Allow me to start by thanking the Acting Under- Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Ms. Joyce Msuya, for the sobering briefing that she just shared with us. Ecuador reiterates its continued support for the work of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitari…
Allow me to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia, Mr. Carlos Ruiz Massieu, for the information he provided and for his efforts for peace. We took note of the statement by Ms. Beatriz Quintero García, the civil socie…
I thank Special Envoy Grundberg, Acting Under- Secretary-General Msuya and Ms. Najat Jumaan for their briefings and for their work for peace. I also
welcome the Permanent Representative of Yemen to this meeting.
I must begin my remarks by expressing Ecuador’s condemnation of the new Houthi attacks…
I thank Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary- General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, and Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, for the information provided.
My delegation notes with concern the deterioration of the security situation in and around the Blu…
I want to thank the representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East for their briefings and to reiterate my country’s appreciation for the work of the United Nations and its agencies and…
I thank Deputy Special Representative Koury for her informative briefing and Ambassador Yamazaki for his work at the head of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011). I also thank Ms. Bugaighis for her briefing. I acknowledge the participation of the Permanent Representative of L…
I would like to begin by thanking the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region, Mr. Huang Xia, for his report (S/2024/700). I also thank the representative of civil society for her briefing. I acknowledge the presence of the representatives of Rwanda, the Democratic Republic…
On several occasions, my delegation has rejected the acts of sabotage and explosions at the Nord Stream 1 and 2 underwater gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea. I reiterate that rejection, as any act against essential civilian infrastructure that goes unpunished undermines international law and accountab…
I want to thank Mr. James Swan, Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia; Mr. Mohamed El-Amine Souef, Head of the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia; and Ms. Ilwad Elman, civil society representative, for the information provided. I also acknowledge the presence of…
First, Madam President, allow me to congratulate your delegation on assuming the presidency of the Council this month and to reiterate our country’s full support. I would also like to thank Slovenia for the excellent leadership of the Council during September. I would like to emphasize and reiterate…
Today I would like to highlight the importance that Ecuador attaches to the cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union (AU) in preventing conflict and promoting peace, development, human rights and the rule of law. The two organizations, united by common values and objectives, are …
I begin by conveying the greetings of the President of the Republic of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa Azín, leader of a young Government who has had the courage to break the patterns that prevented the changes demanded by his generation and my country.
Ecuador is a country of 18 million inhabitants with eno…
I am grateful for the information provided by the briefers.
As my delegation has stated on previous occasions, Ecuador has a tradition of international protection for migrants and asylum seekers. Its efforts to promote the regularization of refugees and migrants have been recognized by the Internat…
I thank Ambassador Michael Imran Kanu and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), Ms. Bintou Keita, for their informative briefings. I also thank our civil society represe…
First of all, let me also congratulate the United States delegation, without whose leadership this resolution (resolution 2751 (2024)) would not have been possible. I am grateful for its commitment to peace in Haiti.
I welcome the unanimous adoption of resolution 2751 (2024), proposed by Ecuador an…
My delegation makes use of the right of reply to the statement made by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the current Government of Mexico, Mrs. Alicia Bárcena Ibarra, regarding the incident that occurred at the Mexican Embassy in Quito on 5 April (see A/79/PV.15).
Ecuador is a country that respec…
I acknowledge and thank the Secretary-General for his briefing at this meeting, which has been convened to address the situation in the occupied Palestinian territory.
Ecuador’s position on the Palestinian situation has consistently, through the years, been one of support for a political, negotiate…
I would like to begin by congratulating Prime Minister Robert Golob on the work his country accomplished when it held the presidency of the Security Council in September, and I wish Slovenia success as it continues its presidency.
Once again, I thank Secretary-General António Guterres for his effor…
I thank Secretary-General António Guterres for the information provided on the worrisome situation in Lebanon.
Not even a week has passed since the Council last met to discuss this issue. The gravity of the events and their possible consequences for the entire region warrant our meeting.
Since the…
I would like to begin by thanking Secretary-General António Guterres for his tireless efforts for peace and by recognizing the presence in the Chamber today of high-level officials to whom my delegation has listened and will continue to listen with respect.
I have come before the Security Council w…