At the outset, I wish to thank Mr. Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, and Ms. Ilze Brands Kehris, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, for the sombre briefings we just heard, while reiterating Ecuador’s support for their work…
We take note of, and are grateful for, the information provided by Under-Secretary-General Khiari.
Ecuador expresses its concern about the conflict that has escalated over the past hours in the Red Sea and joins the Secretary-General’s call on all actors concerned not to further exacerbate the situ…
I thank Special Representative Santos Simão and Ms. Théroux-Bénoni for their informative briefings this morning. I would also like to thank the Secretariat for the detailed report on the latest developments in the region (S/2023/1075).
I would like briefly to touch on three main points: institution…
I welcome the participation of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the sisterly Republic of Colombia, Mr. Álvaro Leyva Durán, and I thank the Special Representative of
the Secretary-General, Mr. Carlos Ruiz Massieu, and Ms. Yolanda Perea Mosquera for their briefings.
As we mark seven years since t…
Ecuador believes in the need for the Security Council to have its voice heard on important issues, such as the exercise of the freedom of navigation, always in accordance with international law. Specifically in the case before us, Ecuador believes that stability and security in the Red Sea contribut…
I am grateful for the informative briefings by Under- Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo and Ms. Edem Wosornu, Director of Operations and Advocacy of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
It will soon be two years since the military aggression was launched against Ukraine …
At the outset, I would like to congratulate your delegation, on assuming the presidency of the Council, and we pledge our support in the fulfilment of this task. I also wish to welcome our colleagues from Algeria, Slovenia, Guyana, the Republic of Korea and Sierra Leone, with whom, I am sure, we wil…
We join other delegations in welcoming the high-level officials present at this meeting. I thank Secretary- General António Guterres and Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland for their briefings. Above all, I reiterate Ecuador’s recognition for their work and that of all United Nations personnel. We al…
I am grateful for the information provided by Deputy Special Envoy Rochdi and Director Edem Wosornu of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. I welcome the presence of the representatives of Syria, Iran and Türkiye.
My delegation recognizes and appreciates the actions taken by Spe…
I thank Mr. Khiari, Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific, for his informative briefing.
Ecuador strongly condemns the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s launch on 21 November of a military reconnaissance satellite, in yet another provocative act that flagrantly…
We join others in expressing thanks for the briefings received this morning, which allow us to learn more about what is happening in Gaza, especially because of the specific focus on the situation of women and children.
Women bear the disproportionate burden of conflicts. The explosion of violence …
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Jenča and Mr. Hollingworth, the representative and country director in Ukraine for the World Food Programme, for their informative briefings.
We are three months shy of two years of the military aggression against Ukraine. We deplore the fact that
it continues t…
I wish to express my delegation’s appreciation for the manner in which you, Mr. President, have conducted the work of the Security Council during the month of November and to convey its thanks for convening this crucial debate.
I also thank Mr. António Guterres, Secretary- General; Ms. Dilma Rousse…
I thank Ms. Brands Kehris, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, for her informative briefing. I also listened attentively to the Vice-Chairman of the Synodal Department for Church Relations with Society and Mass Media of the Moscow Patriarchate.
Ecuador recognizes and unequivocally defends…
I should like to begin by paying tribute to the work carried out by Ambassadors Alexander Marschik, Permanent Representative of Austria, and Tareq Albanai, Permanent Representative of Kuwait, in leading the intergovernmental negotiations process on Security Council reform during the previous session…
We thank Ms. Martha Pobee, Assistant Secretary- General for Africa, for her remarks. We recognize the presence of the Permanent Representative of the Sudan at this meeting.
Ecuador reiterates its condemnation of the armed violence and the perverse effects of the clashes between the Sudanese Armed F…
We voted in favour of resolution 2712 (2023), as it includes urgent and very relevant provisions regarding an increasingly critical situation that is of great concern to the international community and all Council members. Among other aspects, it reaffirms that the parties must adhere to all of thei…
I will now make a statement in my national capacity.
Ecuador expresses its appreciation to the Chairs of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1373 (2001) concerning counter- terrorism and the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) 1989 (2011) and…
I thank you, Sir, for convening today’s meeting. I also thank Under-Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix, the Police Commissioners of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) and the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS)…
I would like to join other delegations in expressing thanks for the convening of this meeting and congratulating the Permanent Representatives of Romania and Saint Lucia on their appointment. I also recognize the extraordinary work of Ambassador Egriselda González López of El Salvador, Ambassador Mi…
