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2001-03-07
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  1. “Thirdly, the basis of this participation is found by ensuring general support for the representational nature and legitimacy of the General Assembly while the current composition, rules of procedures and methods of work of the Security Council are open to question. These make it the most appropriate forum for the search for consensus on items of common interest and application. Lastly, there is a need to promote a new concept of collective security based on reciprocal trust, mutual respect, legal equality and cooperation.”

    2001-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4288 (2001) · source

  2. “First, there is the need to restore the nature of the General Assembly as a forum for debates and broad and pluralistic discussion of subjects relating to international peace and security. Second, there is the need to engage in dialogue and an exchange of ideas between the Security Council and the General Assembly to permit the development of a clear legal framework with precise rules and criteria, in accordance with the Charter of the Organization. This would be in line with the new concepts of collective international security and with the political independence of States as central actors in international relations and that ensure their effective participation in its implementation.”

    2001-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4288 (2001) · source

  3. “My country wishes to focus on an important aspect which, even though it was not considered in resolution 1318 (2000), nevertheless underlies, in a fundamental and vital way, the entire problem of the effective role of the Security Council in the maintenance of international peace and security, in a relationship that will allow the Council to act with the consensus and support of all States of the Organization, in the context of the current crisis of credibility that it is facing, as was indicated by the Secretary-General in the meeting which we are following up at this time. The Peruvian delegation would like to conclude its intervention by summarizing its position as follows.”

    2001-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4288 (2001) · source

  4. “My delegation is convinced that only a higher level of dialogue and cooperation between the Security Council and the General Assembly will permit the obtaining of results that will offer a positive and successful answer to the questions pointed out in the document prepared for this meeting.”

    2001-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4288 (2001) · source

  5. “This interpretation has been consolidated with the principle of the subsequent practice of the General Assembly through resolutions that are parallel and complementary to those of the Security Council and even, at times, performing functions of this body. In this regard, my delegation considers that the Assembly is fully empowered to become an important participant in the establishment of the new international collective security. This is all the more true since there are several subjects that await a clear definition, such as preventive action, several aspects of peace-building and many areas within the framework of the peacekeeping operations. We do not need to say that the Assembly's presence is indispensable when dealing with matters linked to its natural capacity for action that we have referred to.”

    2001-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4288 (2001) · source

  6. “This same idea must be present with regard to the expansion sought by some States of the concept of security that would involve health, environment and human rights matters. Peru would also like to recall the full capacity and relevance of the General Assembly for consideration, reflection and recommendation in the maintenance of international peace and security in accordance with Articles 10, 11 and 14 of the Charter. They grant it a capacity for recommendation in situations of a threat to peace, the breach of peace and aggression. The limit on its action is the imposition of coercive measures under Chapter VII.”

    2001-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4288 (2001) · source

  7. “This participation becomes even more obvious when the matters to be debated are superimposed on its natural sphere of action. For example, we would like to emphasize, in this first aspect, that the strategies developed to handle the causes of conflicts-which include concepts such as poverty and underdevelopment - imply in themselves consideration in and participation by the General Assembly, as well as a dialogue with the Security Council to determine a clear form of interaction. We emphasize the interventions of some members of the Security Council in the debate last September, when they stated that not all causes of conflict should be addressed by the Security Council but that its function should be to participate with the relevant bodies of the Organization in drafting general strategies for cooperation.”

    2001-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4288 (2001) · source

  8. “This requirement for consensus, in our opinion, becomes essential for shaping clear rules and criteria which will, in their turn, gain the necessary support and consent of the States of the United Nations and prevent the imposition of concepts that are contrary to the feelings of the majority. In our opinion, there is no other body within the system, aside from the General Assembly, that because of its universal nature is capable of creating the required consensus and can rely on a genuine capacity to contribute and support this. Peru considers that the Security Council has not yet conducted a broad review of, nor given adequate consideration to, the important role that the General Assembly can play in the reinforcement of its own role as a means of unifying common action criteria with regard to international peace and security.”

    2001-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4288 (2001) · source

  9. “Peru also has doubts about the relevance of many of the new themes being discussed in the Security Council which naturally fall under the competence of other forums and bodies of the Organization. Your delegation, Mr. President, has wished to delimit this debate through a useful document that includes precise and direct questions on the work of the Security Council. It has attached an equally important annex that compiles initiatives and comments presented in the Security Council summit meeting. This section demonstrates what is known by all, and this is that in many areas of discussion relating to peace and security there is not yet a clear consensus on the conceptualization of terms and principles of action.”

    2001-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4288 (2001) · source

  10. “This is both a logical practical measure and just recognition of those States that are involved in the most difficult and risky phase of the peacekeeping operations. Nevertheless, my delegation has also viewed with concern the fact that the new principles and criteria for action in the collective security system of the Organization -which include, inter alia, the redefinition of the content, scope and mandate of peacekeeping operations and the conceptual expansion of the causes of the conflicts - have been the fruit of a process of reflection and decision exclusively within the Security Council. This has left and continues to leave the great majority of States outside the debate on the configuration of the new international order in these matters.”

    2001-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4288 (2001) · source

  11. “The discussion and reflection have touched upon subjects that deal with the conceptualization of the basic elements, such as the establishment and definition of new criteria and bases for action now that conflicts have become more complex and peacekeeping operations have a different scope. Along these lines, my country has observed with interest the reaffirmation of basic concepts such as the unrestricted respect for sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence. These principles are included in Security Council resolution 1318 (2000), the contents of which Peru supports and encourages. In this same sense, my country has welcomed, among other aspects, the efforts to secure greater participation by troop-contributing countries.”

    2001-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4288 (2001) · source

  12. “Mr. Picasso (Peru) (spoke in Spanish): Let my first words be to congratulate you for assuming the direction of the Security Council during the month of March, a task that has begun in a highly auspicious manner. My delegation wishes to thank you, first of all, for the opportunity to take part in this important meeting that is a follow-up to the conclusions reached in the Security Council in its meeting at the level of heads of State last September on ensuring an effective role of the Security Council in the maintenance of international peace and security. In recent years Peru has followed very closely how matters relating to the maintenance of peace have been dealt with in the Organization.”

    2001-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4288 (2001) · source