00:00Other things the United Nations can still improve
00:05In this sense, we trust in a democratic transition in Venezuela.
00:12prompt, safe and thorough
00:15My government is determined to abandon euphemisms
00:21the organizations that murder, kidnap, and use explosives
00:27that recruit minors and deliberately resort to terror to subdue a society
00:33They are terrorist groups
00:36that's what we call them
00:38And we are confronting them with all the legitimate force of the State
00:43within the Constitution and within the law
00:47There is also a reality that is often overlooked
00:52Illicit drugs are produced in Colombia
00:55but they don't end in Colombia
00:58Drug trafficking is a transnational enterprise
01:02Their routes cross borders
01:06Your money moves through international financial systems
01:10and its networks operate in numerous countries
01:13I will do what is necessary to confront this scourge.
01:18But a transnational threat demands that the international community do its part.
01:25While security is essential, it is not enough.
01:29There is one specific issue on which Colombia wants to take this reflection further
01:34I am referring to the international fight against terrorism
01:38This organization has done very important work
01:41since 1963
01:42The international community has developed 19 universal legal instruments
01:48intended to prevent various terrorist acts
01:52however
01:54after decades of discussion
01:56There is still no general legal definition of terrorism.
02:00universally agreed by the member states
02:03the United Nations Office for Counterterrorism itself
02:07has recently pointed out that the absence of a definition
02:11universally agreed
02:13creates legal uncertainty
02:15divergences between national legislations
02:18and difficulties for international cooperation
02:21the republic of Colombia
02:24He believes the time has come to move forward.
02:28need
02:30a common international definition
02:32sufficiently clear and precise
02:35compatible with international law
02:37and with fundamental guarantees
02:39but also
02:40useful
02:41so that States can cooperate effectively
02:44in the face of acts of terrorism
02:46a serious definition
02:49You must avoid two extremes.
02:51than a political disagreement
02:54may be arbitrarily classified as terrorism
02:57and that at the opposite extreme
02:59an organization intends to cover up murders
03:02kidnappings
03:03attacks
03:04or deliberate attacks against civilians
03:07behind a political denomination
03:09to evade the legal consequences
03:12of his actions
03:13terrorism
03:15He must be convicted
03:17regardless
03:18who commits it
03:19where he commits it
03:20or what cause he invokes
03:22My criticisms don't arise
03:24of a whim
03:25nor of animosity
03:27against the United Nations
03:29He has political reasons.
03:31It has institutional reasons
03:33and fundamental doctrinal principles
03:34I believe in the United Nations organization
03:38and precisely because of believing in her
03:41I consider it legitimate to ask ourselves
03:43if the institutions
03:45that we have been building
03:46They are responding
03:48with sufficient effectiveness
03:49to the problems
03:51for which there are
03:53the letter itself
03:55It is very clear
03:56this organization
03:58It was born to maintain peace
04:00and international security
04:02to foster relationships
04:04of friendship between nations
04:05and to promote cooperation
04:08to solve
04:08the major common problems
04:11eight decades later
04:13the question cannot be
04:15if those purposes
04:17They still have value
04:18Of course they have it
04:19the questions
04:21They are completely different.
04:22Is the UN there?
04:25fulfilling those purposes
04:27with efficiency
04:28What does the world today require?
04:29Are there bureaucratic structures?
04:32that have become
04:33excessively heavy?
04:35Do we dedicate too many resources
04:38too much energy
04:39to administer procedures
04:41and very little
04:43to solve problems?
04:45Are we measuring
04:46the results
04:47with sufficient rigor?
04:50another matter
04:51which I want to refer to
04:54It is the one about human rights.
04:56Colombia defends them
04:58and will continue to defend them
05:00but my country
05:02believes that their protection
05:04loses credibility
05:05when he is subjected
05:07to political calculations
05:10rejection
05:11categorically
05:12that human rights
05:14be used as a flag
05:16that rises up against some
05:17and is kept out of the way of others
05:19no country
05:21no country
05:22prospers
05:23when its inhabitants
05:25They stop trusting him
05:26from there
05:28that the government
05:29which I preside over
05:30have a task
05:31that crosses
05:31each one
05:32of our decisions
05:34to make Colombia
05:36trust again
05:37in itself
05:37and that the world
05:39trust again
05:40in Colombia
05:41for that purpose
05:44superior
05:44I call him
05:46the miracle homeland
05:47and the first step
05:49It's elementary.
05:51to restore security
05:54that the future
05:57I call him
05:58and the first step
05:58to
05:58that the future
05:59It's simply
05:59considering
05:59that the future
06:02to become effective
06:03refers to
