty over slavery in any form" (A/PV43, p.867-868).”

    2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source

  5. “Mr. Morales Lopez (Colombia) (spoke in Spanish): I would like to congratulate the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and its delegation on their leadership of the work of the Council during the month of February, and thank them for convening this open debate and for the concept paper before us (S/2016/103, annex). In my statement, I shall raise three issues. First, I reiterate the importance that Colombia attaches to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the Organization. Those purposes and principles are not a mere listing of general values and aims; they are the very cement holding the structure together and the foundation of the Organization, so that Member States can collectively work to promote a peaceful, prosperous and fair world.”

    2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source