My delegation aligns itself with the statement to be delivered by Switzerland on behalf of the Accountability, Coherence and Transparency Group.
I consider it a privilege to appear once again in this Chamber when there are still representatives from countries with whom we shared a year of practice …
I welcome the convening of this timely debate, only a few months after the adoption of the Pact for the Future (General Assembly resolution 79/1), which sets out key commitments to adapt peace operations to today’s challenges, and after a session of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations t…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari for his briefing and Mr. Knights for his statement. I acknowledge the participation of the Permanent Representative of Israel in this meeting.
Ecuador condemns in the strongest terms the most recent attacks perpetrated by the Houthis against Israel. That l…
I welcome the presence of the representatives of Ethiopia and Somalia in the Chamber.
My delegation acknowledges the invaluable diplomatic endeavours of the United Kingdom, which as penholder has steered the Council to its adoption of resolution 2767 (2024), which could represent a key tool in the …
I would like to thank High Representative Nakamitsu for her briefing.
Almost three years since the invasion of Ukraine began, and after more than 100 meetings of the Security Council, Ecuador regrets that we have yet to see any positive signs towards a peaceful resolution of the conflict. On the co…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari for his report and reiterate my country’s support for the work of the United Nations and all its agencies. I also thank Ms. Efron and Mr. Levy for their statements.
The first meeting on this issue in which Ecuador participated as an elected member of the S…
I thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo and the representative of the European Union, Mr. Lambrinidis, for their informative briefings. I also thank Ambassador Vanessa Frazier for her valuable work as Facilitator of the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015).
Ecuador deplores the stalemate surrou…
I thank Special Envoy Pedersen and Under-Secretary- General Fletcher for their briefings, in particular because of their valuable work in this complex situation.
I listened closely to Ms. al-Kateab and Mr. Jamous, whom I also thank.
On behalf of Ecuador, I extend our support to the Syrian people a…
I thank Ms. Doughten for her briefing.
Since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine more than 12,000 civilians have been killed and 26,000 wounded. The deaths of combatants number in the hundreds of thousands. Nearly 4 million people remain internally displaced and more than 6.8 million have fled…
I am grateful for the information provided by Special Representative Otunbayeva and Under-Secretary- General Fletcher, and I listened closely to the representative of civil society.
I briefed the Security Council in my capacity as Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1988 (2011…
I too am pleased to see you presiding over today’s meeting, Mr. President.
I thank President Gatti Santana and Prosecutor Brammertz for their briefings, and I congratulate them on the renewal of their appointments. I also thank President Gatti Santana for recognizing Ecuador’s efforts as we approac…
I would like to express our particular thanks to Special Representative of the Secretary-General Keita for her detailed and informative briefing, in addition to our more general appreciation for her commitment and leadership, which Ecuador has noted well during its two-year term on the Security Coun…
I thank the briefers for their informative presentations.
We are approaching the threshold of three years since the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine. During that time, the humanitarian crisis has only worsened. The escalation of violence, coupled with the use of increasingly lethal weapons, mul…
I think Special Envoy Pedersen for the objective information he has provided. I take note of the statement by the representative of civil society, and I recognize the presence of the representatives of Lebanon, Syria and Türkiye.
The escalation of violent incidents in Syria compounds the fragile se…
I congratulate you, Madam President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. I echo the tribute you paid to the presidency of the United Kingdom last month. We are grateful as well for the information provided by Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo and the briefing by Ms. …
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Jenča for his detailed briefing.
More than a thousand days after the start of the invasion of Ukraine, we are faced with a scenario that has taken on a new dimension. The constant escalation of violence and the use of increasingly devastating weaponry threatens t…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Michaud, Director
Doughten and Ms. Stoddard for their informative briefings, as well as the Secretary-General for his report.
In a context of widespread conflict and the rise in humanitarian crises, humanitarian workers provide essential services to millions of peop…
I would like to explain that Ecuador voted in favour of the draft resolution that we have just considered (S/2024/835), a resolution of which Ecuador is a co-drafter, along with the other elected members, because it shares the sense of urgency for the Security Council to act, once again, to stop the…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Jenča and Ms. Juma, National Security Adviser to the President of Kenya, for the information they provided. I also thank Dr. Pape for his brave and credible testimony. I listened carefully to the other civil society representative. I recognize the presence here to…
Ecuador voted in favour of draft resolution S/2024/826, which reaffirmed the urgent need to respect international humanitarian law and to protect civilians as a vital and unavoidable responsibility of the parties to the conflict. I deeply regret the fact that the draft resolution was not adopted owi…
