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Sevilla Somoza

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2003-02-19
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  1. “The draft resolution further urges Member States to promote the universal adoption of, full compliance with and, where necessary, the strengthening of multilateral treaties, particularly those designed to prevent the proliferation of nuclear, biological or chemical weapons. My delegation recognizes the need to enhance the coordination of efforts at the global, regional and bilateral levels to prevent terrorist acts, which may involve thousands of innocent victims, from recurring. To that end, we believe it necessary to intensify our response to that evil, in keeping with the provisions of the United Nations Charter, since the gravity of such acts poses a threat to humankind and to international peace and security.”

    2004-04-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4950Resumption1 (2004) · source

  2. “The document appeals to all States to cooperate, in conformity with their national legislation and international law, in adopting measures and establishing domestic controls to prevent any form of support for non-State actors in developing, acquiring, manufacturing, possessing, transporting, transferring or using nuclear, chemical or biological weapons and their means of delivery, while establishing domestic controls over such weapons. It also appeals to all States to cooperate among themselves, in conformity with their national legislation and international law, in preventing the illicit trafficking of nuclear, chemical or biological weapons, their delivery systems and related materials.”

    2004-04-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4950Resumption1 (2004) · source

  3. “The instruments must be strengthened in order to prevent barbaric terrorist acts from unleashing, by means of such weaponry, catastrophes in terms of human lives lost and material damage, such as those reflected in the images recently broadcast on television of Kurds massacred in Northern Iraq by asphyxiating gas in 1988; the 1995 sarin gas attack in the Tokyo subway; or the disastrous consequences of the 11 September 2001 attack in the United States and the 11 March 2004 attack in Madrid. We must also prevent the diversion of nuclear technologies, such as has occurred between countries. The draft resolution being discussed in the Security Council largely fulfils that purpose.”

    2004-04-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4950Resumption1 (2004) · source

  4. “Likewise of great importance is the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material of 3 March 1980, which recognizes the legitimate peaceful uses of nuclear energy by States, but charges them with the responsibility of preventing the illegal use or seizure of nuclear material. Notwithstanding the implementation of those international conventions and other global, regional and bilateral instruments by the vast majority of Member States, transnational terrorist groups have found sophisticated means to circumvent, to a certain extent, the substance of those instruments.”

    2004-04-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4950Resumption1 (2004) · source

  5. “In 1992, after a decade of intensive negotiations, agreement was reached on the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, which came into force on 29 April 1997. This was the first treaty adopted in the multilateral context to ban an entire category of weapons of mass destruction. In another connection, a world non-proliferation regime was established on the basis of the 1968 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, based on the safeguards system of the International Atomic Energy Agency, with the aim of preventing the diversion of nuclear materials into military and other banned activities.”

    2004-04-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4950Resumption1 (2004) · source

  6. “The terrible and massive use of such weapons in that war led in 1925 to the drafting of the Geneva Protocol, which prohibited the use of asphyxiating, poisonous or other gases, and of bacteriological methods of warfare. In the early 1930s, the League of Nations attempted to achieve a complete prohibition of those weapons of mass destruction that existed at that time, but it failed. It was only following the Second World War and the creation of the United Nations that some results were seen with the drafting of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction, which was adopted in General Assembly resolution 2826 (XXVI) and came into force in 1975.”

    2004-04-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4950Resumption1 (2004) · source

  7. “Mr. Sevilla Somoza (Nicaragua) (spoke in Spanish): The Nicaraguan delegation joins in the congratulations that have been conveyed to you, Sir, on your wise conduct of the presidency of the Security Council. We also thank you for having convened today's important meeting. The proliferation of all kinds of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery is of ongoing concern to the international community because of the threat it represents to the very existence of humankind. That concern first arose during the First World War, in which there was massive use of mustard gas and the spread of infections through pathogenic bacteria. It was on a day like today in 1915 that the town of Ypres in France was attacked with asphyxiating gas by enemy forces.”

    2004-04-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4950Resumption1 (2004) · source

  8. “We call on the international community, and on the United Nations system in particular, to help the Haitian people to improve the grave humanitarian situation by providing food, medicine, blankets and other goods that can improve the present serious situation of the people of Haiti. We echo resolution CP/862, adopted today on this subject by the Permanent Council of the OAS, by which that body resolved, inter alia, to "call upon the United Nations Security Council to take the necessary and appropriate urgent measures, as established in the Charter of the United Nations, to address the crisis in Haiti".”

    2004-02-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4917 (2004) · source

  9. “But that Plan of Action has not yet come to fruition, because it has been accepted only by President Aristide. We hope it can soon be adopted by the opposition as well. The Government of Nicaragua deplores the violence and the loss of life in Haiti, and calls on all the conflicting parties, including the Government, to respect human rights, cease violence and hostility and begin dialogue in accordance with the CARICOM. Plan, with a view to a peaceful and democratic settlement of these disputes. We fully support President Aristide in the quest for a solution consistent with the Haitian constitutional order and the principles of the Inter-American Democratic Charter.”

    2004-02-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4917 (2004) · source

  10. “They would have to seek international assistance to deal with the flow of refugees that the conflict could cause if it persisted or intensified. The Organization of American States (OAS) and Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have taken a number of initiatives with a view to resolving the problems besetting our brethren, the people of Haiti. They have condemned the violence and have voiced the urgency of a peaceful settlement of the conflict. The most recent of those initiatives was a multilateral mission to Haiti with the participation of the United States, France, Canada, CARICOM. and the OAS. CARICOM. offered a concrete proposal intended to restore confidence among the various armed groups and to begin a process of detente that could facilitate dialogue with opposition forces and civil society.”

    2004-02-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4917 (2004) · source

  11. “Rebel forces opposing President Jean Bertrand Aristide have taken at least two of the main cities and have destabilized the political order in many other parts of the country. The military conflict in Haiti - above and beyond the physical violence that has in a terrible manner produced a huge number of dead and wounded - has worsened the situation for the 8 million inhabitants of the poorest country in the continent, a situation characterized by famine and lack of drinking water, medication, fuel, transportation and electricity. This has the greatest impact on the weakest parts of society - women, children and the elderly. The crisis threatens to spread, in some form, to other countries of the region.”

    2004-02-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4917 (2004) · source

  12. “Mr. Sevilla Somoza (Nicaragua) (spoke in Spanish): I should like to tell you how pleased my delegation is that you, Mr. President, have convened this important meeting. We also wish to welcome the presence of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Bahamas and Jamaica. I first wish to endorse what was said by the representative of Guatemala, speaking on behalf of the Central American Integration System. However, in View of the bonds that unite us with the Haitian people, we would like to make our own comments as well. The people and Government of Nicaragua - a country that suffered a years-long civil war that caused thousands of deaths, casualties and maimed and made our economy slip back at least 40 years - can do no less than express our solidarity and concern at the current crisis in the sister Republic of Haiti.”

    2004-02-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4917 (2004) · source

  13. “Its presence is indispensable in providing immediate humanitarian assistance to the Iraqi people. Nicaragua has been a victim of war and of the pain and suffering in its wake. It is very familiar with the importance of international cooperation and is prepared to provide post-conflict humanitarian assistance that might consist within a legal framework of sending experts in demining and medical assistance to victims. I would like to conclude by quoting a notable statesman, who said: "Winning the war is a task for part of society, but building the peace and bringing about unity is the task of all. None are excluded, and there can be no selfishness."”

    2003-03-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4726 (2003) · source

  14. “Looking back on our region, the Council will recall how the United Nations role helped Central America to come out of the deepest political and socio-economic crisis of its modern history, which required the active and intense presence of the United Nations. Ever since its creation, the participation of the United Nations in the various international conflicts through different and creative mechanisms has been essential to confront humanitarian problems and to assure international peace and security. We want a dynamic and efficient organization that will secure its central role in the international order. For this reason, Nicaragua would like to emphasize once again the importance of having the United Nations play its historic part in the present humanitarian crisis.”

    2003-03-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4726 (2003) · source

  15. “We are concerned about the lack of electricity and drinking water, and particularly the situation of children at risk of illness for lack of hygiene, food and medicine. Also, internally displaced persons who lack the necessary services will depend on the concrete action taken by the Council. For this reason, Nicaragua believes that it is extremely important for the Security Council to renew the Secretary-General's mandate and adjust the oil for food programme so that humanitarian assistance to Iraq is brought in an efficient and realistic way. The new international situation calls for an updating, a strengthening and an expansion of the spirit and scope of the oil for food programme. The people of Nicaragua can bear witness to the importance of the United Nations as a decisive factor in the post-conflict era.”

    2003-03-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4726 (2003) · source

  16. “That country has not complied with that resolution, thus endangering international security. The present situation is the outcome of Iraq's defiance of the collective will of the United Nations, in particular as expressed in resolutions 678 (1990) and 1441 (2002). Those resolutions underlie the present course of events, which was precipitated by non- compliance with them. The time has come to revitalize and renew the united and consistent action of the Security Council. We agree with the Secretary-General when he said today that the time has come for the Council to find its singleness of purpose once again. Nicaragua considers that our Organization should focus its efforts and action on the humanitarian situation affecting the Iraqi people, a people which for many years has been the innocent victim of an oppressive regime.”

    2003-03-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4726 (2003) · source

  17. “Mr. Sevilla Somoza (Nicaragua) (spoke in Spanish): During the present international crisis, the Government of Nicaragua has consistently emphasized how important it is for the multilateral system and, particularly, the United Nations Security Council, to shoulder its collective responsibility for maintaining international peace and security, which implies acting as an efficient instrument to carry out timely actions to reinforce the faith in and credibility of the United Nations system. We are speaking today to reiterate the resolute commitment of the Government of Nicaragua to the international community. The Government of Nicaragua has unambiguously supported all the Security Council resolutions, including resolution 1441 (2002), which was designed to bring about the immediate and unconditional disarmament of Iraq.”

    2003-03-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4726 (2003) · source

  18. “In that connection, we support the Council's action to determine, through a resolution, the conditions for full Iraqi compliance, without omissions, with what has been stipulated by this United Nations body. Nicaragua believes that the Council must immediately require compliance with its various resolutions, in conformity with the San Francisco Charter, in order to achieve the disarmament of Iraq demanded by the international community, which has placed its faith in us, the United Nations, to guarantee the maintenance of international peace and security.”

    2003-03-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4717Resumption1 (2003) · source

  19. “To Nicaragua, as a peace-loving country, those reports are worrisome. That is why we believe that world security hinges on strict compliance with the resolutions of the Security Council - in this case, specifically resolution 1441 (2002). It is not a question of partial compliance or halfhearted or evasive cooperation; it is a question of faithful and rigorous compliance with multilateral mandates that embody the will of the United Nations, which we fervently aspire to strengthen and consolidate. Nicaragua reiterates that it is not a question of a process of inspectors and inspections for an indefinite time, but rather of a process of immediate and unconditional disarmament.”

    2003-03-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4717Resumption1 (2003) · source

  20. “Mohamed ElBaradei of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), both of whom are worthy of our greatest appreciation for their tireless work. As one of his conclusions, Mr. Blix stated that, while the initiatives now being taken by the Iraqi side "can be seen as active or even proactive, these initiatives, three to four months into the new resolution, cannot be said to constitute immediate cooperation, nor do they necessarily cover all areas of relevance". (S/PV.4714, p. 5) The reports reveal that the Iraqi regime is continuing to omit important information related to weapons of mass destruction. In meetings of the Security Council, no Member State has been able to find reliable proof that Iraq is cooperating fully with its obligations under that resolution and those preceding it.”

    2003-03-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4717Resumption1 (2003) · source

  21. “Mr. Sevilla Somoza (Nicaragua) (spoke in Spanish): Allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of this important body of the United Nations. We also congratulate the delegation of Germany for its outstanding work as President of the Council last month. Multilateralism is experiencing a difficult test. The trustworthiness and the credibility of the system that we have built with such effort - precisely to safeguard international peace and security - will depend on our collective response. The Government of Nicaragua has examined the most recent reports submitted to the Security Council by Mr. Hans Blix, head of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC), and by Mr.”

    2003-03-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4717Resumption1 (2003) · source

  22. “For that reason, we believe that we must continue with the immediate and complete disarmament of Iraq. Current circumstances demand that our Organization take concrete and timely measures. We cannot allow resolutions to continue to accumulate for another decade without any real effect. The multilateral system must justify its existence and demonstrate the firm and unswerving commitment of the peoples of the United Nations to peace and security. Through omission, we might seriously undermine world peace. We trust that this Organization will not be blamed for inaction.”

    2003-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709Resumption1 (2003) · source

  23. “We cannot allow the situation brought about by Iraq's non-compliance with the Council's resolutions to jeopardize international security. After December 1998 there was no monitoring, inspection or verification in Iraq, as required by the Council's resolutions. That is why we agree with Mr. Hans Blix that Iraq must present credible proof of the existence, or of the verifiable destruction, of its weapons of mass destruction. It is Iraq that must allay the suspicions of the international community by providing the facts. The inspections cannot continue indefinitely if Baghdad does not provide prompt, active and effective cooperation. Resolution 1441 (2002) has truly become the last chance for Iraq. Iraq, however, has not cooperated fully with the inspectors and continues to fall seriously short in its obligations.”

    2003-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709Resumption1 (2003) · source

  24. “Mohamed ElBaradei of the International Atomic Energy Agency. They both deserve our appreciation for their tireless work and our support for the work that remains to be done. Nicaragua reaffirms the importance of the United Nations as an international institution for the maintenance of peace and security among nations. We believe, however, that the time has come for this Organization to give proof of its ability to respond immediately in the face of Iraq's non-compliance with Council resolutions. As a peace-loving country, we are concerned about the repercussions and consequences of an immobile multilateral system. If Iraq does not cooperate with the Council, all the means provided for in the Charter should be used in order to guarantee collective security.”

    2003-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709Resumption1 (2003) · source

  25. “This is not simply a process of inspectors and inspections; this is a disarmament process. The inspectors themselves have pointed out Iraq's shortcomings in providing a detailed, exact and complete declaration of its weapons of mass destruction. To date, there has been no clear-cut decision on the part of Iraq to cooperate with the objectives of resolution 1441 (2002) by disarming immediately. After a decade of Security Council resolutions calling for the disarmament of Iraq, concrete, timely and effective measures are required to deal with the threat to international peace and security. Immobility and inaction will undermine trust in our collective resolve and imperil the very credibility of the Organization. We listened to the reports of Mr. Hans Blix of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission and Mr.”

    2003-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709Resumption1 (2003) · source

  26. “When a country does not abide by its obligations, it endangers that multilateral system and undermines the good faith that it showed in entering into obligations pursuant to the Charter. We are in favour of multilateral efforts. We would like to see a multilateral system that is capable of exercising a worldwide mandate promptly and effectively. We do not want to see a multilateral system that can be used as a shield against accountability. In our opinion, resolution 1441 (2002) is clear-cut and specific. It should not now be applied flexibly; nor should it be expanded or interpreted in a new way. We should not delay multilateral acknowledgement of what the inspectors said. Let us make no mistake: the disarmament of Iraq of its weapons of mass destruction is the goal.”

    2003-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709Resumption1 (2003) · source

  27. “Mr. Sevilla Somoza (Nicaragua) (spoke in Spanish): Over the past few weeks, we have been witnessing the vitality of our Organization and of the Security Council, where arduous work has been done for the benefit of the citizens of the world in developing ways to guarantee security for all and to ensure world peace. Our multilateral system continues to offer the only legitimate means of finding solutions to which we are collectively committed; we alone are responsible for our common destiny. Nicaragua has been following with great concern the situation that has arisen as a result of the lack of proactive Iraqi cooperation in faithfully complying with Security Council resolutions.”

    2003-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709Resumption1 (2003) · source