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Rodriguez De Ortiz

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2007-11-14

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2008-05-06

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1. “Their concern in this case therefore makes a mockery of justice, the memory of the victims of terrorist acts and the suffering of their families. It is also an example of the double standards of a Government that says it fights against terrorism, but in its actions supports terrorist methods. The Security Council must examine the case, and the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) must verify compliance by the Government of the United States with its commitments in fighting terrorism in accordance with international law.”

   2008-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5886 (2008) · source

2. “They are simply disregarding an extradition request that we have put forward, which complies with all the requirements that the treaty establishes. Why do they ignore our request for extradition, and try the terrorist Posada Carriles only for immigration violations? We reject the argument that Posada Carriles cannot be extradited to our country because he could be tortured there. We reiterate that Venezuela complies with the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Our country always guarantees due process. The torturers are others. The Government of the United States has all the necessary documentation to prove the terrorist nature of the activities of Posada Carriles.”

   2008-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5886 (2008) · source

3. “Ms. Rodriguez de Ortiz (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) (spoke in Spanish): We would like to thank you, Madam President, for this second opportunity to take the floor, and we apologize to those present for once again taking the floor. However, for the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, this Council is an important forum in which to address these issues, 36 which are indeed a priority for our country. We do not share the opinion of the Mission of the United States that this is not the appropriate forum. Yes, this is the appropriate forum. What the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is again requesting in this Council is compliance with commitments undertaken by States under international treaties. We do not understand why the United States cannot comply with the extradition treaty that has been signed by our two countries.”

   2008-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5886 (2008) · source

4. “Once again, we bring our request to the Counter- Terrorism Committee to review and verify compliance by the United States with its obligations in fighting terrorism, specifically in the case of Luis Posada Carriles, in accordance with resolution 1373 (2001), the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, the bilateral extradition treaty signed in 1922, the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings and the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation. Double standards should not prevail in the fight against terrorism.”

   2008-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5886 (2008) · source

5. “To conclude, it is necessary for all States to cooperate in accordance with international law in order to find, deny haven to, capture and bring to justice, on the basis of trial or extradition under national legislation, anyone who finances, plans, supports, prepares or commits terrorist acts or provides safe haven, or who participates or intends to participate in any such activity.”

   2008-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5886 (2008) · source

6. “Such arguments are unacceptable and are simply technical legal manoeuvres designed to bypass our request for extradition while this terrorist continues to walk freely on United States territory. Since 1961, Venezuela has been a State party to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and has always respected our commitments under international law. We request the extradition of Posada Carriles so that he can be tried for terrorist acts, with the due process guaranteed by our national legislation.”

   2008-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5886 (2008) · source

7. “That request has been ignored by the United States even though Venezuela has complied with all of the relevant requirements. In this context, the United States authorities have accused Posada Carriles only of minor immigration crimes. The delegation of the United States has repeatedly argued that, since 27 September 2005, when the immigration judge ordered the expulsion of Posada Carriles, the competent authorities have been considering how to carry out that order. As has been stated in this Chamber by the United States delegation, the immigration judge ordered that this person could not be deported either to Cuba or to Venezuela, because it was probable that, if he were transferred to those countries, he would be tortured.”

   2008-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5886 (2008) · source

8. “The essential expression of this commitment has been the strengthening of our legislation aimed at combating terrorist acts, and the adoption of measures to intensify our regional and global cooperation in fighting this scourge, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations. In this context, our delegation would like once again to recall before the Security Council the request for extradition, which almost three years ago the Venezuelan Government submitted to the Government of the United States with regard to the notorious criminal and international terrorist Luis Posada Carriles, a fugitive from Venezuelan justice who is responsible for carrying out many terrorist plots, the most well known of which was the attack on the Cubana de Aviacion aeroplane, which caused the death of 73 innocent civilians in 1976 in Barbados.”

   2008-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5886 (2008) · source

9. “Ms. Rodriguez de Ortiz (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) (spoke in Spanish): My delegation congratulates you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of May, and thanks the Chairmen of the Committees established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1373 (2001) and 1540 (2004) for their briefings today. The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela reiterates its firm and categorical condemnation of terrorism and reaffirms its commitment to combat terrorism in all of its forms and manifestations with full respect for international law, international standards on the protection of human rights and international humanitarian law.”

   2008-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5886 (2008) · source

10. “We are a party to the Convention against Torture, and we respect its provisions. The Security Council must review this case and the Counter-Terrorism Committee must assess it, with a view to prevailing on the Government of the United States to comply with its commitment to fight terrorism and to fulfil its obligations under international law.”

    2008-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5855 (2008) · source

11. “The Government of the United States has at its disposal all the necessary documentary evidence of the terrorist nature of the acts of Luis Posada Carriles and yet, despite this, has chosen to protect him. All he has been charged with by the United States Government is minor immigration offences which allow him his freedom in this country. 34 We are faced with a case where a terrorist is being protected. The attitude of the Government of the United States in this case is a travesty of justice and an insult to the memory of the victims of the terrorist acts, and it adds to the pain and suffering of the families of those victims. Moreover, there is today a new element. It would be absurd to suppose that Venezuela would practise torture when we faithfully observe the maxim "pacta sunt servanda" and fulfil our obligations.”

    2008-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5855 (2008) · source

12. “Ms. Rodriguez de Ortiz (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) (spoke in Spanish): Thank you, Mr. President, for having granted me the floor - I do apologize. However, I feel obliged to speak again, despite the length of the meeting. My delegation simply cannot understand why the United States is failing to comply with an extradition treaty. This is all the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is asking for: that the United States should honour the commitments it has undertaken in the agreement between our two countries. We have fulfilled all the requirements to enable the terrorist, Luis Posada Carriles, to be arrested and extradited to our country, where we will try him for his terrorist acts.”

    2008-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5855 (2008) · source

13. “The case of the terrorist Luis Posada Carriles is an example that demonstrates and affirms the double standards of a Government that claims to fight terrorism while approving terrorist methods through its conduct. Unfortunately, terrorism will not be defeated if we continue to act in a selective manner and apply double-standard policies. Once again we repeat our request that the Counter-Terrorism Committee examine and verify the United States compliance with its obligations in the fight against terrorism in accordance with resolution 1373 (2001) and the previously mentioned legal instruments in the specific case of our extradition request concerning the terrorist Posada Carriles.”

    2008-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5855 (2008) · source

14. “It is obliged to extradite Luis Posada Carriles or to submit his case to its competent authorities for purposes of prosecution, without any exception and regardless of whether or not the crime was committed on United States territory. The extradition request submitted by Venezuela for the terrorist Luis Posada Carriles has been endorsed by various international forums, including the Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement, the heads of State and Government of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Peoples of Latin America - ALBA- the States parties of MERCOSUR, and the heads of State and Government of the Ibero-American States.”

    2008-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5855 (2008) · source

15. “The authorities of this country have taken only technical legal manoeuvres regarding charges of migration fraud against Posada Carriles, while ignoring the extradition request from Venezuela. In addition to Council resolution 1373 (2001) and the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, the United States should comply with the extradition treaty signed by our two countries in 1922. It is also bound by the provisions of the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings and the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation - conventions to which it is a State party.”

    2008-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5855 (2008) · source

16. “In that context, our delegation wishes to recall once again before this Council the extradition request that the Venezuelan Government submitted to the Government of the United States concerning Luis Posada Carriles, a known international criminal and terrorist, a fugitive from Venezuelan justice responsible for carrying out numerous terrorist plans, the most well known of which was the bombing of a Cubana de Aviacion airplane over Barbados in 1976, claiming 73 innocent lives. The United States has ignored the extradition request submitted by the Venezuelan Government nearly three years ago, in full compliance with all the necessary requirements, and Luis Posada Carriles is still free on United States territory.”

    2008-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5855 (2008) · source

17. “All States must cooperate fully in accordance with international law to locate, capture, deny safe haven to and bring to justice, on the basis of the principle of prosecution or extradition and in keeping with their own national legislation, those who support or facilitate the financing, planning, preparation or commission of terrorist acts or the provision of safe haven, or who participate in or plan to participate in such acts.”

    2008-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5855 (2008) · source

18. “The elaboration of unilateral reports lacking substance does not contribute to resolving the problem. We reaffirm our belief that multilateral cooperation under the auspices of the United Nations is the most effective method by which to combat international terrorism. What must be achieved now, in the short term, is consensus on the definition of the term "terrorism", a definition that must be balanced in all its parameters. In that regard, terrorism should not be equated with the legitimate struggle of peoples under colonial or foreign domination or under foreign occupation for their self- determination and their national liberation. It is crucial that we deny opportunities to those individuals who commit terrorist acts.”

    2008-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5855 (2008) · source

19. “We believe that, in the fight against terrorism, actions must be in compliance with the Charter of the United Nations. All States must ensure that the measures adopted in this area comply with the obligations that they are under in accordance with international law, in particular international human rights norms, international refugee law and international humanitarian law. The fight against terrorism cannot be an excuse to justify violations of international law. Moreover, in the fight against terrorism, as is the case with other problems that affect and concern the international community, we reject unilateral practices and assessments based on subjective criteria that are not in keeping with the global and universal approach that they should follow.”

    2008-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5855 (2008) · source

20. “The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela repeats its total condemnation of all acts of terrorism as criminal and unjustifiable acts, and reaffirms its commitment to combat terrorism in all its forms and manifestations in strict observance of international law, international norms for the protection of human rights and of international humanitarian law. Our country has reaffirmed this commitment at all relevant international forums. The fundamental expression of this policy has been the strengthening of our body of law geared towards the prevention of terrorist acts and the adoption of measures to strengthen models for regional and global cooperation in the fight against this scourge. In keeping with this struggle, our country also reaffirms its commitment to the Global Counter- Terrorism Strategy.”

    2008-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5855 (2008) · source

21. “Ms. Rodriguez de Ortiz (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) (spoke in Spanish): The delegation of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, upon your skilful presidency of the Security Council during March, and would like to thank you, Sir, for convening this open debate on the threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts. My delegation aligns itself with the statement made by the Ambassador of Mexico, speaking on behalf of the Rio Group.”

    2008-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5855 (2008) · source

22. “Despite this, instead of complying with international commitments adopted, they have chosen to protect him and they have simply charged him with minor immigration violations. This is a case of protecting a terrorist. The attitude of the United States Government in this case is one of snubbing justice and snubbing the memory of victims of terrorist acts, as well as the grief of the family members of those victims. 36 The Security Council must act and the Counter- Terrorism Committee has to review and evaluate this case and compel the United States Government to comply with its commitment to fight terrorism: its obligations under the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings, the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation and Security Council resolution 1373 (2001).”

    2007-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5779 (2007) · source

23. “Ms. Rodriguez de Ortiz (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) (spoke in Spanish): I would like to apologize for having to take the floor once again. What Venezuela cannot understand in all of this is that the United States cannot comply with an extradition treaty that was signed between both of our countries. Venezuela has presented a legitimate and legal request, complying with all of the necessary requirements, in order to have the terrorist Luis Posada Carriles, a refugee from Venezuelan justice, arrested and extradited to our country and tried for his terrorist acts. The Government of the United States has all of the documentation that shows the terrorist nature of his actions.”

    2007-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5779 (2007) · source

24. “Regrettably, terrorism will not be defeated if we continue to act selectively and apply a double standard, as the current United States Administration has been doing. We reiterate once again our request that the Counter-Terrorism Committee examine and verify compliance by the United States with its obligations in the fight against terrorism, in accordance with Security Council resolution 1373 (2001) and the aforementioned legal instruments in the specific case of our extradition request concerning the terrorist Luis Posada Carriles.”

    2007-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5779 (2007) · source

25. “More recently, the heads of State and Government of the Ibero-American countries, who met in Santiago, Chile for the twenty-seventh Ibero-American Summit, adopted a special communique in support of the fight against terrorism which rejected the fact that the person responsible for the terrorist attack on a Cubana de Aviacion jetliner in October 1976, which caused the deaths of 73 innocent civilians, has not been prosecuted for terrorism and which supported steps to bring about his extradition or to bring him to justice. The case of terrorist Luis Posada Carriles is an example that proves the double standard of a Government that says it is fighting terrorism and endorses terrorist methods through its conduct.”

    2007-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5779 (2007) · source

26. “Venezuela's extradition request regarding the terrorist Luis Posada Carriles has been supported in different forums, including in the statement by the Coordinating Bureau of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries dated 20 April 2007, the declaration by heads of State or Government of the countries that are members of the Bolivarian Alternative for the People of Our America dated 29 April 2007, and the communique of the States members of the Common Market of the South dated 22 May 2007.”

    2007-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5779 (2007) · source

27. “The United States is also obliged - through the provisions of the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings, which entered into force on 23 May 2001, and through the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation, which entered into force on 26 January 1973 and to which it is a State party - to extradite Luis Posada Carriles or, failing that, to submit the case to its competent authorities for indictment, without any exception whatsoever and whether or not the offence was committed in its territory.”

    2007-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5779 (2007) · source

28. “Although United States authorities recently appealed the legal decision that released him in total freedom and rejected the charges against him, that action is simply another technical manoeuvre to prolong the immigration charges while they overlook the extradition request submitted by Venezuela.”

    2007-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5779 (2007) · source

29. “Despite the fact that the United States delegation has affirmed on several occasions in this Council that they are reviewing the extradition request submitted by our country, the reality is that they have simply ignored this request, which the Venezuelan Government submitted more than two years ago, complying with all the relevant requirements. Currently, Luis Posada Carriles is free in United States territory because, instead of arresting him as a terrorist and proceeding to his extradition in accordance with the request made by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and in compliance with the bilateral extradition treaty signed by both countries in 1922, the Government of the United States simply tried him for immigration fraud.”

    2007-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5779 (2007) · source

30. “In this context, our delegation would like to recall once again before this Council the extradition request that the Venezuelan Government has submitted to the United States Government in relation to the notorious international criminal and terrorist, Luis Posada Carriles. This terrorist, a refugee from Venezuelan justice since the 1960s, is responsible for carrying out many terrorist plans. The most famous of his crimes is the blowing up of a Cubana de Aviacion jetliner, which occurred in Barbados in 1976 and in which 73 innocent civilians perished.”

    2007-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5779 (2007) · source

31. “Resolution 1373 (2001), in paragraphs 2 (c) and 3 (g), bars States from offering safe haven to those who commit terrorist acts and prohibits States from recognizing claims of political motivation as grounds for refusing requests for the extradition of terrorists. It is therefore crucial that those who commit terrorist acts not enjoy impunity. In the fight against terrorism, all States must fully cooperate, in accordance with international law, in order to find, capture, deny refuge and bring to justice, on the basis of the principle of prosecution or extradition and of States' own national legislation, those who support or facilitate the financing, planning, preparation or commission of terrorist acts and those who provide safe haven to such persons or participate or attempt to participate in such acts.”

    2007-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5779 (2007) · source

32. “That commitment has been reiterated by our country at all of the relevant international forums. The fundamental expression of that policy was the strengthening of the legal framework designed to prevent terrorist acts and the adoption of measures to intensify regional and global cooperation in order to fight this scourge. In that fight, our country also reaffirms its commitment to the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, adopted in September 2006 by the General Assembly through its resolution 60/288. The measures and rules adopted to strengthen our national legislation for fighting terrorism in accordance with the international legal framework, including the relevant Security Council resolutions, are reflected in the reports that we have provided to the relevant Security Council committees.”

    2007-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5779 (2007) · source

33. “Ms. Rodriguez de Ortiz (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) (spoke in Spanish): Our delegation would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of November 2007. We would also like to thank the Chairmen of the Committees established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1373 (2001) and 1540 (2004) for the information that they have provided. The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela reiterates its total condemnation of any act of terrorism as a criminal and unjustifiable act and reaffirms its commitment to combating terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, in strict accordance with international law, international norms for the protection of human rights and international humanitarian law.”

    2007-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5779 (2007) · source