I listened carefully to the briefers. I also carefully read the joint letter from Sweden, Germany and Denmark contained in document S/2023/517 of 10 July 2023, and its annex, with which they provide information on each of the national investigations separately. This information shows the complex nat…
I thank Special Envoy Grundberg, Assistant Secretary- General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator Joyce Msuya and Resident Coordinator David Gressly for their briefings. I also welcome the Permanent Representative of Yemen and the representative of the Kingdom of the Net…
I appreciate the briefings by the Under-Secretary- General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, Ms. Rosemary Di-Carlo, and by Ambassador Olof Skoog. I also acknowledge the work of the Permanent Representative of Malta, Ambassador Vanessa Frazier, in her capacity as Security Council Facilitator f…
I recognize the presence in the Council of the Foreign Ministers of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, as well as the Permanent Representative of Barbados. I am grateful for the briefings by Prime Minister Andrew Michael Holness of Jamaica, speaking on behalf of the Caribbean Community, Ambassador Mi…
Ecuador voted in favour of resolution 2690 (2023), but regrets the decision of the transitional Government of Mali to request the withdrawal of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). We hope that the transitional Government will cooperate to ensure th…
Ecuador wishes to endorse the statement of the Accountability, Coherence and Transparency (ACT) group, delivered by the Permanent Representative of Portugal, with whom we had the honour of coordinating the contribution of the group on this item.
In my national capacity. I would like to highlight th…
I thank the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Izumi Nakamitsu, for her briefing. I also listened carefully to the briefings of the other briefers. I acknowledge the presence in the Security Council Chamber of the Permanent Representative of Ukraine.
This is not the first occasion on whic…
I thank Deputy Special Envoy Najat Rochdi and Under- Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths for their briefings. I welcome the participation of the Permanent Representatives of Iran, Syria and Türkiye in today’s meeting.
We acknowledge the willingness of the Syrian Government t…
I thank Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland for his briefing this morning. I also thank the Secretariat for the report on the implementation of resolution 2334 (2016). Ecuador reiterates its support for the Special Coordinator’s work, which is increasingly important in an increasingly difficult envir…
At the outset, I would like to thank Ms. Martha Pobee, Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, for her informative briefing, and I acknowledge the presence of the representatives of the Permanent Missions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda in today’s meeting.
Our visit to the Democr…
I thank Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo for the information she shared and for her briefing.
As Ecuador approaches the end of the first six months as an elected member on the Security Council, we regret that, despite the repeated calls made by my del…
We welcome Ms. Catriona Laing, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, and wish her every success in her work. We appreciate the work done by Mr. Swan and take note of the information provided by Mr. El- Amine Souef and Ms. McCain. I also acknowledge and welcome the presence of the Pres…
I appreciate the valuable information provided on the state of maritime security in the Gulf of Guinea. The progress achieved since 25 June 2013, when the Yaoundé Code of Conduct Concerning the Prevention and Repression of Piracy, Armed Robbery against Ships, and Illegal Maritime Activities in West …
We are grateful for the information provided by Ms. Roza Otunbayeva, Special Representative of the Secretary- General, and Ms. Shabana Basij-Rasikh.
We have taken note of the information in the Special Representative’s briefing. We commend the commitment of the staff of the United Nations Assistanc…
I thank Ms. Valentine Rugwabiza, Special Representative of the Secretary- General for the Central African Republic, for her briefing. I also thank Ms. Sima Sami Bahous, Executive Director of UN-Women; Mr. Bankole Adeoye, African Union Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security; and Mr. R…
I thank Mr. Nicholas Haysom, Mr. Charles Tai Gituai and Mr. Marco Impagliazzo for their briefings. I acknowledge the presence of the Permanent Representative of South Sudan at today’s meeting.
The situation facing South Sudan is definitely one of the most complex in terms of humanitarian, political…
We join others in expressing our sentiments of sorrow today regarding the sinking of a ship that led to the death of many Libyan migrants — a incident that could have been prevented.
I thank Ambassador Kimihiro Ishikane, Permanent Representative of Japan, for his report on the activities of the Sec…
I thank Mr. El-Ghassim Wane, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), for his important briefing. I acknowledge the presence in this meeting of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Internationa…
Ecuador welcomes the report of the Secretary-General, entitled “Promotion of a culture of peace” (A/77/614), and appreciates the delegation of Bangladesh’s leadership in negotiating the draft resolution entitled “Follow-up to the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace”, contained …
I am grateful for the information provided by the Secretary- General, Mr. António Guterres; the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Al-Sharif, Sheikh Ahmad Muhammad Al-Tayeb; Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher; and Ms. Latifa Ibn Ziaten, Founder of Association IMAD pour la jeunesse et la paix.
My delegation agre…
