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Zavala Porras

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2023-12-07

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2023-12-15

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1. “It is imperative that we urgently collaborate to address the challenges related to the marking, tracking, registration and record-keeping of modular weapons, those manufactured through 3D printing and improvised explosive devices. These types of weapons also represent a serious threat to sustainable development and international peace and security. For all these reasons, development and conflict prevention and management strategies must have whole-of- Government approaches that also include the control of small arms and light weapons and their ammunition.”

   2023-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9509Resumption1 (2023) · source

2. “In that regard, national action plans on women and peace and security must incorporate measures that address discriminatory norms and stereotypes in order to amplify the impact of national efforts to control these types of weapons. The progress made on gender in both the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects and the Global Framework for Through-life Conventional Ammunition Management, which was adopted this year (see General Assembly resolution 78/47), and the process for which Costa Rica had the honour of leading together with Germany, must be extended in the coming year and beyond. Not all small arms and light weapons originate in conventional factories. This aspect leads me to the third and final point.”

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3. “Building on the success of the Western Balkans road map and the progress of the regional Caribbean Firearms Road Map, my country welcomes the initiative of the Organization of American States and the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean to develop a road map for Central America. Costa Rica urges the Council to support similar road maps in other parts of the world and to establish national and regional objectives to measure progress through data collection so that the relevant agencies are in a position to adapt and respond accordingly in a timely manner. Secondly, to confront violence related to firearms, we must identify the conditions and situations that facilitate their trafficking, distribution, possession and use, including from a gender perspective.”

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4. “Mr. Zavala Porras (Costa Rica) (spoke in Spanish): At a time when armed conflicts seem to be spreading like wildfire from Ukraine to the Sudan, and when transnational organized crime, violent extremism and gender violence are coming together to alter the nature and magnitude of firearms-related violence, it is urgent to find comprehensive and cooperative regional responses to address this phenomenon. Costa Rica wishes to highlight three points in this respect. First, the New Agenda for Peace gives us an opportunity to reduce violence in general and, in particular, violence caused by small arms and light weapons. Costa Rica supports the Secretary-General’s recommendation to develop and strengthen regional, subregional and national instruments and road maps.”

   2023-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9509Resumption1 (2023) · source

5. “Let me conclude by stressing that one of the unintended consequences of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its Protocols, adopted in 2000, is to have tackled that phenomenon in silos, treating it as a criminal justice issue and not as a broader threat to international peace and security, sustainable development and human rights. In that regard, Costa Rica highlights the need for an integrated approach that addresses the multiple dimensions of transnational organized crime and is able to adapt to and anticipate its evolution.”

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6. “Those steps are important, but the scale of what is needed in Haiti requires greater international investment and support to restore criminal justice and border control and strengthen the rule of law and its institutions. Secondly, we must work with speed and determination to make cooperative use of information and communications technologies to address the crime of human trafficking. It is also imperative to strengthen collaboration among States, civil society and the private sector; to adopt measures for the identification of victims, as well as to adopt differentiated approaches to their care in the context of migration flows; and to develop gender-sensitive protection and assistance strategies that address the specific experiences and needs of those who have been victims of such crimes.”

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7. “In that country, the Haitian National Police, customs authorities and the coast guard are underresourced and outgunned by heavily armed criminal gangs that have taken over large swathes of territory and terrorize communities with high levels of impunity on a daily basis. In the face of that challenge, Costa Rica highlights the cooperation between the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the Organization of American States to strengthen Haiti’s capacity to investigate, prosecute and try cases of corruption, money laundering and economic crime, as well as to improve the exchange of information with international investigators on transnational organized crime.”

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8. “Mr. Zavala Porras (Costa Rica) (spoke in Spanish): At the outset, on behalf of Costa Rica, I congratulate the Republic of Ecuador on assuming the presidency of the Security Council and wish it every success in its work. Costa Rica also thanks Ecuador for convening this open debate, and the briefers for their interventions. Faced with a transnational phenomenon that evolves, adapts easily to the changing geopolitical landscape and takes advantage of crises around the world, Costa Rica wishes to reflect on three points. First, in the case of Latin America and the Caribbean, organized crime and gangs have contributed to the highest homicide rates in the world. In the case of Haiti, we have seen the highest rates of armed violence and instability in decades due to the illicit trafficking in drugs, arms and ammunition.”

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