My delegation aligns itself with the statement to be delivered by Switzerland on behalf of the Accountability, Coherence and Transparency Group.
I consider it a privilege to appear once again in this Chamber when there are still representatives from countries with whom we shared a year of practice …
I welcome the convening of this timely debate, only a few months after the adoption of the Pact for the Future (General Assembly resolution 79/1), which sets out key commitments to adapt peace operations to today’s challenges, and after a session of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations t…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari for his briefing and Mr. Knights for his statement. I acknowledge the participation of the Permanent Representative of Israel in this meeting.
Ecuador condemns in the strongest terms the most recent attacks perpetrated by the Houthis against Israel. That l…
I welcome the presence of the representatives of Ethiopia and Somalia in the Chamber.
My delegation acknowledges the invaluable diplomatic endeavours of the United Kingdom, which as penholder has steered the Council to its adoption of resolution 2767 (2024), which could represent a key tool in the …
I would like to thank High Representative Nakamitsu for her briefing.
Almost three years since the invasion of Ukraine began, and after more than 100 meetings of the Security Council, Ecuador regrets that we have yet to see any positive signs towards a peaceful resolution of the conflict. On the co…
I thank Special Representative Leonardo Santos Simão for his detailed briefing. I acknowledge the participation of civil society representative Ms. Addae-Mensah.
The West Africa and Sahel region faces complex challenges related to the lack of opportunities for young people, who represent 60 per cen…
Ecuador is grateful for and commends the dedicated work of the Chair of the Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict in facilitating the adoption of resolution 2764 (2024).
The resolution recognizes the need to strengthen the efforts made by Member States, United Nations agencies, funds, progra…
I thank the United States for organizing this important meeting. I also thank Secretary-General Guterres and the other briefers for their briefings.
We are at a defining moment for humankind, characterized by the rapid advance of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, whose developm…
I would like to begin by thanking the United States for organizing this meeting and the speakers for their valuable briefings on this highly relevant topic.
The war in the Sudan must stop. That will require decisive action on the part of the international community, including the Security Council. …
My delegation would like to thank Under- Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo for her briefing. We also listened carefully to the briefing from the representative of civil society.
Ecuador would like to express its deep concern about the repeated actions of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, …
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari for his report and reiterate my country’s support for the work of the United Nations and all its agencies. I also thank Ms. Efron and Mr. Levy for their statements.
The first meeting on this issue in which Ecuador participated as an elected member of the S…
I thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo and the representative of the European Union, Mr. Lambrinidis, for their informative briefings. I also thank Ambassador Vanessa Frazier for her valuable work as Facilitator of the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015).
Ecuador deplores the stalemate surrou…
I thank Special Envoy Pedersen and Under-Secretary- General Fletcher for their briefings, in particular because of their valuable work in this complex situation.
I listened closely to Ms. al-Kateab and Mr. Jamous, whom I also thank.
On behalf of Ecuador, I extend our support to the Syrian people a…
I thank Deputy Special Representative Koury; the Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011), concerning Libya, Ambassador Yamazaki; and Mr. Omar for their briefings. I welcome the Permanent Representative of Libya to this meeting.
In December 2021, Libya …
I thank Ms. Doughten for her briefing.
Since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine more than 12,000 civilians have been killed and 26,000 wounded. The deaths of combatants number in the hundreds of thousands. Nearly 4 million people remain internally displaced and more than 6.8 million have fled…
I thank Special Representative Abarry for his detailed briefing, and I acknowledge the participation of Ms. Nlate as a representative of civil society.
Throughout the past two years, as a member of the Security Council, Ecuador has followed the important work of the United Nations Regional Office f…
I am grateful for the information provided by Special Representative Otunbayeva and Under-Secretary- General Fletcher, and I listened closely to the representative of civil society.
I briefed the Security Council in my capacity as Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1988 (2011…
I thank Special Envoy Grundberg, Under-Secretary- General Fletcher — whom I congratulate on his appointment — and Mr. Al-Omeisy for their briefings and welcome the Permanent Representative of Yemen to this meeting.
Years of conflict in Yemen have meant the loss of countless lives, the destruction o…
I too am pleased to see you presiding over today’s meeting, Mr. President.
I thank President Gatti Santana and Prosecutor Brammertz for their briefings, and I congratulate them on the renewal of their appointments. I also thank President Gatti Santana for recognizing Ecuador’s efforts as we approac…
I would like to express our particular thanks to Special Representative of the Secretary-General Keita for her detailed and informative briefing, in addition to our more general appreciation for her commitment and leadership, which Ecuador has noted well during its two-year term on the Security Coun…
