Gobierno de Reconciliación y Unidad Nacional
Unida Nicaragua Triunfa
WORDS OF NICARAGUA
IN THE INAUGURATION OF THE VIRTUAL WEEK
OF THE FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM
United Nations,
Nueva York
Monday, July 6th, 2020
Sr. Vladimir Voronkov, Executive Director
1. The Government of Nicaragua, with its policy of Peace, Solidarity, and in accordance with International Law, as well as with the right of the peoples of the world to live in Peace and Development, condemns terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, including State terrorism, which constitutes a serious threat to international peace and security. This includes terrorism instigated by covert operations by agencies of state actors in attempts at regime change through destabilization, coup attempts or successful coups.
2. Nicaragua, in our region, continues to be an important factor of stability, peace and security, and has also been a retaining wall against terrorism, supported by our family and community model that strengthens peace.
3. The content of Nicaragua's National Plan against Terrorism and Related Offences contains several strategic guidelines and actions that demonstrate the determination of the Government of National Reconciliation and Unity against terrorism.
4. For Nicaragua, cooperation and solidarity among countries in combating terrorism is vital, within the framework of respect for and the constitutional framework of our countries, in order to provide a single platform for the collective multilateral efforts required to eradicate this evil which has caused irreparable pain to our humanity.
5. Nicaragua, which has been a victim of terrorism, has never allowed, nor will it ever allow, terrorist acts of any kind to be carried out, planned, or financed on our territory against any State.
6. There is no doubt that much work remains to be done on the issue of terrorism, and we adamantly support a convention on terrorism. We reiterate our cooperation and support for the counter-terrorism office.
7. Our country also attaches great importance to the implementation of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, an instrument that should guide the global fight against that scourge.
8. Nicaragua is committed to the implementation of Agenda 2030 and its priority of eradicating poverty. That is why our National Human Development Plan and its economic and social projects and programmes are focused on that eradication.
9. As Agenda 2030 rightly points out: "There is no peace without development and no development without peace”. Our overall objective must be the desire for peace.
10. Today more than ever, in a world shaken by the economic and social ravages of the pandemic, the international community must respond with political will, in order to achieve a more humane world that contributes to the well-being and happiness of all peoples, in particular the poorest and most vulnerable.
11. In the midst of this COVID-19 crisis, it is urgent to eliminate coercive, illegal unilateral measures that are aggressions to the detriment of the right to development and the human rights of our peoples. We recall that the application of these coercive and unilateral measures during a pandemic raises its illegality to the level of a crime against humanity, violating the principles of international law and the Charter of the United Nations.
12. Because we yearn for peace, we agree with the call for a ceasefire made by Mr. Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations. Peace is a necessity that cannot be postponed, in order to achieve a more humane world that contributes to the well-being and happiness of all peoples and to the hope of humanity.
13. The United Nations, now in its 75th anniversary, must fulfil its historic role of promoting respect, understanding, security, sovereignty, and territorial integrity, working on an equal footing, where multilateralism and the will of all prevails.