I thank the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Mr. Karim Khan, for the presentation of his report, and I welcome the presence of the representative of the Sudan at this meeting.
We have closely followed the trial of Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, the first case at the Court related to…
Before proceeding with my statement, I would like to express Ecuador’s heartfelt condolences to the Government of Gabon on the death of the country’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Michael Moussa Adamo.
In first 24 days of Ecuador’s fourth term in the Security Council, we have addressed core issues …
I thank Mr. Tor Wennesland, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, for his briefing this morning, as well as the Secretary-General for his latest quarterly report (S/2022/945) on the implementation of resolution 2334 (2016). I greet the delegations of Palestine and Israel.
The situa…
I listened closely to the briefings.
I wish to praise the work of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. I congratulate the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Ms. Ilze Marianne Brands Kehris, who has undertaken her work for the past three years, and through …
I thank Japan for its leadership as President of the Security Council during the month of January and am grateful for the convening of this first monthly briefing of the year on the situation in Yemen. I also appreciate the information provided by the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen…
I thank Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo for her briefing.
Since this is the first opportunity for my delegation to refer to this central issue in the Security Council, I would like to underscore that, since the beginning of Russia’s military aggressi…
I thank Japan for organizing today’s open debate, which reminds us of the importance of promoting, strengthening and respecting the rule of law in the maintenance of international peace and security. I acknowledge the briefings by Secretary-General António Guterres, President Joan E. Donoghue of the…
I thank Mr. Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia, and Mr. Armando Wouriyu Valbuena, of the High-level Forum of Ethnic Peoples of Colombia, for their briefings. I also thank the Secretary-General for his m…
I thank Ms. Giovanie Biha, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, and Mr. Omar Alieu Touray, President of the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), for their informative briefings. I also thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report (S/202…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting. I make this statement before the voting, on behalf of the 10 elected members of the Security Council (E-10), in Ecuador’s capacity as coordinator for the month of January.
We remain concerned by the deterioration of the humanitarian situation …
I would first like to thank Assistant Secretary- General Khaled Khiari for his informative briefing this afternoon.
Ecuador is serving as a member on the Security Council for the fourth time in its history. The first time my country held such a seat was in 1950, and the topic we are discussing here…
Mr. President, I would like to congratulate Japan and wish you every success in presiding over the Security Council for the month of January. I thank the Deputy to the High Representative of the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, Mr. Adedeji Ebo, for his briefing.
Ecuador has closely ob…
We appreciate the submission of the report of the Secretary-General on the state of the oceans (A/77/331), as well as the reports of the Ad Hoc Working Group of the Whole on the Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment, including Socioeconomic Aspect…
My delegation aligns itself with the statements made by the delegation of Guatemala, on behalf of the States of Latin America and the Caribbean that are parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), and by the delegation of Viet Nam, on behalf of a group of countries parti…
I begin by acknowledging the work of Ambassadors Martin Hermann of Denmark and Alya Al-Thani of Qatar in leading the process of intergovernmental negotiations at the seventy-sixth session .
I also congratulate Ambassadors Michal Mlynár, Permanent Representative of Slovakia, and Tareq Albanai, Perma…
I would like to begin by acknowledging the work of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and by thanking Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi for presenting the Agency’s report (A/77/308 and A/77/308/Add.1) to the General Assembly.
Similarly, I would like to acknowledge Czechia for introd…
I join other delegations in congratulating Ambassador Egriselda Aracely González López, Permanent Representative of El Salvador, and Ambassador Mitchell Fifield, Permanent Representative of Australia, on their reappointment as co-Chairs of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Revitalization of the Work o…
I wish you every success, Madam President, as you assume the presidency of the Security Council, and I thank you for convening this debate and for having broadly included in the Council’s agenda for the month of November the consideration of peacebuilding. We also thank the briefers for their import…
I thank the President of the International
Criminal Court (ICC) for his briefing (see A/77/PV.22) and his leadership, which has allowed that body to continue to play a very important role in combating impunity for crimes that offend the shared values of the international community. We also apprecia…
As established in Article 33 of the Charter of the United Nations, the peaceful settlement of disputes between States is an essential element in the promotion of the rule of law in the international system and the maintenance of peace and security. Given the current state of world affairs, that is o…
