It is a great honour for my delegation to take the floor today on behalf of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States (GRULAC) to speak on the item on the strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including special economic assista…
Now is the moment for peace. At the close of the millennium, the entire world is clamouring for a lasting peace that leaves no room for war. In order to achieve this, we need to move towards a culture of peace, tolerance and solidarity based on the fundamental principles of human rights, democracy, …
On behalf of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States, the delegation of Ecuador wishes to express our most heartfelt condolences to the Government and people of the Islamic Federal Republic of the Comoros at the regrettable passing away on 5 November 1998 of their head of State, His Excelle…
My delegation wishes to express its satisfaction at the adoption of the resolution on international cooperation to reduce the impact of the El Niño phenomenon, which chiefly affects the coastal countries of the Pacific Ocean, since the resolution reflects the
The adoption of this resolution, in the…
Ecuador believes it essential to support and encourage the full resumption of the peace process in the Middle East and to contribute as effectively as possible to strengthening the bilateral and multilateral negotiating mechanisms that are developed. Therefore, my delegation voted in favour of the r…
Ecuador, as a sponsor of draft resolution A/51/L.20, entitled “Support by the United Nations system of the efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies”, wishes, as on earlier occasions, to voice its firm commitment to democratic processes as vehicles for bringing pe…
The Panama Canal is an indispensable transportation link, especially for the countries with a south-western coast on the Pacific Ocean whose international trade is largely with the Atlantic basin. My country therefore attaches special priority to this question, because the use of the Panama Canal is…
One of the clearest examples of international globalization is the fact that, to an increasing degree, problems affecting one region have a very deep impact on the rest of world society, which shows that coordinated action and greater cooperation are becoming indispensable.
At the same time, States…
The General Assembly called on the Conference on Disarmament, in particular the nuclear-weapon States, to conclude, as a task of the highest priority, a universal and multilaterally and effectively verifiable comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty that would contribute to nuclear disarmament and the …
The delegation of Ecuador abstained on the draft resolution contained in document A/50/L.70, because it does not reflect all the aspects of the crisis in Lebanon.
My delegation considers it essential to support the peace process in the Middle East, initiated at the Madrid conference in 1991, and to…
The delegation of Ecuador will vote in favour of the draft resolution on the necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba because of Ecuador’s opposition to discriminatory unilateral economic practices that go against the pri…
