I would like to begin by thanking Mr. Yukiya Amano, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), for presenting his report (see A/72/221) to the General Assembly.
Sixty years ago, against the backdrop of the Cold War, the international community was able to
commit to advocati…
I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of your duties, and to assure you of
Ecuador’s support in your stewardship of the General Assembly at its forthcoming session.
Ecuador participated actively in all the informal interactive dialogues and panel discussions on the re…
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…
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…
First of all, I would like to express our deepest condolences and solidarity with the Government and people of France, in particular to the families of the victims of the heinous terrorist attacks perpetrated Friday night in Paris, as well as to the Governments and peoples of Lebanon and Russia for …
At the outset, I would like to express our condemnation of the terrorist attacks that took place last Friday in Paris, our condolences and our solidarity with the people and the Government of France. As the President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, said, our hearts are with France and the families of tho…
For Ecuador, as for the great majority of Members of the United Nations, reform of the Security Council is urgently needed in order to make this body more democratic, transparent and effective and to bring it into line with the realities of today’s world and the membership of the Organization. To be…
The delegation of Ecuador would like, first and foremost, to express its gratitude and congratulations to the President of the General Assembly, Mr. Sam Kutesa, for his leadership. We would also like to pay due tribute to the work carried out by the Permanent Representative of Jamaica, Ambassador Co…
The delegation of Ecuador would first like to express its heartfelt thanks for the efforts of the Permanent Representatives of Croatia and Namibia, Ambassador Vladimir Drobjnak and Ambassador Wilfried Emvula, and their teams for deftly and with great patience guiding us to the outcome of our work, t…