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Perazza

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2006-03-20
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2006-03-20
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  1. “The establishment of this Working Group has facilitated the exchange of information and cooperation among MERCOSUR member States, helping to prevent, combat and eradicate the illicit trafficking of small arms and light weapons along borders. Lastly, Uruguay would like to encourage all States to renew their commitment to implement unconditionally all the Security Council resolutions related to sanctions, including those through which arms embargoes are imposed, in order to control effectively the proliferation of small arms and light weapons in conflict situations.”

    2006-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5390 (2006) · source

  2. “Currently, our country is drawing up the second national report on small arms, which it will present at the review conference. For this purpose, we have established an inter-ministerial commission to update the information required by the Programme of Action. Uruguay has ratified the Inter-American Convention against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms. At the same time, we are applying the Model Regulations for the Control of the International Movement of Firearms drawn up by the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission. At the subregional level, Uruguay is part of the MERCOSUR Working Group on Firearms. One of the concrete results this has achieved is the development of a memorandum of understanding for the exchange of information on the illicit manufacture and trafficking of firearms.”

    2006-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5390 (2006) · source

  3. “Nonetheless, the Government of Uruguay has begun campaigns to destroy small arms that are not duly registered or that have come from illicit activities. Since 1998 Uruguay has destroyed 17,595 arms. Likewise, the Government of Uruguay plans to hold a new ceremony of arms destruction before the upcoming review conference. We will destroy 1,866 short and long arms, a figure which could go up to 5,502 arms if we reduce the custody period that is required by our legislation. As was mentioned in the first national report on small arms presented by Uruguay in accordance with the Programme of Action, our country has a set of laws, standards and administrative procedures at the national level that make possible effective control over small arms and light weapons in aspects related to production, export, import, transit and transfer.”

    2006-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5390 (2006) · source

  4. “With respect to the linkage with development, Uruguay expresses its deep concern over the fact that the international community has not managed to identify the best ways to redirect a part of the resources that are freed up by disarmament to economic and social development. In the last six years, for example, it has been puzzling to see that in many developing countries where there are conflicts, more then $87 billion have been spent on arms - in other words, $22 billion a year, which, used in another way, would have made it possible for those same countries to comply with the Millennium Development Goals, since they would have been able to achieve universal primary education and reduce the infant mortality rate. According to the Interpol database, illicit trafficking in small arms and light weapons has not been detected in our country.”

    2006-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5390 (2006) · source

  5. “That is why the Government of Uruguay believes that one of the main problems to be tackled by the international community is the availability of these arms among civilian populations. For the delegation of Uruguay, an analysis of the phenomenon of the illicit trafficking of small arms and light weapons should not focus only on matters of security and national sovereignty. It should also be seen as a problem that has close links with human rights and development. Uruguay is especially pleased with the activities that the United Nations and its specialized agencies have been carrying out within the framework of the current peacekeeping missions with a view to reintegrating and demobilizing child soldiers in Afghanistan, Burundi, Cote d'Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti and Sierra Leone.”

    2006-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5390 (2006) · source

  6. “My delegation would like to associate itself fully with the statement made by the delegation of Guyana on behalf of the Rio Group, in which they explained the position of the Group vis-a-vis the upcoming review conference. Therefore, Uruguay will simply limit itself to raising a few specific items. Small arms and light weapons are the arms most widely used in several recent conflicts, especially those that have been considered by the Security Council. What is particularly alarming for my delegation is that 60 per cent of these small arms are found in the hands of civilians, compared to 37.8 per cent that are in the hands of armies, 2.8 per cent for the police force, and barely .2 per cent in the hands of armed groups.”

    2006-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5390 (2006) · source

  7. “Mr. Perazza (Uruguay) (spoke in Spanish): Mr. President, allow me to begin by extending our warmest congratulations to the Argentine Republic and to you personally on assuming the presidency of the Security Council in the month of March. We wish you every success throughout your presidency. The delegation of Uruguay is especially pleased to see open debates being held by the Security Council. In the specific case of small arms, this open debate is one of the main mechanisms that the Council has to improve its interaction with the General Assembly, as stipulated in the recommendations contained in the 2002 report of the Secretary-General on small arms (S/2002/1053).”

    2006-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5390 (2006) · source