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Vidal

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2010-04-22
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  1. “These are the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - which until recently was the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - in which we have participated for 12 consecutive years, and the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti, in which we are entering our seventh year, although the United Nations military presence in Haiti dates back to 1994. It is on the basis of that experience that Uruguay, along with a number of other countries, promotes at every possible opportunity - be it in consultations on peace mission mandates within the Peacebuilding Commission, the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations or other forums - the strengthening of support for peace missions and peacebuilding in the receiving State.”

    2011-02-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6479Resumption1 (2011) · source

  2. “Yet, it is also true that, without adequate and early recourse to all instruments available within the system to promote the sustainable economic development of the country or region affected by conflict, there is a serious risk of a relapse into violence that may undo years and sometimes decades of great human and material effort and cost devoted to the maintenance of peace, and result in the sustained maintenance of the security component on the ground without envisioning a safe exit strategy. We have seen that in the two missions to which Uruguay has contributed a considerable number of personnel.”

    2011-02-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6479Resumption1 (2011) · source

  3. “One additional difficulty in addressing this issue in the Security Council is related to the Council's instinctive tendency to prioritize security issues when addressing the eruption or seeking a way out of an armed conflict, while neglecting issues connected to economic and social development in the affected country or region. Certainly, without security there can be no development, because the former is a sine qua non for the latter. Certainly, too, underdevelopment and poverty are not necessarily decisive causes in generating conflict, while a number of actors within the United Nations system have more responsibility for the issue of development than does the Security Council.”

    2011-02-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6479Resumption1 (2011) · source

  4. “Mr. Vidal (Uruguay) (spoke in Spanish): Through you, Madame, I wish to congratulate Brazil on having convened this Security Council debate on the interdependence between security and development. As proposed in the concept note before the Council (S/2011/50, annex), this concept is being addressed as a complex relationship. That is due to a number of reasons, including the existence of numerous actors and activities that are interrelated and often overlap, as well as to the specificities of each case, making it very difficult to offer uniform responses.”

    2011-02-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6479Resumption1 (2011) · source

  5. “Uruguay supports draft resolution A/60/L.49 submitted by the S-5, as well as similar documents put forward in connection with it. In the context of that proposal, we are prepared to consider a package that moves us towards the single undertaking referred to by some States. However, we reiterate that we believe that the Council's working methods and expansion are two separate issues that can be resolved on different tracks. Let us rekindle the spirit of draft resolution A/60/L.49 and of the worthwhile efforts of the 8-5. Let us now propose a set of measures that will make it possible to improve the Council's working methods. Let us make it possible to realize those valuable proposals on which almost all of us agree.”

    2010-04-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6300Resumption1 (2010) · source

  6. “On another front, we express our general concern about the link that has been established between the issue we are debating today and the reform of the composition of the Council, as if they were inextricably linked. As we have said on other occasions, these are two inexplicably linked issues that cannot serve as a mutual basis for negotiation. Some time ago, the group of five small countries (S-5) submitted to the General Assembly draft resolution A/60/L.49, which contained worthwhile suggestions and proposals that could be adopted today itself by the vast majority of Members. The way in which that valuable proposal was received was not especially productive. The fact is that the working methods of the Security Council have been held hostage to the Council's enlargement, which is an extremely difficult issue.”

    2010-04-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6300Resumption1 (2010) · source

  7. “On the other hand, we highlight the reactivation, in 2009, of the informal consultation mechanism involving the members of the Security Council, troop and police contributors and the Secretariat in the context of the Council's Working Group on Peacekeeping Operations. We believe that the exchanges at various meetings on significant challenges to specific missions have been very useful and productive. We hope that the Working Group will relaunch such meetings with troop and police contributors as soon as possible. We also hope that it will be possible to debate cross-cutting issues that have been identified as relevant to the entire peacekeeping system. We also hope that such meetings will be made part of the institutional framework, rather than being left up to the presence or absence of a given country in the Security Council.”

    2010-04-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6300Resumption1 (2010) · source

  8. “A concrete example of this is the interaction between the Council and troop- and police-contributing countries in the context of decisions on peacekeeping operations. It is fair to acknowledge here that, since the most recent open debate on this subject (see S/PV.5968), tangible and substantive progress has been achieved with regard to this legitimate demand by police- and troop-contributing countries. On the one hand, private meetings with troop- and police-contributing countries have been convened further in advance of mandate renewals. At least in principle, that gives the Council time to consider the inputs of those countries. We hope that this practice will continue and that the implementation of resolution 1353 (2001) will be stepped up.”

    2010-04-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6300Resumption1 (2010) · source

  9. “Mr. Vidal (Uruguay) (spoke in Spanish): Greater transparency, efficiency and interaction with non-Council members are goals shared by all. We are aware of the commitment of the delegation of Japan to the permanent improvement of the Council's working methods, and we congratulate it on that initiative. The review of the Security Council's working methods is a subject of great importance to Uruguay. We believe that Member States have the right to participate in the negotiation and decision-making processes of the Organization's organs, especially when they have a direct interest in the results of the deliberations and when those results affect their citizens or their highest objectives.”

    2010-04-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6300Resumption1 (2010) · source