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Espinosa Cañizares

lines on the record: 76
first: 2021-10-21
most recent: 2022-12-14
sittings or episodes: 15
sources: un-security-council

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“However, the responsibility is not the Council’s alone but that of the entire United Nations system. That is why it is crucial that the Secretary-General’s report entitled Our Common Agenda (A/75/982) centres security policies on women and girls, based on the abundant evidence testifying to the link between women’s equal participation in peacemaking activities and the effectiveness of those activities. Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the delegations of Albania, Brazil, Gabon, Ghana and the United Arab Emirates on starting their two-year terms on the Security Council this month and to wish them and the rest of the Council members success in their work.”
2022-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8949Resumption1 (2022) · source
“In order to promote women’s effective participation in the maintenance of peace and security, it is therefore essential to create and maintain stable environments, and in particular to ensure zero tolerance for impunity for perpetrators. To that end, we must continue strengthening the capacity of peacekeeping missions to protect the women working in them. The Security Council should also lend its strong support to efforts to prevent intimidation, violence and attacks. The Council is not starting from scratch. With resolution 2493 (2019), which encourages the creation of safe environments for civil society, including in situations of armed conflict, and the neutralization of harassment, violence and hate speech, we have tools to intensify efforts in this area.”
2022-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8949Resumption1 (2022) · source
“In October the Council focused on the need to promote women’s participation in peacekeeping and peacebuilding. Like the majority of participating countries, Ecuador took advantage of that occasion to recognize the significant contribution of women to processes related to peace and security and to conflict prevention and resolution, as well as the need to build on that contribution by removing obstacles to women’s participation. As I have already stated in the Council, during the 2020 peacebuilding architecture review process Ecuador contributed to evaluating the situation of women in contexts of conflict. Regrettably, the pandemic saw an increase in domestic violence, conflict-related sexual violence, trafficking, harassment and exploitation.”
2022-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8949Resumption1 (2022) · source
“Mr. Espinosa Cañizares (Ecuador) (spoke in Spanish): I congratulate Norway on its leadership in organizing this open debate, which is also the first of the year. I also acknowledge Norway’s efforts to keep the doors of the Security Council open to the participation of all States. On 21 October of last year we discussed this subject under the Kenyan presidency in another open debate on women and peace and security (see S/PV.8886). In that connection, I want to underline the key role played by the Council’s non-permanent members in the efforts to achieve increasingly inclusive working methods, on the one hand, and to ensure that the debates on women and peace and security are properly and permanently structured and not limited to commemorating the anniversary of the adoption of resolution 1325 (2000), on the other.”
2022-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8949Resumption1 (2022) · source
“I would also highlight, as mentioned by the representative of the United States this morning, the cooperation Ecuador has received. Fourthly, the Security Council must implement the recommendations contained in the Secretary-General’s report (S/2021/839), while the United Nations must strengthen alliances to integrate efforts not only with the normative and policy frameworks, but also through of more concrete actions on the ground.”
2021-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8909 (2021) · source
“First, the Security Council must revitalize its efforts to implement resolution 2020 (2015) and take into account all multisectoral axes, as well as the need for synergies within and outside the United Nations system. Secondly, simultaneous efforts are required at the local, regional and global levels, including the strengthening of and support for border, port and airport control, due to the emerging challenges resulting from rapid technological changes. Thirdly, it is essential that the Council encourage States to expand international cooperation, commensurate with different situations and capacities, to combat diversion and to support countries that require it. In that regard, I note yesterday’s visit by the President of Colombia to Ecuador, during which he announced important cooperation agreements on this issue.”
2021-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8909 (2021) · source
“This scourge is also directly related to drug trafficking, money-laundering and human trafficking. Small arms are a main tool of “coyotes” and exacerbate migratory crises with crowds in border areas, exposing migrants to extremely high-risk situations, which in turn considerably increases the vulnerability of the entire region. Ecuador supports the ongoing use by the United Nations in Haiti of the integrated management of weapons and ammunition as a central support for the reduction of violence, disarmament and peace. This is relevant because of the link between violence as one of the main factors that trigger irregular migration. Finally, I would like to share four main recommendations to address this challenge.”
2021-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8909 (2021) · source
“I therefore thank Mexico for organizing today’s meeting, which is also closely linked to the 16 November debate on preventive diplomacy (see S/PV.8906). In the area of security and the fight against violence and crime, what better prevention effort could there be than to stop arms trafficking? Moreover, combating the diversion of arms is a fundamental part of preventive diplomacy. I also thank the Director of the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research and the representative of civil society for their briefings. Global solutions are needed for this global problem. To meet indicator 16.4 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, we must be effective in combating arms trafficking. The destabilizing accumulation of firearms and their unrestricted flow does not contribute to the promotion of peaceful societies.”
2021-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8909 (2021) · source
“Dozens of pistols and rifles of different calibres and degrees of sophistication, as well as thousands of rounds of ammunition, in addition to other firearms, have been seized, and the security forces of my country are making great efforts to stop and prevent the violence caused by transnational organized crime and drug gangs inside prisons. This is just one more example of the dramatic impact that illicit arms trafficking has on peace and security. This is not a theoretical discussion, nor are we addressing a future threat. Today’s debate addresses the cause of one of the greatest tragedies for the Western Hemisphere and for all humankind: the proliferation, trafficking and diversion of arms, which is directly related to the global drug problem.”
2021-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8909 (2021) · source
“Mr. Espinosa Cañizares (Ecuador) (spoke in Spanish): Just 11 days ago, more than 60 inmates died in one of Ecuador’s main prisons as a result of violence linked to transnational organized crime. A few days earlier, 119 more inmates lost their lives during the most lethal clashes in the history of my country’s prison system. Small arms and light weapons are at the heart of this tragic situation, which is a consequence of the worst risk to peace and security in the Western Hemisphere: namely, the confluence of drug trafficking, organized crime and arms trafficking and diversion.”
2021-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8909 (2021) · source
“The debate on 22 November on small arms and light weapons will present a good opportunity to address the disastrous consequences of illicit arms trafficking and diversion to unauthorized actors. In that context, I wish to announce that my country is deeply shocked by the unprecedented violence that is plaguing our prison system as a product of transnational organized crime and disputes between gangs. Citizen security is our first priority. Our national police and armed forces are making efforts, under the coordination of Government institutions and in full compliance with human rights, to support pacification and prevention efforts. We are grateful for the expressions of solidarity and support received from various countries with which we are willing to work, as well as the United Nations.”
2021-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8906Resumption1 (2021) · source
“However, the synergy between the principal organs is not limited to the close relationship between their Presidents, but instead implies an ongoing and constructive relationship on the part of all its members, which in the case of the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council and the General Assembly include the Member States of the Organization. That is why I welcome once again more open and participatory debates like this. For Ecuador, today’s debate is closely related to what was discussed exactly a week ago (see S/PV.8900), and I congratulate Mexico for organizing these debates, as well as for supplementing the Council’s agenda with significant and integrated discussions.”
2021-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8906Resumption1 (2021) · source
“Without implementation, the recommendations, requests and proposals for interaction between the main organs of the system become mere academic exercises and can erode the system or turn it into an empty shell. That is why I acknowledge the efforts of the members of the Council to make progress in the implementation of the existing recommendations. I believe, however, that still more can be achieved. Ecuador highlights and supports the continuation of monthly meetings between the heads of the principal organs and calls for the results of those meetings to be circulated for the information of all delegations.”
2021-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8906Resumption1 (2021) · source
“I agree with the approach contained in the report entitled Our Common Agenda, which reminds us that the main promise of the Charter of the United Nations is peace. Preventive diplomacy is vital to the modernization of the United Nations and multilateralism. That brings me to my next point. As a result of the process of revitalizing the work of the General Assembly, Member States have unanimously and by consensus maintained the invitation to the Security Council, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 58/126, to pursue initiatives to improve the quality of its annual report with substantive, analytical and material information.”
2021-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8906Resumption1 (2021) · source
“Ecuador endorses the sixth paragraph of the presidential statement, in which the Council reaffirms that “sustaining peace requires coherence, sustained engagement, and coordination between the General Assembly, the Security Council, and the Economic and Social Council, consistent with their mandates as set out in the Charter of the United Nations”. To that I would add the International Court of Justice, especially when we refer to efforts towards the peaceful settlement of disputes, which are part of preventive diplomacy. Synergy between those bodies and the Secretariat is also needed. Here I pause to acknowledge the impetus that Secretary-General António Guterres continues to give to the preventive approach, focusing on the work of the Organization in peace and security.”
2021-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8906Resumption1 (2021) · source
“Mr. Espinosa Cañizares (Ecuador) (spoke in Spanish): As the Council recognized in presidential statement S/PRST/2021/22, which resulted from the fruitful debate of 9 November on exclusion, inequalities and conflicts (see S/PV.8900), there can be no sustainable development without peace or peace without sustainable development. Furthermore, as Kofi Annan put it, there will be no development without security and no security without development, and neither of the two without respect for human rights. Now, when we focus on how to achieve those goals, we must put United Nations system synergies into practice so that efforts include all existing interrelationships. In that regard, I am grateful for the briefings made this morning by the Secretary-General and all the Presidents of the principal organs of the United Nations (see S/PV.8906).”
2021-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8906Resumption1 (2021) · source
“Lastly, in coordination with the Economic and Social Council, the Security Council should take note of the economic dimensions of conflicts and encourage initiatives aimed at ensuring stable contexts for the involvement of civil society, academia and the private sector in order to preserve or mend the social fabric and promote more resilient societies. The survival of the sustaining peace agenda amid a global crisis requires our cross-cutting action. To ensure that it is effective, it also requires capacity- building in all regions of the world and resolute action by all States to reduce exclusion and inequality.”
2021-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8900Resumption1 (2021) · source
“We agree on the fact that security and development are mutually reinforcing. We now need to move forward with a coordinated international response. As an Organization, we must promote efforts to improve the security of health systems and infrastructure. We must promote access to safe drinking water and sanitation. We acknowledge that a considerable segment of the world’s poor live in rural areas and that rural communities play a key role in development and peacebuilding. The Security Council has the responsibility to support prevention mechanisms, in line with specific national contexts and priorities. It should also promote and implement resolution 1325 (2000), on women and peace and security, and resolution 2250 (2015), on youth and peace and security.”
2021-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8900Resumption1 (2021) · source
“We remain extremely concerned about the food situation in Haiti, as reflected in the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs humanitarian response plan, as well as in various reports of the Secretary-General, which reveal that more than 4 million people have been affected by acute food insecurity in the country. That is in contrast to the unjustifiable waste of more than 1 billion tons of food worldwide every year, according to estimates provided at the United Nations Food Systems Summit, held on 23 September. We have only eight years left to achieve Goal 16 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, on peace, justice and strong institutions. We have even less time remaining to address the factors that lead to fragile environments, such as climate change, extreme poverty and inequality.”
2021-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8900Resumption1 (2021) · source
“With the twin resolutions 2558 (2020) and 75/201 of 21 December 2020, the Security Council and the General Assembly reaffirmed that peacebuilding and sustaining peace should be considered as both an objective and a process in order to ensure that the needs of all segments of a State’s population are taken into account. The Security Council and its members should work together to facilitate the implementation of the comprehensive outcome of the 2020 review of the United Nations peacebuilding architecture, including with funding from the Peacebuilding Fund. Ecuador supports international initiatives, including, in particular, those promoted by the United Nations and the Council itself to overcome the cycle of food insecurity caused by conflict, which brings with it the risks of famine and severe malnutrition.”
2021-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8900Resumption1 (2021) · source
“Mr. Espinosa Cañizares (Ecuador) (spoke in Spanish): First of all, allow me to congratulate Mexico on its contribution to the work of the Security Council since January of this year, which is also reflected in the adoption of a substantive agenda for the month of November, under its presidency. I also thank the President of Mexico, the Secretary- General and Lourdes Tibán Guala, representative of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, for their substantive briefings earlier today. For Ecuador, today’s debate is crucial as it allows the Council and the Organization to focus on the issue of conflict prevention.”
2021-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8900Resumption1 (2021) · source
“The Secretary- General’s report on the Peacebuilding Fund (A/75/735) reports that some 450 women on the Colombian- Ecuadorian border have helped to formulate community strategies to prevent gender-based violence. The Fund’s contribution is valuable, but much more is needed. Ecuador co-sponsored resolution 2538 (2020), in which we urge the Secretary-General to continue implementing the system-wide strategy on gender parity and the gender parity strategy for uniformed personnel. Finally, Ecuador, which aspires to be elected to the Council for the period 2023-2024, will continue to support the efforts of this principal organ in the development and implementation of the women and peace and security agenda.”
2021-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8886Resumption1 (2021) · source
“Furthermore, Ecuador is in the process of incorporating more women in United Nations peace missions, where we already have women observers. We are only 24 months away from the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; what better way to commemorate it than by working towards its effective implementation? In that context, Ecuador reiterates its commitment to continuing to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women, as well as their participation in peacebuilding efforts and processes to enhance international security. The Peacebuilding Fund has supported institution-building activities in the border area between Ecuador and Colombia.”
2021-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8886Resumption1 (2021) · source
“How many more reports of the Secretary- General do we need to overcome that situation? How many more women and girls must lose their lives, whether in or outside of conflict situations? Our achievements remain far more modest than the outstanding challenges we face. There is no time to lose; it is time to take action and make investments. For that reason, Ecuador appreciates the fact that the Secretary- General’s report entitled Our Common Agenda focuses on security policies revolving around women and girls, based on conclusive observations of the connection between the equal participation of women in peacemaking activities and their effectiveness. I would like to point out that Ecuador’s Minister of Government, who is in charge of internal security, as well as the General Commander of the National Police, are both women.”
2021-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8886Resumption1 (2021) · source
“Simply facilitating women’s participation in responses to the crises would promote social cohesion, development and the prevention of violence. Although it has been proven that peace agreements facilitated or negotiated by women last longer — and, on that basis, the Council and the General Assembly have encouraged the greater participation of women at the local, regional and international levels — the percentage of women mediators remains low. Similarly, although the number of women in peace operations may have increased slightly in the first quarter of 2021, their participation in peace processes remains drastically low, as we anticipated at the Arria Formula meeting of the Security Council on 8 March and as reflected in the statistics contained in the report of the Secretary-General issued in September (S/2021/827).”
2021-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8886Resumption1 (2021) · source
“Mr. Espinosa Cañizares (Ecuador) (spoke in Spanish): I highlight Kenya’s work during its presidency of the Security Council and its leadership in heeding the request of the majority of delegations to resume more inclusive and enhanced methods of participation. What better opportunity is there to do so than on the occasion of this open debate commemorating the twenty-first anniversary of the adoption of resolution 1325 (2000), on women and peace and security? In the 2020 review of the peacebuilding architecture, Ecuador contributed to the assessment of the situation of women in conflict contexts. We regret that during the pandemic, there has been an increase in domestic violence, conflict- related sexual violence, trafficking, harassment and exploitation.”
2021-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8886Resumption1 (2021) · source