00:00My criticisms do not stem from a whim, nor from animosity towards the United Nations.
00:06It has political reasons, it has institutional and fundamental doctrinal reasons.
00:13I believe in the United Nations, and precisely because I believe in it,
00:18I believe it is legitimate to ask ourselves if the institutions we have been building
00:24They are responding effectively enough to the problems for which they exist.
00:30The letter itself is very clear.
00:34This organization was created to maintain international peace and security,
00:39to foster friendly relations between nations,
00:43and to promote cooperation in solving major common problems.
00:49Eight decades later, the question cannot be whether those goals still have value.
00:55Of course they have it.
00:56The questions are completely different.
01:00Is the UN fulfilling those purposes with the effectiveness that the world today requires?
01:07Are there bureaucratic structures that have become excessively cumbersome?
01:12Do we dedicate too many resources and too much energy to managing procedures and too little to solving problems?
01:22Are we measuring the results rigorously enough?
01:27Another issue I want to address is that of human rights.
01:34Colombia defends them and will continue to defend them.
01:37But my country believes that its protection loses credibility when it is subjected to political calculations.
01:48I categorically reject the use of human rights as a banner raised against some and hidden in the face of others.
01:56others.
02:07Thank you.
02:09Thank you.
02:09Thanks for watching the video.
