I wish to take the opportunity of this solemn occasion to inform the General Assembly, as we commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the opening for signature of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), that the Government of Ecuador, mindful of the fundamental importance of th…
The agenda item on the United Nations Decade of International Law is of special interest to the delegation of Ecuador. On this occasion we believe that we should make all possible efforts so that international law can be developed as fully as possible and so that it can be a secure and well-establis…
The delegation of Ecuador has paid particular attention to the report of the International Court of Justice, and we take the view that that principal legal organ of the United Nations is effectively fulfilling its lofty responsibilities.
I am grateful for the introduction made by its President, Jud…
My delegation wishes to extend its thanks to you, Sir, for your efforts in guiding the informal consultations of the plenary which have led to the submission of the draft resolution we are now considering, which appears in document A/52/L.17. I also wish to express our gratitude to the Chairmen of t…
The General Assembly, adopting the proposal of the President of Costa Rica in his address to this Assembly at its thirty-third session, established the University for Peace in its resolution 35/55 on 5 December 1980, as an international centre specialized in postgraduate education, research and diss…
I wish first to express my delegation’s appreciation to Mr. Diogo Freitas do Amaral for his chairmanship of the Open-ended Working Group on the issue before us, and to Ambassador Breitenstein and Ambassador Jayanama for their enormous efforts as Vice- Chairmen of the Group.
Although the Ecuadorian …
I wish to extend to President Razali Ismail Ecuador’s warm congratulations on his election, which is a tribute to his valuable contributions to the work of our world Organization in his capacity as Permanent Representative of Malaysia. I wish also to convey our thanks to Mr. Diogo Freitas do Amaral,…
Allow me, on behalf of the Government of Ecuador, the family of Ambassador Leopoldo Benites and the Permanent Mission, to thank you, Mr. President, for the words you have just said in memory of my illustrious compatriot, who died a short time ago in Guayaquil.
Leopoldo Benites was an eminent Ecuado…
