We thank you, Madam President, for convening this meeting on a date of particular significance to the people of the State of Palestine and of Israel.
On 29 November 1947, the Assembly determined the establishment of two States, Israel and Palestine. On numerous occasions, my delegation and others p…
At the outset, I wish to give thanks for the expressions of gratitude made by many delegations in the Hall for the work carried out by Chairman Hunte and the Vice-Chairpersons of the Working Group, in particular with respect to the report of the Working Group on Equitable Representation of the Secur…
At the outset, I should like to thank the Secretary-General for his report on the work of the Organization, which allows us to appreciate the important achievements and the limitations and difficulties inherent in meeting the challenges facing the international community.
The Secretary-General has …
I would like to extend to you, Mr. President,
the congratulations of my delegation. We are sure that under your able leadership during this session the General Assembly will have a successful outcome. I would also like to assure you that Ecuador is prepared to cooperate with you and to make a const…
The United Nations is preparing to take up an ambitious agenda in 2005 that we hope will guide the Organization’s activities in the near future, meeting the challenges placed before it by the international community. I believe that the exercise completed and the achievements accomplished during this…
My delegation wishes to make the following explanation of vote in connection with the draft resolution that has just been put to the vote.
Ecuador maintains its traditional position of encouraging a peaceful and negotiated settlement of the Middle East question, in the light of the resolutions adop…
The delegation of Ecuador first wishes to commend the Permanent Mission of the Sultanate of Oman for introducing onto the General Assembly’s agenda an issue of such importance to contemporary society as that of the global road safety crisis. Secondly, we wish to reaffirm the readiness of the Governm…
It is an honour to address the Assembly on behalf of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States on the occasion of the well deserved tribute we are paying today to the distinguished Spanish diplomat, Mr. Jaime de Piniés. His long and brilliant career in
Spain’s foreign service as representati…
The changes called for by the peoples of the members countries of this world Organization are directly related to its capacity to address current challenges and needs of the international community.
My delegation wishes to recall that there are mandates stemming from the most recent summits of the …
I wish to address the main elements in the debate on the issue before us, which I addressed previously when we considered the report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization.
Security Council reform has been of concern to Ecuador for a number of years and is an issue on which we hav…
Among the major questions regarding acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) are its origin and causes, and how it became the epidemic which has spread to the point that it has become one of the worst pandemics ever to affect mankind. The crisis generated by HIV/AIDS flourishes in environments of p…
My delegation takes special pleasure in expressing its full support for the draft resolution contained in document A/57/L.7 under agenda item 167, “South American zone of peace and cooperation”.
Ecuador and the other countries of South America base their international relations on the strictest res…
On behalf of the delegation of Ecuador, I am pleased to congratulate and thank the Secretary- General for the report on strengthening of the United Nations (document A/57/387) and to express our firm
and decisive support for the proposals contained therein. This valuable document reflects the need …
I should like at the outset to convey our sympathy and feelings of solidarity to the people of Indonesia and to the families affected by the senseless attacks a few days ago in Bali that claimed the lives of 200 innocent people. My delegation joins all those that have condemned this barbaric act aga…
On behalf of the delegation of Ecuador, which I have the honour to lead, I congratulate the Secretary-General on his report on the work of the Organization and on his follow-up report on the results of the Millennium Summit. Both documents are valuable and contribute to a multilateral approach to is…
