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Tom Jimenez

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2006-02-21
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2006-02-21
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  1. “It is that perspective, once Venezuela has been elected a non-permanent member of the Security Council for the period 2007-2008, that will shape the quality of the conduct of our contribution to the work of this body. I cannot conclude without alluding to a reflection by Saint Augustine, who told the story of a pirate captured by Alexander the Great, who asked him, "How dare you disturb the sea? How dare you disturb the whole world?" And the pirate replied, "I have a small boat, so they call me a thief; you have a whole fleet, so they call you an emperor".”

    2006-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5375 (2006) · source

  2. “For all those reasons, it is wrong to say, at least in an arrogant, disrespectful, provocative and, indeed, irresponsible manner - and we dare to say this with the President's permission, and not without a certain humorous tone - how useless it would be to assert that our country lacks adequate credentials to contribute effectively to the Security Council's operations. Our diligent, consistent and responsible attitude has opened ways and established guidelines of dignity in the Organization concerning this issue. Venezuela's position is one of principle, in contrast to the double standards, discrimination and selectivity which some are trying and have tried to apply to the issue of terrorism.”

    2006-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5375 (2006) · source

  3. “We also repudiate and combat as terrorism the day-to-day system of lies, evasions, half-truths, disinformation and manipulations of all kinds promoted and disseminated by national and international media companies, which, in the service of imperial domination, conceal and twist information and prevent the peoples and public opinion from understanding the truth about those who are working together, within their rights, exercising self- determination, to build their own future and to make a different world possible.”

    2006-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5375 (2006) · source

  4. “We have also regularly submitted the relevant reports to the Security Council's Counter- Terrorism Committee and to the Inter-American Committee against Terrorism. With the same conviction and perseverance with which we are fighting against this scourge, we wish to express our condemnation and repudiation of the use of terrorism as a tool to murder in cold blood or intimidate innocent, weak and helpless people anywhere in the world, including, of course, actions that some seek to justify as "collateral" effects, which are ultimately the main effects: civilian deaths.”

    2006-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5375 (2006) · source

  5. “We urge the Committees - specifically the Counter-Terrorism Committee, which is responsible for implementing resolution 1373 (2001) - to carry out a visit to the United States of America to monitor, in the most effective manner, the implementation of that resolution. By doing that, the international community would demonstrate objectivity and impartiality in tackling the issue of terrorism. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, in its firm resolve to fight terrorism, has ratified many international conventions. At the domestic level, we have developed a broad set of norms to combat this phenomenon and have created a national authority responsible for that area. Thus, our Government has adopted a diligent, responsible and consistent approach to this issue.”

    2006-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5375 (2006) · source

  6. “If we look back at history, another example of an act of State terrorism masterminded in Latin America by the Government of the United States of America was directed against Nicaragua. It was condemned by the International Court of Justice; despite that fact, it remains unpunished. A similar and much more recent act was the Anglo-United States invasion of Iraq. The international community has still not responded to that threat to international peace and security. Rather, it seems that the well-known resolutions and conventions on terrorism are being selectively applied within the Organization.”

    2006-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5375 (2006) · source

  7. “That is a clear case of the disregard of resolution 1373 (2001), which, in paragraphs 2 (c) and 3 (g), prohibits States from offering safe haven to those who commit terrorist acts. It also prohibits recognizing political motivations as grounds for refusing extradition requests for terrorists. Likewise, it is utterly incomprehensible that the Reverend Pat Robertson, who is associated with the highest spheres of the Republican Party of the United States, has publicly called for the assassination of the President of our country, Hugo Rafael Chavez Frias. Yet, the Government of the United States has not taken any action under resolution 1624 (2005) or under United States legislation to punish that act as a crime.”

    2006-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5375 (2006) · source

  8. “For that reason, in the exercise of its functions, the Counter-Terrorism Committee should not adopt - that is, it should avoid - policies based on double standards. Such policies undermine the credibility and reputation of and confidence in the Committee by ignoring State terrorism - the fundamental form of terrorism of the twenty-first century. From the standpoint of international law, it is unacceptable, for example, that shelter should be provided to a terrorist such as Luis Clemente Posada Carriles, who, despite the extradition request made by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on the strict basis of prevailing international agreements in that area, remains on United States territory. The Government of that country has failed to comply with its obligation to try or extradite him.”

    2006-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5375 (2006) · source

  9. “Thus, we note the superficiality of the oft- repeated statement that the scourge of terrorism should be condemned wherever and by or against whomever committed. That works well as a rule, as long as it is not distorted, in whole or in part. This requires the striking of a balance; it requires equality - in other words, the exercise of concrete justice when that rule is applied by United Nations bodies and entities. We are convinced that the United Nations, if it is to remain a meaningful and ethical institution, must act in accordance with the general interests of all of its Members. Its actions should not be determined by the political agendas of certain Members of the Organization.”

    2006-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5375 (2006) · source

  10. “Mr. Tom Jimenez (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) (spoke in Spanish): We would like to thank the Chairpersons of the Committees established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1373 (2001) and 1540 (2005) for their useful briefings. It is our understanding that one of the main purposes of those Committees is to find more effective ways to prevent and eliminate terrorism. However, we cannot ignore the fact that the monitoring and combating of that phenomenon should be directed not only at individual or "private" terrorism, but also at those States that shelter terrorists. That should apply also to international State-led terrorism and its damaging consequences, which are witnessed daily by the entire international community.”

    2006-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5375 (2006) · source