Spain celebrates 60th anniversary of its UN entry, this year.
The Diplomat. 31/01/16
The Marca España High Commission premièred “60 years commitment”, a documentary of the History of Spain in the United Nations (UN) which the Ambassador to the UN, Román Oyarzun defined as “a history of success”.
In making this documentary which includes historical images, Marca España has been assisted by those who have represented Spain at this Organisation, such as Inocencio Arias, Francisco Villar and Juan Pablo de Laiglesia, as well as the current Ambassador, Román Oyarzun, and Marcelino Oreja, the Minister of Foreign Affairs between 1976 and 1980.
According to Oyarzun, during the six decades Spain has been in the UN, the country has become “the ninth contributor to the Organisation”. In this respect, the Spanish representative points out in the documentary that “the biggest contribution in history to a United Nations Fund was made by Spain, when it donated more than 900 million dollars to the United Nations Development Programme whose objective was to support compliance with the Millennium Development Goals (MDG).
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The video can be watched on the Marca España website which includes all the information on the UNSC
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The video, which can be watched on the website of Marca España which includes all the information on the UNSC, makes a six minute review of the history of Spain in the Organisation at a time when the country is present on the Security Council as a non-permanent member (2015-2016) shortly after Spain had presided over this body.
All the documentation relating to the interviews of each of the representatives as well as other information, material and articles on the subject can be consulted on the website.
