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Rodriguez Gomez

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2015-02-23
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2016-09-21
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  1. “If we look at the agenda item of today's meeting - "The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question" what we face in Palestine is no longer a "question". We should be speaking of the tragedy of Palestine, because for seven decades the Palestinian people have faced terrorist assaults, massacres and the complete denial of the human rights of men, women, children and the elderly. A conflict, as we have indicated on other occasions in this Chamber, presupposes equality between the parties. But we cannot equate victims with those who victimize them. That is not correct. We need to clarify our language. However, we appreciate the efforts of the Secretary-General.”

    2015-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7540 (2015) · source

  2. “The recent wave of violence that has lashed the occupied territories for the past 19 days has left more than 53 dead and thousands wounded. That cannot be interpreted in isolation. It is the result of the prolonged illegal occupation for almost 60 years that has denied the Palestinian people their human rights and the right to self-determination as a free and independent country. I especially welcome the presence of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the State of Palestine at this meeting. We also welcome the efforts of the Secretary-General during his recent Visit to Palestine and Israel aimed at persuading the parties to put an end to violence in the occupied territories. I will pause here to make a clarification. Language is important.”

    2015-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7540 (2015) · source

  3. “Ms. Rodriguez Gomez (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) (spoke in Spanish): We would like to begin by thanking the Deputy Secretary-General for his presence today. We also commend the initiative of the Spanish presidency of the Security Council, because we know that the Middle East is passing through a very dangerous period, not only for the subregion but for humankind as a whole. My delegation aligns itself with the statement to be delivered by the Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries. The situation in the Middle East, in particular in Palestine and its occupied territories, is a matter of deep concern for the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.”

    2015-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7540 (2015) · source

  4. “We call on the United Nations to play its leadership role and to apply international law to thugs roaming the world with their violent armies, maintaining illegal occupations and aggression against peoples.”

    2015-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7527 (2015) · source

  5. “They are the cycles that first destroy nations and States and then create a space where terrorist groups can proliferate. Venezuela calls for such a new configuration. We must abandon double standards and two-faced morals and hypocrisy, and join together on this issue honestly and truly prepared to combat terrorism. There should be no excuses about how we do not like a particular leader. The Arab Spring has already showed us what can happen then. We must stop choosing that false and immoral course of action. If we truly want a safer and less violent world, we must fight the causes of terrorism and not its consequences, which is a pretext to intervene in other countries and trample on the Charter of the United Nations.”

    2015-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7527 (2015) · source

  6. “We must respect the principles of national self- determination, territorial integrity and sovereignty, because if we do not, why have we come here for the seventieth anniversary of the United Nations? Just to discuss something very different from what it says in the Organization's founding Charter? Why are we here, then? We are here to enforce those purposes and principles, because we know that in that way we can contribute to humankind and a safer, less violent world, if we really wish to combat terrorism. Today, in Syria, there are more than 500 terrorist groups. Who is funding them? We need an answer to that question. Who is training them and giving them logistical support? What we see are the vicious cycles of imperialism.”

    2015-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7527 (2015) · source

  7. “That is why President Maduro has called for a new configuration of geopolitics that can truly guarantee peace, love and happiness for humankind. We cannot combat terrorism with more violence. We know what happens if we fall in line with those hegemonic centres: we get this kind of theatre. The consequences are greater misery for the people, more violations of human rights and greater inequality. If we are really committed to combating terrorism, we must do it honestly and frankly, and ensure that the lessons of the past make us think and act differently. We cannot continue acting this way, based on lies buttressed by transnational communications conglomerates and the belligerent, arrogant imperialistic power centres of the world. That cannot bring the Syrian people more happiness.”

    2015-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7527 (2015) · source

  8. “Can it be that the terrible photograph of a little Syrian boy on a seashore does not affect us or touch our souls and our hearts? How many more children must we see die? We have heard all of this before. I must say it frankly to the world, all of those imperialist wars have been preceded by media wars and lies. It was lies that led to the interventions by those countries in the Middle East and North Africa, and 10 years later, they say that yes, it was a lie, but we made mistakes and we have learned a lesson. But what we see is that no lessons have been learned. What we realize now is that humankind has not learned the lesson - or, rather, not humankind but the hegemonic power centres of the world.”

    2015-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7527 (2015) · source

  9. “There should be no room for that here. Either we are a multilateral organization that respects the conduct and standards of international law and the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, or we are conducting an exercise in hypocrisy. What has the Arab Spring done for these peoples? Has it brought them greater happiness and more democracy? Because what we are hearing today we have heard before, all in the name of democracy, freedom and the people's welfare. The unilateral, imperialistic interventions we have witnessed have bypassed this Organization, contravened the Charter and made people less equal and more unhappy. What has been the result in Iraq, in Libya, in Afghanistan? The destruction of sovereign States. And now what do we want to do for Syria? The same thing?”

    2015-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7527 (2015) · source

  10. “When we analyse its causes, we cannot deal with terrorism as such; we can only react to the consequences, which suit the various centres of power that control the daily life of countries and their media and financial resources. We should also be talking about the social and economic model that breeds poverty and misery, but we must also be honest. Terrorist groups do not emerge through spontaneous reproduction. We would like to know who is financing and training those terrorist groups and who is giving them logistical support. That is something that this multilateral forum should perhaps be investigating. In a forum such as this, 70 years on, as we look at the principles governing the conduct of equal and sovereign States, it is discouraging to listen to the arrogant, unilateral and belligerent exceptionalism that we hear.”

    2015-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7527 (2015) · source

  11. “As we sit here, some Palestinian citizens, boys and girls and women, are being prevented from gaining access to basic services that are crucial for their survival and are being subjected to cruelty and violence. If we truly believe in creating two States, they must be two equal and sovereign States, and we must join forces to turn the deadlocked peace process into a genuine pathway through dialogue and a peaceful settlement of the situation. It is extremely disturbing that 70 years after the founding of this Organization we still witness situations that not only violate the rights of the Palestinian people but in which the State of Israel promotes terrorism, which in turn affects the Israeli people themselves. We cannot talk about good terrorism and bad terrorism.”

    2015-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7527 (2015) · source

  12. “What is going on - and what we want to warn the international community about - is a very worrying and dangerous situation. That political conflict, caused by Israel's illegal occupation of the Palestinian territory, has been compounded by violence and attempts to turn the conflict into a religious one, which could complicate the situation in the Middle East even further. We all agree in this Chamber when we hear about a two-State solution, but the States must be genuinely equal and sovereign. We cannot put together a two-State solution in the face of the current unequal situation in which Zionist terrorists murder the Palestinian people and discriminate against them.”

    2015-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7527 (2015) · source

  13. “Mrs. Rodriguez Gomez (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) (spoke in Spanish): On behalf of President Nicolas Maduro Moros of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this important meeting on this subject. Venezuela has historically condemned terrorism in all its forms and wherever it originates. As we reconsider the Middle East and what is happening there, there is even more reason to welcome the convening of today's meeting. The situation there is deeply worrying. Seventy years after the birth of the United Nations, I am ashamed to say, we are still talking about the Palestinian issue. But there is still a moral and ethical debt that needs to be settled there, with the stagnation of the peace process and what is going on there.”

    2015-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7527 (2015) · source

  14. “Let us not rest in body or in soul until we have saved humanity." (A/60/PV6, p. 20) I would also paraphrase Gandhi, who said that there is no road to peace; peace is the only possible road.”

    2015-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7389 (2015) · source

  15. “I would recall further what President Nicolas Maduro said when he spoke during the most recent general debate ofthe General Assembly (see A/69/PV.8). He called on the United Nations to adapt its institutions in such a manner as to promote the sovereignty of peoples, if we wish to truly achieve much-wished-for peace and a world that is safe and free of violence. I should like to reiterate the words of the late President Chavez, speaking here at the United Nations: "Well, we shall fight for Venezuela, for Latin American integration and for the world. Here in this room, we declare our infinite faith in man, who longs for peace and justice in order to survive as a species. Simon Bolivar, our liberator and the guide of our revolution, swore that he would not rest until he saw America free.”

    2015-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7389 (2015) · source

  16. “We also reaffirm the legitimate right of the State of Palestine to be a full-fledged member of the Organization, on the basis also of the purposes and principles of the United Nations and international law. We therefore condemn the fact that in the twenty-first century there still exist antiquated or new forms of colonialism, or any form of discrimination. Even among these foreign Powers, we can today see serious cases of racial discrimination. For that reason, we embrace once again the spirit of the late Hugo Chavez Frias, our former President, who proposed that the United Nations be reformed so as to be more democratic, so that all developing countries can discuss sensitive matters such as international peace and security democratically within the Organization.”

    2015-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7389 (2015) · source

  17. “We can say that, fortunately, Venezuela is a part of a region that is considered a zone free ofviolence, where, furthermore, we have innovative mechanisms for integration and interrelation that are based on respect among States and for the sovereignty of States, respect for the self-determination of peoples and respect for the territorial integrity of nations. We would recall that we are the region that has the lowest level of military expenditure in the world. We support disarmament in all its expressions and have been declared the first region free of nuclear weapons. Today we call once again for a multilateralism that is based on public international law and on the purposes and principles of the United Nations.”

    2015-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7389 (2015) · source

  18. “We call for a peaceful settlement of conflicts, in keeping with the spirit of the United Nations and as set out in its Charter. The citizens on the streets of our countries and in some regions often do not know whether they will be the victims of a terrorist attack or fall victim to supposed violent acts against those terrorist organizations. I should like to draw attention to statistics from the Stockholm International Institute on global military expenditure, which in 2013 alone reached the astronomical figure of $1.747 trillion. Even more shocking, 37 per cent of the funds allocated to military expenditure are concentrated in just one country. We wish to draw attention to the relationship between that military expenditure and the true achievement of international peace and security.”

    2015-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7389 (2015) · source

  19. “Iwouldliketopause here,because we do know-and the international community can bear witness to this fact - that unilateral actions, which are manifested through ongoing warfare, including economic, media and financial warfare, seek to subject peoples, with the sole objective of seizing natural resources and thus satisfying the hegemonic desires of foreign Powers. It is with much amazement and concern that we recently heard statements by warmongers and those who would twist our arms that confirmed - and we would like to condemn this here today - the fact that violations of international law and the purposes and principles that inspire the Organization and its founding Charter. The so-called fight against terrorism has resulted in more terrorism. Terrorist acts have also undermined the human rights of millions of citizens.”

    2015-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7389 (2015) · source

  20. “We would like to recall that, on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the United Nations, a declaration was adopted that prohibits intervention in the internal affairs of States and declares respect for the sovereignty and independence of States. Furthermore, on the occasion of the Organization's twenty-fifth anniversary, a declaration was adopted that proclaimed that the only manner in which we can achieve the purposes of the United Nations is if States can actualize themselves in full sovereign equality.”

    2015-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7389 (2015) · source

  21. “Mrs. Rodriguez Gomez (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) (spoke in Spanish): I would like to convey warm greetings to you, Sir, as President of the Security Council, as we know how committed the People's Republic of China is to peace, justice and development for humankind. I also convey to you and the Secretary-General, on behalf of the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Mr. Nicolas Maduro Moros, our commitment to continue to move ahead, historically and constitutionally, towards social justice, the maintenance of international peace and cooperation through solidarity and respect for peoples' self- determination and the sovereign equality and territorial integrity of States. The matter that brings us here today is more relevant than ever in a world that presents challenges that call into question peace and security.”

    2015-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7389 (2015) · source