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Valero Bricefio

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first: 2008-11-12
most recent: 2013-07-23
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“In order to prevent armed conflict, developing social justice policies that make it possible to eliminate poverty and inequality among countries must be a priority. Such policies must be part of international cooperation and diplomacy based on solidarity. The issue of the protection of civilians in armed conflict cannot be addressed selectively or on a discretionary basis. We emphasize that the Security Council has acted in that manner on several occasions by choosing the civilians who merit or do not merit protection. In addressing the matter, it is not uncommon for imperialist Powers with neocolonial aims to resort to double standards. That is a strategy to reconquer and recolonize similar to that of past centuries that sought to topple the sovereign status of developing countries.”
2012-06-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6790Resumption1 (2012) · source
“All civilians on all continents require protection. International law on the protection of civilians, for example, as enshrined in the Fourth Geneva Convention and other international instruments, represents a milestone on the age-old path in pursuit of the dignity of the individual. Sovereign Governments bear the primary responsibility to protect their citizens. It is an exclusive responsibility, which cannot be replaced or manipulated by interventionist political agendas. The inequality, poverty, hunger, unemployment and inequities that arise as a result of the unjust global capitalist system and through foreign domination and occupation are the primary reasons for, or root causes of, armed conflict in countries around the world.”
2012-06-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6790Resumption1 (2012) · source
“The Security Council has been addressing the topic of the protection of civilians since 1999, with an emphasis on women, children and humanitarian workers. Those issues are inspired by noble goals. Diplomacy and dialogue are the most appropriate means for protecting civilians and the best guarantee for ensuring international peace and security. The protection of civilians in armed conflict must therefore be achieved peacefully. The use of military force is neither the best, nor the only, option for the protection of civilians. That alternative should be resorted to only in extreme cases, while always respecting the principle of proportionality. The protection of civilians in armed conflict is a commendable goal. There cannot be indifference to the violation of humanist principles and practices in times ofwar.”
2012-06-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6790Resumption1 (2012) · source
“Mr. Valero Bricefio (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) (spoke in Spanish): We would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having chosen the protection of civilians in armed conflict for our consideration in this open debate. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela reaffirms its support for the importance of protecting civilians in armed conflicts. We wish to recall that such protection should always be based on international humanitarian law, particularly the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols. Venezuela believes that the subject of the protection of civilians refers to those measures that are taken in order to protect civilians in time of war, and recognizes its ties to international humanitarian law, refugee law and international human rights law.”
2012-06-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6790Resumption1 (2012) · source
“In conclusion, we would like to state that it is auspicious that the vast majority of countries participating in today's debate have reaffirmed that, under the principles of equality, political independence and territorial integrity, only sovereign States are competent to draft and implement measures on the security of their borders.”
2012-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6760Resumption1 (2012) · source
“That is producing diasporas that are particularly vulnerable, and therefore susceptible to becoming involved in illicit cross-border flows. Meanwhile, the security agencies of imperialist Powers often defend, protect and finance major national or international drug barons and terrorist and criminal networks in order to promote their subversive agendas against sovereign nations. If we truly want to reduce or combat the tragic consequences of cross-border illicit flows, it would suffice to put an end to the voracious appetite of neoliberalism, its transnational companies and the imperialist and colonialist policies that give rise to poverty, and to stop economic, political and social inequalities in the world.”
2012-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6760Resumption1 (2012) · source
“In that regard, we underscore the importance of effectively implementing the United Nations Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects. My country is concerned about the transfer of weapons to non-State actors without the authorization of Governments. The illicit transfer to subversive elements and illegal armed groups, which threatens the legitimate peace and stability of Governments, has already led to the proliferation of illegal weapons in various regions and is destabilizing neighbouring countries. Today's neocolonialist and imperialist wars and policies seeking to plunder the natural resources of developing countries are causing people more poverty, inequality and suffering.”
2012-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6760Resumption1 (2012) · source
“My country has always taken a strong position against the illicit traffic in small arms and light weapons. Thousands such weapons have been confiscated in Venezuela, as never before in our nation's history. Venezuela acknowledges the problem posed by the manufacture and illicit trade in such weapons in all its aspects in many regions of the world. We agree with the need to establish controls, in particular by producer countries, so that the supply of such weapons is limited to Governments and their authorized bodies, in accordance with international law, in particular the right to self-defence, enshrined in Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations.”
2012-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6760Resumption1 (2012) · source
“Article 15 of the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela stipulates that "The State is responsible for establishing an overall policy on land, island and maritime borders, to preserve territorial integrity, sovereignty, security, defence, national identity, diversity and the environment, in keeping with cultural, economic and social development and national integration." In Venezuela we have a constitutional and legislative framework, legitimated by the sovereign will of the people as expressed in referendums, which allows no means of decision-making other than approval or rejection by the people themselves through constitutional mechanisms. They cannot be circumvented by any multilateral initiative or by the Security Council.”
2012-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6760Resumption1 (2012) · source
“It is essential to recall that it is the purview of sovereign States to determine and implement border security measures. In that regard, we reiterate the principles of sovereign equality, political independence, territorial integrity and non-interference in matters that fall within the exclusive domestic domain of States, as set out in the Charter of the United Nations.”
2012-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6760Resumption1 (2012) · source
“Despite the grave economic and financial crisis, attempts are made to resuscitate the system through inhumane neoliberal policies that deepen the inequality gap in the world. The system and its drivers have no regard for democracy, nations, culture, ethical values or sovereignty. Illicit flows are part of the quest for financial gain without regard to fundamental human values. An automatic link is alleged between illicit flows and the proliferation of nuclear and conventional arms, terrorism, organized crime and other destabilizing factors. We challenge the attempt to merge various illicit flows with different and distinct illegal activities. We stress the need for separate issues to be dealt with in different and specific ways, within the framework of national policies and laws.”
2012-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6760Resumption1 (2012) · source
“It should be emphasized that not every illegal border event is a threat to international peace and security. There is no denying that the global consumerist and speculation-driven capitalist system - which punishes the world's poor and vulnerable while feeding the unbridled quest for short-term, immoral financial gain - is the root cause of illicit transborder flows. Some experts recognize that such crimes are the Achilles' heel of capitalism. The decadent capitalism of today - brutal, inhuman and nature-despoiling - is the systemic basis of transnational crime. A system that ever more concentrates wealth, without any regard to ethics, is a Petri dish for such crimes.”
2012-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6760Resumption1 (2012) · source
“Mr. Valero Bricefio (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) (spoke in Spanish): I would like to say, respectfully, that the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has chosen to take part in this debate even though we believe that the subject at hand does not belong on the Security Council's agenda. We caution that this is an attempt to continue to "securitize" the United Nations and usurp the competencies of other organs. We are concerned by the attempt to address the issue of illicit flows under such different and unrelated headings - which are handled in quite a variety of ways within United Nations bodies - as illicit drug trafficking, conventional arms, smuggling, terrorism and its funding, materials associated with weapons of mass destruction, conflict minerals and human trafficking.”
2012-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6760Resumption1 (2012) · source
“The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela reaffirms that the Syrian people has the right to decide its destiny democratically and without intervention. We believe that the Government of President Bashar Al-Assad is the legitimate representative of its people. We also condemn the ongoing violations of Lebanese sovereignty and the recurring violations of resolution 1701 (2006). The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela reaffirms its commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of all nations and to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations.”
2012-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6757Resumption1 (2012) · source
“My country recognizes the efforts made by the Syrian Government to promote such reforms. We hope that resolution 2043 (2012), adopted on 21 April, establishing the United Nations Supervision Mission in Syria - which is to be composed of unarmed military observers and which has been welcomed by the Syrian Government - will contribute to overcoming the crisis. The quest for peace must never be abandoned. However, it is troubling that Kofi Annan's facilitation work and peace efforts by some countries are intentionally being undermined. The warmongers do not want peace in Syria; rather, they want regime change, which, if it were to materialize, would destabilize the Middle East and encourage the State of Israel's aggression against the Palestinian people.”
2012-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6757Resumption1 (2012) · source
“Syria's legitimate aspirations to regain control of the Golan Heights are eclipsed in favour of Israel's expansionist agenda in the Middle East. It is painful and regrettable to see the deplorable conflict afflicting the Syrian people - a people who love peace and nobly defend their sovereignty and right to self-determination. We are optimistic about the facilitating work of the Joint Special Envoy for the United Nations and the League of Arab States, Mr. Kofi Annan. The Council must contribute unambiguously to the implementation of the six-point plan he has proposed, which was welcomed by the Government of President Bashar Al-Assad. We support a ceasefire and a political and peaceful solution, through dialogue, to the conflict in Syria, in order to move towards democratic reforms without interventions imposed by imperialist interests.”
2012-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6757Resumption1 (2012) · source
“The Security Council remains indifferent to the systemic violations by the State of Israel of international law, particularly international humanitarian law and human rights law. Why such impunity? Why such inaction by the Council? We deplore the fact that, because of the complicity of one political and military Power, all resolutions on the Palestinian question are ignored. In that context, the urgent need is clear to move towards a new international order, genuinely based on the legal equality of States, and in which the fundamental principles of international law prevail. Venezuela reiterates its support for recognizing the Palestinian State as a full Member of the United Nations. Current attempts to violate the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the Syrian Arab Republic are causes for concern.”
2012-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6757Resumption1 (2012) · source
“Unfortunately, we currently have a global power structure that, by abusive use of imperialist military force, transgresses the principles of the United Nations Charter and international law. Israel, the occupying Power, means to impose perpetual humiliation on the Palestinian people. The whole world calls out to the Security Council to implement the relevant resolutions on the Palestinian situation. Venezuela also reiterates the importance of convening, in accordance with United Nations resolutions, a conference of the high contracting parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention, with a view to identifying ways to ensure compliance with the Convention in the occupied Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem.”
2012-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6757Resumption1 (2012) · source
“Communication channels reserved for the exclusive use of settlers, different rules for settlements on the one hand and Palestinian villages on the other, deliberate policies to abandon the Palestinian people to violent attacks by settlers, segregationist controls and checkpoints and arbitrary arrests of children, the elderly and women - all of those are inhuman practices on the part of a State that, paradoxically, calls itself a democracy. There is no democracy when laws, policies and the use of force privilege one group over another, enforcing religious and ethnic separatism, and when a people is subjected to oppression, exploitation and discrimination, as is the heroic Palestinian people. It is imperative to put an end to the Palestinian tragedy by effectuating a peace that is comprehensive, lasting and, above all, fair.”
2012-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6757Resumption1 (2012) · source
“Hanan Ashrawi, an outstanding representative of that people, in which she told the Committee that the window for building a Palestinian- Israeli peace based on a two-State solution was rapidly closing owing to the voracity of the State of Israel, which chooses expansionism and repression over respect for human rights and international law. The State of Israel engages in a regime of exclusion. Discriminatory laws proliferate.”
2012-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6757Resumption1 (2012) · source
“Mr. Valero Bricefio (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) (spoke in Spanish): We listened with interest to the briefing given to the Security Council by Mr. Lynn Pascoe, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela associates itself with the statement made by Ambassador Maged Abdelaziz, Permanent Representative of the Arab Republic of Egypt, on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement. The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People recently heard a statement from Ms.”
2012-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6757Resumption1 (2012) · source
“We renew the call for the State of Israel to respect the sovereignty of the Lebanon and to avoid further conflicts, such as that which took place in July 2006. Only through direct negotiations between the parties, as set out in resolution 1701 (2006), can constructive solutions be reached.”
2012-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6706Resumption1 (2012) · source
“We stress that respect for the sovereignty of States, non-interference and the peaceful settlement of disputes are fundamental principles of international law and essential conditions for the maintenance of international peace and security. The Israeli Government is taking advantage of current conditions in the Middle East to perpetuate its occupation of the Syrian Golan and continue its outrages against the Palestinian people. We therefore reiterate our support for the implementation of resolution 497 (1981) of 17 December 1981. We recall that that resolution reaffirms that the acquisition of territory by force is inadmissible and declares that the Israeli decision to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights is null and void and without international legal effect.”
2012-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6706Resumption1 (2012) · source
“It is heart-rending when any lives are lost anywhere on Earth. We are talking about avoiding human sorrow. Political, cultural or religious differences must be overcome by means of dialogue and understanding. Those who promote interventionist unilateral action against the Government and people in Syria are violating international law and flouting the fundamental principles of the United Nations Charter. The valuable information submitted to the Security Council by the representative of the Syrian Government must be taken constructively. The many measures adopted by the sovereign Syrian Government and its readiness to take into account the positive recommendations of the Arab League are a demonstration of a spirit of dialogue and political will that guides the authorities of that country.”
2012-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6706Resumption1 (2012) · source
“We deplore the manipulation of the legitimate demands of the people, which has created chaos and sown terror in order to impose a regime designed to satisfy the interests of imperialism and Zionism. The double standards of certain Powers disqualify them entirely from being able in any way to pass judgment on the situation in Syria. We firmly condemn those who promote interventionist sanctions and endeavour to repeat the military and political aberration that was committed against Libya. The agenda of dialogue and peace must prevail, and not the warmongering and interventionist agenda that the imperial Powers wish to impose at any price. We therefore welcome the calls made by many countries, including members of the Security Council, for a peaceful, constitutional and inclusive solution to the issue of Syria.”
2012-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6706Resumption1 (2012) · source
“We call upon Israel to free him immediately, as well as the increasing number of Palestinian political prisoners being held in Israeli prisons. Stability in Syria is fundamental for peace in the Middle East. We welcome the endeavours of the Government of President Bashar Al-Assad to preserve the unity, integrity and stability in his country and to find a peaceful, political and inclusive solution. In that context, we condemn all terrorist and antidemocratic acts aimed at hampering the programme of reforms, which, under the auspices of the Syrian Government and with the majority support of the people, is moving forward in that Arab country. The aspirations of this age-old and honourable people must be channelled through political dialogue and peaceful means.”
2012-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6706Resumption1 (2012) · source
“It is a sine qua non condition that the suffering of the Palestinian people be ended and that the ethnic cleansing, aimed at attempting to expunge that people from its ancestral lands, be averted. That is why we support the Non-Aligned Movement's call to hold without delay a conference of the high contracting parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention in order to guarantee respect for the Convention in the occupied Palestinian territories, including in East Jerusalem. We condemn the actions of the Israeli Government aimed at preventing the establishment of a Palestinian unity Government and, in particular, the holding without charges of Mr. Aziz Al-Dweik, the leader of the Palestinian Legislative Council.”
2012-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6706Resumption1 (2012) · source
“So long as the efforts of the Security Council are delayed or blocked - in an atmosphere that is strained owing to the existence of double standards - the United Nations will continue to face a paradox, namely, continuing to include among its members a State that disrespects - ad infinitum and flagrantly - the founding principles of the United Nations and of international justice, while, at the same time, denying recognition to the State of Palestine, which has fully complied with all of the requirements for admission and which has already been recognized by the vast majority of States Member States of the Organization. We must ensure that decisive progress is made towards achieving a peaceful and just solution for the question of Palestine.”
2012-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6706Resumption1 (2012) · source
“The Council has a duty to reject the continued non-compliance of Israel with the resolutions on peace and security in the Middle East. The United Nations Charter bestows upon the Council the powers to do so and to establish whether or not that State is willing to meet its obligations set out in the Charter.”
2012-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6706Resumption1 (2012) · source
“Mr. Valero Bricefio (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) (spoke in Spanish): We would like to commend you, Mr. President, and your country, South Africa, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council this month. We also welcome the new members of the Council. Since 1947, the Security Council has adopted many resolutions on the situation in the Middle East and the question of Palestine. Without exception, not one of them has met with compliance from the Government of Israel. Speakers in today's meeting have primarily focused on addressing Israel's repeated non-compliance with those resolutions and its impunity for crimes committed against the Palestinian people, which are, today, the main obstacles to the peace so ardently desired in the Middle East.”
2012-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6706Resumption1 (2012) · source
“The so-called collateral damage of death and destruction wrought by NATO in that country must be thoroughly examined by the Council, as suggested by some ofits members. That collateral damage has a human face, seen in the children, the women and the elderly of Libya, which cannot be forgotten, and it cannot go unpunished, as those who caused it would wish.”
2011-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6650Resumption1 (2011) · source
“We categorically declare that the responsibility for the protection of civilians is solely the purview of States, and that any assistance given by the international community, as applicable, must always have the consent of the affected State. By delegitimizing the principle of sovereignty - the main political institution of the post-war international order - the imperialists and neoliberals are rejecting the fundamental principles of the Charter of the United Nations. In the name of the responsibility to protect, acts of aggression have been carried out that violate international law, international humanitarian law and international human rights law. The case of Libya has been emblematic in that regard.”
2011-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6650Resumption1 (2011) · source
“The notion of the responsibility to protect has been manufactured by the ideologues of neoliberalism and unbridled capitalism so as to trespass on the sovereignty and self-determination of nations. The responsibility to protect is a lethal weapon used by imperialists to justify and impose their interests. Its most ardent proponents are precisely those countries that, in the past, implemented colonial policies and subjugated the peoples of the South. This notion is a reformulation of the old imperialistic political theories. The Western Powers claimed back then that their superior civilization gave them the right to invade sovereign nations, supposedly to distance them from their allegedly barbaric practices. That ominous history gave rise to the international regime of protectorates, established by the League of Nations.”
2011-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6650Resumption1 (2011) · source
“Attacks on civilians and civilian targets are prohibited under international law, yet the world has witnessed indiscriminate attacks on innocent people, using missiles and bombs, which have caused thousands of deaths in the name of the protection of civilians. The Security Council has acted selectively, as some of its members have acknowledged today, in choosing which civilians deserve protection. It also uses the sanctions regime to punish the Governments and peoples of developing countries. In contrast, it remains silent in the face of massive human rights violations, such as those committed against the Palestinian people. Why is protection not given to the Palestinian civilians whose human rights are systematically violated?”
2011-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6650Resumption1 (2011) · source
“The people are the only owners of their own destinies, and therefore cannot countenance continuing foreign interventions by imperialist Powers in the internal affairs of the countries of the South, carried out on the pretext of protecting civilians. Inequality, poverty, unemployment, the inequalities of the international economic system and foreign domination and occupation are all causes of conflict in many countries around the world. To prevent civilian conflict, what is needed first and foremost is to promote policies of social justice. That should be the approach taken in international cooperation. The Bolivarian Government believes that attacks on civilians must be condemned regardless of who is responsible.”
2011-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6650Resumption1 (2011) · source
“The economic greed of some Powers, which need to perpetuate their neocolonialism to ensure their own survival, is the main threat to human life in the world. The growing influence of big economic and financial transnational corporations on the decisions taken by various agencies of the United Nations system, particularly the Security Council, is therefore deplorable. We recognize the importance of the expressions of democracy that have been demonstrated in North Africa and the Arab and Islamic world. The Venezuelan people stand in solidarity with the legitimate aspirations of all peoples of the world who seek, in a sovereign manner, to achieve their human rights and enjoy democracy, freedom and independence.”
2011-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6650Resumption1 (2011) · source
“It is therefore commendable and noteworthy that in today's Council debate, several countries have condemned the unscrupulous use of Security Council resolutions, such as resolution 1970 (2011), for furthering petty political and economical interests. Those countries have spoken out on behalf of the peoples of the world who are calling for peace, justice and coexistence in solidarity among nations. The protection of civilians in armed conflict should be carried out by peaceful means. Diplomacy and dialogue are the most appropriate ways to protect civilians and the best guarantee of achieving international peace and security. Using military force is neither the sole or best way to protect civilians. In those extreme cases where it is necessary, its application should be based on the principle of proportionality.”
2011-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6650Resumption1 (2011) · source
“This deplorable practice distorts the principles established in the Charter of the United Nations and degrades the noble goal of protecting civilians. It is immoral to use the noble concept of the protection of civilians in order to overthrow Governments in developing countries, to despicably interfere with the internal affairs of sovereign States, and to benefit transnational corporations that profit cynically from countries' destruction and reconstruction. Some imperialist Powers have interpreted the protection of civilians in self-serving ways, thereby worsening national conflicts and compromising the reliability and impartiality of the United Nations.”
2011-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6650Resumption1 (2011) · source
“Mr. Valero Bricefio (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) (spoke in Spanish): We congratulate you, Mr. President, on Portugal's assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month, and wish you success in your duties. We are grateful to you for scheduling the subject of the protection of civilians in armed conflict for discussion in this open debate. The Security Council frequently acts selectively when it comes to choosing which civilians merit protection and which do not. While dealing with this issue it is not unusual for a double standard to be applied. Some members of the Security Council, while promoting resolutions supposedly in order to protect civilians, are actually seeking a position of political and economic hegemony for themselves over developing countries.”
2011-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6650Resumption1 (2011) · source
“As our Minister for Foreign Affairs, Nicolas Maduros Moros, said when he read out the message of the President of the Republic, Hugo Chavez Frias, before the General Assembly on 27 September: "Venezuela hereby affirms its unconditional solidarity with the Palestinian people and its unlimited support for the Palestinian national cause, including, of course, the immediate admission of Palestine to the United Nations as a full Member State." (A/66/PV.29) It is time for the liberation of the Palestinian people, which will come about with the support of the peoples of the world. In his message, President Chavez optimistically predicted that Palestine will live and be victorious. We wish free, sovereign and independent Palestine a long life.”
2011-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6636Resumption1 (2011) · source
“Only through direct negotiations between the parties, under the provisions of resolution 1701 (2006), can constructive solutions be achieved. There is no excuse for the expulsion of the Palestinian people from their own lands, the frequent indiscriminate bombardment of Lebanon and the occupation of the Syrian Golan by Israel. They are flagrant violations of the fundamental principles of humanitarian and international law, unparalleled in modern history.”
2011-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6636Resumption1 (2011) · source
“It also supports compensation and the consequent return to their homeland of 50 per cent of the Palestinian population who find themselves dispersed throughout the entire world, in line with General Assembly resolution 194 (III). We pay tribute to the tireless efforts being made by the Government of President Bashar Al-Assad to preserve the unity, integrity and stability of his country, besieged by imperialism. The stability of Syria is fundamental to peace in the Middle East. Venezuela reiterates the need for Israel to withdraw from the occupied Syrian Golan, pursuant to resolution 498 (1981) and in respect of resolutions 242 (1968) and 348 (1974). We renew our call to the State of Israel to respect the sovereignty of Lebanon and to avoid further conflict such as took place in July 2006.”
2011-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6636Resumption1 (2011) · source
“Such actions, aimed at changing the demographic composition, the nature and the configuration of the Palestinian territories, are in violation of international humanitarian law and the relevant resolutions of the Council and the United Nations. The Government of Israel has long undermined the principles of the United Nations. International law prevents Israel from invoking conquest and colonization, calling it natural expansion. Therefore, Venezuela once again calls on the Security Council to take the necessary steps to ensure that the State of Israel respects all relevant resolutions and its obligations under international law. Venezuela reiterates its full support for the recognition of the Palestinian State by the United Nations on the basis of the pre-1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital.”
2011-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6636Resumption1 (2011) · source
“Palestine has all the international legal, political and moral criteria to qualify as a sovereign State, in line with international law. After so many decades of delay, Palestine has established itself as a subject automatically by law in the international community. Through the building of an unjustifiable and racist wall, the imposition of neocolonial settlements, the brutal and ongoing blockade of the Gaza Strip and institutionalized violence, Israel is blocking the paths towards a negotiated settlement between the parties. The Government of Israel currently has in its prisons more than 6,000 prisoners, including more than 280 children, some less than 12 years old. We are dismayed that there are children among those deprived of liberty. That makes clear the inhuman nature of the Government of Israel and those who defend such practices.”
2011-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6636Resumption1 (2011) · source
“The historic decision of the Palestinian authorities to request the Security Council to support its international recognition as a State with full rights in the United Nations is a claim for justice and reaffirmation of the Palestinian people's right to self- determination. The Government of the United States has launched a campaign to frustrate recognition of the Palestinian State, making it conditional on the relaunching of direct talks between Israel and Palestine, facilitated by the Quartet. In that way, it seeks to delay or to block the international historic demand calling for the establishment of that State. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela diplomatically recognized the Palestinian State on 27 April 2009.”
2011-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6636Resumption1 (2011) · source
“Mr. Valero Bricefio (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) (spoke in Spanish): The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela would like to thank Mr. Lynn Pascoe, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, for his briefing. We support the statement made by His Excellency Ambassador Maged Abdelaziz, Permanent Representative of the Arab Republic of Egypt, on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement. Since 1948, the date of the declaration of the Israeli State, the Palestinian people, humiliated and exploited by the occupying Power, have been expelled from their lands. Today, entire generations of Palestinian citizens continue to pay the high price of exile, alienation and the systematic undermining of their human rights.”
2011-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6636Resumption1 (2011) · source
“The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has requested the Secretary-General to condemn the violation of the sovereignty of the homeland of the liberator Simon Bolivar and to reiterate the international obligation to guarantee the inviolability of diplomatic missions accredited to the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.”
2011-08-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6603Resumption1 (2011) · source
“At this tragic, historic time when international peace and security are threatened, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela reiterates its call on all the parties to the conflict in the Libyan Arab J amahiriya to establish an immediate ceasefire that allows for negotiations towards reaching a political solution in order to avoid further bloodshed and that lays the foundations for a lasting peace in that sister nation, under the good offices that the African Union has proposed since the beginning of the conflict. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela reaffirms that it recognizes only the Government led by Muammar Al-Qadhafi and that it will not recognize any Government set up in Libya as a result of that interventionist imperialist aggression.”
2011-08-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6603Resumption1 (2011) · source
“The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela declares that arming, training and supporting internal subversive groups in Libya, promoting and financing a regime change, ordering the assassination of the leader of a sovereign nation, and attacking the territorial integrity and political independence of Libya are clear and systematic violations of the now unspeakable resolution 1973 (2011) and the Charter of the United Nations, undermining the fundamental principles and norms of international law.”
2011-08-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6603Resumption1 (2011) · source
“Following the destruction of one of the best infrastructures on the African continent, built for the welfare of the Libyan people, the aggressor Powers have begun to redistribute among themselves, through acts of pillage, the lucrative contracts for the reconstruction of that country, thus turning the destruction of a developing country into an immoral business transaction. Resolution 1973 (2011) established that the sovereignty and territorial unity and integrity of Libya must be respected. Who authorized the killing of thousands of civilians in Libya in the name of defending civilians? Who authorized the destruction of civilian facilities, such as schools, hospitals and universities, in that country?”
2011-08-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6603Resumption1 (2011) · source