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Naranjo Trujillo

lines on the record: 24
first: 2018-04-19
most recent: 2018-07-26
sittings or episodes: 2
sources: un-security-council

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“We are aware that genuine, innovative efforts were made here that were based on ethical standards, political pragmatism and international support, and we therefore, at the end of our term, express our gratitude in that respect. The Council can rest assured: the incoming Government of President-elect Ivan Duque has said that it will continue to give priority to the agreements reached and ensure that Colombia continues down a path towards sustainable peacebuilding.”
2018-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8319 (2018) · source
“The Council can be sure that the Government ofPresident Santos will, until the very last minute of its mandate, be strengthening the country's capacity to contain this threat. Safeguarding peace must also mean - and we say this without any pretension - that the lessons learnt from the Colombian process of seeking an end to the conflict can serve as a lesson to other nations so that they, too, can overcome violence and differences and so that conflicts become a thing of the past. Perhaps we are a little sentimental in a world that is suffering from so many conflicts, but we feel that perhaps the case of Colombia is a paradigmatic one.”
2018-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8319 (2018) · source
“Secondly, we must also need to move forward in overcoming Colombia's historical tragedy: drug trafficking. In that regard, we would stress that given the end of armed conflict with FARC, for the first time in the 35 years of that tragedy we have now a unique opportunity. Instead of a strategy to combat illegal crop cultivation and the production of drugs, we can set up, as we are doing, a crop-substitution programme so that the 124,000 families that have expressed their desire to abandon this illicit activity can earn their living legally. We must also strengthen our efforts to combat organized crime, because we are not naive. Colombia is now facing pressure from international cross-border drug-trafficking organizations that wish to continue with their illegal trade.”
2018-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8319 (2018) · source
“Safeguarding and protecting peace means recognizing the invaluable support of the international community, for which we should like once again to express our gratitude. If there is one unifying factor around peace in Colombia, it is the unfailing support of the Council. We say to our compatriots and to the entire world that we have no words to express our gratitude for the unanimous way in which the Council has supported peacebuilding efforts in our country. Thanks to the work of the Council and to observations and recommendations of the Mission, we understand that challenges remain. We know that as we travel the road ahead, we will have to give priority to, first, safeguarding life in those areas where leaders have begun to speak out in favour of democratic participation in the country.”
2018-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8319 (2018) · source
“It gives us assurance that we are moving forward, as we have said so often in the past, in a manner that strikes a balance between peace and justice, as is necessary in order to move towards reconciliation. Safeguarding peace means continuing to ensure that our institutions, whose approach is based on more than just counter-insurgency, are effective throughout our territory - a territory that is now perceived not as a theatre for military operations but as a land where conditions are being created for the transformation of communities. We are well aware of the fact that we must continue to progress in our understanding in order to change that logic and reach all of those territories, no longer as police or the military, but as a unified State that protects its communities.”
2018-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8319 (2018) · source
“We wish to say today, without any excessive optimism, that we feel great satisfaction at the fact that the Special Jurisdiction for Peace, through its hearings, has prioritized dealing with three tragedies of war: the tragedy of the abductions that took place during the 53 years of conflict; the tragedy of the recruitment of minors - children, girls, boys and teenagers - in that war; and what is known in my country as false-positive cases: the deaths of innocent citizens within the context of the conflict. These hearings are part and parcel of a functioning transitional justice system whose goal is to bring to justice and punish those who were in any way involved in that internal armed conflict and who broke laws and violated human rights.”
2018-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8319 (2018) · source
“We hope that this political pact against violence will be a very powerful tool, conveying the imperative need to renounce the old culture of conflict in which death seemed to be part of the solution. Now we are trying to ensure that life is protected as a supreme, exceptional and sacred social good. The logic of death for life is the real challenge that we are facing in the wake of 50 years of war. Safeguarding peace means recognizing and strengthening the legitimacy of our Comprehensive System for Truth, Justice, Reparation and Non-Repetition.”
2018-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8319 (2018) · source
“Safeguarding and protecting peace means increasing efforts in order to continue to reduce violence. We will never tire of saying that in 2017, as a result of the Agreement, Colombia saw the lowest murder rate in the last 42 years. Sadly, we are facing a major contradiction in this regard. Although the murder rate is decreasing, the number of threats and attacks against social leaders and human rights defenders has risen. I would like to underscore, as the members of the Council have done, the remarkable fact that under the leadership of President Santos, the whole nation has been brought together under a comprehensive political pact, with no distinctions from the local to the central level.”
2018-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8319 (2018) · source
“Jean Arnault, Head of the Mission, has said clearly that reintegration is critical. On that issue, I wish to assure the Council that today, more than 12,000 ex-combatants are receiving a basic monthly stipend equivalent to 90 per cent of minimum wage in my country. I want to assure the Council that 9,000 are linked to our security and pension systems. I assure the Council that we are making progress, certainly not as quickly as we would like, so as to make productive projects a reality, but I do want to share a piece of good news that has also been mentioned during the meeting. The Government of President Santos is bequeathing the next Government a mid-to-long-term public policy document. That means that there is a clear road map that will make reintegration sustainable.”
2018-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8319 (2018) · source
“Safeguarding and protecting peace means not ignoring the great achivements - which representatives have mentioned here - that have been made in record time. After 53 years of armed conflict, there was a surrender of arms in nine months - in record time, before the year and a half timeline. FARC, an organization that had taken up arms and defied the Colombian State and society, transformed into a political party, in record time. That political party now has a seat in Colombia's Congress, as we saw on 20 July. Safeguarding peace means that the reintegration of 13,000 ex-combatants ofFARC represents opportunities for rights, services and personal safety. As has been mentioned here, it provides political security, but also the security of being linked socioeconomically to a legal system. Mr.”
2018-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8319 (2018) · source
“Safeguarding peace in Colombia means, in principle, recognizing that the leadership efforts of President Juan Manual Santos to reach it were not based on any political calculation, but rather on the ethical conviction that it was urgent to put an end to 53 years of violence that, regrettably, cut short the lives of 220,000 Colombians. Putting an end to the conflict with that conviction meant acknowledging that five decades of internal clashes resulted in more than 8,400,000 victims in our country. Safeguarding peace means honouring our commitments under the Agreement, with the understanding that the promise is not that of one Administration, but rather that of the State in its entirety and of society in general.”
2018-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8319 (2018) · source
“Mr. Naranjo Trujillo (Colombia) (spoke in Spanish): Twenty months after signing the Agreement that put an end to the conflict with the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) and 12 days from the end of the term of the President of the Republic, Juan Manuel Santos, I bring to the Security Council, to the United Nations and to the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia an expression of gratitude from my Government and 50 million Colombians. We are grateful for what has been indisputable support for peacebuilding in my country. On this opportunity, as it is our final intervention, having received the third consecutive report of the Mission, I wish to issue a call in the Council to the entire world and to our compatriots for the protection and safeguarding of peace - the supreme, superlative good of a society.”
2018-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8319 (2018) · source
“That revolution has also seen 5 million Colombians lifted out of abject poverty, as we have been negotiating and building peace over the years. We believe that peace should translate to greater equality, prosperity and education. In that connection, I would like to express my appreciation for the various forms of support we have received. I reiterate that we hope to be able to continue to count on a Council that, in the face of difficulties, understands those difficulties and that does not rest on its laurels but, rather, encourages us to continue moving forward in overcoming challenges.”
2018-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8238 (2018) · source
“Furthermore, we are making strides in peacebuilding, which means bridging the gap between the rural parts of the country and its urban parts, for a strong Colombia that was, as I mentioned, confined by the armed conflict, leaving in its wake gaps ofinequality that we need to bridge. For that reason, to build peace in Colombia today it is not enough to only comply with the peace agreements, but we must also adopt an agenda of reform and change, led by President Juan Manuel Santos Calderon, that would enable the Colombian people, with their silent revolutions, to succeed. For example, presently 30,000 young people - from the humblest of backgrounds but also the brightest of our country - have received full scholarships to the best universities in our country.”
2018-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8238 (2018) · source
“Before the Council, I would like to say that Columbia has channelled its capacities, which were previously limited to containing the war machine during the conflict with FARC-EP, to make organized crime a joint priority. That is how we are able to reach areas that, over decades, had no Government presence and expel the ruthless drug traffickers who have caused so much damage. In that regard, I would like to reaffirm our commitment in solidarity to our neighbouring and friendly countries that they can rest assured that Colombia fully assumes its responsibility to not allow or tolerate such crime.”
2018-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8238 (2018) · source
“We are moving forward in that, irrespective of the succeeding Government in a democracy, today, with our elections forthcoming, regardless of the Administration that succeeds us, it will have a clear and sound road map towards entrenching an irreversible peace in Colombia, the benefits of which will extend to the entire region. We cannot deny that we face challenges and difficulties of a historic magnitude - I am referring to the great tragedy that our nation suffered as it endured the scourge of drug-trafficking. For almost 40 years, we witnessed how the mafias undermined institutional stability, compromised the safety and security of communities and instigated, supported and promoted illegal crops and requisitioning.”
2018-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8238 (2018) · source
“In that regard, today we can say that approximately 12,000 former combatants of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia-Ejercito del Pueblo (FARC-EP) have opened bank accounts, received their basic monthly income and signed up for the national health-care, social and pension systems. Five thousand of those ex-combatants have laid down their weapons to take up paper and pen as they commence training and schooling processes. That means that we already have a significant group undergoing a real process of transformation.”
2018-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8238 (2018) · source
“The Government will continue to provide such guarantees for political participation. However, the report on the Mission also underscores the need to move forward so that the conditions exist for employment, social and economic reintegration. Another key issue is that of land. I would like to state here that we are moving towards the issuance of a final decree that states that those who reintegrate into society after laying down their weapons will be on equal footing with members of communities that were most affected by the conflict in order to have access to land and receive support for productive ventures as former fighters-cum-farmers. We are making progress to ensure that this transition to lawful order is a resounding success.”
2018-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8238 (2018) · source
“They underscored the fact that, for the first time, an organization that has become a political party and laid down its weapons after half a century of fighting is taking part in elections and playing by the rules of democracy. It is true that the Fuerza Alternativa Revolucionaria del Comun, the political party, in its first elections, received fewer votes than expected but, at the same time, it is also true the institutional participatory framework has broadened considerably and has led to unprecedented parliamentary elections, with more than 2 million additional votes, as compared to previous elections. That points to a genuine and inclusive democracy, in particular with regard to those who laid down their weapons and embraced democratic values and principles.”
2018-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8238 (2018) · source
“That is why I would like to reiterate that, instead of lowering our guard, undermining institutional capacity in an attempt to control the entire country and continuing to combat crime, Colombia is building capacity with the help of its long-standing allies. We do so because we understand that the principle of shared responsibility can work to rid the region of organized crime. However, we face challenges that go beyond security itself and that pertain to those who laid down their weapons and chose democracy. Political participation is at the very core of consolidating peace. That is why we support many of the statements made by Ambassadors here in the Council today.”
2018-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8238 (2018) · source
“During today's meeting - and we very much appreciate such impartiality - several problems that could be viewed through the prism of the glass being half empty were raised. What we still must do to consolidate peace begins with safeguarding the lives, integrity and freedom of our country's community leaders and human rights defenders throughout our territory. That situation highlights a major contradiction in Colombia. We note that, although we have achieved the lowest murder rate in the past 42 years, there has been an increase in the number of leaders being killed. Now the conflict has ended, they have called for respect for the rule of law and speak out against illegal activities conducted during the armed conflict. It is sad to see the rural leaders who promote crop substitution being threatened by drug-related transnational crime.”
2018-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8238 (2018) · source
“We now declare that building peace requires maximum energy and national will to ensure that it is not just a phenomenal value but an indelible one. Such peace is built day by day. To that end, with the leadership of the President of Colombia, we reiterate before the Council today, based on the situation on the ground and on the conclusions of the Secretary-General when he underscored in his report that considerable progress had been made - for example, the laying down of weapons and the move towards legality by those who had posed a threat to Colombian institutions in the past - as well as when he pointed out the remaining challenges, that those challenges are being addressed as a matter of priority.”
2018-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8238 (2018) · source
“Jean Arnault, for his committed, professional and admirable leadership, for which the Colombian people and the entire region will be forever grateful. Peace in Colombia also means peace in the continent, our Latin American region. Rather than be discouraged about the underlying challenges to building peace, we reiterate our willingness to persist. Now is not the time to give up. Now is the time to continue to build peace. We have always said that seeking peace is a complex and difficult task. It took decades to create an environment conducive to negotiations. We also said that building peace through a negotiated solution to the conflict was also a complex and difficult challenge, but we achieved it.”
2018-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8238 (2018) · source
“Mr. Naranjo Trujillo (Colombia) (spoke in Spanish): Before I proceed, on behalf of the Colombian people, I would like to extend our condolences on the death of the Ambassador of Cote d'Ivoire, Mr. Bernard Tanoh-Boutchoue, who was a unconditional friend of peace and a pillar of support for Colombia. We deeply regret his passing. I would like to begin by congratulating you, Sir, on your efforts and those of your delegation during your presidency of the Security Council. Similarly, I thank all of the members of the Council for their unwavering support for peace in Colombia. That support has been confirmed through the holding of today's meeting. I also thank the Secretary-General for his balanced and objective report (S/2018/279). I also thank his Special Representative, Mr.”
2018-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8238 (2018) · source