I thank the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Mrs. Izumi Nakamitsu, for her briefing, and Mr. Roger Waters for his opinions.
I would like to raise five points that I consider central.
First, I wish to reiterate Ecuador’s historical position of rejecting armed violence, militarization an…
I would like to begin by expressing our condolences to the Governments of Türkiye and the Syrian Arab Republic following the large-scale earthquakes that occurred on 6 February. We express our solidarity with all the families of the victims.
I would like to thank the High Representative for Disarma…
I thank Mr. Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, for his briefing and for the valuable work he and his team are doing on the ground.
As long ago as the 28 February 2022 meeting of the Security Council (see S/PV.8983), only four days af…
I would like to begin by joining my colleagues in congratulating you, Madam President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. We are sure that with your team and experience, you will be successful. I would also like to thank the delegation of Japan for its excellent work and p…
I thank Mr. El-Ghassim Wane, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Mali and Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). I also welcome the representative of Mali and Ms. Aminata Cheick Dicko, civil society actor from Mali.
I express…
The Security Council can sometimes give the impression of being the world’s ambulance, as it were. It rushes from one developing conflict to another despite the fact that prevention is the most effective and efficient way to maintain peace and security in the world. That is why conflict prevention i…
I thank Mr. Geir Pedersen, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, and Ms. Ghada Mudawi, Deputy Director of the Operations and Advocacy Division of the Office for the Coordination on Humanitarian Affairs, for their briefings.
I begin by acknowledging the Security Council’s efforts to achi…
I thank the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Mr. Karim Khan, for the presentation of his report, and I welcome the presence of the representative of the Sudan at this meeting.
We have closely followed the trial of Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, the first case at the Court related to…
Before proceeding with my statement, I would like to express Ecuador’s heartfelt condolences to the Government of Gabon on the death of the country’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Michael Moussa Adamo.
In first 24 days of Ecuador’s fourth term in the Security Council, we have addressed core issues …
I thank Mr. Tor Wennesland, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, for his briefing this morning, as well as the Secretary-General for his latest quarterly report (S/2022/945) on the implementation of resolution 2334 (2016). I greet the delegations of Palestine and Israel.
The situa…
I listened closely to the briefings.
I wish to praise the work of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. I congratulate the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Ms. Ilze Marianne Brands Kehris, who has undertaken her work for the past three years, and through …
I thank Japan for its leadership as President of the Security Council during the month of January and am grateful for the convening of this first monthly briefing of the year on the situation in Yemen. I also appreciate the information provided by the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen…
I thank Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo for her briefing.
Since this is the first opportunity for my delegation to refer to this central issue in the Security Council, I would like to underscore that, since the beginning of Russia’s military aggressi…
I thank Mr. Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia, and Mr. Armando Wouriyu Valbuena, of the High-level Forum of Ethnic Peoples of Colombia, for their briefings. I also thank the Secretary-General for his m…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting. I make this statement before the voting, on behalf of the 10 elected members of the Security Council (E-10), in Ecuador’s capacity as coordinator for the month of January.
We remain concerned by the deterioration of the humanitarian situation …
I would first like to thank Assistant Secretary- General Khaled Khiari for his informative briefing this afternoon.
Ecuador is serving as a member on the Security Council for the fourth time in its history. The first time my country held such a seat was in 1950, and the topic we are discussing here…
Mr. President, I would like to congratulate Japan and wish you every success in presiding over the Security Council for the month of January. I thank the Deputy to the High Representative of the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, Mr. Adedeji Ebo, for his briefing.
Ecuador has closely ob…
