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Holguín Maldonado

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2023-01-12
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2023-02-24
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  1. “Lastly and most importantly, the Russian Federation must immediately end the unprovoked and unjustifiable war by withdrawing its occupying troops to allow for a realistic ceasefire aimed at restoring peace and security in Ukraine, based on respect for its sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence. Today, for all the children who have died, who have been injured and who continue to live under the spectre of bombs, we call for this war to not continue for even one more day.”

    2023-02-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9269 (2023) · source

  2. “Secondly, the abuse and partial application of Article 27, paragraph 3, of the Charter, whereby a party to a dispute must abstain from voting, must end. Thirdly, members of the Council must collectively or individually redouble their support for the efforts and good offices of the Secretary-General and inter-agency work. Fourthly, what better way is there to honour the lives of the victims of this conflict than by ensuring independent investigative mechanisms, accountability and reparations, as tools for providing remedy and deterrence?”

    2023-02-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9269 (2023) · source

  3. “How do we justify our actions to a generation of Ukrainians who one day woke up under the onslaught of bombs, missiles and ammunition to never again see their loved ones, because they either died or fled? How many other horrors must they endure for this absurd war to end? How many more Council meetings are needed to stop the military aggression against Ukraine? That brings me to my third and last point about what we still can and must do. First, the Council must unequivocally reject attempts to annex territories by force and violence as a tool of domination between States. This is not a vision of the West, as we have heard time and again; this is a sacred principle for developing countries, whose only arsenal is international law, and ammunition the provisions of the Charter.”

    2023-02-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9269 (2023) · source

  4. “For its part, on 16 March 2022, the International Court of Justice ordered the Russian Federation to immediately suspend its military operations, and the Secretary-General has been instrumental in implementing that order in terms of the evacuation of civilians, the release of prisoners and other humanitarian measures, including the Black Sea Grain Initiative. The International Atomic Energy Agency has also been deployed to Ukraine’s nuclear power plants to reduce the current risks. As I have stated, the United Nations is mobilized, but no effort will be enough to address the pain of the thousands of fathers and mothers who continue to bury their children and the tragic fate of the thousands of orphaned children.”

    2023-02-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9269 (2023) · source

  5. “Over the past 12 months that the United Nations system has been seized of the matter, the Security Council has met at least 40 times to consider the situation in Ukraine, and its President has been able to participate in the relevant meetings via video-teleconference. Through the “uniting for peace” mechanism, through its resolution 2623 (2022), the Security Council convened the eleventh emergency special session of the General Assembly, which adopted six resolutions focusing, inter alia, on territorial integrity (resolution ES-11/4), humanitarian issues (resolution ES-11/2), accountability (resolution ES-11/5) and — the subject of the resolution we adopted yesterday by an overwhelming majority (resolution ES-11/6) — the principles of the Charter of the United Nations underlying a comprehensive, just and lasting peace.”

    2023-02-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9269 (2023) · source

  6. “That warning was not enough to stop the use of explosives in populated areas and the attacks targeting critical energy, residential, health, educational and productive infrastructure and Ukrainian cultural identity and heritage sites, including museums and religious sites. The conflict, which is inflicting pain and destruction on the people of Ukraine, has moreover increased the nuclear threat, has exacerbated global food insecurity and has affected economies, particularly in developing countries. Likewise, it has also affected the dynamics of the work of the Council and confidence in the United Nations system, which brings me to my second point.”

    2023-02-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9269 (2023) · source

  7. “With 14 million people forced from their homes, 8 million refugees in Europe and almost 6 million internally displaced persons, those most affected are women and children. The war has left approximately 18 million people in need of protection and assistance. The loss of jobs and economic devastation have exacerbated this preventable tragedy and put human rights protection mechanisms under stress. Summary executions, sexual and gender-based violence, torture and other inhumane and degrading treatment are part of the cruel calculus of the war. A year ago, the Council was warned of how brutal and prolonged such an urban war would be.”

    2023-02-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9269 (2023) · source

  8. “In fact, 72 hours after it began, the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator briefed this organ (see S/PV.8983) on the horrific humanitarian situation. Among the hundreds of thousands of people who sought to flee Russia’s preposterous aggression, there were close to a thousand Ecuadorians, many of whom we had to evacuate through emergency operations in coordination with other South American countries, such as Colombia, Peru and Mexico. Many of the fleeing Ecuadorians provide a living testimony for us of the serious humanitarian consequences of the invasion that continue to worsen every day and every minute, even as we speak. The war is not solely focused on Ukraine — it was an attack against the world. It is also an aggression against Latin America.”

    2023-02-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9269 (2023) · source

  9. “Mr. Holguín Maldonado (Ecuador) (spoke in Spanish): I hank you, Sir, for convening this debate on the one-year anniversary of the military aggression against Ukraine. The first bombardments, which began while the Security Council was meeting in this very Chamber, crushed the diplomatic efforts of the international community and the plea by Secretary- General António Guterres, who called on the Russian Federation to give peace a chance. I will focus on three key points today: first, the grave humanitarian and global consequences of the war; secondly, what the Council and the United Nations have been able to do; and, thirdly, what is needed to restore peace and security. The consequences of the military aggression have been disastrous from its first day.”

    2023-02-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9269 (2023) · source

  10. “As the Secretary-General said, peace is a global public good that we must protect and manage. Ecuador agrees with that assessment. I want to assure you, Mr. President, that multilateralism is not on its deathbed. While some may want to attack and diminish it, those of us in the Council today have the utmost confidence that through the rule of law we can prevent the world from becoming a jungle of conflict. Rest assured, Sir, that in every decision and opportunity to contribute to stability and peace, Ecuador will be there to contribute with enthusiasm and determination.”

    2023-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9241 (2023) · source

  11. “In the current biennium, as a member of the Accountability, Coherence and Transparency group, Ecuador will support efforts to achieve greater accountability, coherence and transparency. We will continue to support the progressive development of international law and its codification, as well as the strengthening of international judicial institutions, especially the International Court of Justice. As the President of the Court said today, we need a strong system of international arbitration. I also reaffirm our full support for the work of the International Criminal Court and its mandate to end impunity for those responsible for international crimes, including genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. We will continue to promote the universalization of the Court and the strengthening of its relationship with the Council.”

    2023-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9241 (2023) · source

  12. “I therefore emphasize the urgency of putting an end to the aggression against Ukraine, which has caused pain, destruction and death and has exacerbated the nuclear threat. It is a flagrant violation of the principles and norms of international law established in the Charter and an attack on the entire system of international relations, undermining the foundations of global stability. I reiterate Ecuador’s belief that nuclear weapons have no place in a world order based on the rule of law among nations and its rejection of threats of their use. While recognizing the central role of the Security Council in the maintenance of international peace and security, I reiterate how important it is to strengthen it with more inclusive, modern and effective working methods.”

    2023-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9241 (2023) · source

  13. “We must coordinate efforts, particularly in the Security Council, to support States in their attempts to combat transnational organized crime and arms trafficking, whose adverse effects undermine security at all levels, diminishing the scope and effectiveness of actions aimed at ensuring peace, undermining the rule of law and democratic institutions and their values, promoting inequity and, worst of all, discouraging prosperity and entrepreneurship. The world needs the Council and its members to be the first to defend and respect the purposes of the Charter and to refrain from resorting to the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any State.”

    2023-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9241 (2023) · source

  14. “In addition, we are seeing the proliferation of hate speech, anti-multilateralism narratives, radicalization, violent extremism, corruption that destroys the social fabric and threatens democratic institutions, transnational organized crime and terrorism, all of which take us further away from achieving the central objective we set ourselves in 1945, which was to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, as proclaimed in the Charter of the United Nations, an instrument for world peace signed by my country as a founding member of the Organization.”

    2023-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9241 (2023) · source

  15. “The peace negotiations were successful, and in October we will mark 25 years since the signing of the peace agreements between Ecuador and Peru — a peace in favour of the rule of law between nations — with which we are moving forward in a relationship based on respect, friendship, cooperation and the common good. After the outbreak of the pandemic, the Secretary- General called for a global ceasefire as a first step towards permanent peace. Ecuador is well aware of the benefits of peace and the costs of war in terms of human lives and collateral damage and deplores the fact that armed conflicts continue to increase rather than diminish.”

    2023-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9241 (2023) · source

  16. “Mr. Holguín Maldonado (Ecuador) (spoke in Spanish): I thank Japan for organizing today’s open debate, which reminds us of the importance of promoting, strengthening and respecting the rule of law in the maintenance of international peace and security. I acknowledge the briefings by Secretary-General António Guterres, President Joan E. Donoghue of the International Court of Justice, and Mr. Dapo Akande. Several of the elements that they raised are key to addressing the current state of international conflicts. The last time Ecuador held a seat on the Security Council, we were involved in a border dispute with a neighbouring country that took the form of a war.”

    2023-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9241 (2023) · source