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Pulido Santana

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2002-05-20
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2004-02-26
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  1. “We stress that it is crucial for the international community to express and show its solidarity with the people and the democratic institutions of Haiti that are threatened today. Venezuela welcomes the Secretary- General's decision to appoint a Special Adviser, as well as the opening of an office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Haiti. Venezuela views with optimism the efforts undertaken by the United Nations to support regional steps to find a peaceful and democratic solution to the Haitian crisis. Our country remains optimistic concerning the results of efforts under way in the United Nations and in regional organizations, and we hope that they will effectively support one another, with a view to finding a speedy solution to the Haitian conflict.”

    2004-02-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4917 (2004) · source

  2. “As we had the opportunity to say at the briefing on Haiti that was convened by the President of the General Assembly in a timely and appropriate fashion on 20 February, we hope that mechanisms of the United Nations will prompt the international community to deal directly with the humanitarian emergency that is currently besetting Haiti. In that context, we reiterate our support, expressed in the Permanent Council of the OAS, to contribute to alleviating the serious humanitarian situation through a financial contribution and to support other initiatives that stem from the San Jose Agreement and the Caracas Agreement on Energy Cooperation. At the same time, Venezuela will be sending emergency supplies such as food and medicine.”

    2004-02-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4917 (2004) · source

  3. “Accordingly, the Government of Venezuela would like to reiterate its complete support for the constitutional Government of Haiti, of which Jean-Bertrand Aristide is the President, and firmly rejects all attempts to overthrow the constitution of that country or to make any changes in it concerning the fixed terms for the election of authorities. We also support steps taken by the Organization of American States (OAS), the natural forum for considering this situation. We fully support the efforts of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to find a peaceful and negotiated solution within the Haitian constitutional framework. We express our wish that efforts to achieve an immediate cessation of violence and the speedy restoration of peace to the country will continue.”

    2004-02-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4917 (2004) · source

  4. “Ms. Pulido Santana (Venezuela) (spoke in Spanish): The delegation of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela would like to thank the President of the Security Council, Ambassador Wang Guangya, for having convened this important meeting to address the grave situation besetting our sister Caribbean country, Haiti. We are pleased that the Secretary-General was here at the beginning of the meeting. We also welcome the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Jamaica and the Bahamas. Whatever happens in the sister Republic of Haiti is a matter of deepest concern for Venezuela, and we carefully follow developments in its internal affairs. The joint communique issued yesterday by the Rio Group, which was mentioned by the representative of Brazil at this meeting, clearly reflects the position of Venezuela on the situation in Haiti.”

    2004-02-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4917 (2004) · source

  5. “We believe that, because INSTRAW has a specific mandate in these areas, its valuable work should be taken into account and it should be strengthened, given adequate resources and enabled fully to reach its goals with respect to the role of women in the achievement of the broader goal of peace and security.”

    2002-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4635Resumption1 (2002) · source

  6. “This should include, as the Secretary- General's report repeatedly stresses, the compilation of data on various situations involving violations of the rights of women and girls, which would make possible an analysis that closely reflects the real situation, identifying those areas in which training and better preparation are needed in order to achieve the goals of the report. Against that backdrop, we regret that the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW), despite its being the only United Nations organ that has a specific mandate to address gender issues and the training of women, was not consulted in the elaboration of the report of the Secretary-General.”

    2002-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4635Resumption1 (2002) · source

  7. “Clearly, the implementation of all of these recommendations implies the strengthening of coordination and greater integration among the organs involved in all of these initiatives relating to the consolidation and maintenance of peace, humanitarian operations and reconstruction processes. We should also strengthen and pay due attention to the structures and mechanisms provided for in the framework of the United Nations that aim to ensure that the gender perspective is systematically incorporated in all activities relating to peace and security.”

    2002-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4635Resumption1 (2002) · source

  8. “In this context, and in the framework of the process of increased awareness of and greater respect for human rights, we attach particular importance to the need to provide a legal basis for offenses related to violence against women, and to the possibility of providing compensation to women and girls affected by sexual violence. We value highly the recommendations pertaining to the role of women in the reconstruction and rehabilitation stages, as well as in the processes of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration, in the light of the fact that women, as active players in post- armed-conflict situations, can increase their contribution to such processes.”

    2002-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4635Resumption1 (2002) · source

  9. “The report is a useful listing of the various areas in which the United Nations should expand and adopt specific measures. In this regard, we believe that the implementation of some of these recommendations will undoubtedly make it possible to discourage the culture of violence and discrimination against women and girls as they are gradually incorporated into the process of planning, policy-making and implementation of all peacekeeping operations, humanitarian activities and post-conflict reconstruction activities.”

    2002-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4635Resumption1 (2002) · source

  10. “However, we welcome this initiative of the Security Council to take up, pursuant to resolution 1325 (2000), the specific item of women, peace and security, because we understand that this initiative falls within the spirit of cooperation among the main organs of this Organization and that it is part of the broad implementation process of one of the 12 critical action areas identified in the Beijing Platform for Action, adopted by the international community in the specialized conferences on women. The report before us today is concise and specific in its recommendations. It is a valuable and important source of guidance for understanding the present position of women and girls as persons particularly affected by situations of armed conflict, and to identify areas that require special attention, given their status as women and girls.”

    2002-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4635Resumption1 (2002) · source

  11. “At a time when peacekeeping operations and the treatment of armed conflict are giving greater attention to the role of women, the publication of this report is most timely and welcome. We note today that the Organization has provided more space for the gender perspective in most of the priorities reflected in the Millennium Declaration. That is an important step forward. Venezuela believes that gender equality and the advancement of women are topics whose treatment is the task of the General Assembly and the Commission on the Status of Women of the Economic and Social Council.”

    2002-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4635Resumption1 (2002) · source

  12. “We are pleased with the holding of this meeting, given the great importance Venezuela attaches to the item on women and the inclusion of the gender perspective in all activities aimed at contributing to the pursuit of peace and security, particularly those that relate to women's participation and their contribution to achieving sustainable development through equal opportunity, based on the understanding that those activities should also be viewed as conditions for the achievement of peace and security. While we note that considerable time has elapsed between the adoption of resolution 1325 (2000) and the recent submission of this important report, we must also acknowledge that during that time there have been new developments, and incorporation of the gender perspective has been opening up new avenues.”

    2002-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4635Resumption1 (2002) · source

  13. “Ms. Pulido Santana (Venezuela) (spoke in Spanish): I wish at the outset to express our gratitude to the members of the Council for allowing us to take the floor at this important meeting. I congratulate the President of the Council, Ambassador Martin Belinga- Eboutou, for his very positive work in conducting the proceedings of this important organ. I also wish to express our appreciation to the Secretary-General, to Ms. Angela King, Special Advisor on Gender Issues and the Advancement of Women, and to the Secretariat staff who have worked on the development of this important report.”

    2002-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4635Resumption1 (2002) · source

  14. “There is no conflict between peace and international criminal justice; on the contrary, they are entirely complementary. Venezuela hopes that the Security Council, acting in accordance with its responsibilities under the Charter, will take a decision that respects the letter and the spirit of the Rome Statute.”

    2002-07-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4568 (2002) · source

  15. “A decision by the Council to that effect would be contrary to the very spirit and purpose of the Rome Statute, which is essentially the eradication of impunity for the commission of crimes falling within the jurisdiction of the Court. That would be questionable both politically and legally. Such a decision would exceed the Council's competence and would disrupt the international legal order. At the same time, in keeping with what I have stated, we share the Secretary-General's concern about this and other measures of this kind, which might in the future affect peacekeeping operations, the concept of which is evolving towards a comprehensive vision and whose establishment is indeed within the jurisdiction of the Security Council.”

    2002-07-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4568 (2002) · source

  16. “We are convinced that universal participation must be the cornerstone of this new institution. Universality and effectiveness are, without doubt, inseparable concepts. Likewise, we view with great concern the situation that has arisen within the Council concerning the possibility through a decision, this principal organ might weaken the Statute of the International Criminal Court. Such a decision could modify the scope of an international instrument which is not simply conventional law in the strict sense of the term, but also, to a large extent, reflects customary law accepted by all concerning international jurisdiction and international criminal law.”

    2002-07-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4568 (2002) · source

  17. “Creation of the International Criminal Court is emblematic and groundbreaking, not only because it is the first institution associated with the United Nations created in the new century, but, more fundamentally, by its very nature and by the far-reaching importance of its contribution to the building of a new international order, whose architecture we are striving to build on solid foundations of justice and peace, so as to permit development of the necessary conditions for the social and economic development of our peoples. Our confidence and optimism concerning the effectiveness of the International Criminal Court remain firm. Nonetheless, we feel profound concern at the position taken by certain countries, even when we understand the position, not for the present to join this endeavour of international justice.”

    2002-07-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4568 (2002) · source

  18. “My country thus sent a message to the international community, which we now reaffirm before the Security Council, concerning the great significance we attach to the International Criminal Court as an autonomous, universal, complementary and impartial jurisdictional mechanism with which to try and punish those responsible for the most abominable international crimes.”

    2002-07-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4568 (2002) · source

  19. “On the contrary, it is now a concrete reality whose structure attests to the resolve of States to render the actions of justice effective in the face of the most reprehensible international crimes, which endanger not only international peace and security, but the very existence of humankind. Venezuela resolutely supported the creation of an international criminal court, taking an active and constructive part in negotiating its establishment. It was one of the first Latin American countries to ratify the Rome Statute, inspired by a deep tradition of democracy, and respect for and promotion of human rights, in keeping with its priority of making justice effective, reliable and transparent, both domestically and on the international level.”

    2002-07-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4568 (2002) · source

  20. “Ms. Pulido Santana (Venezuela) (spoke in Spanish): I thank the Council members for allowing me to take the floor at this meeting. We associate ourselves with the statement made by Costa Rica at this meeting on behalf of the Rio Group. Nine days ago, my delegation, along with all the other participants in the tenth session of the Preparatory Commission for the International Criminal Court rejoiced at the immensely significant and historic entry into force of the Statute of the International Criminal Court. That event was resounding proof that international criminal law is not a theoretical fiction, or a dream of international idealists.”

    2002-07-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4568 (2002) · source

  21. “Sergio Vieira de Mello, and all his staff, and to all those who preceded him in the Secretariat and who played a very active and key role in the negotiations. We are convinced that the United Nations will continue its invaluable assistance to the new sovereign State through the successor mission established by resolution 1410 (2002). We hope to welcome East Timor as a new Member of the United Nations family at the next session of the General Assembly.”

    2002-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4537 (2002) · source

  22. “Peace and democracy must be accompanied by resolute and generous support from the international community, particularly from the international financial institutions, in order to ensure the success of those tasks and to make East Timor a viable State. I would not wish to conclude without expressing our congratulations to the Government of President Gusmao and to the new national leaders. I also wish to reiterate our appreciation to all those bodies and officials of the United Nations that made a decisive contribution so that East Timor would today be able to proclaim its independence. We especially wish to express our thanks to the Council, over which you, Sir, are so honourably presiding, to the General Assembly, to Secretary-General Kofi Annan, to the Secretary- General's Special Representative, Mr.”

    2002-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4537 (2002) · source

  23. “We are confident that the maturity it has achieved will enable it, with the cooperation and assistance of the international community and with the continued support of the United Nations, to deal with the varied problems that still exist and with those that the newly independent nation will have to face. It is encouraging to see that East Timor is already taking its first steps towards, and is beginning to plan for, laying the solid foundations of its economy through the sovereign exploitation of its natural resources. We are also confident that the same courage and steadfastness that have led the East Timorese people to the threshold of peace and democracy will also prove fundamental as they carry out the tasks of building their new country.”

    2002-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4537 (2002) · source

  24. “Venezuela, as a member of the Special Committee on the Situation with Regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, is particularly gratified at these first steps towards an institutional life now being taken by the people of East Timor. That important development undoubtedly constitutes a new milestone in the history of the struggle of the United Nations for the realization of the right of peoples to self-determination. Naturally, many challenges lie ahead for the new nation.”

    2002-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4537 (2002) · source

  25. “On this date of such importance for the East Timorese and of shared celebration for all democratic countries of the world, we wish to extend a message of friendship and cooperation to the people and the Government of East Timor: we share their confidence and natural optimism in their present and future. The President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Mr. Hugo Chavez Frias, who had the great honour of being invited by the Secretary-General to the ceremonial proclamation of the independence of East Timor, deeply regrets that he was unable to be personally present on this historic occasion, although that was his intention. A mission led by our Ambassador in Jakarta is attending this historic event to bear witness to our country's support.”

    2002-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4537 (2002) · source

  26. “Ms. Pulido Santana (Venezuela) (spoke in Spanish): At the outset, let me express my delegation's satisfaction at seeing you, Sir, preside over this important Council meeting. In taking the floor, I should like to say that we subscribe to Costa Rica's statement on behalf of the Rio Group. Venezuela joins in the international community's jubilation at the emergence of East Timor as a new, full-fledged and sovereign member of this community. We believe that, for the United Nations in particular, that event represents the satisfaction of having fulfilled in the framework of its purposes, one of the goals for which it exists.”

    2002-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4537 (2002) · source