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Rodrigo A. Carazo

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2020-05-15
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2020-08-12
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  1. “Some States will not be able to face those consequences on their own, and therefore the response they require must come from the United Nations system as a whole, based on international cooperation and the spirit of solidarity reflected in the purposes and principles of the Charter and expanded on in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.”

    2020-08-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/799 (2020) · source

  2. “The steps that we take to recover from the impact of the pandemic must involve building and rebuilding egalitarian and inclusive societies, in keeping with the commitment that we made when, as Members of the Organization, we adopted the Sustainable Development Goals. We must not lose sight of the fact that where there exist inequalities such as those suffered by young people and women, which are accentuated in crisis and conflict situations, organized crime and extremist groups will exploit them for their own gain, threatening lasting peace. To conclude, the Security Council must remain vigilant so that the achievements made in terms of international peace and security are not reversed, as COVID-19 has pushed many countries to the brink of a societal crisis and revealed political discontent in others.”

    2020-08-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/799 (2020) · source

  3. “Lasting peace will be achieved if the only fight waged is against the pandemic and the socioeconomic effects of the prevention measures taken, mainly in areas where conflicts prevail and in countries with fewer resources. That will be achieved only if we comply with the mandate of the Charter of the United Nations as contained in Article 26, which demands that the Security Council promote the establishment and maintenance of international peace and security with the least diversion for armaments of the world’s human and economic resources. Costa Rica fully supports the Secretary-General’s call for solidarity and the creation of a fund dedicated to COVID-19, as well as General Assembly resolution 74/270, but we must guarantee that such resources are used only for sustainable development and peacebuilding.”

    2020-08-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/799 (2020) · source

  4. “The most vulnerable and unprotected are those who are suffering twice, as a result of both the conflict and the health emergency. Boys, girls and women require special protection at this time. It is not acceptable for hospital facilities and care centres for COVID-19 patients to be targeted by groups in conflict, especially when health systems cannot cope with the pandemic. The Governments of the world and their resources have to be focused on fighting the virus that has caused this crisis. Silencing the guns will help bring immediate humanitarian relief but will not ensure the consolidation of the peace to which we all aspire.”

    2020-08-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/799 (2020) · source

  5. “Even though the Security Council has not recognized the new coronavirus pandemic as a threat to international peace and security — which does not mean that it is not — the Council must ensure that it does not pose yet another threat to peace processes and undermine the gains already made. In the Council are the world’s main arms exporters, and Costa Rica would remind those countries of the need to carry out international arms transfers in a responsible manner, thus helping to prevent violent conflicts and alleviate tensions. It is largely up to the Council to respond to the Secretary-General’s call for a global ceasefire and to redouble its efforts to ensure that in those conflicts in which it has not yet been possible to silence the guns, that goal can be achieved in a timely manner.”

    2020-08-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/799 (2020) · source

  6. “Costa Rica thanks Indonesia, as President of the Security Council during the month of August, for having convened this debate, as well as Mr. António Guterres, Secretary-General, and briefers Mr. Ban Ki-moon, former Secretary-General, and Ms. Sarah Cliffe, Director of the Center on International Cooperation, New York University, for their contributions to this debate. The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has impacted all sectors of society, creating multiple crises that threaten peace and stability. Its impact is and will continue to be greater in countries in conflict or emerging from it, hence the importance of this debate.”

    2020-08-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/799 (2020) · source

  7. “Just as we have called for a ceasefire and a halt to the financing of conflicts in the context of the pandemic and forever, not a single dollar of the recovery efforts should go to the fossil fuel industry. It is time to invest in sustainable practices rather than high-emission ones that destroy nature. We also call for the implementation of Article 26 of the Charter of the United Nations and for the Security Council to ensure that the world’s already scarce resources are not diverted to armaments. In conclusion, the current climate emergency threatens people’s livelihoods and their very lives, leading to social unrest and conflict beyond national borders. If no joint action is taken, we will see the emergence of humanitarian crises, new conflicts and more threats to the maintenance of lasting peace.”

    2020-07-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/751 (2020) · source

  8. “In that regard, it is important to have a system of periodic reports, which will enable the Council to be kept informed and updated on security risks. Similarly, we must establish a mechanism to alert United Nations institutions operating at the national level, including peace missions and special political missions, to security risks that could worsen existing conflicts. Climate change is a threat multiplier that compounds and exacerbates existing threats. If we do not achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, climate disasters will trigger the breakdown of social contracts from the local to the community level, undermining international agreements in the struggle for resources, and its impact on the planet will be more destructive than the bombs and the world wars.”

    2020-07-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/751 (2020) · source

  9. “It is a global crisis that, contrary to what we expect to happen with the coronavirus disease, will instead worsen, since we are already approaching the brink and if we go too far, the consequences will be irreparable. If we do not act in time, we will witness the terrible reality that we have reached the point of no return and that we have not done enough. Acting now is a joint responsibility that requires multilateral solutions and international cooperation, involving the entire United Nations system, including the Security Council. Costa Rica believes that the issue of climate and security falls within the purview of the Council, not to extend its mandate to combating and preventing climate change, which is already adequately addressed within the United Nations, but to prevent and act in conflict situations.”

    2020-07-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/751 (2020) · source

  10. “Costa Rica expresses its appreciation to the German presidency of the Security Council for having convened a debate of such global relevance and to Secretary- General António Guterres and the panellists — Colonel Mahamadou Magagi, Director of the Centre National d’Études Stratégiques et de Sécurité of the Niger, and Ms. Coral Pasisi, Director of the Sustainable Pacific Consultancy Niue — for their enriching contributions to our discussion. The climate emergency affecting our planet, which will be exacerbated by the socioeconomic impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, will undoubtedly have an effect on the status of current conflicts and will give rise to future ones, creating security problems where none existed.”

    2020-07-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/751 (2020) · source

  11. “As it grows, it defines new territories and regions, sometimes connected, sometimes not. To fight the virus, we have to work in a coordinated way because without joint efforts the virus will act like the Lernaean Hydra of Greek mythology — one head is cut off and two others grow in its place. In conclusion, in order to control and defeat a pandemic, we must cooperate to ensure that supply chains, particularly those for health-related products, are identified, understood and supported. We must also ensure that we understand the regions where the virus lives and, as an international community, coordinate our responses to control and attack the virus, always keeping in mind that the virus has no conceptions of nation, race or creed.”

    2020-07-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/663 (2020) · source

  12. “Logistics is the method that ensures that health workers are where they need to be and that the equipment and pharmaceuticals that support them are in the right place at the right time. During large-scale emergencies, such as the one we are experiencing today, if any of the links in the supply chain from the source to the consumer are broken, the effect is exponential and the break becomes a door through which fear, lawlessness and even the breakdown of social order can leak in. The second is the difference between national territory and viral territory. When a solitary outbreak occurs, the viral territory can be clear. The opportunity to contain and destroy the outbreak is defined by the area where the virus lives. But when we face a pandemic, the territory of the virus transcends national boundaries.”

    2020-07-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/663 (2020) · source

  13. “On 29 May, Costa Rica, the WHO and almost 40 other States launched a global repository to share data, knowledge and intellectual property and to facilitate equitable access to health products that could lead to cures and save lives. We also presented a proposal to the multilateral and regional financial organizations in support of action for the benefit of the most vulnerable and to take into account the deficits resulting from efforts to reactivate economies and combat impoverishment adopted following the health-care measures undertaken to contain the coronavirus. In addition, Costa Rica would like to highlight two elements that, if left unchecked, could transform a health crisis into a security crisis. The first is logistics, in particular the management of the transport of food, water, medicines and fuel.”

    2020-07-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/663 (2020) · source

  14. “Weapons must be silenced so that countries in conflict can focus their energies and resources on fighting a common enemy that is affecting us all, but mainly those in fragile situations who are totally dependent on humanitarian aid to meet the challenge. Since the beginning of the current pandemic, Costa Rica has insisted that health is a global public good. We believe that this is the first lesson learned from the pandemic and that in reliance on such a perspective we will be able to prevent and overcome similar challenges in future. The pandemic has caused triggered multiple crises, and their solutions must therefore be multilateral and based on solidarity. Costa Rica believes that the World Health Organization (WHO) should lead the multilateral response to the pandemic.”

    2020-07-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/663 (2020) · source

  15. “Costa Rica congratulates Germany on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of July and appreciates the contributions to today’s meeting by Secretary-General António Guterres and the other speakers. While an invisible virus is sweeping the planet without consideration for the size, wealth or level of development of nations, we were concerned that the Security Council had not joined the Secretary-General’s call for a global ceasefire. We therefore wish to acknowledge the leadership of France and Tunisia in finally adopting yesterday resolution 2532 (2020), on the current pandemic caused by coronavirus disease and calling for an immediate pause in the 90-day armed conflict.”

    2020-07-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/663 (2020) · source

  16. “The third is the establishment of the Security Council Working Group on Children in Armed Conflict, which has the important responsibility of reviewing the mechanism’s reports, taking effective action and determining progress made in the situation of children and the implementation of action plans. In that connection, the resolution underlined the role of listing and delisting, which should be done on the basis of reports and objective criteria. We emphasize that there must be consistency between the findings of reports and the lists. I conclude by recalling the obligation of all States, even those without armed conflict, to end impunity for abuses, crimes and atrocities committed against children, as well as the important role played by institutions such as the International Criminal Court in the fight against impunity.”

    2020-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/594 (2020) · source

  17. “The first is the establishment of the monitoring and reporting mechanism on children and armed conflict, which is the best way to obtain timely, objective and accurate information on the condition of children and to take the necessary action to guarantee their rights. The second is the adoption of action plans for the protection of children in armed conflict. We take this opportunity to acknowledge the achievement of the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in signing 29 plans in 2019 and in supporting Governments in adopting relevant legislation.”

    2020-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/594 (2020) · source

  18. “That is yet another reason to silence the weapons, and why the delegation of Costa Rica wishes to recall the Secretary- General’s call for a global ceasefire. We also stress the importance of the members of the Security Council supporting the call, which is so necessary to protect child victims of hostilities. Given the times, the fifteenth anniversary of resolution 1612 (2005) should lead us to reflect more than ever on the importance of its mandates and their implementation as mechanisms to protect children and guarantee their rights. In 2020 we also celebrate the fifteenth anniversary of General Assembly resolution 60/1, on the responsibility to protect, which reminds us that the duty of all States to prevent atrocities and genocide includes protecting children. Resolution 1612 (2005) achieved three main things.”

    2020-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/594 (2020) · source

  19. “Costa Rica associates itself with the statement made by the representative of Canada on behalf of the Group of Friends of Children and Armed Conflict and takes this opportunity to congratulate France on its presidency of the Security Council for the month of June and to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General for Children and Armed Conflict, Virginia Gamba de Potgieter, and the Executive Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund, Henrietta Fore, for their presentations. In times like these, when a pandemic is sweeping the globe, we must protect children who are caught up in armed conflict. Their health, safety, education and future are doubly threatened by the violence of war and the impact of coronavirus disease and the measures taken to contain it.”

    2020-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/594 (2020) · source

  20. “Such practices should improve its interaction and dialogue with non-Council member States and with the General Assembly, since, as established in the Charter of the United Nations, the Security Council when acting — and when failing to do so — represents the entire membership. The Council, as established in the most recent update of note 507 in 2017 (S/2017/507), should step up its efforts to raise awareness among Member States and other organizations of the decisions of and other relevant information from the Council’s subsidiary bodies.”

    2020-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/418 (2020) · source

  21. “It is important that countries with knowledge and experience of a particular topic, or which chair a subsidiary body, be able to make their contributions. Co-penholdership, consultations and information-sharing would improve decision-making and make for a democratic Security Council. In this regard, I would like to recall the note by the President of the Security Council of 14 April 2014 (S/2014/268) and the need for its provisions to be implemented, and to stress the need for measures to ensure that such consultations are open to all States Members of the United Nations, especially interested States, as established in that note. In conclusion, the Security Council must be tireless, consistent and persistent in its application of new practices that improve transparency and inclusivity — this is the focus of the two issues discussed.”

    2020-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/418 (2020) · source

  22. “If the Council is to be truly inclusive, its members must have equal scope to initiate and preside over the drafting of resolutions, presidential statements and press statements, and such practice must be incorporated into the Council’s working methods. Such practices are exactly what is needed to make the Council more agile, since they will allow for initiatives ensuring that the Council takes timely action for the maintenance of international peace and security. The possibility of one or more members being able to intervene from the outset in the negotiation and drafting of a product, as Kuwait proposed during its chairmanship of the Informal Working Group, would improve not only participation but also effectiveness and efficiency in the working methods of the Security Council.”

    2020-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/418 (2020) · source

  23. “This must be a two-way relationship. Basic respect for the authority of the General Assembly would see the Security Council suspend its meetings for the whole duration of the General Assembly’s consideration of the report, and the principal representatives in attendance at those meetings of the Assembly. The second topic, which has also undergone major changes but can still be improved, is that of the penholders. Costa Rica urges further effort to implement informal practices to facilitate greater participation by all members, permanent and non-permanent, in this important work of the Security Council. The current list of penholders reflects the fact that most topics are still assigned to permanent members.”

    2020-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/418 (2020) · source

  24. “Accountability involves much more than submitting insipid reports that list activities, without analysing or explaining them, on the major events affecting international peace and security in the period under review. Accountability means objectively and transparently reporting on and outlining achievements, challenges, lessons learned and the road ahead. This is what the Member States expect, as established in General Assembly resolutions on reports of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Revitalization of the General Assembly.In this regard, Costa Rica calls on the Security Council to act on the comments States make during the presentation of the report. While action was taken in this regard under Sam Kutesa’s presidency of the General Assembly, on 4 December 2014, no response was ever received from the Security Council.”

    2020-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/418 (2020) · source

  25. “The note on this topic includes useful elements, such as holding the Council to deadlines to ensure that the report is duly prepared and submitted to the General Assembly in a timely manner, as well as establishing a cycle of one calendar year — which, however, went unmet in 2019. There being no clear indication as to the applicable deadlines for the internal discussion and presentation of the report for that period, Costa Rica trusts that it will indeed be duly presented to the membership before 21 June. Nor were considerations of content closely tied to transparency and accountability addressed as Member States wish them to be.”

    2020-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/418 (2020) · source

  26. “However, Costa Rica regrets that internal divisions persist and that it has not been possible to adopt a resolution on a global ceasefire, in line with the appeal by the Secretary-General, or one recognizing coronavirus disease as a threat to international peace and security. With regard to ensuring the transparency, efficiency and effectiveness of the Security Council, I would highlight two issues addressed in the notes adopted under the Kuwaiti Working Group chairmanship. First, the annual report of the Security Council must be submitted to the General Assembly pursuant to Article 24 of the Charter of the United Nations.”

    2020-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/418 (2020) · source

  27. “In discussing the working methods of the Security Council, it is important to recognize the progress made since the first note 507 (S/2006/507). Japan made great strides in 2016 and 2017, during its chairmanship of the Informal Working Group on Documentation and other Procedural Questions, by updating the note and developing the Working Methods Handbook. More recently, in 2019, the Security Council adopted eight of the nine presidential notes proposed during Kuwait’s term as Working Group Chair. China and the Dominican Republic also deserve recognition for having adopted agile working methods during the current novel coronavirus crisis, which have allowed the Security Council to continue its work with minimal disruption.”

    2020-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/418 (2020) · source

  28. “Costa Rica endorses the statement made by Ambassador Jürg Lauber, Permanent Representative of Switzerland, on behalf of the Accountability, Transparency and Coherence group and the statement made by Ambassador Milenko Skoknic Tapia, Permanent Representative of Chile, on behalf of the Group of Like-Minded States on Targeted Sanctions. In my national capacity, I congratulate Estonia on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for the month of May. We welcome the convening of this debate and the contributions of Ambassador Inga Rhonda King, Permanent Representative of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Chair of the Informal Working Group on Documentation and other Procedural Questions, and Karin Landgren, Executive Director of Security Council Report.”

    2020-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/418 (2020) · source