Convivencia Archive
This is the archives of “Convivencia”, a blog by Mr. Miguel Ángel Moratinos, United Nations Under-Secretary General and High Representative for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC).
En defensa de la diplomacia
Publicado en Política Exterior, mayo/junio de 2023 En un contexto de crisis del multilateralismo y ante un mundo crecientemente fragmentado, es preciso reivindicar la diplomacia como medio de relación con ‘los otros’, instrumento de prevención de conflictos y creación...
read moreLa guerra de Iraq, 20 años después
La intervención militar liderada por Estados Unidos en Iraq en marzo de 2003 fue injustificada, ilegal y devastadora.
A juzgar por las consecuencias, la guerra de Iraq fue uno de los errores geopolíticos más graves de todos los tiempos. La “Coalición de Voluntarios” liderada por Estados Unidos llevó a cabo la “Operación Libertad Iraquí” el 19 de marzo de 2003. Veintidós días después, el 9 de abril, el Presidente George W. Bush anunció que era una “misión cumplida”. Otro error de cálculo estadounidense.
Según los dirigentes estadounidenses y de la Coalición, la intervención militar en Iraq respondía a los atentados terroristas del 11-S contra Estados Unidos, basados en la afirmación de que el Presidente iraquí Saddam Hussein poseía armas de destrucción masiva y en su apoyo al terrorismo, en alusión a sus vínculos con Al Qaeda, autores de estos atroces atentados en suelo estadounidense. La administración estadounidense también pretendía liberar al pueblo iraquí mediante un cambio de régimen.
A todas luces, la guerra de Iraq fracasó en todos estos frentes.
read moreThe Iraq War, 20 years on
The US-led military intervention in Iraq in March 2003 was unjustified, illegal, and devastating.
Judging from the consequences, the Iraq war was one of the gravest geopolitical mistakes of all time. The US-led “Coalition of the Willing” carried out “Operation Iraqi Freedom” on 19 March, 2003. Twenty-two days later on 9 April, President George W. Bush announced “mission accomplished”. Another US miscalculation.
According to the US and the Coalition leaders, the military intervention in Iraq was in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the US based on the claim that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction and for his support to terrorism alluding to his ties to Al-Qae’da, the perpetrators of these heinous attacks on US soil. The US administration also aimed to free the Iraqi people through a regime change.
On all accounts, the Iraq war failed on all these fronts.
read moreOIC 49th Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers
Remarks by H.E. Miguel Ángel Moratinos, the High Representative for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations, at the special session on combating Islamophobia during the OIC 49th Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers in Nouakchott, Mauritania (originally published on www.unaoc.org).
read moreInternational Day to Combat Islamophobia
Remarks by Mr. Miguel Ángel Moratinos, High Representative for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations, at the Special High-level Event to Commemorate the International Day to Combat Islamophobia in the UN headquarters in New York (originally published on www.unaoc.org).
read moreX Gobal Baku Forum: “The World of Today: Challenges and Hopes”
Remarks by Mr. Miguel Ángel Moratinos, the High Representative for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC), at the “X Gobal Baku Forum: The World of Today, Challenges and Hopes” (Baku, Azerbaijan).
read moreUNOCT Quarterly Briefing to Member States
Remarks by Mr. Miguel Ángel Moratinos, High Representative for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC), at the UNOCT Quarterly Briefing to Member States (originally published on www.unaoc.org).
read moreInternational Day of Human Fraternity
Remarks delivered by Mr. Miguel Moratinos, the High Representative for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations, at the virtual event commemorating the International Day of Human Fraternity, 6 February 2023 (Originally published on www.unaoc.org).
read more9th UN Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact Committee Meeting
Remarks by USG Miguel Moratinos, High Representative for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations, at the 9th UN Global Global Counter-terrorism Coordination Compact Committee Meeting, 25 January 2023, UNHQ (originally published on www.unaoc.org).
read moreSixth Ministerial Meeting of the Forum of Ancient Civilizations
Remarks by Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations, Miguel Moratinos, at the Sixth Ministerial Meeting of the Forum of Ancient Civilization in Baghdad, Iraq, 4 December 2022, (originally published on www.unaoc.org)
read moreHigh Level Event on the report of the UN Secretary-General on terrorist attacks on the basis of xenophobia, racism and other forms of intolerance, or in the name of religion and belief
Remarks by Mr. Miguel Ángel Moratinos, the High Representative for UNAOC, at the “High Level Event on the report of the UN Secretary-General on terrorist attacks on the basis of xenophobia, racism and other forms of intolerance, or in the name of religion and belief, organized by UNOCT, 30 November 2022 (originally published on www.unaoc.org).
read more9th UNAOC Global Forum in Fez, Kingdom of Morocco
Remarks by Mr. Miguel Ángel Moratinos, the High Representative for UNAOC, at the Opening Ceremony of the 9th UNAOC Global Forum in Fez, Kingdom of Morocco, 22 November 2022, Fez, Kingdom of Morocco (originally published on www.unaoc.org).
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