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Pereira Sosa

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2023-12-07
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2023-12-15
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  1. “In conclusion, we also stress the recent adoption of agreed nomenclature on firearms within the framework of the South American Common Market Working Group on Firearms and Ammunition, and as an example of the work we are pursuing, we would also like to mention Operation Dakavo, which dismantled a criminal network involved in the diversion and illegal trafficking of firearms affecting several countries in the region, through the combined efforts of the security agencies and justice systems of Paraguay, Brazil and the United States.”

    2023-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9509Resumption1 (2023) · source

  2. “We underscore that our concerted compliance with the United Nations Convention against Corruption, the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961, its 1972 protocol and its 1971 and 1988 amendments is a necessary complement to the international arms-control conventions such as the Arms Trade Treaty, at the international level, and inter-American arms-control conventions such as the Inter-American Convention against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and Other Related Materials and the Inter-American Convention on Transparency in Conventional Weapons Acquisitions, which the Council should take into account in carrying out its work.”

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  3. “Paraguay believes that strengthening national firearms and ammunition control systems is a cornerstone in preventing the diversion of arms for civilian use and for ensuring that they are used exclusively by our countries’ security forces. We would therefore like to highlight the work that Paraguay is doing with regard to its work with the Global Firearms Programme of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), which we hope will continue to yield positive results. We believe that international cooperation and multilateralism are the way to achieve global objectives based on the principle of shared but differentiated common responsibility.”

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  4. “Our region is closely following developments in the deployment of the Multinational Security Support Mission in Haiti, under the auspices of the United Nations, which the Council approved in October through its adoption of resolution 2699 (2023), and we hope that will help the Haitian Government improve its response to the surge in murders and the emergence of criminal gangs there, enabling it to reduce the level of armed violence. Every country in Latin America and the Caribbean is feeling the consequences of the instability in that brother nation. All of us, including the Council, together with the relevant bodies of the United Nations and the regional organizations and States concerned, should continue to work to prevent the illicit trafficking of firearms and ammunition that enables non-State actors to grow in strength.”

    2023-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9509Resumption1 (2023) · source

  5. “Small arms and light weapons contribute significantly to the commission of grave human rights violations against children, such as their illegal recruitment and use in armed conflict, as well as killings, maimings, rape and other forms of sexual abuse, in addition to abductions, attacks on schools and hospitals and the denial of access to humanitarian aid. The Council must ensure that its resolutions include specific actions designed to prevent such terrible abuses.”

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  6. “The diversion of small arms and light weapons has a negative effect on the implementation of gender policies, as the violence that such weapons fuel directly affects women and girls. That should ring continuing alarm bells and demands coordinated efforts on the part of the Security Council and organizations dedicated to the advancement of gender equality, both at the United Nations and at the regional level. The issue of the recruitment of children in armed conflict deserves special mention.”

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  7. “The illegal possession of weapons by such illegal organizations enables them to resist law- enforcement agencies and facilitates both organized crime and actions related to transnational organized crime and terrorism. Besides that, both State and non-State actors use the illegitimate proceeds from their crimes, including through cryptocurrencies, to avoid the control of States and international organizations while infiltrating conventional national financial systems and exercising illegitimate influence over political decisions all over the world. The Security Council has acknowledged the existence of such situations, for which it has established committees, and it should continue to collaborate with other United Nations bodies and agencies in addressing, mitigating, preventing and eradicating those threats.”

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  8. “The threat posed to peace and security by the diversion, illegal trafficking and misuse of small arms and light weapons and their ammunition is not a minor one, but is a burdensome, pervasive and persistent element that erodes our democracies, facilitates the weakening of national institutions, promotes the corruption of State officials in the national security and justice sectors and creates instability and conflict. The international community and the Council are fully aware of the danger posed by the links between the diversion of small arms and light weapons that end up in the hands of criminal organizations involved in human trafficking and illegal drug trafficking, the diversion of weapons of mass destruction and criminal gangs dedicated to creating insecurity among the population.”

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  9. “Mr. Pereira Sosa (Paraguay) (spoke in Spanish): The delegation of the Republic of Paraguay appreciates the opportunity to take the floor in this debate and congratulates the Republic of Ecuador as President of the Security Council for bringing this sensitive issue before the Council for a very timely debate, which we hope will be beneficial to all. We would also like to thank the briefers for their detailed presentations. With the burden of achieving and maintaining international peace and security, the Council is also collectively responsible for facilitating the realization of the three pillars of the work of the United Nations.”

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  10. “We want to highlight the efforts that have been made in operational fields and underline the importance of the work of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, at the international level, and the Organization of American States’ Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission and Department against Transnational Organized Crime, at the regional level. Our country is an example of good practice in the fight against illicit drug trafficking in its joint work with Brazil, and we are part of the United States’ Global Coalition initiative addressing the threat of synthetic drugs, which demonstrates that trust between States offers a significant advantage in the fight against this and other transnational crimes.”

    2023-12-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9497Resumption1 (2023) · source

  11. “In that connection, it is important to note the increasingly important role that new technologies and information and communications technologies are playing in the area of global peace and security, and it is vital that States work to build and strengthen their national capacities in that regard, bearing in mind that organized crime groups are using those technologies to their own advantage. In that regard, Paraguay believes that international cooperation and multilateralism represent the path to achieving our overarching objectives, based on the principle of shared but differentiated common responsibilities.”

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  12. “This is the right moment to highlight the fact that through these illegal markets, criminal networks bring in huge sums of money — amounting to more than the entire national budgets of many developing countries. That is why international cooperation is the best way to address that scourge. As a landlocked developing country, Paraguay believes that in addition to the use of air, sea and land surveillance in preventing transnational organized crime, we should also direct efforts towards monitoring national and international waterways. That should be done in a coordinated manner, with respect for territorial integrity and in compliance with the relevant international treaties.”

    2023-12-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9497Resumption1 (2023) · source

  13. “The Council is very much aware of the dangers posed by human trafficking, the illegal trafficking of drugs and firearms, the diversion of weapons of mass destruction into the hands of criminal organizations and other non-State actors, the use of cryptocurrencies to circumvent the authority of States and international organizations, the exploitation of new technologies for criminal purposes and the illegal trafficking of animals and works of art, among other things. That is why it has established commissions in those areas, and it should continue to cooperate with other United Nations bodies and agencies in addressing, mitigating, preventing and eliminating those threats.”

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  14. “Our Organization’s most important document, the Charter of the United Nations, makes it clear that the three pillars of its work are of equal relevance, and as we have reiterated in previous debates, there can be no peace without development and no development without peace. Transnational organized crime poses an extremely serious threat to international peace and security and is unquestionably linked to declines in democracy and the weakening of national institutions, in addition to fostering instability and conflict. All countries, as well as the United Nations and other international organizations, must work jointly to make every possible effort to combat it.”

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  15. “The delegation of Paraguay is grateful for the opportunity to speak in today’s timely open debate, and we take this opportunity to commend the Ecuadorian presidency of the Security Council for the month of December for raising awareness on a sensitive issue. We believe that Ecuador’s presidency will be a very productive one, and we wish it every success in steering the work of this crucially important forum for international peace and security. The Security Council has a fundamental responsibility to ensure that international peace and security is used as a channel for realizing the full development of all States and ensuring the full implementation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights for all peoples of the world.”

    2023-12-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9497Resumption1 (2023) · source