Today we celebrate the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and recall the tragedy that occurred on 21 March 1960, better known as the Sharpeville massacre. On that day, the South African police killed 69 protesters who were holding peaceful demonstrations against the racis…
We are very pleased that the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden, a country that throughout its rich modern history has always striven to maintain peace in the world through respect for international legal standards, has been presiding over today’s important debate on preventive diplomacy — that…
Ecuador, as a State party to the Chemical Weapons Convention, strongly supports cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), with due respect for their different areas of competency and the OPCW’s highly technical nature. For that reason…
First of all, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s debate on a subject of universal concern, namely, the proliferation and possible use by non-State actors of nuclear, chemical, bacteriological or radiological weapons. At the same time, we commend Spain for its successful …
Ecuador wishes to express its deep concern at the grave humanitarian situation in the Syrian Arab Republic. We reiterate our condemnation of any violation of human rights or international humanitarian law, regardless of where those violations occurred. That is why we express our solidarity with the …
There is no higher priority in the work of the Assembly than that of reforming the Charter of the United Nations, especially with respect to making the necessary changes in the structure and working methods of the Security Council. That is also true of the relationship between the General Assembly a…
The most recent report of the World Meteorological Organization on the El Niño phenomenon confirms that, in May
2016, we reached the end of the peak period for El Niño 2015/16. El Niño affected more than 60 million people and their livelihoods and had an economic impact that even now is difficult t…
The unilateral blockade imposed by the United States against Cuba for 56 years is a blatant example of the reprehensible implementation of power politics. It will remain in the annals of history as a clear demonstration of abusive behaviour by a super-Power against a dignified and proud people who j…
At the outset, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for the invitation to attend this open debate of the Security Council.
At the same time, I wish to align myself with the statement delivered by the representative of Venezuela on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries adopted at its …
I bring greetings from President Rafael Correa and an embrace from the people of Ecuador to all sister nations of our United Nations. The past decade of the citizens’ revolution in Ecuador has shown us that to achieve development we must do everything opposite to the prescription that the neoliberal…
The
delegation of Ecuador calls for item on refugees and
migrants to be included in the draft agenda of the
General Assembly, without politicization, double
standards or singling out a specific country. Ecuador
therefore supports including the item on the draft
agenda, but without the referenc…
The delegation of Ecuador welcomes the convening of this debate as a platform for addressing, in a transparent and determined manner, the issue of sexual exploitation and abuse perpetrated by peacekeeping operations personnel dispatched and authorized by the United Nations. At the same time, Ecuador…
The Ecuadorian delegation thanks Malaysia, as President of the Security Council for the month of August, for convening this open debate on the challenges posed by the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
Articles 15 and 416, respectively of the Constitution of Ecuador
“prohibits the devel…
At the outset, we associate ourselves with the statement read out by the Permanent Representative of Thailand on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
I wish to express the gratitude of the delegation of Ecuador for your efforts, Mr. President, during the negotiation process on resolution 70/299, en…
We take the floor at today’s important open debate of the Security Council to reiterate Ecuador’s historic
commitment to the cause of peace in the Middle East and its support for the efforts of the international community to resolve outstanding conflicts in the region through peaceful methods delin…
On behalf of the people of Ecuador, of the Government of the citizen revolution and of our President Rafael Correa Delgado, allow me to express a fraternal and warm greeting to all present. Ecuador reaffirms its commitment to the Political Declaration (resolution 70/266, annex) adopted by the Genera…
At the outset, my delegation would like to join previous speakers in thanking Ambassador Olof Skoog and his team for their work this year leading to the General Assembly’s joint adoption, with the Security Council, of today’s resolutions (70/262 and 2282 (2016), respectively).
Eleven years ago, in …
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important debate. I very much appreciate what was said by Ambassador Kamau, Ambassador Skoog and Ambassador Rosenthal this morning, for it touched on the very essence of what we want to talk about today. I also want to stress the fact that Mr. Rosenthal…
Allow me to convey to you, Mr. President, how extremely satisfied we are to see Venezuela presiding over this meeting of the Security Council. We would also like to express a special welcome to Ms. Delcy Rodríguez Gómez, Minister for Foreign Affairs, on behalf of President Rafael Correa and Minister…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC).
At the outset, I would like to express our deepest appreciation to the facilitators, the United Arab Emirates and Latvia, for the tremendous efforts and energy they invested in negotiating the draf…
