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Rodriguez Gomez

lines on the record: 71
first: 2015-02-23
most recent: 2016-09-21
sittings or episodes: 5
sources: un-security-council

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“Clearly, in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, we see that our Constitution considers the development of peace not only as a founding principle, but a fundamental right. We advocate for the right of the Syrian people to peace and development and for safeguardng their right to sovereignty. In that regard, we would join any effort to promote a peaceful political solution, based above all on respect for the Syrian Arab Republic's State institutions and on the sovereignty and territorial integrity of that brotherly country.”
2016-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7774 (2016) · source
“We cannot simply remain silent before such a situation when we are told that mistakes have been made. There are those who are responsible for the mistakes and we have called on the Security Council to take action. When we see that terrorist groups are trying to take the place of a legitimate Governments and to disregard the will of the people, we ask ourselves, in this place, where we are in charge of the maintenance of international peace and security, who is supporting them, who provides weapons and who finances the logistical support for terrorists? Those are truths that cannot be hidden. Or must we wait another 10 years before the truth is known? One cannot continue to lie to the world so shamelessly and immorally.”
2016-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7774 (2016) · source
“Citizens are tired of certain Powers attempting to govern the world. That is what we are tired of. We are tired of the lack of norms and regulations, because in our Governments we comply with the multilateral system of the United Nations and abide by international treaties. Just a few days ago, on Saturday, 17 September, when we met in Margarita at the historic Summit of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries, we painfully witnessed with shock an attack by the United States against the army of a brotherly country, Syria. That incident facilitated the advance of terrorist groups on the ground. How many more such mistakes will we see? It is very easy to state afterwards that mistakes were made. But such mistakes cost hundreds of thousands and even millions of human lives.”
2016-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7774 (2016) · source
“We must seek the truth because, while the international community has many regrets, it has also been the victim of imperial lies. Or have we perhaps forgotten the case of Iraq, where supposed existence of weapons of mass destruction led to military intervention in that country in the Middle East. That was not done to provide happiness, progress or development but, rather, to sow violence, death and destruction. The only goal was to grab the natural resources and energy resources of that fraternal country, which is also a member of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries. The international community cannot continue to be subjected to lies sold by the centres of Power through the international media conglomerates. I have heard here that citizens are tired of their Governments. No, we citizens are not tired of our Governments.”
2016-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7774 (2016) · source
“The international community, and we deeply regret having to say this, has become accustomed to such numbers as if they were a normal part of daily life. We have lost the humanitarian dimension in what is really happening in the situation in Syria. The question is how we got to this point. It was not due to happenstance or divine intervention. It was because of the interference of international Powers that have violated international law through violation of Syria's sovereignty, its independence and the fundamental purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and sought to overthrow a legitimate Government, ignoring the desire of the Syrian people. We have not arrived at this point by chance. We have heard about the use of chemical weapons.”
2016-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7774 (2016) · source
“Ms. Rodriguez Gomez (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) (spoke in Spanish): Today, as we celebrate the International Day of Peace, is the ideal moment to examine the situation in a sisterly country that is part of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries, that is, the Syrian Arab Republic. This year, 3 September, which was just a few days ago, marked exactly a year since the dissemination of an image that shocked the international community: that of the lifeless body of the child Aylan Kurdi, on a beach in Turkey. That image truly prodoundly touched the human conscience, embodying as it does the humanitarian tragedy that the country is living through: 300,000 deaths; 6.6 million internally displaced persons; 13.5 million people in situations of humanitarian emergency; and 4.8 million refugees.”
2016-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7774 (2016) · source
“I understand that several delegations have requested the floor to make further statements. It is my intention to accede to those requests; however, I would ask each delegation to limit itself to the one additional statement. I give the floor to the representative of Syria.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“Nothing will reflect the intention of the Security Council to reengage with the Middle East more than its choice of candidate for the next Secretary-General. The United Arab Emirates, with many other States, hopes that the Council will take into account the views of the full membership as it approaches this decision. I would like to conclude by wishing Venezuela continued success in its presidency of the Security Council this month. The President (spoke in Spanish): I now give the floor to the representative of Indonesia.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“Regional States have the closest history and political background to the conflicts themselves, as well as the greatest interest in resolving them. In the face of intransigence and disunity in the Security Council, regional actors will be left no choice but to respond assertively to protect legitimate authority and continue to guarantee regional stability for their peoples. Finally, the Security Council must apply a single standard to all actors, all States and all perpetrators of occupation, State terrorism and foreign interference. Efforts must be redoubled to strengthen accountability by sovereign States, protect those living in conflict and end injustice. This is a watershed year for the United Nations.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“The United Nations must expend more and better quality resources on prevention as a key instrument of peacekeeping, and on mediation, negotiation, arbitration and judicial settlement, as well as in support of Chapter VI interventions. Additionally, greater use by the Secretary-General of the prerogative under Article 99 of the Charter would be welcomed, not instead of Council engagement, but alongside it. Thirdly, the Security Council must coordinate with regional organizations and affected States earlier and engage in transparent consultations, especially when the Council is considering taking action. Not only does Chapter VIII require the Security Council to encourage efforts undertaken by regional organizations towards the peaceful settlement of disputes, it is also in the strategic interests of the Security Council to do so.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“Some recommendations for doing so include the following. First, we call for better implementation of, and greater efforts to hold States accountable for, their obligations under existing Security Council resolutions. In our region, examples include the failure to enforce resolution 2216 (2015) on Yemen or to implement numerous resolutions on humanitarian access in Syria, as well as the large number of resolutions calling for the withdrawal of Israel from the occupied Palestinian territories. If States fail to uphold these existing responsibilities, we must question what value further resolutions might have. The very credibility of the Security Council is at stake today. Secondly, we welcome the Secretary-General's focus on prevention.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“States throughout the region remain alarmed by the Iranian Constitution, which calls for the export of its revolution to other countries. The principles of the sovereign equality of Member States and of non-intervention as outlined in Article 2 of the Charter are continually violated by Iran's successive attempts at destabilization across the region. Their proxy militias are provocative, destabilizing and dangerous - yet they go unchallenged. We believe that Iran must make a serious commitment to joining the community of nations as an accountable member and to stopping its arming, funding and enabling of radical, violent and extremist entities. We see no censure of such actors at the United Nations. In the United Arab Emirates's view, the legitimacy and effectiveness ofthe United Nations can be restored.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“In one example, the United Arab Emirates like others welcomed the nuclear agreement reached with Iran last year. However, the hope that the nuclear agreement promised a more constructive role for Iran in the region failed to materialize, as demonstrated by the country's actions across the Middle East to date. Iranian forces continue to occupy three islands in the Arabian Gulf that are part of the United Arab Emirates, in contravention of Article 2 of the Charter. In accordance with its obligation to the peaceful settlement of disputes, the United Arab Emirates has been calling on Iran to resume bilateral negotiations, refer the matter to the International Court of Justice or submit to international arbitration. These calls have gone unheeded so far.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“Increasingly, they also pose a global threat in the form of the tragic and violent attacks they have perpetrated worldwide. These threats will continue to grow and evolve, and the international community's response must keep pace or risk becoming ever more outdated and ineffective. A further central cause ofinstability in our region is the rise in the rampant use of force against the territorial integrity, sovereignty and political independence of States. To be clear, these detrimental acts are taken by State actors, and we note the growing cynicism at play - a divergence between what States claim to be in the international arena and what they actually do. We therefore need a more robust response to State drivers of instability.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“Yet their emergence is also a consequence of the failure of national Governments and the international community - through the United Nations - to deal promptly and effectively, within the international legal framework, with these non-State actors and their backers. In large part, this is because the instruments available to the Security Council have not been able to adapt rapidly enough to correspond to the specific nature of the threat. What good are travel bans or asset freezes when the culprits evade official documentation such as passports and bank accounts? This inability to check the rise of non-State extremist actors means they now constitute an existential threat to the entire Middle East as we know it, and specifically to the United Arab Emirates model of moderation, tolerance and respect for religious freedom.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“I now give the floor to the representative of the United Arab Emirates. Mrs. Nusseibeh (United Arab Emirates) : I thank you, Mr. President, for holding this timely debate, and we thank the Secretary-General for his briefing. In order to provide more focused remarks, I will confine the United Arab Emirates's comments to the Middle East region, where there is a profound perception that the United Nations is failing to implement its primary purposes as defined in Article 1 of the Charter. As we have already heard today, the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant and other violent extremist groups are responsible for despicable crimes throughout our region. There is no question that the primary responsibility for these crimes lies with the extremists.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“I wish to remind all speakers to limit their statements to no more than four minutes in order to enable the Council to carry out its work expeditiously. Delegations with lengthy statements are kindly requested to circulate their texts in writing and to deliver a condensed version when speaking in the Chamber. Iwould also like to appeal to speakers to deliver their statements at a reasonable speed so that interpretation may be provided accurately. I wish to inform all concerned that we will be carrying on this open debate right through the lunch hour, as we have a very large number of speakers. I now give the floor to the representative of Argentina.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“As our eternal Commander Hugo Chavez said, we need to democratize and adapt the United Nations and its bodies to today's challenges - challenges that flow from the displacement of the multilateral system of the rule of law by de facto powers. I now resume my functions as President of the Security Council. I shall now give the floor to the other members of the Council.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“We must reject the application of double standards in the addressing issues that affect international peace and security. In addition, in order to safeguard and fully uphold the purposes and the principles of the Charter, Member States must reject and refrain from applying unilateral coercive measures and national legislation with extraterritorial effects. They also should not be bringing to the Security Council issues that rightly belong to the jurisdiction of States, in accordance with paragraph 7, Article 2, of the Charter. I would like to reiterate our position, voiced during the seventieth session of the General Assembly, in which we highlighted the need for the United Nations to adapt its bodies to submit to the general sovereignty of the peoples of the world who demand that their voices be heard and respected.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“We firmly maintain the necessity of rebuilding the multilateral framework in order to urgently safeguard the rule of law to rein in the shadow forces that seek to violently dominate the world with their own laws, putting aside international governance. They constitute real risks and threats to the world, with the substitution of their multilateral governance for the de facto powers that have effectively limited the independence and sovereignty of countries. To do that, it is necessary, within the sphere of the Security Council, to avoid the application of double standards. We the members of the Council need to be the strongest and main defenders of international law, the rule of law and the purposes and principles in the Charter of the United Nations. We must set the example.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“The severity and complexity of the challenges currently being faced require a determined approach by the United Nations, particularly by the Security Council, to enable Member States to agree on new multilateral approaches that can respond within the framework of the purposes and principles of the Charter in situations that may arise from those new threats to the sovereignty and political independence of countries. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela reaffirms its full respect for those values and calls attention to the risks and threats that undermine their application and compromise the ability of Member States in their complete, effective implementation, with a View to strengthening international peace and security.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“The neoliberal era- which was supplanted by models of development focused on the internal capacities, technologies and potentials of our countries that turned away from the colonial yokes that sought only to plunder our wealth - is trying to make a comeback in our region through the use of unconventional means for the dismantling of the rule of law at the national level and the substitution of the institutions of governance by the forces I referred to. Coups d'e'tats have been assuming new forms and have been attempting to weaken institutions, provoked by the meddling of those Powers outside international law in line with undemocratic and violent factors that promote hatred and intolerance.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“Conflicts today do not just concern military confrontations, but also encompass economic strangulation, psychological wars, social devastation and financial and technological strangulation - all of which have a negative impact on the stability of countries, undermine sovereignty and contravene the principle of non-interference in internal affairs. The dismantling of the rule of law at the national and international levels entails using powerful, unconventional methods of war whereby the military occupation ofvast amounts ofterritories serves to further institutional vulnerability and the delegitimizaition of sovereign States already heavily weakened by those real forces I mentioned. Latin America, a region ofpeace, is today suffering real threats that could lead to the fragmentation of its independent national States.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“The world continues to suffer from a clash between antagonistic models of economic exploitation by hegemonic, imperial Powers that insatiably seek to appropriate natural resources and raw materials to satisfy the interests of a global minority. According to the Oxfam report for 2015, 1 per cent of the world's population has wealth equivalent to 99 per cent of the rest of the population. The capitalist system has therefore been transformed internally in order to ensure its survival and hegemonic domination, even at the cost ofjeopardizing the existence of humankind. That essential transformation has been accompanied by real forces that have recently transformed the nature of conflicts and of the threats to international peace and security.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“All of that has served to worsen socioeconomic inequality, discrimination, xenophobia, interventionism and violations of the right to self- determination. Paradoxically, they invade, assassinate, pay mercenaries, occupy territory and usurp the sovereignty and self-determination of peoples - all in the name of democracy and human rights. In addition to that, we should also note the growing intrusion into the internal affairs of States by Governments in violation of the principle of non-interference. Attempts to ignore the right of countries and peoples to decide their future, particularly when it comes to defining for themselves their political, economic and social systems, constitute an obstacle to peaceful coexistence among nations, and thus to international peace and security.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“Many of the conflicts that have occurred over the past seven decades could have been prevented if the causes that generated them had not been repeatedly linked to the particular interests of imperialist domination. While developing countries have been standard-bearers for the validity of and strict adherence to the purposes and principles of the Charter, some of the most developed countries have been determined to act to the contrary, leading to unilateral acts of aggression that negate the foundation and very essence of the Organization and constant ambition to ensure capitalist rule over countries' natural resources, while adhering to colonial and neocolonial strategies and practices,.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“The phenomenon of terrorism, the proliferation of small arms and light weapons, protracted conflicts, pending colonial situations and the instability and violence in the Middle East and parts of Africa are a result of approaches contrary to the purposes and principles of international law and of the Charter of the United Nations. Violating the rule of law therefore leads to prolonged violent conflict. Humankind faces the real threat of permanent war. While we are here discussing the rule of international law, intensive negotiations by a group of countries are being held to urgently find a peaceful resolution to the conflict in Syria, a country plagued by terrorism and extreme violence as a way to delegitimize the will of its people and bring about the disintegration of its territory.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela - inspired by and following in the footsteps of our eternal Commander Hugo Chavez Frias - resolutely supports the Palestinian cause for an independent, sovereign State that - and we will never tire of saying it - has the right to an immediate cessation of the criminal acts of aggression on the part of Israel against its people, including children, older persons and women, as well as the right to finally legitimately recover its territories, with the support of the international community.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“There are eight armed conflicts in Africa alone, while four violent conflicts in the Middle East have led to the dismantling of sovereign States and made it possible for terrorists and violent armed groups to take control. The situation in the Middle East and the Palestinian question is a case in point in which the Security Council has had a crucial role and has adopted countless resolutions. Yet that situation remains unresolved after almost 70 years and continues to have a determining impact on peace and security in a region that, for the past five years, has suffered the consequences of mistaken approaches to addressing solutions in a fair and comprehensive way wherein, first and foremost, the establishment of the Palestinian State constitutes the basic, decisive element for peace in the region.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“In the course of its history, the Organization has had important achievements in the area of international peace, security and cooperation. It has made significant contributions to human rights, decolonization and economic and social development. Nevertheless, the world is in a constant state ofneeding stability and peace, which makes it necessary to activate the mechanisms and legal framework to address the challenges posed by extreme violence, terrorism, intolerance and the spread of hatred. There has been an almost three-fold increase since 2008 in the number of ongoing civil wars - from four to 11- which is in contrast to the long-running trend we saw beginning in the 19905.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“As such, the development of international law is one of the most important aims of the United Nations. The Preamble sets the goal of establishing conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained. As members are aware, during the seventieth anniversary of the United Nations, the General Assembly adopted a declaration on the inadmissibility of intervention in the internal affairs of States and on safeguarding independence and sovereignty. For most countries without coercive capacity or tools to impose conditions on inter-State or regional relations, respect for international law is the most important pillar for international peace and security, including the obligation of all States to ensure a more just and equitable world.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“Actively and permanently promoting the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and of international law, including honouring and fulfilling their provisions, are the basis for ensuring the maintenance of international peace and security. The sovereign equality of States, national independence, unity and territorial integrity, non-interference in internal affairs, non-aggression, the peaceful settlement of disputes, cooperation and the right of peoples to self-determination and the fostering of friendly relations and cooperation among countries, tolerance and peaceful coexistence as good neighbours are the essential ingredients of world peace. The Charter of the United Nations became the first international multilateral legal instrument to expressly and definitively prohibit war as a tool of foreign policy.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“We warmly thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his role in those initiatives. This debate is all the more relevant for taking place 70 years after the establishment of the United Nations, as it serves to remind us of the fundamental importance of sovereign equality and of the fact that the purposes of the Organization will be achieved only if States enjoy such equality and fully fulfil the requirements of that principle in the course of their international relations. As the Secretary-General called for last year during the presidency of the People's Republic of China, we aim to further entrench that aspect.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“There is a pressing need to highlight the existing and often lethal means for dismantling national and international legal orders as a way to undermine one particular fundamental principle of the Charter of the United Nations - the principle of non-interference in the internal affairs of sovereign States. Throughout human history, war and conflict have caused untold suffering that have hindered social development and economic progress. The prevention of conflicts has therefore always been a shared objective of the international community. Ensuring and maintaining peace as a principle and fundamental right are critical to implementing not only the Millennium Development Goals but also the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (General Assembly resolution 70/1), adopted by the Organization on the occasion of its 70th anniversary.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“I thank the Secretary-General for his briefing. I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. I should like to offer a special welcome to the young Venezuelans of the Venezuelan chapter of the Model United Nations who are here with us this morning, bearing witness to our discussion of the future of the multilateral system and the right to international peace and security. I should like to begin by conveying the greetings of the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, His Excellency Mr. Nicolas Maduro Moros. I wish to stress the importance to Venezuela of respect for the international rule of law to the maintenance of international peace and security.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“I wish to draw the attention of Council members to document S/2016/103, which contains the text of a letter dated 1 February 2016 from the Permanent Representative of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary- General, transmitting a concept note on the item under consideration. I now give the floor to the Secretary-General, His Excellency Mr. Ban Ki-moon.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“Ioannis Vrailas, Deputy Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations; His Excellency Mr. Tete Antonio, Permanent Observer of the African Union to the United Nations; His Excellency Mr. Ahmed Fathalla, Permanent Observer for the League of Arab States to the United Nations; and His Excellency Mr. Gonzalo Koncke, Permanent Observer of the Organization of American States to the United Nations. I propose that the Council invite the Permanent Observer of the Observer State of the Holy See to the United Nations to participate in this meeting, in accordance with the provisional rules of procedure and previous practice in that regard. It is so decided. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“In accordance with rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representatives of Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Georgia, Germany, Guatemala, Guyana, Hungary, India, Indonesia, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Maldives, Morocco, the Netherlands, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Poland, the Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Sweden, the Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Viet Nam to participate in this meeting. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, I invite the following to participate in this meeting: His Excellency Mr.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“I would like to warmly welcome to the Security Council the Secretary-General, Ministers and other representatives whose presence in the Chamber today underscores the importance of the subject we are discussing.”
2016-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7621 (2016) · source
“We know that right now President Putin is giving the entire Western world a history lesson by fighting terrorism directly, without double standards or politically exploiting an issue as sensitive as that of terrorist violence, but which other Governments have used to ignore or strike down Governments that are not useful to their imperialist purposes.”
2015-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7540 (2015) · source
“We will give unreserved support to a resolution aimed at contributing to a definitive solution to this prolonged conflict that includes an immediate halt to Israel's occupation of the territory that historically belongs to the Palestinian people, as well as an end to its racially and religiously discriminatory policies and efforts to crush the people of Palestine. I cannot conclude without expressing, on behalf of the President and people of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, our full support for the Russian Federation's action in Syria.”
2015-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7540 (2015) · source
“This organ should therefore act in accordance with the decision and the voices of the majority of its members. It is high time that the State of Palestine became a full Member, and that the threat of a veto by one member of the Security Council cease being used as a weapon prolonging the suffering of the Palestinian people. It is a veto of shame that encourages terror and impunity. We support every initiative aimed at achieving a lasting solution to this tragedy. It is vital that the Security Council act urgently to advance the negotiations, in View of the fact that the failure to resolve the issue is having a serious impact on peace and stability in the Middle East.”
2015-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7540 (2015) · source
“In this context, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela rejects the use of the veto, which only promotes terror through impunity. In the context of the Palestinian tragedy, it is a veto of shame. Venezuela reaffirms its full support for the right of the citizens of the State of Palestine to self-determination and to live within internationally recognized borders, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and the relevant resolutions of both the General Assembly and the Security Council. On 30 September, we witnessed the raising of the Palestinian flag as part of the Organization's seventieth anniversary celebrations, testifying to the commitment of the majority of the Members of the United Nations to the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people.”
2015-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7540 (2015) · source
“It would appear that the only path for Israel is colonizing Palestinian territory and denying that nation its right to self- determination. The result, paradoxically, is that since the Quartet began using its good offices to get peace talks started, the Government of Israel has unleashed a new wave of oppression and widespread Violence that has blocked the path we need to ajust and lasting peace. We call on the Security Council to speak out immediately, demand that Israel end this new cycle of Violence and put the Palestinian people under international protection, in accordance with the Fourth Geneva Convention and the Council's own resolution 904 (1994). Palestine's appeal for the protection of the lives of its citizens from the occupying Power's continued and systematic aggression must be heard.”
2015-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7540 (2015) · source
“I cannot fail to mention the situation in Palestine right now, in which more than 300 children have been detained, in contravention of international law and in violation of their human rights. Their status as minors has been ignored and they have been subjected to cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment by the occupying Power. Where Palestinian children are concerned, Israeli jails bring us back to humankind's darkest times, in which torture and persecution have become the rule rather than the exception. The acquiescent attitude that some States exhibit vis-a-vis the Palestinian question should draw the attention of the Council and the entire international community. Every effort to resume political talks is blocked by the hegemonic centre.”
2015-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7540 (2015) · source
“Those are only a few images, but we know that the international community was horrified, and there are even more tragic and dreadful images that, perhaps, we have not brought into this Chamber because the day is far from over. In Gaza, the ongoing crisis is the worst of the past decade in humanitarian terms. Israel is hindering the work of reconstruction by obstructing imports of medicines and access to school supplies and sanitation and farming equipment. This initiative, which has depended on the support of the international community, has been cut short by the occupying Power's refusal to relax its control of access to Gaza. Israel's aim is perfectly clear. It wants to divide the Palestinians and render the existence of an independent State of Palestine impossible.”
2015-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7540 (2015) · source
“I do not know whether the representative of Israel, in the statement he made earlier, was referring to the amount spent to fight defenceless children. This photograph was taken just one day ago. Has the military spending been devoted to fighting those children? Or perhaps to flouting the rights of children, as members can see in this other image. One year after the military aggression against Gaza, we must not forget the suffering of the victims of the ill-named Operation Protective Edge, which, according to information in the Secretary-General's report (S/2015/677), led to the death of 551 children out of a total of 2,251 victims altogether. That paints a picture of war crimes committed by the occupying Power and demands international punishment for the perpetrators. That was one year ago.”
2015-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7540 (2015) · source
“Israel's systematic policy of denying the Palestinian people's right to self-determination and the existence of their own sovereign State has created the conditions under which extremism and Violence win over the civilian population, especially young people. The deliberate intention of the State of Israel to impede the success of every attempt to negotiate a firm and lasting peace should capture the attention of the entire international community. The occupying Power generates brutal cycles of violence in order to justify its oppression and control of the territory in a permanent process of colonization. In just 10 years, from 2004 to 2014, Israel's military spending has been almost â‚¬110 billion.”
2015-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7540 (2015) · source
“We echo the request by the Palestinian delegation for the Security Council to shoulder its responsibility in this situation, all the more so now that the population of Israel has begun to take up arms to create paramilitary militias that will exacerbate the conflict. Over the course of seven decades, the toll has been 42 massacres and hundreds of thousands of people killed. We must speak clearly and firmly on that point. Throughout the 70 years of the existence of the United Nations, the people of Palestine have faced a continuous state of complete lack of respect for their most fundamental rights. It is unfortunate that, ever since the Organization was established, no political solution to that bloody conflict has been found. That is a subject of frustration for the Organization, and no doubt for the international community as a whole.”
2015-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7540 (2015) · source
“And we believe it is necessary, as has been said before, for the Security Council to visit the region so as to reaffirm the responsibilty of the Organization and promote of a political solution to the conflict, which has become a permanent act of aggression by the State of Israel against the people of Palestine and even, I dare say, against its own people. We are certain that the great majority of the Israeli people yearn for a permanent peace. My country is aghast at the historic level of violence and damage that Israel has caused the Palestinian people, who find themselves without due international protection.”
2015-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7540 (2015) · source