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Ramirez Carrefio

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first: 2015-01-19
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“In that context, we support the resumption of the dialogue and high-level negotiations in Brussels between Serbia and the local authorities of the province of Kosovo with the aim of reaching a mutually acceptable agreement between the parties. We encourage further such talks in the light of the commitment of both parties to implementing the First Agreement of Principles Governing the Normalization of Relations, as agreed on 19 April 2013. We welcome the indication in the Secretary- General's report (S/2015/303) that security on the administrative border of Kosovo has remained stable, although some protests have been reported since the report of February 2015 (S/2015/74), which we expect to be channelled into peaceful engagement.”
2015-05-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7448 (2015) · source
“Mr. Ramirez Carrefio (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) (spoke in Spanish): At the outset, we thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), Mr. Farid Zarif, for his briefing. We also welcome the participation of First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, Mr. Ivica Dacie, and of Mr. Hashim Thaci. While reiterating its strict adherence to international law, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela again expresses its view that the implementation of resolution 1244 (1999) remains the applicable international legal basis for achieving a comprehensive settlement within the framework of political negotiations on the question of Kosovo, while respecting the sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of Serbia.”
2015-05-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7448 (2015) · source
“It is particularly important, given that it is those entities that are today acting with full impunity, causing chaos, death and suffering to the most vulnerable and to the peoples of these regions beset by violence. This is an matter of political will for the parties that have the most responsibility to bear on this issue.”
2015-05-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7442 (2015) · source
“It would be an extraordinary contribution to the preservation of peace, the protection of human rights and the promotion of international law if the Security Council, in the context of this open debate, and given the situation of humanitarian tragedy, conflicts and wars besetting North African and Middle Eastern countries, were to take a decisive step as a firm expression of our political will to adopt a draft resolution that clearly prohibits the sale, supply, trafficking or transfer of small arms and light weapons, provided that the draft resolution includes non-State actors and terrorist groups. We would like to insist on the fact that the prohibition must encompass non-State actors and terrorist groups. This provision cannot be avoided by resorting to double standards and excuses.”
2015-05-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7442 (2015) · source
“We thus have enough legal and political elements to extend the scope of the prohibition on the sale and trafficking in small arms and light weapons to non-State actors and terrorist groups. Whoever supplies small arms and light weapons to non-Stateactors-whethertheybemilitiasordemocratic opposition movements in countries in conflict, in wars or in processes ofpolitical destabilization, and whatever their name or motive, in societies overwhelmed by poverty, inequalities, exclusion and various forms of social discrimination - are stoking those conflicts and creating conditions for an unthinkable expansion of violence, suffering and death, as is unfortunately the case today in many of our brother countries in the Middle East and North Africa.”
2015-05-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7442 (2015) · source
“It is for that reason that we are very concerned that major small arms and light weapons-producing countries have refused to include a prohibition on the transfer of conventional weapons, including small arms and light weapons, to non-State actors in the framework of previous negotiations on this issue at the United Nations. That has created a large legal vacuum that allows them to continue to supply small arms and light weapons to their political allies throughout the world. The Security Council has a clear definition of non-State actors. Furthermore, we have resolution 1540 (2004), which establishes a valuable precedent for the prohibition of the transfer of weapons of mass destruction to non-State actors.”
2015-05-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7442 (2015) · source
“Many non-State actors in North Africa and the Middle East receive small arms and light weapons from sponsoring States. Each weapon that lands in the hands of non-State actors in such countries as Iraq, Libya and Syria stokes barbarity, war, cruelty, suffering and the death of innocent persons. There is a very thin line between non-State actors and terrorist groups. There are armed and extremist groups that act with absolute disdain for human life and human rights, that, once they are given small arms and light weapons of all kinds, acquire significant military capacity and, more important, huge lethal capacity to deal death to every nook and cranny of the region.”
2015-05-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7442 (2015) · source
“For that reason, the collapse of States and the disappearance of their institutions play a decisive role in aggravating the problem we are discussing today. The staggering increase in the flow and illicit traffic in small arms and light weapons in North Africa and the Middle East, with its terrible toll in violence, impunity, crimes against humanity and massive human rights violations, is one of the terrible consequences of political destabilization, interventionism and the wars in Iraq, Syria and Libya. In addition to the problem caused by the collapse of States and institutions in the region, there is another element that we must address, namely, the promotion and proliferation of non-State armed groups as an instrument of political destabilization and fomenting war as a mechanism for overthrowing Governments.”
2015-05-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7442 (2015) · source
“The report demonstrated that munitions and explosives had ended up in at least 12 countries of the Maghreb, the Sahel, the Levant and the Horn of Africa. It also documented the terrible impact that the military intervention and war in Iraq had had on the security of the Middle East, leading to the collapse ofthe country's institutions and army, with the subsequent proliferation in the flow of weapons and explosives of all types. Within their capacities, States can and must manage and monitor their arsenals appropriately; promote cooperation mechanisms, mark firearms when they are being manufactured and imported; prohibit the export or transfer of unmarked small arms and light weapons; penalize illicit trafficking in those weapons; and enforce law.”
2015-05-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7442 (2015) · source
“Such are the statistics of the culture and the logic of death. Although the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons has been a constant for decades in North Africa and the Middle East, recent reports on the subject point to an unprecedented escalation of the phenomenon throughout the entire region. There is no doubt that military intervention, war and the collapse of institutions in Iraq and Libya, as well as the escalation of the conflict in Syria, are the key factors explaining this staggering increase in the trafficking and flow of small arms and light weapons throughout the entire region. The Secretary-General's 2013 report on small arms and light weapons (S/2013/503) referred to the impact caused by the collapse of the Libyan State and its terrible consequences for the security of neighbouring countries.”
2015-05-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7442 (2015) · source
“In addition, illicit sales, according to the World Bank, account for up to an additional 20 per cent. Hundreds of thousands of small arms and light weapons, including heavy machine guns, grenade launchers, ground-to-air missiles, portable anti-aircraft systems, portable rocket launchers, rifles and handguns, are diverted every year into the illicit market and to non-State actors, including terrorist groups. The diversion of those weapons exacerbates armed violence and fuels conflicts, civil wars and transnational organized crime, including drug trafficking, trafficking in women and children, and it undermines respect for international humanitarian law and human rights. At least 508,000 persons die violent deaths every year, including approximately 60,000 women and girls, and most of them are victims of small arms and light weapons.”
2015-05-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7442 (2015) · source
“Mr. Ramirez Carrefio (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) (spoke in Spanish): Allow me to thank you, Madam President, for convening this important open debate. We are also grateful for the briefings and presence of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mr. Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein; and Mr. Karamoko Diakite. There are no exact figures on the number of small arms and light weapons currently in circulation globally. Some sources estimate that at least 875 million small arms and light weapons are available, many of them in the hands of non-State individuals and entities. Reports are that between 7 and 8 million of those weapons are produced every year. The legal international sales of such weapons bring in at least $8.5 billion annually.”
2015-05-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7442 (2015) · source
“Finally, we believe that an inclusive political dialogue and the establishment of a national unity Government are the basis for establishing the rule of law with strong judicial institutions that ensure the promotion and respect of human rights, including international standards of due process, the right to defence, the presumption of innocence and fundamental legal guarantees. In this regard, we support the efforts of Special Representative of the Secretary-General Bernardino Leon to reach a political solution and urge all parties concerned work to ensure that peace returns to this brotherly African country. That is an indispensable requirement for building the institutional framework in a country that has been ravaged by war since 2011.”
2015-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7441 (2015) · source
“As a result, those terrorist groups have focused on carrying out attacks on ethnic and religious minorities, as evidenced in the executions of Egyptian, Ethiopian and Eritrean citizens; indiscriminate attacks on civilians; and kidnappings and disappearances of those who think differently from these terrorist groups. The perpetrators of these heinous crimes must be prosecuted and we hope that the ICC has all the support it needs to act quicly. Venezuela supports the efforts of the Office of the Prosecutor to ensure that justice and accountability prevail in Libya and that the authorities promote the establishment of a comprehensive and effective justice system to put an end to the persistent impunity in this country.”
2015-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7441 (2015) · source
“Therefore, we cannot speak of the application of justice in a country where the existing norms do not guarantee citizens equal treatment under the law. In this regard, we call on the Libyan authorities to fully cooperate with the International Criminal Court and the Office of the Prosecutor by delivering Saif Al-Islam to the Court so that he may remain in its custody, thereby guaranteeing his protection and his right to a fair trial. We condemn the presence and activities of terrorist groups, such as Al-Qaida, the Islamic State in Iraq and the Sham and associated groups, which have expanded their presence in Libya owing to the institutional collapse in the wake of the military intervention and war in 2011.”
2015-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7441 (2015) · source
“That atmosphere of general insecurity has affected the work of human rights activists, lawyers, judges and prosecutors, who for security reasons have not been able to pursue investigations that fall within their remit, including the prosecutions of SaifAl-Islam Al-Qadhafi and Abdullah Al-Senussi. Since he was captured in November 2011, Saif Al-Islam has been in the custody of the Zintan tribe to ensure his physical safety because of the danger inherent in his transfer to the capital or to any party claiming to represent the interests of the Libyan people. These disturbing events underscore the absence of the rule of law. The country has not yet regained its institutional footing and it has not been able to establish new institutions.”
2015-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7441 (2015) · source
“In that connection, ICC cases should not be settled outside the framework of the Court; they should be resolved within the institutional structure of the Court with the participation of the members of the Assembly of States parties to the Rome Statute. We are concerned about the deterioration of the political and security situation in Libya, as referred to in the report, which clearly describes the complex situation of displaced persons, attacks on civilians, illegal detentions, torture, disappearances, killings, persecution and abuse, as well as the obvious legal delays and violations of basic human rights evidenced by the fact that there are approximately 8,000 political detainees. Those are indications that violations of international humanitarian law and human rights continue in the country.”
2015-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7441 (2015) · source
“We are also concerned about the intervention of the Security Council, through its referral of cases over which the International Criminal Court has jurisdiction. That highlights the politicization of decisions on which the international community should act. It is no secret that there have been many examples of cases recently that have been said to fall outside the jurisdiction of the Court, despite evidence that they fall under the ICC's jurisdiction, and on which no action has been taken, such as what happened in Iraq, Libya and Palestine. In this sense, one could infer that if the ICC continues to act in this manner, the its autonomy, independence, objectivity and impartiality - principles that should prevail in the ICC's work - could be affected. There can be no double standards for legal issues.”
2015-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7441 (2015) · source
“Cooperation is an essential aspect in achieving the objectives of the Court, which requires the commitment of States to implementing its decisions and supporting its work. Strengthening the international criminal justice system, represented by the ICC, requires that States parties refrain from signing immunity agreements with countries that are not parties to the Rome Statute so as to exclude from the Court's jurisdiction individuals who are possibly responsible for committing crimes established under the Statute. This practice undermines the spirit and purpose of the Statute. Venezuela is concerned that some trials have been carried out very quickly owing to political reasons, as has been the case in Libya.”
2015-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7441 (2015) · source
“Mr. Ramirez Carreflo (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) (spoke in Spanish): We would like to thank the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Ms. Fatou Bensouda, for presenting the ninth report on the situation in Libya in accordance with resolution 1970 (2011) and for the work she has undertaken with a view to achieving justice for this brotherly African country. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, as a State party to the International Criminal Court (ICC) since 2002, champions the strengthening of the Court's institutional framework and its efficiency. We therefore encourage those countries that are not States parties to the Rome Statute to accede to that instrument in order to strengthen the rule of law at the national and international levels.”
2015-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7441 (2015) · source
“To conclude, we reaffirm the Council's responsibility in working with resolve towards a fair and lasting solution to the colonial situation endured by the Sahrawi people through the fulfilment of their right to self- determination, including the option of independence, pursuant to international law, and in particular the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations.”
2015-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7435 (2015) · source
“Furthermore, we regret that the consultations held on this topic were not preceded by an open meeting in which we could ensure the participation of the Special Envoy of the African Union for Western Sahara, former President Joaquim Chissano, in the light of the request made by that regional organization, which, together with the United Nations, is facilitating the process of negotiation between the parties. It is paradoxical that a strategic United Nations ally in efforts to find solutions to conflicts affecting peace and security on the African continent would be excluded from discussions in this body. We hope that this Council can correct this omission in the near term.”
2015-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7435 (2015) · source
“Another amendment was aimed at reaffirming the responsibilities of the Council in facilitating a fair and lasting solution to the situation in Western Sahara through the holding of a referendum on self- determination that would allow for completion of the unfinished process of decolonization, a situation that has lasted for more than four decades. It is essential that we ensure the implementation of resolution 690 (1991), which provided for the holding of the referendum. We are concerned that, without a referendum, the process of colonizing Western Sahara will continue, including the deterioration of human rights of the Sahrawi people and the illegal exploitation of their natural resources - all of which is to the detriment of stability and peace in the region.”
2015-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7435 (2015) · source
“These proposals were aimed at strengthening the role of MINURSO in the promotion and protection of human rights of the population of Western Sahara, bearing in mind the recommendations made by the Secretary-General in his report (S/2015/246) and the features of all United Nations missions. It is therefore necessary that future negotiation processes on the matter before us see an improvement in working methods with the aim of helping to promote a broad, inclusive and transparent discussion. In the context of the proposals made, the amendment that sought to increase the frequency with which the Security Council reviews the topic was not adopted.”
2015-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7435 (2015) · source
“In supporting the management, facilitation and efforts of the Secretary-General to bring about an agreement between the parties, MINURSO should continue to extend its cooperation to a range of assistance programmes aimed at addressing the plight of Sahrawi families that are spread out and separated, and bring new life into direct negotiations between the Frente Polisario and Morocco. However, we wish to express certain concerns about the procedure used in the drafting of the resolution just adopted. A text was presented to us that had been previously agreed by the Group of Friends of Western Sahara which did not address the legitimate concerns and proposals that were made by numerous countries that are interested in this specific issue, Venezuela among them.”
2015-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7435 (2015) · source
“Mr. Ramirez Carrefio (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) (spoke in Spanish): The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela voted in favour of resolution 2218 (2015), renewing the mandate ofthe United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), as we are convinced of its important role in the supervision of the ceasefire, reducing the threat of unexploded mines and ordnance and promoting measures to build confidence between the parties in order to achieve the holding of the referendum, which is its principal mandate under resolution 690 (1991).”
2015-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7435 (2015) · source
“How many men, young men, women and children must lose their lives? How many more must be martyred by terrorism, until those who influence the conflicting parties understand the urgency of working decisively towards a political solution to the tragedy, a solution that must include all parties? In conclusion, the United Nations and the Security Council have a moral obligation to work impartially and decisively to seek a political solution to put an end to the war. Otherwise, history will blame us for what is happening to the Syrian people today.”
2015-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7433 (2015) · source
“That is an issue that must be clarified, since those public sources have been the principal sources for the reports prepared by the Secretary-General. We also assert that the humanitarian crisis in Syria must not be used to promote political agendas in third countries. The situation in Syria is a tragedy, and it should be understood as such by the various actors who inflame and sustain the conflict. The main factor that has escalated and deepened the war derives from the fact that terrorist groups, such as Al-Qaida, ISIS, the Al-Nusra Front and their associates, have taken over the military and political leadership in the conflict with the help and logistical assistance received from foreigners, despite the fact that many wish to overlook that fact. We once more ask: How much must the Syrian people suffer?”
2015-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7433 (2015) · source
“As a result, it has now become necessary to prevent and combat the presence of foreign terrorists in order to prevent Syria and other countries in the Middle East and beyond the region from falling victim to the terrorists' criminal acts, which are based on ethnic and religious hatred. We would like to express our gratitude for the data in the report that refers to the bombing carried out by the anti-ISIS coalition in Syria. Unfortunately, that information has not been reflected in previous reports. However, it strikingly calls attention to the fact that the central command responsible for such attacks has been calling into question the credibility of the public sources that have been denying the existence of civilian casualties in those bombings.”
2015-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7433 (2015) · source
“The weak implementation of the measures adopted to control the presence of international terrorists in the Middle East, especially in Syria, is clearly reflected in the most recent report (S/2014/815, annex) of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team established pursuant to resolution 1526 (2004), as forwarded by Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) concerning Al-Qaida and associated individuals and entities. The report indicates that more than 25,000 foreign combatants from more than 100 countries have crossed the border from neighbouring countries. The report also indicates the lack of commitment on the part of those countries that have become bridges for terrorism to stop the flow of extremist militants.”
2015-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7433 (2015) · source
“We also value and acknowledge the work and efforts of neighbouring countries to host Syrian refugees. We urge the international community to support those efforts. We are very concerned by the report's information concerning the recruitment of children by terrorist groups, particularly ISIS, which has opened a school for the so-called Cubs of the Caliphate to indoctrinate and train children and young people to join the war effort. As indicated in the report, the number of civilians under siege is truly alarming. Some 440,000 people are in this situation, which is unacceptable. In addition, the refugees remaining in the Yarmouk Camp are currently suffering the effects of the strategic alliance between the Al-Nusra Front, ISIS and associated groups, which are working together under the umbrella of the so- called non-State armed groups.”
2015-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7433 (2015) · source
“Our country condemns the massive violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law there. We reject the sectarian violence and the cruelty perpetrated by terrorist groups against civilians in their campaign of terror and their crimes in the territories they occupy. The brutal practice of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) ofbeheading those they consider to be enemies of their creed is an example of this. Given the challenges resulting from this protracted conflict, we value the work of humanitarian agencies and rescue and medical workers, and we reject their falling victim to violence. They cannot be military targets. We encourage the international community to promote all efforts in order to stop attacks on medical staff.”
2015-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7433 (2015) · source
“We urge all countries and parties involved in the conflict to support the diplomatic efforts and initiatives for dialogue. This effort should include all Syrian parties, especially the Government of President Bashar Al-Assad. We affirm our commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of Syria, in accordance with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations. The fourteenth report of the Secretary-General on the humanitarian issue in Syria (S/2015/264) offers a critical overview of the situation. There is probably no way to describe the suffering of the Syrian people. What is happening in that sister nation is without doubt a tragedy. It is a people martyred by the horrors of war.”
2015-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7433 (2015) · source
“The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela reiterates that the only way to end the humanitarian crisis in Syria is through a political, negotiated and inclusive solution to the armed conflict. In that regard, we firmly support the diplomatic efforts undertaken by Moscow, leading to a second round of negotiations among the parties to the Syrian conflict. We also support all the efforts and initiatives of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, to achieve a ceasefire, albeit a partial one, in order to open the way to talks among the parties and to alleviate the suffering of the Syrian people. An immediate ceasefire would make it possible to address the humanitarian crisis and allow a pause for peace and for the political effort.”
2015-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7433 (2015) · source
“In contravention of international law, the agents of foreign Powers have provided backing and financing to armed groups and terrorists to violently overthrow the legitimate Government of Syria, in disregard for that country's right of self-determination. Such illegal actions have also endangered the unity, territorial integrity, sovereignty and political independence of Syria. The existence and strengthening of terrorist groups is not just a problem in Syria. The proliferating actions of such groups affect neighbouring countries and threaten to extend their presence and control over other territories. Venezuela rejects war, the violation of human rights and atrocities arising from religious, political and ethnic intolerance.”
2015-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7433 (2015) · source
“Mr. Ramirez Carrefio (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) (spoke in Spanish): We wish to thank you, Madam President, for convening this meeting on the Syrian Arab Republic and the implementation of resolution 2139 (2014) on humanitarian assistance. We extend our greetings to Ms. Valerie Amos of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs; Mr. Antonio Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; Ms. Ertharin Cousin, Executive Director of the World Food Programme; and Ms. Angelina Jolie, Special Envoy of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and thank them for their briefings. In addressing the tragic humanitarian situation in Syria, we cannot fail to refer to the causes that unleashed the armed conflict and its devastating effects on the country, especially on civilian victims of terrorist violence.”
2015-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7433 (2015) · source
“The inclusion of young people as actors in society - their active participation, their protection as a vulnerable sector and their sociopolitical empowerment - are fundamental elements to successfully develop in society a culture of peace and tolerance that will triumph over a culture of violence and death.”
2015-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7432 (2015) · source
“The Bolivarian Revolution led by President Hugo Chavez began, and President Nicolas Maduro Moros has continued to develop, a vast programme of inclusion of all sectors of society, with particular emphasis on youth. A massive literacy campaign in our country, which has allowed UNESCO to declare Venezuela a territory free of illiteracy, has developed missions of basic education that include more than 850,000 young people who had been outside the formal education system, and in municipalities, more than 2.5 million young people have had access to universities or higher education. Furthermore, we have established the Ministry of Popular Power for Youth, which directly serves the needs and addresses the problems of that sector of the country, and we have enacted laws specifically designed to ensure youth employment.”
2015-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7432 (2015) · source
“Nation States and the United Nations could coordinate across agencies, such as the UNESCO and the United Nations Development Programme, the promotion of zones of peace, tolerance, culture and socioeconomic development with the active participation of youth in the social fabric. That task is much more urgent and important in those countries that have developed or are exposed to armed conflict. In war-torn areas where children and youths are exposed to the trauma of violence and sectarianism, the absence or weakness of State institutions in the countries leaves room for extremism and terrorist groups. Mrs. Kawar took the Chair. Venezuela, like other countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, is a zone of peace.”
2015-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7432 (2015) · source
“If we want to protect young people from involvement in extremism and terrorism, there can be no double standards on this issue. All support to terrorist groups, direct or indirect, must end. The flow of weapons must be stopped. Another aspect, no less important in addressing the problem, relates to the institutional capacity of States to prevent the propagation of extremism and of terrorism among young people, especially in post- conflict situations. The various State institutions need to coordinate their work of incorporating young people and introducing them to the possibilities of political, economic and social participation. Inclusive processes, literacy, education, work and attention to their spiritual and social needs are fundamental in combating hopelessness and emotional distress among young people.”
2015-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7432 (2015) · source
“The hopelessness and lack of opportunity felt by the millions ofyoung people living amid war, sectarianism, colonialism or foreign occupation create the conditions that enable extremism to appear, grow and develop. The emergence of extremist and terrorist groups has changed the face of societies that previously were tolerant and amicable towards their ethnic and religious minorities. We should be asking ourselves in this debate how it is possible that terrorist groups such as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, Al-Qaida and the Al-Nusra Front have the capacity to act that they do. So much military capability. So many weapons. Such mobility. Such communications capability. Who is funding them? Who is arming them? Who is encouraging them?”
2015-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7432 (2015) · source
“The experts on social behaviour undoubtedly bring many more elements to bear in the study and understanding of how such factors influence young people. But what is clear is that from their earliest years of life, when a person's world view and spirituality are formed, the children who have grown up in and been exposed to the brutality of war in Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yemen and Palestine are now the most likely to be those young people who are flocking to join extremist and terrorist groups in large numbers. It is highly probable that the children in some regions of Africa who have lived in a permanent atmosphere of social Violence, exclusion and severe poverty have become the young people who, sadly, are joining terrorist groups today.”
2015-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7432 (2015) · source
“Since poverty and exclusion among young people are a global phenomenon and a challenge that every nation must deal with, we wonder why the phenomenon of terrorism is worse in particular regions such as the Middle East and Africa. On the strange and incomprehensible world chessboard that is the scene of the great Powers' struggle for their interests, vast areas of conflict have been created, sometimes bloody and tragic, as in the Middle East and North Africa, and at others chronic and permanent, as in central Africa. In those areas of conflict, the great Powers, with their immense military, economic and propagandistic communications resources, have focused their extraordinary power on promoting war, violence, sectarianism, hatred, religious intolerance and extremism.”
2015-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7432 (2015) · source
“Thus if we are to address the root causes of young people's attraction to extremism and their active involvement in terrorism, we must make a comprehensive, critical assessment of the crisis embodied in a way of life that is marked by violence, exclusion, poverty and a profound spiritual void in the face of the triumph of the material world. According to the United Nations Population Fund's State of World Population 2014 report, today there are more young people - about 1.8 billion of them aged between 10 and 24 years old - than there have ever been. Young people constitute about a quarter of the world's population. The report also states that about 500 million of those aged between 15 and 24 live on less than $2 a day, and more than 74 million of them are unemployed.”
2015-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7432 (2015) · source
“That is why we believe it cannot be encouraged or aided financially or militarily with the aim of destabilizing or overthrowing a Government. There is no good or bad terrorism; its culture is always one of death. Young people constitute the most mobile sector of society. They have always been politically mobile and a barometer for the political ideas that change history. If today we are acknowledging that young people in significant parts of the world are mobilizing in support of fascism, intolerance, racism and extremism, we must also acknowledge that the problem is rooted in society as a whole. These young people are the victims of a sick system or society.”
2015-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7432 (2015) · source
“Mr. Ramirez Carrefio (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) (spoke in Spanish): We would first like to thank the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan for convening this important open debate, and we salute and welcome Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II. We thank the Secretary-General, Mr. Peter Neumann and Mr. Scott Atran for their briefings. We are also very grateful for the excellent concept paper prepared by the Jordanian delegation to guide us in today's debate (S/2015/231). The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has given special attention to this issue in the context of the fight against the Violence and terrorism that are plaguing the Middle East and major regions of Africa. We categorically reject and condemn terrorism in all its forms and manifestations.”
2015-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7432 (2015) · source
“Lastly, we invite the Council to take a proactive stance aimed at shoring up the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, which would make it possible to break the current deadlock. A negotiated political solution to this question would be decisive for peace and security in the Middle East. Although we call for a negotiated solution based on the peaceful coexistence of two States, then Palestine must be recognized as a State and a full Member of the United Nations, and to do so it must benefit from a resolution of the Council establishing that fact. Lastly, we call on this organ to assume the responsibilities that the Charter of the United Nations has conferred upon it in its Article 4.”
2015-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7430 (2015) · source
“As the Israeli military occupation is the main cause of the clear violations of human rights of the Palestinian population and of international humanitarian law, Venezuela calls for the establishment of a timeline that would put an end to the unsustainable and illegal occupation of territories belonging to the State of Palestine, in accordance with resolutions 242 (1967), 338 (1973) and 446 (1979), inter alia. Our country encourages the parties to continue negotiations to achieve a firm and lasting peace where both States can live as sovereign and independent countries in safety, within internationally recognized borders. A comprehensive political solution to the conflict must include a commitment to respecting the sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of Lebanon and Syria.”
2015-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7430 (2015) · source
“According to estimates by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, more than 500,000 people were displaced last year during the most recent Israeli military operation against the Gaza Strip, which represents the highest number of IDPs since 1967. It is high time for the Council to express to the people of Palestine its unanimity as to a political solution to the conflict based on the peaceful coexistence of two States: the Israeli State and the State of Palestine. We cannot accept the denial ofthe existence ofa Palestinian State, otherwise there can be neither peace norjustice.”
2015-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7430 (2015) · source
“Our country calls for an end to impunity and for the necessary accountability of those responsible for these crimes against humanity. There is a particular and unfathomable cruelty to the violence ofthe occupying Power against Palestinian children. Since 2000, more than 10,000 children have been imprisoned in Israeli detention centres, resulting in psychological consequences that are difficult to overcome. The latest UNICEF report indicates that within the Israeli military detention system, the mistreatment of Palestinian children would appear to be widespread, systematic and institutionalized. Besides the victims that are counted in the various reports of the United Nations agencies referring to the Palestinian question, we cannot overlook the number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the area as a result of the violence.”
2015-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7430 (2015) · source