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Morejon Pazmifio

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2016-02-15
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2016-02-23
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  1. “Sixth, we must ensure women's full participation in the entire peacebuilding process, from beginning to end. And seventh, the triangular relationship among peace, development and human rights means that all three of the Organization's components must work in close collaboration. I conclude with a moral reflection by His Holiness John Paul II in his encyclical on peace: that we are duty- bound to build a peace that is sustainable over time and that requires us to be responsible in helping to build a decent society for humankind.”

    2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source

  2. “First, peace must be the common denominator of all of the Organization's activities. Second, we must shift the Organization's focus from response to prevention. Third, the task of maintaining peace means that the entire United Nations system, in particular its three main intergovernmental organs, must make the effort to accord it due priority and attention. Fourth, we must ensure more predictable funding for peacebuilding. The goal of $100 million is a disproportionate sum compared to the tremendous amount spent on the peacekeeping operations. My delegation believes that contributions to the fund could be both voluntary and quota-based. Fifth, there is a need to achieve broad and inclusive participation by the societies with which they work in the field.”

    2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source

  3. “However, my delegation also recognizes the Organization's underlying concern about this important issue. Twenty-four years ago, the then Secretary- General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, in "An Agenda for Peace" (S/24111), defined and analysed post-conflict peacebuilding. To that end, several new initiatives have been taken, including the creation of the peacebuilding architecture. Recently we have seen the report of the Secretary-General entitled "The future of United Nations peace operations: implementation of the recommendations of the High-level Independent Panel on Peace Operations" (S/2015/682) and the report of the Advisory Group of Experts on the Review of the Peacebuilding Architecture (see S/2015/490). The latter contains substantive and analytical content on its findings and recommendations. Let me briefly touch on just a few points.”

    2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source

  4. “The Advisory Group of Experts on the Review of the Peacebuilding Architecture noted in its report (see S/2015/490) that the fundamental task of the United Nations 4 the maintenance of peace 4 does not receive due priority or adequate resources at the global level or within the United Nations system. That statement compels my delegation to address the root causes of the Organization's inability to prevent the resurgence of the conflicts that have once again engulfed brotherly countries, posing major threats to, and resulting in serious consequences for, the peacebuilding efforts of the United Nations and other international and regional actors, and in weaknesses and divisions not only within their own organizational structure but throughout the entire United Nations system.”

    2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source

  5. “Nevertheless, in the twenty-first century, 70 years later, peace continues to be absent, since were it present then justice, dignity, development and the elements of the visionary Sustainable Development Goal 16 would all be present too. On the contrary, poverty, human rights violations and conflicts continue to affect ever greater populations. What is most serious is that those conflicts have become increasingly complex, ever more fragmented, more difficult and risk laden. Such developments over time and the evolution of the contexts in which conflicts arise underscore the need for a change in the way peacebuilding is viewed.”

    2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source

  6. “Mr. Morejon Pazmifio (Ecuador) (spoke in Spanish): I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important debate. I very much appreciate what was said by Ambassador Kamau, Ambassador Skoog and Ambassador Rosenthal this morning, for it touched on the very essence of what we want to talk about today. I also want to stress the fact that Mr. Rosenthal has been present here right from the start of this morning's debate, a courtesy that I greatly appreciate. The United Nations was born on 24 October 1945 from the ashes of the Second World War to maintain international peace and security, one of its founding principles. Following the Holocaust, we regarded peace only as the absence of war.”

    2016-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7629 (2016) · source

  7. “Furthermore, the democratic deficit in international organizations that arose in the post-war period, and which make up the current international system in general, and the United Nations and the Security Council in particular, must be corrected in a definitive way, if we want the Organization to be able to respond appropriately to the purposes and principles that constitute its very foundation. We Member States are responsible for offering to the United Nations the type of leadership it needs and deserves in order to carry out its work in an effective way to make our world a better place, in particular for our future generations, as is set out in the preamble of the Charter of the United Nations.”

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

  8. “Bearing responsibility for issues in a body of the United Nations that is the only body that issues binding resolutions, apart from being inappropriate, is entirely undemocratic, given that it favours inequality. A group of 15 cannot overrule a group of 193. It is very important that the Security Council, when it make use of, and does not abuse, prerogatives under Chapter VII of the Charter also attach as much importance to what is set out in Chapters VI and VIII, in keeping with international law.”

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

  9. “The Charter proclaims them and the Member States must ensure the implementation of fundamental concepts such as respect for sovereignty, the equality of States, avoiding the use or threat of use of force, non-interference and the ongoing seach for the peaceful settlement of disputes. There can therefore be no pretext for the Security Council or any of its members being remiss and acting against the other purposes and principles set out in the Charter, such as the need to take collective and effective measures to prevent and eliminate threats to peace, non-aggression, the use of peaceful means in line with the principles of international law, self- determination and the need to promote international cooperation, among other things. Some Member States of the Security Council tend to securitize issues of global importance.”

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

  10. “We welcome the proposal made by Venezuela that a document containing the statements made by representatives be circulated as an official document of both the Security Council and the General Assembly. For all of those reasons, it could not be more timely nor more appropriate that we debate, as you, Sir, have proposed, the need to comply with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations in order to ensure the maintenance of international peace and security, given that the various statements delivered here today ought to be taken as a contribution to efforts to ensure that the United Nations and the Security Council in particular be more transparent and democratic. My country believes that the correct application of the Charter of the United Nations is clearly the only way of ensuring international peace and security.”

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

  11. “Mr. Morejon Pazmifio (Ecuador) (spoke in Spanish): Allow me to convey to you, Mr. President, how extremely satisfied we are to see Venezuela presiding over this meeting of the Security Council. We would also like to express a special welcome to Ms. Delcy Rodriguez Gomez, Minister for Foreign Affairs, on behalf of President Rafael Correa and Minister for Foreign Affairs Ricardo Patifio Aroca. We also wish to draw attention to the excellent work being undertaken by the presidency of Venezuela of the Council during the month of February, proof of which is the issue that we debating at today's meeting, which undoubtedly constitutes the fundamental support of the international community.”

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