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Patifio Aroca

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  1. “It is also the appeal of billions of people in the world who understand that any action that aims to ensure the security of a country has its limits, which are the human rights of everyone on the planet.”

    2013-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7015Resumption1 (2013) · source

  2. “First, the Government of Ecuador fully supports the request of the Bolivian Government that the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights conduct an exhaustive investigation into the unjustifiable treatment suffered by President Evo Morales Ayma during his trip from Moscow to La Paz. Secondly, massive global, discretionary and unlimited surveillance must stop. It is for the Security Council to urgently make that demand of one of its permanent members, since, theoretically, it is up to this body to maintain peace on our planet. That, too, is the demand of Latin America, a zone of peace that, through organizations such as MERCOSUR and ALBA, has demanded an end to those practices. It is also required by the spirit of coexistence, which inspired the drafting of the Charter of the United Nations.”

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  3. “The final result was that a group of countries decided to endanger the life of the President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, forcing him and his entourage to make an emergency landing in violation of international norms governing respectful relations among nations. It is not the revelation of the offence that threatens the climate of understanding among nations, it is the offence itself. In a fragile world where armed conflicts are barely affected by international pressure, such actions do not help generate trust but tension. I would like to conclude with two comments.”

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  4. “States to the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA), have been under pressure, simply because they are considering a request for asylum. All those countries have have signed the 1954 Caracas Convention on Territorial Asylum, which is perhaps one of the most important instruments of the Inter-American human rights system. The day the United States signs that treaty - even the day it ratifies the San Jose' pact, one ofthe foundations of the Inter-American system of human rights - we will be closer to seeing that country adhere to the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, and it will become a part ofa group of equal nations, committed to complying with international law. Instead of joining this group, we find ourselves with a country that prefers to lunge forwards and blame the messanger in order to cloud the message.”

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  5. “Let us also remember its peaceful and humanitarian nature, which cannot in any case be described as unfriendly towards any other State, as established in General Assembly resolution 2312 (XXII), on territorial asylum. I should also like to quote Ms. Navi Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, on the case at hand: "Snowden's case has shown the need to protect persons disclosing information on matters that have implications for human rights, as well as the importance of ensuring respect for the right to privacy." Leaders, who should be giving explanations and facing up to the debate on the limits of what we are discussing, have instead launched a crusade against the right to asylum - a full-on diplomatic offensive against countries that have taken to the global stage to show interest in such an important case.”

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  6. “If it has not done so already, it could also affect international cooperation against organized crime; strangely enough, there is even the possibility that trade negotiations could be disrupted. Paradoxically, even the very national security of the United States will suffer from the increase in global mistrust generated by massive espionage. The events to which I have referred have also revealed other very disturbing realities. To start off with, it has re-ignited the debate on the right to asylum, which all human beings have, as enshrined in international law, as well as the ability of any sovereign State to grant it. This is a right that is granted to avoid fear of political persecution; its legitimacy can only be determined by the country granting it.”

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  7. “The rights to the privacy of correspondence - article 12 - and to freedom of expression and opinon - article 19 - the rights of all citizens of the world, including United States citizens, have been trampled in the name of a greater goal, that is, national security f or rather, for the sake of the profits of the national security industry. Where are the limits, really? Has the time not come for the Council to take up this question again and discuss it? In the end, does this not pose a threat to global peace? What mutual trust could possibly exist among nations under such circumstances? We believe that the time has come for the United Nations to face up to this matter responsibly. As we have seen with the disappearance of such limits, this situation threatens to build walls between our countries.”

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  8. “The imbalances to which I refer are clear - the United States, like any other countries, has the need to deal with demands related to its national security, it goes without saying, but those legitimate demands must be dealt with in a way that does not affect the rights of individuals or indeed the sovereignty of other nations. That is to say, limits must be set. However, we are now faced with the fact that any limits there may have been have vanished. The national security of the United States has been placed above all universal moral values. Such a drive has meant that the principles of equality and non-interference in the affairs of States, established in the Westphalia peace agreement, have now vanished into thin air. The 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights has been violated.”

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  9. “Now we know that our communications are permanently monitored by them. No one knows yet if Mr. Snowden will once again manage to leak information that he claims to possess. Of course, it seems that he will not do it when he is in Russia. In any case, the wounds opened by those events should be assessed within the main multilateral forums. They deserve to be so because not only do they reflect an unacceptable imbalances in the global governance system, which in no case would help to build a climate of trust and cooperation between countries, and, in the final analysis, a climate of peace among nations. They deserve to be assessed because we have also have moved dangerously close to the limits set out by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.”

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  10. “During those few days in June, we saw the size and the discretional nature of a massive surveillance apparatus that suddenly brought all the inhabitants of the planet closer than ever to an Orwellian nightmare. Although at first it appeared to be a simple matter of wiretapping, it was later discovered that there was discretionary monitoring of emails. While it seemed initially that the apparatus was being used in operations against organized crime, later we learned that it was also being used to gain advantage in trade negotiations with other countries. If we once thought that they were simply looking at unaffected States, we now know that everyone - absolutely everyone: debtors and creditors, friends and enemies, South and North - is considered a usual suspect by the authorities of the United States of America.”

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  11. “In compliance with the MERCOSUR agreement referred to previously, which we endorse, I would like to make the following statement. Just a few weeks ago, the world saw a sequence of events more akin to a Cold War spy novel than to modern times. On 5 June, leaks began to appear in publications in major global media outlets, leaks that were mixed with almost deathly intent and unspooled as a reality show before global public opinion. The leaks came from a former 29-year-old American analyst who sought to escape deportation to his country, where he would be tried for those leaks. After a journey that began in Hong Kong and was supposed to end in Latin America, today, it seems to have stopped, but it may not yet have completely run its course, despite the granting of asylum by Russia.”

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  12. “In similar terms, the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America spoke at the last Guayaquil, summit which was held just five days ago, when it was decided to "warn the international community about the seriousness of these actions, which imply a threat to the security and peaceful coexistence among our States". This takes place in a context where undoubtedly Latin American regional authorities are assuming a growing role when it comes to collective security, which was commendibly cited by you, Madam President, and by my colleagues in their earlier statements. Accordingly, I will not refer to matters already covered in statements that, to no one's surprise, are designed to honour Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United Nations, which brings us here today.”

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  13. “Mr. Patifio Aroca (Ecuador) (spoke in Spanish): We thank the delegation of Argentina for the invitation extended to the Government of Ecuador to take part in today's important event. We are honoured by the fact that you, Madam President, are presiding over a body of this nature with the great ability, leadership and strength you show as President of the Argentine Republic. During the recent summit of the Common Market of the South (MERCOSUR) that took place on 12 July in Montevideo, the States convened resolved to "request Argentina to submit the matter of the massive espionage case uncovered by Edward Snowden for consideration by the Security Council". They also resolved to "demand that those responsible for those actions immediately cease therefrom and provide explanations of their motivations and their consequences".”

    2013-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7015Resumption1 (2013) · source