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Zalabata Torres

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2022-10-12
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2023-12-07
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  1. “As a phenomenon that is not based on any particular territory, transnational organized crime requires a shared international responsibility, through which all countries should engage with a view to preventing the highest costs and consequences of criminal activities and the fight against them from falling on a few countries and affecting the most vulnerable groups in our societies. Colombia will continue to seek joint solutions to this problem, whose very nature demands international cooperation.”

    2023-12-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9497Resumption1 (2023) · source

  2. “Considering those issues, the Government of Colombia’s President Petro Urrego has created a new drug policy based on human security, whose priorities are caring for life and the environment, ensuring the primacy of human rights, consolidating peace and committing to dealing with the criminal system and incomes derived from illegal markets, including the trafficking of drugs, weapons, exotic species and humans and the smuggling of commercial goods. Within that strategy, effectively combating money-laundering is particularly important.”

    2023-12-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9497Resumption1 (2023) · source

  3. “Drug production is at an all-time high, global demand is increasing and criminal networks continue to expand their profits and the geographic areas in which they operate. We are equally concerned about the fact that both the activities of organized crime and State strategies in the war on drugs have disproportionately affected social communities and actors who are vulnerable, particularly women, people in rural areas, young people and indigenous and Afro-descendant peoples. To give just one example of the negative effects of this punitive focus, a high percentage of people imprisoned for drug crimes have not committed violent crimes, and the vast majority of women in prison come from low economic sectors. And while their imprisonment has no impact on criminal markets, the consequences for their families and communities are devastating.”

    2023-12-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9497Resumption1 (2023) · source

  4. “Mrs. Zalabata Torres (Colombia) (spoke in Spanish): I would like to echo the congratulations to our sister country of Ecuador for convening this crucial debate on transnational organized crime — a problem that has been at the root of violence, insecurity, violations of human rights, corruption and environmental harm in many areas of the world, including Latin America and the Caribbean, and which undermines the proper functioning of State institutions and democracy. In Colombia, criminal activities have also been the main fuel for the fire of armed conflict. Despite the scope of the problem, the empirical evidence shows that our efforts to combat drug trafficking, one of the main sources of income for international organized crime, have been a total failure.”

    2023-12-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9497Resumption1 (2023) · source

  5. “Fourthly, we are committed to the purposes and activities of the international Alliance on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict, within the framework of which we have implemented security policies with a preventive approach and training spaces for public servants and civil society. I conclude by emphasizing that the full guarantee of human security that underpins Colombia’s “total peace” policy is based on the fundamental premise that victims and survivors must be at the centre of all our efforts.”

    2023-07-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9378Resumption1 (2023) · source

  6. “It also has territorial and sectoral forums with indigenous women, lesbian, bisexual and transgender women, women signatories of the peace process, victims and women of the diaspora. Thirdly, the Final Agreement for Ending the Conflict and Building a Stable and Lasting Peace establishes clear and measurable commitments that seek not only to integrate the gender perspective in peacebuilding, but also to comprehensively address violence against women in all its forms. In addition to developing specific strategies aimed at emotional recovery for victims of sexual violence and psychosocial rehabilitation, in particular for victims of sexual violence, the Special Jurisdiction for Peace made the critical decision to open a macro-case to specifically address sexual and gender- based violence during armed conflict.”

    2023-07-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9378Resumption1 (2023) · source

  7. “First, Colombia is in the process of developing its first feminist foreign policy. It is a pacifist, participatory and intersectional policy that has at its core the fight against gender-based violence, including, in particular, sexual violence that occurs within and outside the context of armed conflict. Secondly, after 23 years of indecision, Colombia is working on its first national action plan on resolution 1325 (2000) — a project that has been tirelessly supported by UN-Women and various civil society organizations. That process has six regional forums, of which four have already taken place, and a large national forum with women from all over the country.”

    2023-07-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9378Resumption1 (2023) · source

  8. “Mrs. Zalabata Torres (Colombia) (spoke in Spanish): We thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict, Pramila Patten, for her briefing and, in particular, for her support for Colombia’s efforts to prevent and eliminate sexual violence in our country. In Colombia, as in other parts of the world, that form of violence disproportionately affects women and girls, who account for 92.6 per cent of all victims and are overwhelmingly of African descent. LGBTIQ+ people and people with diverse gender identities and sexual orientations have also been subjected to sexual violence of various kinds that seek to impose heteronormativity. With a view to advancing the elimination and prevention of sexual violence, the Government of President Gustavo Petro Urrego is taking several actions.”

    2023-07-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9378Resumption1 (2023) · source

  9. “The Government of Colombia is committed to transforming its production model and is accelerating its transition to a bioeconomy-based model to ensure productivity and create greater knowledge, innovation and employment opportunities for its population, while at the same time taking advantage of Colombia’s resources and ecological potential. In conclusion, I would like to highlight the words of President Gustavo Petro Urrego at the recent twenty- seventh Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change: “Decarbonization is a real and profound change of the dominant economic system. It is time to prioritize humankind, not markets.””

    2023-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9345Resumption1 (2023) · source

  10. “In the specific case of Colombia, it can undermine the subsistence of rural families, indigenous and Afro- descendant populations and vulnerable groups that we have committed ourselves to protecting. Furthermore, the crisis increases the frequency of natural disasters, which has a negative impact on the dynamics of internal displacement. Colombia wants to build bridges to achieve peace, protect life, fight climate change and halt the loss of biodiversity, with the understanding that adaptation to climate change contributes to peace and mitigate risks associated with natural disasters. As the impacts of climate change worsen, we will require additional financial resources to build our resilience, address hazards at the national level and deal with climate-related loss and damage, especially in the most vulnerable countries.”

    2023-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9345Resumption1 (2023) · source

  11. “Mrs. Zalabata Torres (Colombia) (spoke in Spanish): Colombia is grateful for the convening of this debate, which provides the perfect opportunity to reaffirm the strong commitment of the Government of President Gustavo Petro Urrego to making Colombia a world force in the promotion of life and to making progress on the full realization of social and environmental justice and peace as a comprehensive right — a people- and planet-centred total peace within and beyond borders. We are facing a serious climate crisis that represents a common challenge of enormous proportions, which will dramatically set us back, and which, like war, threatens the survival of humankind. Moreover, climate change can act as a risk multiplier for conflict.”

    2023-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9345Resumption1 (2023) · source

  12. “Despite the challenges that remain, we have tangible proof that transformations are possible if women wield decision-making power. We are aware that we have a long way to go, but we are certain that only by strengthening the role of women in their communities and acknowledging their contributions will we be able to build comprehensive peace.”

    2022-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9158Resumption1 (2022) · source

  13. “In that process, we have enjoyed the practical and logistical support of UN-Women in facilitating dialogue with civil-society organizations and sharing good practices and lessons learned. In addition to that and to the increase in women’s representation in the elections to our legislature, our work in terms of political participation is already reflected in, among other things, a parity Cabinet and our development of a feminist foreign policy with a gender-transformative approach. I would like to conclude by underscoring Colombia’s progress in one of the areas that the Secretary-General highlights in his report. Colombian women play a decisive role in the work of the Truth Commission, whose historic report includes a chapter dedicated to women and members of the LGBTI community.”

    2022-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9158Resumption1 (2022) · source

  14. “For that reason, my Government is committed to implementing affirmative measures to guarantee gender equity in peacebuilding and peace consolidation processes. In particular, it is committed to implementing the Final Agreement for Ending the Conflict and Building a Stable and Lasting Peace through a cross-cutting approach that respects women’s various identities. My Government is making rapid progress in developing a road map and rolling out its national action plan for the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000). We agree with the Secretary-General that national action plans continue to be a key tool for prioritizing issues related to women, peace and security in national and foreign policy.”

    2022-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9158Resumption1 (2022) · source

  15. “Peacebuilding requires acknowledgement of the various issues and challenges that women experience in all our forms of diversity, especially those of us who live through armed, political, cultural and environmental conflicts. The Government of Colombia, which includes Vice-President Francia Márquez Mina, an Afro- Colombian woman, and myself as its representative, an indigenous woman of the Arhuaco people, will contribute to recognizing and guaranteeing access to power for women who belong to minorities — not only ethnic minorities but also gender, sexual orientation, generational and regional minorities. As women, we have the knowledge and skills to mediate and resolve conflicts between armed and unarmed actors in a peaceful, successful and sustainable manner.”

    2022-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9158Resumption1 (2022) · source

  16. “Our new peace policies and programmes will be formulated and implemented with the participation of women, ensuring our political representation, our right to a life free from violence and the exercise of our autonomy to decide on matters pertaining to our bodies and all other areas of our lives. As the Secretary- General notes in his report (S/2022/740), we believe that guaranteeing women’s rights, including our sexual and reproductive health and rights, is a necessary condition for women to live and to be able to contribute to peace and security. For that reason, we are pleased that the Secretary-General recognizes the progress that my country has made in that regard.”

    2022-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9158Resumption1 (2022) · source

  17. “Mrs. Zalabata Torres (Colombia) (spoke in Spanish): Colombia appreciates the efforts of the Security Council, and of the Gabonese presidency in particular, to recognize the importance of women’s leadership in achieving peaceful conflict resolution and peace. The new Government of President Petro Urrego prioritizes the development of policies and programmes with a cross-cutting gender approach, taking into account the needs and interests of all women in conflict situations, especially those of indigenous, rural and African descent, who suffer disproportionately from the impacts of all forms of violence.”

    2022-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9158Resumption1 (2022) · source

  18. “Many African regions are today on the front lines of the war against the planet, and the world must act in solidarity, recognizing the particular vulnerabilities that each region of the developing world faces. Climate change adaptation contributes to international peace and security in both Latin America and Africa. We thank the Government of Gabon for convening this debate of central importance to the Colombian Government. I would like to finish by offering Council members a piece of the culture of my people, the Arhuaco, who live in the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta in Colombia. We say, “When I am sick, the Earth is sick. When the Earth heals, the Earth heals me.””

    2022-10-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9150 (2022) · source

  19. “Moreover, the crisis heightens the incidence of natural disasters, which increases the internal displacements of our population. We are therefore facing a profoundly regressive challenge that disproportionately affects the most disadvantaged, exacerbates inequalities and compromises food sovereignty. Rising food and energy prices are adding to the ongoing climate crisis, jeopardizing food security in Africa and other parts of the world. In the Horn of Africa, more than 36 million people are being affected by severe droughts, and more than 16 million have no access to water. Meanwhile, 345 million people around the world are facing acute famine, many of whom are in large parts of Africa, including the Sahel. The lack of access to resources has serious implications for peace and security and is a driver of displacement.”

    2022-10-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9150 (2022) · source

  20. “We are therefore aware that the implementation and fulfilment of the Goals will make it possible to have a world that lives in peace and harmony. Colombia will stress reaching the most ambitious agreements possible to curb climate change in order to reduce the threat to international peace and security. To that end, we are confident that the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals and the targets set out by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development are essential to achieving the Goals. In Colombia, climate change may jeopardize the livelihoods of rural families, indigenous communities and Afrodescendent populations — groups that are especially vulnerable and that, as a State, we have committed to protect.”

    2022-10-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9150 (2022) · source

  21. “Mrs. Zalabata Torres (Colombia) (spoke in Spanish): We are facing the climate crisis, a common challenge of enormous proportions which, similarly to war, threatens the survival of the human species. Colombia, a global powerhouse for life, aspires to raise full awareness of the risks that climate change poses to international security, some of which are already materializing — deepening inequalities, putting pressure on the natural resources on which the most vulnerable populations depend for their livelihoods, forcing them to abandon their places of origin and generating conflicts. The Sustainable Development Goals are a fundamental road map for mitigating the various causes of conflict with a view to achieving complete peace, not only in our country, Colombia, but throughout the world.”

    2022-10-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9150 (2022) · source