UN General Assembly
2020

We need a Council that looks at the root causes of conflicts, not just their symptoms. We need a Human Security Council that creates incentives to shift the world’s human and economic resources towards development and peace rather than towards the war industry. We need a Council capable of overcoming its deep internal divisions in order to work in unity, with a single voice. Costa Rica supports the Accountability, Coherence and Transparency Group Code of Conduct regarding Security Council action against genocide, crimes against humanity or war crimes, and supports the convening of the General Assembly to consider the issue whenever a veto is issued in the Security Council. Impunity is unacceptable. A renewed commitment to multilateralism requires ensuring that those responsible for gross human rights violations and abuses are held accountable for their actions.