We join others in expressing thanks for the briefings received this morning, which allow us to learn more about what is happening in Gaza, especially because of the specific focus on the situation of women and children.
Women bear the disproportionate burden of conflicts. The explosion of violence …
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Jenča and Mr. Hollingworth, the representative and country director in Ukraine for the World Food Programme, for their informative briefings.
We are three months shy of two years of the military aggression against Ukraine. We deplore the fact that
it continues t…
I wish to express my delegation’s appreciation for the manner in which you, Mr. President, have conducted the work of the Security Council during the month of November and to convey its thanks for convening this crucial debate.
I also thank Mr. António Guterres, Secretary- General; Ms. Dilma Rousse…
We thank Ms. Martha Pobee, Assistant Secretary- General for Africa, for her remarks. We recognize the presence of the Permanent Representative of the Sudan at this meeting.
Ecuador reiterates its condemnation of the armed violence and the perverse effects of the clashes between the Sudanese Armed F…
I thank you, Sir, for convening today’s meeting. I also thank Under-Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix, the Police Commissioners of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) and the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS)…
My delegation thanks the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court and his team for the presentation of the twenty-sixth report on the situation in Libya, whose Permanent Representative we welcome to this meeting.
Impunity undermines efforts to resolve conflicts in societies and perpetuates cy…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Lacroix and Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Horn of Africa Tetteh for their informative briefings. I also acknowledge the presence of the representatives of the Sudan and South Sudan.
Ecuador highlights the efforts of the United Nations Interim Securit…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate China and its team on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council during the month of November. I would like to reiterate our delegation’s support in working with you, Mr. President, and wish you, Sir, every success. I would also like to once …
We thank the Director of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Mr. Ramesh Rajasingham, for his informative briefing and, above all, for the always valuable work done by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in facilitating and coordinating
humanitarian responses…
We thank Special Envoy Geir Pedersen and Director Edem Wosornu of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs for their briefings. We welcome the presence in the Chamber today of the representatives of Iran, Syria and Türkiye.
Ecuador opposes the violence that is imperilling the lives a…
At the outset, I would like to thank Mr. Philippe Lazzarini, Ms. Lisa Doughten and Ms. Catherine Russell for their grim reports this afternoon and for all the work of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian A…
We listened carefully to the briefings of the speakers this afternoon.
We share the concerns of the Deputy to the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Mr. Adedeji Ebo, in particular about the risks posed by the influx of arms and ammunition. We support his recommendations, in particular wit…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Ms. Valentine Rugwabiza, for her briefing and welcome Sylvie Valérie Baipo Temon, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Central African Republic. I recognize the presence of the representative of Angola in the Chamber.
I would also like to…
As I said yesterday (see S/PV.9451), the Council must not become an arena for rivalries among its members but rather a space for reconciliation and international peace and security.
The Council’s draft resolutions must be understood as tools that contribute to achieving our collective goals. They m…
We thank Brazil for convening this open debate on women’s participation in international peace and security, from theory to practice. We also thank the Secretary-
General for his report (S/2023/725), and we take note of the statements we heard this morning from the other briefers, whom we have list…
We voted in favour of draft resolution S/2023/792, which we have just considered in the Council. It was introduced after a negotiating process in which many members of the Council participated. The resulting draft resolution contains elements of great urgency and relevance. For example, it reaffirms…
I wish to begin by thanking the Secretary-General for his briefing this morning and by reiterating Ecuador’s recognition and support for his efforts, which are more valuable and necessary than ever. We would also like to thank Mr. Wennesland and Ms. Hastings for their briefings.
Today’s open debate…
I welcome the presence of Her Excellency Ms. Ana Brnabić, Prime Minister of Serbia, and thank Special Representative Caroline Ziadeh for her report. We have also taken note of Ms. Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu’s statement.
The Secretary-General’s latest report (S/2023/735) is not encouraging, considering tha…
Ecuador, Latin America and the Caribbean will always be mindful of Haiti’s historical contribution to achieving freedom in our countries and our region, as well as throughout the world. And what better way to repay the Haitian people than by demonstrating the genuine solidarity and unity of the inte…
I thank Mr. Khiari, Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific in the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, former Presidents Bachelet and Mbeki and Ms. Echavarría Álvarez for their briefings.
In 1992, when Ecuador held a seat on the Security Council, we wer…
