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Rubiales De Chamorro

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“Mrs. Rubiales de Chamorro (Nicaragua) (spoke in Spanish): My delegation aligns itself with the statement made earlier by the representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries and would like to thank you, Sir, and the presidency of Azerbaijan for convening this debate on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. We all know the essential requirements for creating the necessary conditions for negotiations that lead to successful outcomes: political will, good faith and transparency.”
2013-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7047 (2013) · source
“In Syria, instead of promoting dialogue and reconciliation, they are promoting violence and the militarization of the conflict, arming extremist groups with a view to achieving regime change. Such violence and militarization will have serious repercussions throughout the Middle East, but nonetheless those same members engage in delaying tactics so as to not recognize a Palestinian State, whose recognition and establishment would lead to the just and lasting peace that is so needed in the Middle East region.”
2013-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6950Resumption1 (2013) · source
“Nicaragua reiterates its full solidarity with the Palestinian people in their quest to achieve their freedom and the exercise of their inalienable right to self-determination, including with respect to the establishment of a Palestinian State based on the pre-1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital, laying the foundation for a just and lasting peace in the Middle East with both States, Palestine and Israel, living in peace in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the United Nations and the aspirations of all peace-loving countries. Lastly, we reiterate that it is time to put an end to the policy of double standards used by some permanent members of the Security Council and their allies.”
2013-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6950Resumption1 (2013) · source
“The declaration adopted at that meeting will give a solid impetus to efforts undertaken in 2013, emphasizing the decision, as the Chairman of our Committee has just said, to request the General Assembly to make 2014 the year of solidarity with Palestine, in order to undertake a global campaign to put an end to the Israeli occupation. We also welcome the regional Palestine seminar to be held in Ecuador in the coming year, which represents a unique opportunity for the Latin American and Caribbean region to show once again its full support for the Palestinian State.”
2013-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6950Resumption1 (2013) · source
“We call for the immediate release of all Palestinians arbitrarily imprisoned by Israel. We call on the international community to continue its efforts in the context of a global campaign to show our solidarity in connection with this important problem. We would like to take this opportunity to thank the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, of which Nicaragua is a member, and the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela for the efforts made to ensure the successful outcome of the recent meeting held in Caracas in solidarity with the Palestinian people and the achievement of the Palestinian State.”
2013-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6950Resumption1 (2013) · source
“Peace in the Middle East does not mean that we need only resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict; a solution must also include the situation in the Israeli- occupied territories in Lebanon and Syria. Moreover, it should include peace in all countries of the region. Nicaragua reiterates its appeal for respect for the right ofPalestinian refugees to return to their homeland, consistent with General Assembly resolution 194 (III), and calls on Israel to comply with all relevant Security Council and General Assembly resolutions. We also reiterate our solidarity with Palestinian prisoners and political detainees, particularly women and children, who are being held in Israeli prisons and subjected to inhumane ill-treatment by those authorities. That has led to hunger strikes and even to the deaths of some detainees.”
2013-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6950Resumption1 (2013) · source
“We must continue to support all Palestinian efforts so that, sooner or later, Palestine can sit beside us as the 194th State Member of the United Nations. Israel, following the decisive recognition by the General Assembly ofPalestine's status as a non-member observer State, has, as a reprisal, stepped up its policy of occupation and its criminal blockade, continuing the construction of settlements and refusing to dismantle existing ones. Ignoring the will of the international community and causing the peace process to stagnate, in an attempt to impose conditions on negotiations, it continues to alter the demographic and religious makeup of the Palestinian territory, which represents a serious violation of international law.”
2013-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6950Resumption1 (2013) · source
“Our delegation voted in favour of the resolution out of solidarity and based on our position of principle in support of the Palestinian cause, which Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega Saavedra has always supported. Since the 19805, Nicaragua has fully recognized the existence of the Palestinian State. Unfortunately, such full recognition has not yet been achieved owing to the lack ofpolitical will on the part of certain countries that are members of the Security Council, which, through the use of their veto power, stand in the way of that legitimate aspiration of the Palestinian people. As the veto remains the main obstacle to the achievement of peace and security, it is time for the Security Council to give thought, in a positive and unconditional manner, to the Palestinian State's request for full membership.”
2013-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6950Resumption1 (2013) · source
“Year after year, for over 60 years, at various times, we have denounced the illegal occupation by Israel and its expansionist policies, which continue to undermine all efforts to achieve peace and reject the establishment of a Palestinian State that is sovereign and independent. Now more than ever and subsequent to the adoption by the majority of the international community of General Assembly resolution 67/ 19, we are inescapably committed to rectifying the historic injustice committed against Palestinian people. We consider that the vote in favour of the resolution by the majority of Member States constitutes a statement by the international community that Palestine complies with all the criteria laid down in the Charter to be a full Member State ready to assume its responsibilities as a nation that loves peace.”
2013-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6950Resumption1 (2013) · source
“Mrs. Rubiales de Chamorro (Nicaragua) (spoke in Spanish): At the outset, Mr. President, I would like to begin by thanking you for convening today's meeting and for the manner in which you have been leading the work of the Security Council this month. My delegation endorses the statement delivered by the representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran, who spoke on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement. Yet again, we are meeting in the Security Council to discuss the subject of the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. Yet again, we state our deep solidarity with that brotherly people.”
2013-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6950Resumption1 (2013) · source
“If we did that, we could turn all of our efforts, energies and resources towards solving the serious economic and financial crises that affect both developed and developing countries.”
2013-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6917Resumption1 (2013) · source
“That will require political will, legal certainty and impartiality when it comes to implementation - and not the development of new concepts and measures that undermine the stability and sovereignty of peoples. Achieving true international peace and security must start with a truly holistic view of the international situation. We must commitment ourselves to not provoke more conflicts, not to intervene in countries in order to illegally procure resources and not to seek regime change for Governments that displease us. Instead, we should prioritize providing assistance for the sustainable development for peoples and complying with all the legal commitments we undertook when we signed the Charter of the United Nations.”
2013-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6917Resumption1 (2013) · source
“Why do we not discuss the actions of those who bring about the vast majority of conflicts with their sophisticated arms, their financing of terrorist groups and their intelligence advisors and agencies at work inside sovereign countries for the purpose of overthrowing Governments that have independent political visions? Allow me to say that we believe that the work of the Security Council on the issue under consideration and the impact of the implementation of the so-called responsibility to protect has only given rise to greater divisions and suspicion within the international community. That should lead us to reconsider our analysis of it, its intended purpose and the functioning of this organ in implementing these concepts.”
2013-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6917Resumption1 (2013) · source
“The Palestinian people have struggled for self-determination and the establishment oftheir State, with Jerusalem as its capital, for more than six decades and with immeasurable loss of innocent lives. Regarding that case, the Security Council has taken no significant action to resolve the situation and protect Palestinian civilians from the genocide of which they are the victims. We have many questions on the issue being debated. Many of the issues are of concern to us. Can the protection of civilians perhaps be applied selectively? Is the responsibility to protect applicable in some cases and not others? We should ask ourselves why this organ does not invoke the concept ofthe protection of civilians in cases where innocent civilians, mainly children, are being assassinated by the infamous unmanned aerial vehicles.”
2013-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6917Resumption1 (2013) · source
“And, as if that were not enough, the region was flooded with arms, and terrorist groups, which were listed as such by the Security Council, were promoted to the status of liberation armies, the consequences of which we are seeing on a daily basis today. That has all led to suffering on the part of the peoples of that the region. Let us briefly now turn to the case of Syria, where some members of the Security Council and their allies are carrying out interventionist actions - intervening, boycotting the negotiations process, supporting terrorist groups with sophisticated weapons and escalating the humanitarian problem in order to then shield themselves with pretexts and bald arguments for the need to protect civilians and implement the responsibility to protect. It is the same script that was used in Libya. Let us now consider Palestine.”
2013-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6917Resumption1 (2013) · source
“However, as we have all witnessed in recent years, its implementation has been completely manipulated. The action taken has contradicted the stated purpose and proposed objectives and has exacerbated the problem, with outcomes that are the opposite of protection. That is the great challenge at hand in this area. We should recall what happened in Libya, where, under the pretext of protecting civilians and by using the mislabelled "responsibility to protect", a war was waged against a sovereign country. Its airspace, which was called an "exclusion zone", was used to assassinate men, women and children - the very civilians who were supposed to be protected. Its head of State was assassinated, the existing regime was changed and a country with one of the highest levels of human development in its region was destroyed.”
2013-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6917Resumption1 (2013) · source
“Any measure or action that is adopted in order to address evolving situations or crises with a view to protecting civilians in armed conflicts or for whatever other reason must be undertaken in strict accordance with those postulates and principles. We firmly believe in the resolution of conflicts through peaceful means and in the importance of dialogue and negotiation as the basis of coexistence among States. We are also firm believers that Governments have the main duty and responsibility to protect their citizens without the intervention of third parties or entities. If assistance is required, the explicit consent of the State in question for such assistance is imperative. In principle, the concept of the protection of civilians in armed conflict should be a laudable concept.”
2013-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6917Resumption1 (2013) · source
“Mrs. Rubiales de Chamorro (Nicaragua) (spoke in Spanish): We congratulate you, Sir, on your presidency of the Security Council during the month of February and wish you and your country much success. I would also like to express my gratitude for the presence of the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Argentina, who is with us in the Chamber at this late hour listening to her colleagues discussing this issue. We align ourselves with the statement made by Ambassador Mohammad Khazaee, Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran, on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement. Nicaragua is a firm and respectful supporter of the sovereignty of States, non-interference in the internal affairs of States, international law, human rights, international humanitarian law and the Charter of the United Nations.”
2013-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6917Resumption1 (2013) · source
“We cherish the hope that such efforts will succeed and that reason and peace will prevail over force and war, the consequences of which could be devastating for the region and the world. In that respect, I would like to end my statement by emphasizing that global peace can be maintained only if it is understood once and for all that the logic of interventionism and hegemony can never be the basis for a new world order in which true justice for all, free of double standards or double morals, prevails.”
2012-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6757Resumption1 (2012) · source
“In that respect, Nicaragua resolutely condemns all those that have put their dangerous geopolitical ambitions ahead of ending violence through the provision of military and financial support to armed groups classified as terrorist groups by the Security Council. Such illicit activities affirm that any pretext or instrument are welcomed in seeking to impose a change of Government by force, irresponsibly encouraging public opposition, violating the Charter of the United Nations and threatening the sovereignty and territorial integrity of its Member States. 12-30747 Nicaragua urges that the joint efforts of Russia, China and former Secretary-General Kofi Annan be fully supported by the entire Organization and all its Members.”
2012-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6757Resumption1 (2012) · source
“From the very start, the warmongering calls that we have heard over the past 15 months have undermined weak attempts at a peaceful settlement of the crises emerging in various parts of the Middle East and the Arab world and its surrounding areas. Instead of supporting aggressive rhetoric, the role of the Organization and all its Members should always be to support efforts for peace, to keep channels of communication and dialogue open and not to isolate itself through partisan positions that alienate one of the parties to a conflict. True to the very essence of the United Nations, born from the ashes of the Second World War, calls emerging from the Organization should be for peace, not for war.”
2012-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6757Resumption1 (2012) · source
“During the 1980s, when the same protagonists we have today were promoting regime change and calling for war instead of dialogue and negotiation, the Organization, the countries of our region and the rest of the international community raised their voices in a strong, firm and resolute manner to call for a halt to the war machinery, to the flow of weapons and to terrorist actions. We called for dialogue and negotiation to prevail over the imposition of force. It is extremely worrying to my country that conflicts are increasingly being resolved through the use of force by the great Powers and their armed wing, NATO.”
2012-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6757Resumption1 (2012) · source
“That is the only way that we can achieve a firm and lasting peace that allows both peoples to effectively exercise all of their 10 rights and makes it possible to ultimately end an inexplicable injustice. In addition to the dangerous stalemate that has developed vis-a-vis the Palestinian question through a lack of political will, we have also witnessed how the situation in the Middle East and in the surrounding regions has worsened every day as the result of a clear tendency to resolve conflicts through the use of weapons and war, rather than through dialogue and negotiation.”
2012-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6757Resumption1 (2012) · source
“Nicaragua reiterates the need to put an immediate end to the Israel's impunity, which has been irresponsibly guaranteed to it by a permanent member of the Council, in particular through the indiscriminate use of the veto by that member, who has become Israel's major accomplice. We all know that the Council has at its disposal the mechanisms necessary to demand that Israel change its policies and practices once and for all, that it be held accountable for its actions and that it implement the resolutions of the Organization. It is time to recognize the Palestinian State within the pre-1967 borders, as well as for everyone, in particular the members of the Council, to set aside the double standards of requiring some, but not others, to comply with the obligations that we have entered into as Members of the Organization.”
2012-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6757Resumption1 (2012) · source
“Such logic has also led to a true besiegement policy that is based upon an undeclared determination to deny each and every Palestinian citizen their fundamental human existence. Since the triumph of the Sandanista revolution, in 1979, Nicaragua has been a proud witness to the struggle of the Palestinian people. We recognize the substantial concessions made by Palestine in order to achieve peace, although they have, regrettably, been met by Israel's continued illegal settlements, increased humiliation, increased killings, growing instances of systematic assassination of Palestinian leaders and greater destruction of homes and more looting, including in East Jerusalem.”
2012-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6757Resumption1 (2012) · source
“Mrs. Rubiales de Chamorro (Nicaragua) (spoke in Spanish): Nicaragua aligns itself fully with the statement made by the representative of Egypt in his capacity as the Chairman of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). Once again, Nicaragua reiterates its strongest condemnation of Israel's illegal occupation of all Palestinian, Syrian and Lebanese territories, and demands its immediate withdrawal. We condemn the Israeli policies and practices aimed at the construction, rather than the dismantlement of, settlements, as well as the inhuman blockade of Gaza and the policy of dismembering the West Bank and other Palestinian territories. We can no longer allow the logic of denying the very existence of the Palestinian State to continue.”
2012-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6757Resumption1 (2012) · source
“Where is the Council's resolve when it comes to the heroic and martyred Palestinian people? It is precisely this double standard that fuels, inter alia, the expansionist and occupation policies that allow Israel to continue to act with full impunity against the heroic Palestinian people and the Arab nation.”
2011-05-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6531 (2011) · source
“What right to we have to do so?" I would also like to recall what was said by Commander Daniel Ortega, President of Nicaragua, who stated a few days ago: "NATO's military intervention in Libya, condemned by heads of State, including by Pope Benedict XVI, by leaders, individuals and movements worldwide, is causing an ever- increasing number of civilian deaths. I reiterate Nicaragua's call for an immediate ceasefire. We once again call for a return to dialogue and negotiations, which should be the hallmark of international relations and of relations between the inhabitants of a country when any form of dispute divides its citizens." In conclusion, I wish to underscore that the inexcusable double standard of actions dishonours and fatally undermines the credibility of the Council and tarnishes the Organization as a whole.”
2011-05-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6531 (2011) · source
“Someone needs to explain to us how, in applying the protection of civilians, the assassination of a head of State of a sovereign country is planned. We must be told how the bombing death of innocent children contributes to the protection of civilians. Here, I would like to quote Bishop Giovanni Martinelli, a witness of the atrocities committed by NATO's aircraft and the Apostolic Vicar in Tripoli: "Bombings, however targeted they may be, cause civilian casualties. Bombs are immoral. I ask myself then, is it moral to assassinate a head of State?”
2011-05-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6531 (2011) · source
“That, inter alia, is why respect for the sovereignty of States, for non-interference and for non-intervention in the internal affairs of States was placed above any other consideration. Therefore, there is no legal justification for poorly defined concepts such as the protection of civilians to prevail over the sovereignty of States. The Security Council must explain to us, particularly in the light of resolution 1973 (2011), how civilians are to be protected from shelling. We ought to be told - because we have the right to know - how many civilians have perished in the name of this alleged protection of civilians. We need to be told who is going to protect the civilians from their supposed protectors.”
2011-05-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6531 (2011) · source
“Once again we have witnessed the shameful manipulation of the slogan "protection of civilians" for dishonourable political purposes, seeking unequivocally and blatantly to impose regime change, attacking the sovereignty of a State Member of the United Nations and violating the Organization's Charter. Once again, the logic of interventionism and hegemony has prevailed through a disastrous decision with incalculable potential consequences for tens of millions of individuals worldwide. If the founding Charter of the United Nations does not include any kind of reference to a supposed right of humanitarian interference, that is not because attempts were not made at the time of its drafting to do so, but rather because it was obvious that this principle was attempt to interfere for purely political purposes in the internal affairs of States.”
2011-05-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6531 (2011) · source
“Mrs. Rubiales de Chamorro (Nicaragua) (spoke in Spanish): First, I would like to thank you for having convened this debate under your presidency, Mr. President. Since the last debate on this subject (S/PV.6427), many events have underscored the depth and solidity of the reasoning that has guided Nicaragua in the debates on the protection of civilians, both in the Council and in the General Assembly. What we are witnessing in Libya - the exploitation for political purposes of a noble subject by a small group of countries - has drained any credibility from the allegedly altruistic intentions behind the promotion of the protection of civilians.”
2011-05-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6531 (2011) · source
“We continue to offer our tireless solidarity to the people of Haiti and the new Haitian authorities. We will further strengthen our efforts so that the scourges affecting Haiti will vanish from the daily lives of its people. In addressing this matter, Nicaragua cannot fail to mention the exemplary solidarity shown by the heroic people and Government of Cuba, which once again demonstrates that, with political will and a deep-seated sense of solidarity, despite the unjust blockade, we can help when we want to. Nicaragua would like to conclude by paying tribute to the selflessness of the staff of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti in fulfilling their duty.”
2011-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6510Resumption1 (2011) · source
“In that regard, we do not understand why it would not be possible to mobilize and disburse the $14 billion that, according to the Inter-American Development Bank, are needed for that reconstruction. At the end of the day, that $14 billion only represents 1.45 per cent of the cost of the war in Iraq. Such efforts can obviously not be coordinated within the Security Council, but through the General Assembly or the Economic and Social Council. After the earthquake, despite Nicaragua's limited resources, President Daniel Ortega Saavedra did not hesitate to respond immediately to the needs of the people and Government of Haiti by providing teams of civil defence doctors specialized in medical care in emergency situations, who undertook more than 25,000 medical interventions in a single month.”
2011-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6510Resumption1 (2011) · source
“The focus of the international community's assistance must change radically. Nicaragua finds it surprising that, following five peacekeeping missions in Haiti, it is still thought that Haitian problems can be resolved without really tackling the inherent problems of development facing the country. We are doing the people and Government of Haiti little service by maintaining a peacekeeping mission, whose cost amounts to $854 million, without adopting a holistic approach to underpin international solidarity for Haiti. The time has come to move from compassionate rhetoric to concrete acts, to honour all pledges and to genuinely launch a Marshall Plan for Haiti's reconstruction on the basis of Haiti's requirements and in full respect of its sovereignty, without impositions or conditions on the part of donors.”
2011-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6510Resumption1 (2011) · source
“From the suppression of the independence movement led by the heroic Toussaint Louverture to the tragedies of the political and military intervention of various Powers and the many natural and human disasters, Haiti continues to face the demons of its past and the equally daunting challenge of eradicating poverty and achieving its right to development. It seems that it took last year's devastating earthquake for the international community as a whole to understand the pressing need for reconstruction on a new basis and the fact that without development, in the broadest sense of the word, the dream of a better future for the Haitian people would remain a fantasy. Now that the emergency and the time for compassion have passed, we have somewhat forgotten that Haiti remains in intensive care.”
2011-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6510Resumption1 (2011) · source
“Mrs. Rubiales de Chamorro (Nicaragua) (spoke in Spanish): Allow me, first and foremost, to thank your country, Madame President, for having convened this important meeting on the situation in the sister Republic of Haiti. On behalf of the President of Nicaragua, Commander Daniel Ortega Saavedra, I also wish to convey a warm greeting to President Rene Pre'val. I also welcome the presence of the Special Representative of the Caribbean Community for Haiti, Mr. Percival James Patterson, and I thank the Secretary-General and his Special Envoy for their respective briefings. The history of the Haitian people continues to be one of great suffering and martyrdom.”
2011-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6510Resumption1 (2011) · source
“The interdependence between security and development must take into account the balance between the socio-economic realities of conflict and post-conflict situations. This balance is necessary to drawing up strategies in which development programmes are the first weapons we must consider and wield before we resort to weapons of war. At times, that order has been reversed. Sustainable development will ensure security, stability and, ultimately, peace in the world.”
2011-02-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6479Resumption1 (2011) · source
“Our army's ongoing presence in that area has been a constant factor there for many years now. It guarantees security in the context of the fight against drug trafficking and transnational organized crime. It is the responsibility of our Government to ensure security for our citizens throughout our national territory. We will continue to exercise our sovereign right in this regard. Moreover, and in order to guarantee sustainable development for our people, our Government has assumed its responsibilities by undertaking to dredge and clean up the San Juan de Nicaragua River and to open our historical access to the sea. This is being carried out to enhance one of our most important natural resources, which will secure the development of that area and serve the well-being of our people.”
2011-02-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6479Resumption1 (2011) · source
“Unfortunately, today we see history repeating itself in other regions of the world. The lack of security in Central America was mentioned earlier today. Part of the problem is that we do not have sufficient funding for development projects. Our commitment to security includes a commitment to promoting human development, defined as sustainable development with the human being at its centre and carried out in an environment of good governance and with direct civic participation in conditions of social equity. All of these elements are required for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals and beyond. That includes, as a priority of my Government, development in the most underserved areas of Nicaragua with the goal of putting an end to their historical exclusion. We refer here specifically to the Rio San Juan de Nicaragua area.”
2011-02-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6479Resumption1 (2011) · source
“The conflict that we experienced was the result of foreign interference and wars of aggression, but was resolved thanks to the determination of our own peoples and the assistance of sister countries in our region. In the end, without the presence of foreigners in our region, we were able to reach peace agreements that prioritized an approach based on the need for sustainable development in order to begin the demobilization process, which led to stability, peace and security. However, and with regard to the issue before us, we should like to point out that, after the signing of the peace accords, the development funds earmarked for our region were not channelled to us as quickly or in the amounts reserved as had been the funds provided for the war against our people.”
2011-02-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6479Resumption1 (2011) · source
“The complexity of peacekeeping operations requires a slightly different approach than the current one, an approach which takes into account the needs of each situation for which such operations are being mobilized. The full agreement and involvement of the States affected are imperative. We must continue to work to strengthen the Peacebuilding Commission and ensure the efficient and effective coordination with the States involved, the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council and the United Nations agencies. Central America offers a clear example of the options for resolving conflicts, and our experience - both the good and the bad - should be taken into account.”
2011-02-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6479Resumption1 (2011) · source
“In this debate, during which we are called on to reflect on the interdependence between security and development, we should, as a starting point, take into account the functions, powers and responsibilities of each of the United Nations bodies and their respective agendas in strict compliance with the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter. Issues related to development fall within the purview of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council. The primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security is a matter for the Security Council. The interdependence between the issues of security and development continues to be an open debate in which the entire United Nations has a responsibility.”
2011-02-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6479Resumption1 (2011) · source
“Mrs. Rubiales de Chamorro (Nicaragua) (spoke in Spanish): Allow me to first congratulate you, Madame President, your country and your delegation for your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of February. We know that the experience and leadership of Brazil, a sister country in our region and an important partner in the sustainable development of Nicaragua, predicts the success of the work of the Council this month. We also welcome the noble determination and energy of Brazil in this initiative to convene this open debate on the maintenance of international peace and security, interdependence between security and development. At the outset, I wish to align myself with the statement made by the Permanent Representative of Egypt, on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries.”
2011-02-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6479Resumption1 (2011) · source
“We must ask ourselves if Israel and its main ally will really take the decision this time to bring about, through dialogue and negotiation, the creation of a Palestinian State within the 1967 borders or if, respectively, they will continue to be victimizers and accomplices to a genocide that has already lasted more than six decades.”
2010-10-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6404Resumption1 (2010) · source
“The General Assembly and the Council should take concrete steps to fully recognize the Palestinian State and its entry into this Organization as a full- fledged Member. It is simply shameful that the international community continues to favour the strong over the weak and the occupier over the occupied. It is unacceptable for the Organization to recognize a State that resorts to violence as a national policy and not recognize the Palestinian State, whose people have sought for more than 60 years peace and freedom to give their citizens a dignified life.”
2010-10-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6404Resumption1 (2010) · source
“It not being enough to attack the humanitarian flotilla in international waters, Israeli soldiers displayed the most brutal violence and were not satisfied with neutralizing their victims, but riddled them with bullets. Likewise, Nicaragua condemns the continued violations of Lebanon's sovereignty in open violation of the Council's resolutions, as well as all measures and actions undertaken against the occupied Syrian Golan, which must be returned immediately by the occupying Power. Nicaragua calls on all countries that have not done so to recognize the State of Palestine, but in particular on the Council's permanent members and those other States involved in the peace process, which have the greatest responsibility in that regard.”
2010-10-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6404Resumption1 (2010) · source
“The true aim behind the blockade is to keep the people supposedly alive, but in reality keeping them always on the brink of annihilation. The blockade also cuts off a people's right to sustainable development. Proof of that, to give just two examples, is that since the start of the blockade, half of the agricultural land has become inaccessible and lies fallow. Also, most of Gaza's manufacturing facilities have closed their doors, with unemployment estimated at 40 per cent. Returning to the attack on the humanitarian flotilla, with its characteristic impunity, Israel has refused an international investigation and has qualified the murder of those people as self-defence. Can the illegal boarding of a humanitarian flotilla in international waters be considered legitimate defence?”
2010-10-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6404Resumption1 (2010) · source
“Nicaragua once again reiterates its condemnation of the criminal blockade on the Gaza Strip and demands that Israel meet its international obligations under international law, in particular international humanitarian law and United Nations resolutions. Israel continues to collectively punish more than 1.5 million Palestinians in Gaza, who live in that jail of 360 square kilometres under an air, sea and land blockade. After having murdered nine Turkish activists aboard a humanitarian flotilla, the decision that Israel took in June 2010 to reduce restrictions and allow the entry of food and household goods was seen by some as a good start. However, in the light of events, that act was nothing more than a cosmetic touch-up of the genocidal blockade and an attempt to divert public attention from the situation.”
2010-10-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6404Resumption1 (2010) · source
“The occupying Power was quick to announce its intention to hold a referendum clearly aimed at creating conditions surrounding any outcome and at violating the Palestinians' right of return. In addition, Israel made the illegal and provocative decision to continue to build housing units in East Jerusalem. The Israeli expansionist policy also continues to include the demolition of Palestinian homes. More serious still is the policy of violence and xenophobia preached by the Israeli Government, inciting its citizens to violence with the aim of compelling the Palestinian Arab population to leave the lands that are rightly theirs.”
2010-10-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6404Resumption1 (2010) · source