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Ramirez Carreflo

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  1. “We cannot but warn that any intervention that promotes the dismantling of State institutions, as, unfortunately, happened in Iraq, Libya and Syria, is counterproductive in terms of achieving a sustainable long-term peace, as it promotes the expansion of extremist and terrorist groups on a country's territory. The creation of resources at the national level is therefore vital to sustainable peace. Finally, all of these steps are key to giving countries emerging from conflict the capacities necessary to prevent any replapse into conflict and build a sustainable peace.”

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  2. “Capacity cannot be generated overnight, and solutions are not quite as simple as some seem to think, given the institutional weakness of countries emerging from conflict. To grasp the particular circumstances of such countries is especially important. International financial institutions and donor countries must keep this in mind and offer assistance and aid in a more flexible and sustained manner. Countries emerging from conflict can take a long time to recover, and that process can be a stop-and-start one. But international assistance must be sustained and continue over the long term. That is the only way in which root causes can be dealt with and the vicious circle of conflict broken.”

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  3. “In this regard, we must place greater emphasis on relaunching sustainable economic development in countries that have just emerged from or might fall back into conflict situations. We cannot claim to be sustaining peace when we ignore the need of peoples to overcome their most basic socioeconomic problems, obtain the means to earn a living and lay the foundations for inclusive development and social justice. Despite the fact that the majority of countries in post-conflict situations take some 20 years to recover their capacities, international financing drops off after the first four to eight years. This is due to the fact that many bilateral or multilateral assistance packages set conditions with regard to quality of governance and institutional capacity, which very few countries in these terrible circumstances cannot satisfy fully.”

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  4. “Moreover, the settlement of conflicts and the goal of sustainable peace include a whole range of political and institutional activities and long-term development, which seek to address the profound causes of conflicts and prevent those root causes from surfacing or resurfacing, as well as bring about lasting peace. Last year, the peacebuilding architecture was the subject of reflection on how the United Nations should be dealing with this issue. My country, during its presidency of the Security Council, took that opportunity to contribute to the discussion through the convening of an open debate on peacebuilding held on 23 February 2016 (see S/PV.7629). Achieving sustainable peace will be possible only to the extent that we address the root causes of conflicts.”

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  5. “A reflection of that reality has been the prolonged Israeli-Palestinian conflict, resulting from Israel's illegal occupation of the territory of the State of Palestine. Seventy years have passed without the realization of the legitimate and just aspirations for self- determination of the Palestinian people, whose rights, which should be expressed in the form of a sovereign, free and independent State, have been violated by the occupying Power with the support of members of the Security Council. We also see a similar situation in the Western Sahara, which has been occupied by Morocco for 25 years since the referendum that was promoted by resolution 690 (1991).”

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  6. “Therefore, the peaceful settlement of conflicts, particularly longstanding ones, such as the Palestinian question and outstanding colonial situations in various areas of the world, such as the question of Western Sahara, the last colony in Africa, must remain an essential aspect of the work of the Organization, in particular the Security Council, whose responsibility to maintain international peace and security gives rise to its ineluctable obligation to deal with conflicts. Often the consideration of such conflicts has been deferred with regard to their solution but has often been suppressed in the Council by the inaction of some permanent members that put their national interests before collective action that would promote the interests of multilateralism.”

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  7. “It is no secret that the Organization, in particular the Security Council, reacts reflexively when faced by conflicts, favouring the use of short-term military and sanctions measures instead of political actions that could address the root causes of the problems. Moreover, most often, permanent members of the Council are implicated and participate directly in conflicts, providing military and financial support to one of the sides involved, thereby rendering it enormously difficult for the Council to take action.”

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  8. “Threats to international peace and security resulting from terrorism, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, prolonged conflicts and unresolved colonial situations, as well as the cases of violence and destabilization that have recently arisen in the Middle East and North Africa, require strong political will and willingness on the part of Member States to conduct their international relations in the framework of equality and respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity, without interference in their internal affairs, and with a commitment to the peaceful settlement of conflicts.”

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  9. “The seriousness and complexity of the challenges posed require a determined approach by the United Nations, in particular the Security Council, so as to enable Member States to agree on new multilateral approaches and adequate responses, within the framework of the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, to situations that may arise from those new threats to the sovereignty and political independence of countries.”

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  10. “In recent years, the evolution of the situation on the ground throughout the world has transformed the nature of conflicts and threats to international peace and security, which today include not only bellicose confrontations but also encompass economic, financial and technological dimensions that negatively impact the stability of countries, owing to new challenges that violate the sovereignty of those countries and run contrary to the principle ofnon-interference in countries' internal affairs.”

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  11. “Mr. Ramirez Carreflo (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) (spoke in Spanish): At the outset, on behalf of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, we congratulate your country, Sir, on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council, as well as the new non-permanent members of the Council. Likewise, we appreciate the convening of this very important open debate and the concept note (S/2017/6, annex), which was diligently circulated. We thank the Secretary-General for his participation in this meeting and for the important remarks that he contributed, and we reiterate the support and full cooperation of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela for his stewardship of the Organization.”

    2017-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7857 (2017) · source