With regard to this item the delegation of Ecuador wishes to reaffirm its respect for the prin- ciples which have guided its foreign policy and its previous statements, in particular, rejection of any acquisition of territory by force, defence of the right to self-determination of peoples and suppor…
The delegation of Ecuador expresses its best wishes to you Mr. President, as you once again assume the presidency of this resumed session of the Gt-neral Assembly. Your experience, skills and prestige guarantee that the work of this session will be successful.
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Ecuador, a country that maintains friendly and cordial relations with the parties concerned in this serious dispute, would like to see Arabs and Israelis, similar peoples coming from the same region, both with age-old and noble traditions and both having made great contributions to the history of ma…
The delegation of Ecuador congratulates the authors of the report of the Special Committee against Apartheid and associates itself with its programme of work. The Committee has done much to provide infor- mation about this grave problem of our time, and the vigorous and overwhelming reaction by publ…
I have the honour to submit for the consid- eration of the General Assembly draft resolution A/37/L.36, sponsored by all the countries of the Western hemisphere as well as by Equatorial Guinea, Italy, the Philippines, Portugal and Spain, 'on the observance of the quincentenary of the discovery of Am…
I support what the representative of Venezuela has just said. We have seen this' morning the complex procedures, the numerous statements and the votes required to modify an item approved and submitted by the General Committee; these would only be magnified in the case of an item approved in plenary …
The delegation of Ecuador will abstain in the vote on one of the draft resolutions on the situation in the Middle East, not because of the principles mentioned therein and the declarations rejecting aggression, annexa- tionist practices, occupation and the retention of territories by force and viola…
I refer specifically to draft resolution VI, en- titled "United Nations Development Programme", on which we shall vote in favour, to state quite particularly that our support stems from the fact that, in case of a Programme as important as is this positive North-South action within the United Nation…
The delegation of Ecuador, faithful to its con- stant policy of·reje.;;ting any type of racial discrimination, and in particular the shameful form which this takes in the policy of apartheid of the Government of South Af- rica, has voted in favour of all the draft resolutions sub- mitted on this ite…
The item on development and strengthening of good-neighbourliness between States is of great impor- tance to Ecuador and is also the very essence of the pur- poses and principles of the United Nations. During the debate in the First Committee my delegation pointed out the prime significance we attac…
The Foreign Minister of Peru has seen fit in this Assembly today to refer to the territorial problem con- fror-ling Ecuador and Peru with regard to the important reference to it in the report of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, as fo!lows: ". . . the Governments of Ecuador and Peru decid…
Had we been consulted, we would have expressed our favourable view with regard to the substance of the text of draft resolution A/35/L.49 and Add.l and several of its paragraphs, because we are in favour of a solution which seeks to find peace in the Middle East, rejecting as we do the occupation of…
The position of Ecuador on the question of Cyprus has always been clear-cut and our concern has been constant. For reasons of principle, we fully sup- port the sovereignty, independence and territorial in- tegrity of the Republic of Cyprus. We further uphold the principle of non-intervention in the …
I should like first to express the condolences of the Government of Ecuador to the Government of Colom- bia on the sudden death of Senator Juan Arango, former Special Ambassador and member of the Colombian dele- gation to the General Assembly. '
36. The importance of the debate on this agenda item,…
In connexion with the question of Belize, the delegation of Ecuador voted in favour of the draft resolution because it recognizes the principle of self- determination of peoples without prejudice to its tradi- tional position of respecting the principle of uti possidetis juris.
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Thequestion of the restitution of works ofart to their countries of origin, which has been discussed by the General Assembly since 1972, is closely related to the basic concerns of the international community to- day.
58. The plunder of works of art, that are expressions of the creative capacity of…
For the delegation of Ecuador, the launching of the International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade provides an opportunity to assess the progress our country has made in this vital area and to look to the immediate future by devising technical plans and ensuring the best possible alloca- …
I have the honour of speaking on behalf of the delegations from five countries from the Andean group - Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela- the signatories of the Cartagena Agreements, which marks a solid phase of sub-regional integration within the fundamental unity of Latin America and …
The United Nations reaffirmed its awareness of universal responsibilities when it established the In- ternational Year of the Child and drew the attention of mankind to those who should benefit the most from the greatest efforts of the international community and of each and everyone of its States.
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In view of the results obtained in the last vote, and so that an opportunity may be given to seek an understanding between candidates in the Latin American group of States, I request that the next ballot be postponed until a day next week. . 15. The PRESiDENT (interpretation from Spanish): It has be…
