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Paolillo

lines on the record: 34
first: 2003-02-19
most recent: 2005-01-12
sittings or episodes: 6
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“The task of restoring order and security in Haiti and of creating conditions conducive to its development is of tremendous scope and will require considerable human and financial resources as well as perseverance and dedication on the part of all the individuals and institutions involved in the effort. We are certain that, led by Mr. Juan Gabriel Valdes - whom we thank for his report this morning - this effort will ultimately be successful.”
2005-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5110Resumption1 (2005) · source
“That is why we consider it very important to provide MINUSTAH with the capacity it needs to rapidly implement short-term projects that have an immediate and tangible impact on the population, as proposed by the Secretary-General in his most recent report on the Stabilization Mission. I wish to express our satisfaction at the decision of the Economic and Social Council to reactivate its Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti, and we hope that its work will help to promote the country's recovery. The Advisory Group must coordinate its work with the Core Group established by the Security Council in paragraph 5 of its resolution 1542 (2004) in order to avoid any overlap.”
2005-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5110Resumption1 (2005) · source
“Haiti is a country with a per- capital gross national product of $415, whose inhabitants lack the basic resources necessary for survival with a minimum of dignity. Under such circumstances, the normalization of the political and security situation appears to be, if not a mission impossible, at the very least an extremely difficult undertaking - unless there is a substantial improvement in the socio-economic framework within which the international community is providing assistance. If the MINUSTAH presence is accompanied by material assistance that brings about even a slight improvement in living conditions, that will increase the population's confidence in the Mission and its willingness to cooperate, which will facilitate the reconciliation, disarmament and demobilization processes.”
2005-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5110Resumption1 (2005) · source
“We must also expedite the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration process, and, accordingly, we hope that the Transitional Government will finalize its elaboration of the legal framework governing that process. Long-term development programmes must also be elaborated and implemented. However, we believe that, given the deplorable economic and social conditions facing the majority of the Haitian population, priority must be given to short- term programmes designed immediately to satisfy the basic needs of Haitians such as food, housing and essential services. At this stage, efforts should focus on alleviating the extreme poverty that affects the Haitian population. We must recall that Haiti ranks 153rd in the Human Development Index.”
2005-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5110Resumption1 (2005) · source
“We would recall here the appeal made by the Security Council in its resolutions 1542 (2004) and 1576 (2004), particularly as regards the release of individuals detained for exclusively political reasons and against whom no charges have been brought, and the need for all necessary measures to be taken to prevent impunity for violations of human rights. The recent agreement signed between the Stabilization Mission and the Haitian Government for general elections this year, as well as the pledges made by Canada, the European Union and the United States to finance those elections, represent very good news and are clear evidence that the stabilization process is under way.”
2005-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5110Resumption1 (2005) · source
“Uruguay is thus joining in the efforts of the United Nations in Haiti, not to impose solutions to the political problems that beset that tormented country, but, rather, to help its people and their authorities find their own solutions. The Transitional Government bears the primary responsibility for leading the country towards the establishment and consolidation of a State based on the rule of law and on the functioning of democratic institutions. That can be achieved only if such leadership is exercised in accordance with democratic principles, ensuring strict respect for human rights.”
2005-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5110Resumption1 (2005) · source
“Mr. Paolillo (Uruguay) (spoke in Spanish): Uruguay, which is among the 10 main troop contributors to United Nations peacekeeping missions, responded promptly to the appeal for personnel for the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) by dispatching approximately 600 military and police personnel, who were among the first to be deployed. Uruguay is now the third-largest troop contributor to the Mission. Our Government recently decided to increase the size of its military contingent in Haiti. The authorization to deploy an additional 200 troops was given a few days ago by the Uruguayan Parliament, and the new contingent is expected to arrive in Haiti by early February.”
2005-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5110Resumption1 (2005) · source
“I also wish to express our hope that international organizations, Governments, non-governmental organizations and, in general, all those who are involved in some way in the quest for justice and the rule of law shall consider the ideas and recommendations contained in the excellent report of the Secretary-General on this subject, which touched on the need to proceed with caution and seek balance to ensure respect for the various competing values at stake.”
2003-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4835 (2003) · source
“The request must be made in accordance with a resolution adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter, which means that the Council may use that authority when it considers that moving forward with proceedings already initiated before the Court could interfere with the Council's mission to maintain international peace and security. Article 16 of the Rome Statute thus constitutes a clear recognition that justice and the maintenance of international peace and security can sometimes be incompatible goals. To be more precise, resolutions 1422 (2002) and 1487 (2003) are not, in our View, correct applications of article 16 of the Rome Statute. I would like to thank the Security Council for the opportunity to voice the views of my Government on this very important item.”
2003-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4835 (2003) · source
“If we always and everywhere insist on uncompromising standards of justice, a delicate peace may not survive." (S/PV4833). I wish to note that the international community has recognized to a certain degree the need to defer the demand for justice under exceptional circumstances to ensure the maintenance of peace. I am referring to article 16 of the Statute of the International Criminal Court, which authorizes the Security Council to request that the Court suspend investigations or prosecutions that have been initiated - and it bears repeating, those that have been initiated.”
2003-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4835 (2003) · source
“Certain sectors of public opinion and some intergovernmental organizations disapprove of amnesties and governmental acts of clemency and argue that these actions are incompatible with the obligations arising from international instruments that promote respect for human rights. At a theoretical level, it is very easy to respond to this dilemma with statements in favour of the establishment of justice, which is a supreme and universal value shared by all. In the real world, the response is neither as easy nor as obvious. As the Secretary-General said, "the relentless pursuit of justice may sometimes be an obstacle to peace. If we insist, at all times and in all places, on punishing those who are guilty of extreme violations of human rights, it may be difficult or even impossible to stop the bloodshed and save innocent civilians.”
2003-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4835 (2003) · source
“This was a painful but unavoidable decision for Uruguay, a country that aspires to see an end to impunity and that is a party to the statute of Rome and firmly supports the International Criminal Court. Two things should be mentioned here. First, the Uruguayan people ratified the law on amnesty for military and police personnel through a popular referendum. Secondly, a reconciliation commission comprised of representatives of all political sectors was established in Uruguay, which, over the past several years, has examined the cases of persons who had disappeared and succeeded in resolving many of them.”
2003-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4835 (2003) · source
“However, the country found itself in special political circumstances that placed the democratic Government in a difficult political and moral dilemma: the Government could either seek to ensure justice - and thus frustrate or at least delay the objective of ensuring the democratic continuity, social peace and national reconciliation sought by all Uruguayans - or it could give priority to the latter objectives at the cost of sacrificing the former. The democratic Government, exercising the authority conferred upon it by the Constitution, chose the second option, enacting laws that granted amnesty for all political crimes as well as for all related common and military crimes committed both by military and police officials of the de facto Government and by members of opposition groups.”
2003-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4835 (2003) · source
“After an interlude in the 70's that interrupted for eleven years the process of democratic development that had for 100 years characterized the history of the country, Uruguay returned to the path of democracy. The new Government led the nation down the difficult path of transitioning from repression and authoritarianism to democracy and freedom. This path was difficult because the democratic Government was not only required to heal the wounds that society had sustained during the de facto regime but was also required to respond to the need for institutional stability and to establish the conditions necessary for the full enjoyment of freedoms within the rule of law. The crimes and violations of human rights committed before and during the de facto Government's rule had to be punished. This was an elementary demand of justice.”
2003-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4835 (2003) · source
“Last week, when the debate on the role of the United Nations in promoting justice and the rule of law began in this Council, the Secretary-General underscored what, in the view of Uruguay, is the most serious and sensitive problem raised by this issue. I refer to the conflict - which frequently arises in the process of restoring democracy - between the need to ensure the rule of law and justice on the one hand and the need to return to institutional normalcy and achieve national reconciliation on the other. As the Secretary-General stated, "At times, the goals of justice and reconciliation compete with each other" (S/PV4833, p. 3). Uruguay has some experience in this matter.”
2003-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4835 (2003) · source
“We are of the view that the attempt to extend or automatically renew resolution 1422 (2002) does not appear to contribute to that purpose.”
2003-06-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4772 (2003) · source
“I would like to remind the members of the Security Council that the more than 1,800 Uruguayan civilian and military personnel who are currently participating in operations established or authorized by the United Nations have accepted the possible consequences of the commission of criminal acts described in the Rome Statute. In such discrimination among peacekeepers, Uruguay sees a deep injustice. It is Uruguay's understanding that all peacekeepers must be subject to the same rules and must enjoy the same status. Uruguay is confident that future resolutions related to the International Criminal Court that this Council might adopt within its competence will be aimed at consolidating and strengthening the Court's function of dispensing justice, while respecting its integrity.”
2003-06-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4772 (2003) · source
“Furthermore, we must not forget the principles that govern the functioning of the Court and the office of the Prosecutor, among which I would point out the principle of non-retroactivity and the subsidiary or complementary nature of the jurisdiction of the Court with respect to national jurisdictions. Moreover, resolution 1422 (2002) introduces a curious kind of discrimination among perpetrators of the most hateful crimes: on one hand there are criminals who may be judged or sentenced for their crimes, and on the other hand those who may act under the protection of immunity.”
2003-06-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4772 (2003) · source
“Apart from its very questionable legal foundations - an issue on which I shall not dwell, because previous speakers have addressed it - a decision establishing that no investigations or prosecutions shall commence or proceed with respect to certain categories or classes of individuals seems unnecessary to us. The Statute provides more than adequate guarantees that the decisions taken by the Court will be neither arbitrary nor politically motivated. The moral and intellectual qualities of the current judges and of the Prosecutor-elect provide additional guarantees.”
2003-06-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4772 (2003) · source
“This era, we all hope, will be remarkable not only because those responsible for the most serious crimes of international concern will henceforth be prosecuted, but also and above all because of the prospect that such crimes will not be committed, or at least not at the scale and frequency with which they have been committed during the past 60 years. In fact, we are convinced that the very existence of the ICC will act as a powerful deterrent, discouraging future potential criminals from committing the crimes listed in the Statute. That is why we are concerned about the possibility of an extension of resolution 1422 (2002), given that we understand it affects the jurisdiction of the Court and consequently prevents the fulfilment of its functions as provided for in the Statute.”
2003-06-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4772 (2003) · source
“Mr. Paolillo (Uruguay) (spoke in Spanish): Uruguay's position on the extension of resolution 1422 (2002) is reflected in the statement to be made by the representative of Peru in his capacity as Chairman of the Rio Group. Uruguay wishes to add a few comments on points of particular interest to it. A year ago, the imminent establishment of the International Criminal Court (ICC) was greeted by the vast majority of the international community with deep satisfaction as the beginning of a new era in the history of international relations. The entry into force of the Statute of Rome, to which Uruguay is a party, and the establishment of the ICC early this year were clear messages to the Governments and people of the world, announcing the beginning of the new era.”
2003-06-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4772 (2003) · source
“On behalf of my Government and of Uruguayans whose lives and physical and mental integrity are currently seriously under threat in Bunia, and on behalf of all of Uruguay, I urge that measures be adopted immediately to implement that resolution and to proceed to the deployment of the Emergency Force to Bunia as soon as possible, so as to restore calm, provide security for the population and protect everyone's lives. Any delay may be fatal for the inhabitants of Bunia and for members of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as - it must be said - for the credibility and prestige of the Organization.”
2003-05-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4766Resumption1 (2003) · source
“On the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe, and likely at any moment to become the victims of unbridled and mindless violence on the part of warring factions, the lives of the inhabitants of Bunia and of the Uruguayans attempting to protect them have become a nightmare that has now lasted for several weeks. The Security Council has just adopted a desperately awaited resolution providing for the deployment of an Emergency Multinational Force to Bunia. Uruguay would like to express its gratitude to the Council for having done so. I would also like to thank the Governments of the countries that have expressed their readiness to participate in the Emergency Force, as well as to the Secretariat for its efforts aimed at expediting the preparation and deployment of the Force.”
2003-05-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4766Resumption1 (2003) · source
“Among other things, it was a naval unit from Uruguay that opened up navigation and river communications in the Congo River basin, which had been interrupted for over three years. I would like to convey to the members of the Security Council the great concern of the Government and people of Uruguay over the delicate situation in which over 700 of our compatriots find themselves in Bunia, where Uruguay agreed to have part of its troops transferred in spite of the extreme danger in the region. Uruguay has no economic interest in the area, or in the Congo in general. Its presence in this unhappy country is in keeping with moral principles and with putting solidarity into action. The situation of the civilian population and of the Uruguayan forces in Bunia is simply terrible.”
2003-05-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4766Resumption1 (2003) · source
“If we do not carry out that duty, the rest of the world will not be at peace with itself. I wish to reiterate Uruguay's solidarity with all the Governments and peoples of Africa, in particular with those experiencing crises at this moment. We have proven our solidarity by having participated for years in peacekeeping missions in a number of countries, including Mozambique, Angola, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Eritrea, Western Sahara and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The tragic events that have taken place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have gained notoriety in recent days. Uruguay has been a part of the United Nations peacekeeping force in that country from the very beginning, with a contingent that currently numbers more than 1,600 men.”
2003-05-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4766Resumption1 (2003) · source
“Mr. Paolillo (Uruguay) (spoke in Spanish): The serious problems affecting the African continent must be a matter of concern for all regions of the world. They require the utmost attention from all of our Governments, and they should be an absolute priority on the agendas of international organizations. We must undertake concerted and energetic action to assist our brothers in Africa to overcome the enormous obstacles that are impeding, and even paralyzing, their efforts to achieve economic development and democratization. Some of those obstacles are the result of centuries of being subjected to colonial rule, while others have resulted from long- standing rivalries. Yet others stem from extreme poverty and the precarious social conditions prevailing in some regions of the continent. It is a moral duty to assist Africa.”
2003-05-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4766Resumption1 (2003) · source
“The work of the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees and of such organizations as the Red Cross and the Red Crescent are extremely important. We should therefore strengthen and fully support their efforts. The Government of Uruguay has already taken steps to act and has contacted the competent offices of the United Nations in order to obtain information regarding the most effective way our country can help provide for the basic needs of the Iraqi people. Finally, allow me to say, in the strongest possible terms, that all the norms of international humanitarian law must be strictly observed.”
2003-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4726Resumption1 (2003) · source
“Without prejudice to the political and legal debate surrounding the question of restoring international peace and security, we believe that, today more than ever, the Council should commit itself to promoting mechanisms that will ensure that the most pressing needs can be met, in particular in the areas of medicine and food. The Secretary-General should be given broad powers and sufficient discretion to restart the oil for food programme or to establish an alternative mechanism to ensure effective collective action in this regard. In that connection, we should make full use of the agencies and bodies of the United Nations system with technical experience and legal jurisdiction, in order to ensure the greatest efficiency, speed and coordination of efforts.”
2003-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4726Resumption1 (2003) · source
“Mr. Paolillo (Uruguay) (spoke in Spanish): My country's position with regard to its steadfast commitment to defending the international legal order, its attachment to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and its traditional adherence to settling disputes peacefully has already been clearly set forth in my statement during the Council's previous open debate, held prior to the beginning of military action. The purpose of my statement today is to associate ourselves with those countries that believe that the absolute priority issue now is to address the humanitarian situation of the Iraqi people as fully and as promptly as possible.”
2003-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4726Resumption1 (2003) · source
“When we stress that force should be used as a last resort in an extreme case and in accordance with international law and the principles and rules of the Charter of the United Nations, we are reaffirming our commitment to a peaceful and effective solution to this difficult situation.”
2003-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709Resumption1 (2003) · source
“War would undoubtedly cause death and destruction, which is precisely what the international community must prevent in disarming Iraq. Uruguay, like other States, believes that the inspections should continue and should be decisively strengthened and broadened in order to extricate Iraq from the situation in which it has put itself: a State in breach of United Nations resolutions. However, the prolongation of those procedures should not in any way be interpreted as a definitive renunciation of the use of force or as an increased flexibility in the Council's position. Much less should it be taken as a sign of solidarity with the dictatorial Government of Saddam Hussain. The Government of Iraq should hear this clear and unequivocal message.”
2003-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709Resumption1 (2003) · source
“We should continue on this course and give the inspectors more time to complete a task that we knew from the outset would be extremely complex and would require new actions. We must exhaust all available resources before exposing the world to the most devastating of human experiences: war. It has often been noted in the Council Chamber that Iraq has engaged in deceit and concealment, mocking the rest of the world over a long period of 12 years. That is true. There have been 12 years of tolerance, which can no longer be protracted without justification. But neither can we abandon the excess of tolerance of the past without first awaiting the results of international action now under way. To do so might lead us even against our will to adopt decisions with grave and irreversible consequences.”
2003-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709Resumption1 (2003) · source
“Uruguay believes that at this juncture and in the current circumstances, before resorting to extreme measures of force, we must travel along all the paths that still remain in order to achieve the objective of disarming Iraq without the bloody cost of war. Above all, it is essential to exhaust all the means and measures that the Security Council has provided for in its numerous resolutions, in particular resolution 1441 (2002), means and measures that, as has been repeatedly stated here, have not yet been sufficiently employed. Last week, Mr. Blix and Mr. ElBaradei informed us that the inspections, which resumed barely 11 weeks ago, have already yielded positive though not totally satisfactory results.”
2003-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709Resumption1 (2003) · source
“Mr. Paolillo (Uruguay) (spoke in Spanish): For years now, the Government of Iraq has had a heavy outstanding debt vis-a-vis the international community. That debt must be paid without delay and without concessions. The Council has sent clear signals to Saddam Hussain's regime that the time for patience and tolerance has ended. We are now in another phase. If Iraq wishes to avoid being the object of grave measures of force, it must convincingly prove that it does not possess weapons of mass destruction. Or, if it does, it must destroy them immediately under the direction and supervision of the United Nations.”
2003-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709Resumption1 (2003) · source