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Lasso Mendoza

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first: 2013-02-12
most recent: 2015-02-23
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“We would like to make an appeal that in circumstances of conflict and potential threats to international peace and security what should be used, with a sufficiently gradual approach and based on subsidiarity, are the provisions of Chapter VI on the peaceful settlement of disputes and the principles of Chapter VIII on regional agreements. I would like to recall that Ecuador is part of an area of peace declared by the Heads of State and Government of the Community of Latin America and Caribbean States. By the same token, the Secretary- General has the prestige of his Office at his disposal to exercise preventive diplomacy with the aim of avoiding the deteriorating conditions of instability wherever they arise.”
2015-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7389 (2015) · source
“There is no shortage of examples in the recent history of the world where lack of respect for those principles, even in some cases under authorization of the Security Council, has led to situations of greater political, military and economic insecurity,as compared to what existed prior to foreign interventions, as in certain cases - I reiterate - when the Council itself was unable to prevent unilateral military interventions. Although the Charter of the United Nations, with the aim of preserving international peace and security, envisioned a series of mechanisms that should be used, we find an increase in the number of resolutions adopted by the Security Council under the provisions of Chapter VII of the Charter.”
2015-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7389 (2015) · source
“That principle, together with the principle of non-intervention in the internal affairs of States, is a guarantee for the independence of all our countries and protection against the ambitions of States that, given their economic or military might, aim to impose social systems and their recipes for development on other nations. The first concern of the Council, as guarantor of international peace and security, must be that the principles of sovereign equality and non-interference in the internal affairs of other States are respected.”
2015-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7389 (2015) · source
“Effective action by the Security Council requires that its actions be based on respect for the principles on which the United Nations was created and framed in the functions and powers that the Charter gives it. The purposes and principles are the measuring rod against which the actions of the Council are to be judged. Among the primary purposes set forth in the Charter of the Organization are the maintenance of international peace and security and the peaceful settlement of disputes. Efforts to achieve those purposes must be carried out in conformity with the principles set out in Article 2, the first of which is the sovereign equality of States.”
2015-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7389 (2015) · source
“The end of that war also saw the first military use of an atomic weapon, which, in the hands ofa few Powers today, has the ability to wipe out all of humankind. The world's people, through their Governments, in order to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war - as the Preamble of the Charter of the United Nations puts it - created this Organization based on several fundamental principles of international relations and endowed its bodies with different functions, including the General Assembly, where all Member States of the Organization participate, and the Security Council, to which the States assigned the main function of maintaining international peace and security.”
2015-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7389 (2015) · source
“Mr. Lasso Mendoza (Ecuador) (spoke in Spanish): Before beginning my statement, I would like express to you, Mr. President, my best wishes on the occasion of the lunar new year. I also wish to extend my best wishes to all who are celebrating that holiday. I also wish to congratulate China for having proposed a subject for today's open debate that is particularly relevant as we prepare to celebrate the seventieth anniversary of the founding of the United Nations. The United Nations emerged as a response of the international community to the horrors of a war whose fronts spanned almost two thirds of the planet and which killed about 75 million people. Approximately 40 million of them were civilians - many victims of genocide, mass bombings, disease and famine.”
2015-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7389 (2015) · source
“In that context, we also hope that the opinions of troop-contributing countries will be taken into account and serve as evidence in the decisions that the Security Council adopts when it comes to peacekeeping operations.”
2014-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7277 (2014) · source
“In that respect, I would like to express my country's hope that shall one day be able to refer to MINUSTAH as the last peacekeeping operation to have been established in the zone of peace called Latin America. As a result, it is important to maintain the correct and proper management of the situation at this time so that its final stage will be successful. The decisions taken with regard to MINUSTAH must therefore ensure the sustainability of the progress achieved. To that end, we need a gradual and responsible drawdown strategy that corresponds to the development of the situation on the ground and not simply to budgetary factors. Deliberations on information that is unrelated to the situation on the ground could have undesirable consequences for Haiti and the United Nations.”
2014-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7277 (2014) · source
“Secondly and more specifically, there are crucial factors on the ground that do not suggest the appropriateness of an acceleration of MINUSTAH's consolidation process, as called for by resolution 2180 (2014). I am referring specifically to, first, the political and security situation in Haiti, which has not seen a substantive improvement; and, secondly, to progress in professionalizing the Haitian National Police, whose current plan will not be concluded until 2016; and, thirdly, to the uncertainty surrounding the electoral process for 2014 and 2016. In conclusion, and as I said on 11 September, the development of Latin America at all levels in recent years has made it possible for the Heads of State and Government of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States to declare the region a zone of peace.”
2014-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7277 (2014) · source
“At the same time, I believe that decisions that are taken with regard to MINUSTAH's consolidation should be based above all on information concerning the situation on the ground, which would make it possible to act on the basis of the principles of objectivity, transparency and justice. In that task, the role of the Secretariat - along with those of the Security Council and the troop-contributing countries - is especially important within the framework of triangular cooperation. At a time when the decisions of the United Nations and in particular the Security Council are under constant scrutiny by the international community within the context of a major debate on the need for its reform, I believe that the principles I have just mentioned are crucial.”
2014-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7277 (2014) · source
“Mr. Lasso Mendoza (Ecuador) (spoke in Spanish): While we endorse the consensus and the democratic process, I have asked through you, Madam President, to speak to the Security Council once again, within the framework of the process to renew the mandate of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), in my capacity as representative of a troop-contributing country and in the desire to express my delegation's concern with regard to the adoption of resolution 2180 (2014) based on the following reasons. First, as I noted in the Chamber on 11 September (see S/PV.7262), a little over a month ago, my country attaches the utmost priority to the situation in Haiti and is therefore always willing to contribute and to provide the necessary assistance so that this brotherly country can overcome its difficulties.”
2014-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7277 (2014) · source
“As has been demanded by Palestine, the Arab countries and the countries of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries, we too demand that the members of the Security Council act more forcefully and not give more time to the aggressor to conclude at whatever cost strategic tasks that are not necessarily our own. We demand more boldness and determination in the face of a situation of abuse and disproportionate violence by Israel against Palestine, which also have negative repercussions on the stability of the entire Middle East region. The Security Council should always act without gross biases in any situation that it is called upon to address.”
2014-07-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7222 (2014) · source
“My country therefore fully recognizes the State of Palestine within the pre- 1967 borders and with East Jerusalem as its capital. My delegation wishes to recall that, two years ago, the General Assembly welcomed the State of Palestine as an observer member of the United Nations. That vast majority of States is now waiting to see the State of Palestine soon become a fully fledged member of the General Assembly. That has not been possible to date owing to the obvious action of one of the members of the Security Council. In the light of the foregoing, it is essential that we recall the crucial obligation of the United Nations to maintain international peace and security. The Security Council has the main responsibility for fulfilling that task.”
2014-07-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7222 (2014) · source
“The defence of a country and its right to defend itself under no circumstances justifies subjecting thousands of innocent civilians to pain and suffering or flouting what we know as international law. We must start by acknowledging what this very body, the United Nations, has historically prescribed, namely, that the two-State solution is the only way to permanently end such unlawful subjugation as a result of Israel's illegal occupation of Palestine. At the same time, the blockade of the Gaza Strip, the settlement policy, the wall and the arbitrary arrest of Palestinian civilians must also cease. Ecuador firmly believes in the just cause of the Palestinian people to exercise their right to self- determination and independence.”
2014-07-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7222 (2014) · source
“Mr. Lasso Mendoza (Ecuador) (spoke in Spanish): The Government of Ecuador has strongly condemned the disproportionate military operations of the Israeli army against the civilian population of the Gaza Strip, which have caused several hundred casualties - men, women and children, all of whom were innocent - without to date seeing any clear evidence ofa halt to the violence. Given such facts, the Government of Ecuador has demanded and urges the immediate suspension of the aggression against the Palestinian civilian population and calls on the State of Israel to exercise maximum restraint and to act in accordance with international law and international humanitarian law.”
2014-07-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7222 (2014) · source
“We believe it is crucial to promote the reform of the Security Council, an organ with an outdated structure that maintains unacceptable privileges for certain States to the detriment of others. We must conclude negotiations on the matter and proceed to Security Council reform, thereby making the actions of that body more democratic and transparent. My country vigorously rejects the extraterritorial application of national laws, spying on Heads of State or Government, the application of unilateral measures, the practice of selective assassinations, as well as the use or the threat of the use of force without express authorization from the Security Council. For Ecuador, the gradual universalization of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court is a huge step in favour of the rule of law at the international level.”
2014-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7113 (2014) · source
“In that respect, we have the utmost faith in the work done by the General Assembly, the role of which cannot be and should not be replaced by committees of eminent individuals or by international forums outside the General Assembly, which is the highest legislative body of the Organization and the only international forum with sufficient authority to lead the process of development and strengthen the rule of law. In accordance with that value, we cannot accept that officials of the Secretariat might claim to be supervisors of the implementation of the rule of law at the national level, nor can we accept the establishment of a single model that would be imposed on the entire world or the linking of compliance with the supposed parameters ofthe rule of law to international assistance for the development of poor countries.”
2014-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7113 (2014) · source
“Consequently, the maintenance of international peace and security necessarily involves strengthening regional support for democracy. By strengthening the sovereign decisions of peoples and their legitimately constituted Governments, the possibility of violence is diminished. In that regard, I should point out the existence of the democracy clause agreed to by the Heads of State of the Union of South American Nations, which seeks to guarantee democracy in the region. My delegation continues to attach particular importance to the development of the rule of law at the international level.”
2014-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7113 (2014) · source
“My delegation believes that it is essential to make a very clear distinction between violence and conflict situations, as was pointed out clearly by the delegations of Brazil and Nicaragua during the debate on sustainable development goals. While violence can be the result of individual actions without any connection to international relations, conflicts and wars can be the result of political decisions- which implies that different types of response are required to the two situations. While conflicts and wars can be tackled through collective actions, strictly based on the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations, violence is a matter that comes under the purview of the authorities of each country and is subject to national legislation.”
2014-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7113 (2014) · source
“We feel that it is also crucial to establish the root causes of conflicts, and we reject any effort to link them to poverty, perversely imputing responsibility to poor countries, forgetting the fact that those who manufacture weapons in industrialized countries are part of the problem and that they aggravate the problem through their financial and logistical support as well as with the shipment of weapons of all calibres to groups of combatants. Looking for the roots of conflicts solely in internal factors is absurd and hypocritical, because it seeks to avoid recognizing that the use of force without express authorization by the Security Council is one of the main sources of conflicts in the world.”
2014-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7113 (2014) · source
“We believe that a strong State with effective institutions is crucial in order to promote the development of a country, not only guaranteeing security for its citizens and ensuring respect for sovereignty but also preventing abuses by certain economic parties to the detriment of the majority of the population. We reiterate our traditional commitment to the rule of law at both the national and the international levels, two areas that are equally important and complementary. There can be no progress if one of them is ignored.”
2014-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7113 (2014) · source
“Mr. Lasso Mendoza (Ecuador) (spoke in Spanish): It is a special pleasure for my country to participate in this open debate organized by the presidency of the Security Council under the leadership of the representative of Lithuania, whom we thank for this opportunity. My country firmly believes that the existence of a set of common values and principles forms the basis of harmonious coexistence. Under those premises, we consider the rule of law as a pillar of governance and of peaceful coexistence among citizens and nations. That is why we defend the equality of citizens before the law and the sovereign equality of States as set forth in the Charter of the United Nations.”
2014-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7113 (2014) · source
“At the same time, I wish to express our solidarity with the other countries of the region that are also suffering from Israeli military occupation, in complete disrespect for the rights of their peoples.”
2013-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7047 (2013) · source
“Or perhaps it is seeking to continue its unilateral and arbitrary policy that brings about unjust suffering and denies the rights of the Palestinian people, in flagrant violation of international law, in complete contradiction with common sense and to the detriment of the hope that the human species has for itself and for a future of peace and reconciliation. I wish to reiterate the solidarity extended by Ecuador to the Palestinian State and people on 26 September during the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries, with a view to their just cause being realized through the exercise of their inalienable right to self-determination and freedom in an independent Palestinian State with its 1967 borders and with East Jerusalem as its capital.”
2013-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7047 (2013) · source
“It is like so many other blemishes of the past, which we cannot, and should not, erase, for it is from our historical mistakes that we learn, and we have an ethical duty to not repeat them. Based on that premise, it is worth asking: what is Israel seeking? We assume it is searching for a definitive solution to promote the peaceful coexistence of its State side by side with a Palestinian one, to restore justice, dignity and the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people and to contribute to the long-awaited peace and security of the entire region.”
2013-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7047 (2013) · source
“The Israeli behaviour to which I refer leads to systematic practices prohibited by international law, including human rights law, international humanitarian law and the Charter of the United Nations itself. More specifically, I refer here to the illegal occupation of territories, the unstoppable settlement activities, the blockade on the Gaza Strip, the construction of the separation wall, constant provocations, incitement to religious conflicts and clashes, the excessive use of force against Palestinian civilians through military raids and the arrest of more Palestinians. My country, Ecuador, considers it unfortunate to see how Israel carries out such practices of military control over another people.”
2013-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7047 (2013) · source
“Mr. Lasso Mendoza (Ecuador) (spoke in Spanish): I should like to begin by thanking you, Mr. President, for having opened the door for an exchange of views on the situation in the Middle East, including, of course, the Palestinian question. The question of Palestine continues to be a concern for nearly everyone. In spite of the recent resumption of dialogue and negotiations based on the relevant resolutions of the United Nations, the Madrid principles, the Arab Peace Initiative and the Quartet road map, the occupying Power has continued its abusive behaviour - a situation that serves to sow mistrust and instability with respect to the ongoing negotiation process.”
2013-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7047 (2013) · source
“The high contracting parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention should also be called upon to fulfil their responsibilities, as those actions constitute serious violations. Finally, Ecuador reaffirms its commitment to recognizing Palestine as a full Member State, which is its just status. We need to increase calls upon all countries around the world to recognize Palestine. That is the peace that the majority on our planet demands.”
2013-07-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7007 (2013) · source
“My country recognizes that these borders should be those of 1967, in accordance with relevant resolutions of the United Nations, including Security Council resolutions, the Madrid terms of reference and the Arab Peace Initiative of 2002. Palestine, with the support of the international community, is committed to peace on that basis. Israel, the occupying Power, is rejecting a peaceful solution with its settlement policy, the construction of a separating wall, land confiscations, house demolitions, the displacement of civilians and unlawful detentions. Settler terrorism against the Palestinians on their lands should be condemned. The Security Council itself should be called upon to meet its obligations under the Charter in that regard.”
2013-07-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7007 (2013) · source
“My country believes that it is time to restart the peace process, which has been stalled since 2010, and insists that it be a credible and serious process based on clear parameters and framed within a specific timeline. President Abbas has responded that any peace proposal must first be political and never subsumed by economic arguments. In reference to the economic plan proposed by United States Secretary of State John Kerry, he has been clear in his rejection of temporary agreements and provisional borders that sidestep political solutions. President Abbas has called on the Government of Israel to come to the negotiating table with specific maps in order to have borders on the basis of which it will be possible to reach a final agreement.”
2013-07-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7007 (2013) · source
“Mr. Lasso Mendoza (Ecuador) (spoke in Spanish): Mr. President, I would like to begin by thanking you for convening today's open debate, which allows us to express our points of view on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestine question. The Government of Ecuador expresses once again its concern over the Security Council's prolonged management of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The intransigence of Israel, with its illegal colonization policy, has closed every door to a bilateral solution. Therefore, it is time for the parties to seek an alternative to the conflict in order to achieve peace between the State of Palestine and Israel.”
2013-07-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7007 (2013) · source
“At a time when that is what we are seeking today, it seems that when haste is placed before rigour, the result is politicization. In conclusion, I cannot fail to mention that the type of indiscriminate electronic monitoring that the world's citizens have experienced in recent weeks can also jeopardize the lives of journalists and their sources, especially in situations of armed conflict. As an associated State of the Common Market of the South, Ecuador endorses the comments of the Permanent Representative of Brazil this morning with regard to the need to adopt multilateral rules governing the Internet, in order to ensure the protection communications, the privacy of individuals and respect for the sovereignty of States.”
2013-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7003Resumption1 (2013) · source
“The first one, this year, involving Fausto Baldiveso, is currently being investigated. My country's prosecutor and police have detained seven suspects to date, all of whom have been linked to usury and drug trafficking in the past. The other case, of 2012, involves Juan Antonio Serrano Selgado, the brother of Ecuador's Minister of the Interior, a photojournalist who was murdered by a group of young people who had been taking drugs. According to the investigations to date, neither of those two unfortunate cases are linked to the journalistic lives of those citizens. When Ms. Kathleen Carroll read out this morning a list of countries - an incomplete one at that, without context or qualification - she was undertaking a perverse exercise that belied a lack of serious and honest journalism.”
2013-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7003Resumption1 (2013) · source
“In our View, the ever-present risk of politicizing matters related to the protection of human rights, in this case forjournalists, by taking them to bodies that are eminently political, as is undoubtedly the case of the Security Council, weakens the necessary message of complete and total respect of the human rights of all human beings. At least this is our reading and our understanding; of course, there are many others. Who knows how many other readings there may be? A number of opinions have been expressed on this very same issue, and from this diversity everyone will draw their own conclusions. That brings us to an issue that should be key and ineluctable - context. Journalists have died in my country. There were recently two disturbing cases in Ecuador.”
2013-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7003Resumption1 (2013) · source
“As on other occasions, my delegation reiterates its appeal for respect for the basic mandates of the various United Nations bodies in order to avoid ineffective duplication of effort and, above all, distortions from the appropriate treatment that these issues deserve. While we value the attention that the Council and UNESCO are now giving to the safety ofjournalists, we believe that it is up to the Human Rights Council specifically, and its Special Rapporteur in general, to address the issue ofjournalists' safety, in particular because of the valuable tools at its disposal, including its emergency appeals and its universal periodic review mechanism.”
2013-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7003Resumption1 (2013) · source
“The presence ofjournalists in the midst of armed conflicts has helped societies to better understand the horrors of war and clearly understand who are the true aggressors and who are the people exercising their right to self- defence and self-determination. This role of a committed, independent and truthful journalist must be protected. However, we believe it necessary to reflect on the situation of those who, in the exercise of journalistic activities, are really more the agents of propaganda, even if involuntary, of one of the Powers in conflict when they are embedded in military units that are subject to censorship behind which war crimes are often hidden. There are ethical and ontological considerations in that regard that should not be overlooked in this debate.”
2013-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7003Resumption1 (2013) · source
“In that context, Ecuador condemns the deaths of all civilians and non-combatants - most certainly including journalists - as a result of collateral damage in actions not directed against military objectives, as defined by the laws ofwar, or in extrajudicial executions, which are illegal under international law and may even be carried these days using remote-controlled means that do not distinguish between armed combatants and civilian populations, includingjournalists, who must be protected in all circumstances. A second element underpinning the need to protect journalists in armed conflicts is the right of society to have access to truthful information, and its corresponding right, that of freedom of expression.”
2013-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7003Resumption1 (2013) · source
“We must, however, be careful not to consider that every murder of an individual who happens to be a journalist is necessarily an infringement of the freedom of expression when in reality it may simply be a case of common crime. In every circumstance, Ecuador calls on all States not to allow the killing ofjournalists to go unpunished. The specific theme oftoday's debate is the protection of journalists in armed conflict. This protection is defined, first and foremost, as that which international humanitarian law grants to civilians in cases of armed conflict.”
2013-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7003Resumption1 (2013) · source
“Mr. Lasso Mendoza (Ecuador) (spoke in Spanish): I should like to thank the United States presidency for convening this debate on the security of journalists in armed conflict. To me personally as a professional journalist, this subject is ofparticular interest, as it is for my country, which is a champion of the right of access by all to truthful, timely and verified information. It is important to note the duty of States to protect all their citizens in any situation that puts their lives at risk as a result of criminal and delinquent activities. This protection should be for all, regardless of condition or profession.”
2013-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7003Resumption1 (2013) · source
“The gross injustice manifested by the current international economic system does not guarantee equitable access to natural resources; it generates high levels of underdevelopment and social exclusion in many regions. Clearly, such injustice lies at the root of the violence that continues to overwhelm many societies. Finally, my delegation cannot fail to recall the many victims of armed conflict caused by the unbridled ambition of certain countries seeking access to the natural resources of other sovereign States. Those conflicts are even more painful when they occur under the cover of humanitarian intervention. Our efforts should seek to guarantee the access of all humankind to the resources necessary for life and development, within the framework of respect for the rights of nature.”
2013-06-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6982Resumption1 (2013) · source
“There is a common but differentiated global responsibility, given that the wealthy countries are the largest polluters, whereas the countries of the South possess the greatest natural heritage and supply society with environmental resources to the benefit of all humankind. The redistribution of global income in an effort to achieve equitable sharing of global wealth would help to prevent conflicts over natural resources, including ongoing conflicts and those that have occurred in the past in various regions worldwide. In that sense, we believe that unrestrained economic growth is impossible; therefore, this unbridled trend must be limited by authentic paths to sustainability.”
2013-06-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6982Resumption1 (2013) · source
“In this regard, Ecuador emphasizes the following points, which we believe should guide this debate: respect for the principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, especially those of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of States and of non-intervention; and people-centred objectives to promote human and economic and social rights and sustainable development. Such objectives do not restrict or limit the leading role of the State on its national territory; to the contrary, they strengthen it. On the basis of those principles, my delegation believes that it is important to bear in mind two cross- cutting aspects of the prevention of conflicts linked to natural resources.”
2013-06-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6982Resumption1 (2013) · source
“I must, however, reiterate my country's steadfast rejection of ongoing attempts to bring matters linked to development and all that it entails, including the responsible and sustainable use of natural resources, into the field of security and thus under the jurisdiction of the Council, because we believe that the appropriate forums in which to address such topics of universal interest are the General Assembly and Economic and Social Council. The Constitution of Ecuador establishes the right to a decent life, towards which the use and responsible management of natural resources is oriented, respecting their limits and vital cycles. This mandate is reflected in the National Plan for Good Living, which seeks to achieve the sustainable and comprehensive development of the human being.”
2013-06-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6982Resumption1 (2013) · source
“Mr. Lasso Mendoza (Ecuador) (spoke in Spanish): Like almost all other speakers, I would like to begin by expressing our condemnation of the attack on the United Nations facilities in Mogadishu, our solidarity with the families of the victims whose lives it claimed, and our certainty that the attack will not deter the efforts of the United Nations and African Union to support Somalia on its path to stability and development. My delegation welcomes the opportunity to set out its position on this topic because, for Ecuador, it is important to discuss different approaches to and visions of conflict prevention and natural resources.”
2013-06-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6982Resumption1 (2013) · source
“In conclusion, Ecuador appeals to the international community to continue to support the request submitted by the President of Palestine to promote it from the category of Observer State to that of a full-fledged Member State of the United Nations, within the 1967 borders and with East Jerusalem as its capital. That is the only way that we will achieve peace and security in the Middle East and thus peace for all Member States of the United Nations.”
2013-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6950Resumption1 (2013) · source
“My country, Ecuador, believes that it is now time to implement the Declaration of the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Rule of Law at the National and International Levels (resolution 67/1), which is applicable to all States in equal measure and to international organizations, including the United Nations and its principal bodies, so that the respect and promotion of the rule of law and justice guides all their activities. In that respect, my delegation would like to call upon the Security Council to abandon its passive attitude towards Israeli abuses, as that leads, to a certain extent, to the Council's becoming complicit in them.”
2013-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6950Resumption1 (2013) · source
“After 28 November 2012, in direct contravention of the peace process, Israel intensified its settlement activity in the occupied West Bank, and the situation deteriorated further with illegal and arbitrary detentions of Palestinians and the death of some of those detained. In the same vein, the demolition of houses has caused Palestinians to be displaced to neighbouring countries, undermining the entire peace process and inviting the condemnation of the international community against Israel. Another Israeli reaction to the recognition of the Observer State of Palestine was the withholding, for the past few months, of Palestinian tariff revenues, in complete disregard of the 1994 Paris Protocol, which was signed by Israel and is still in force.”
2013-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6950Resumption1 (2013) · source
“It is time to seek out mechanisms that allow us to make progress in the efforts for peace and to enhance the capacity of the State of Palestine to meet the security needs of its own people. It is up to the Security Council to assume its responsibility for having enabled the continued Israeli violations of international law, which has allowed that country to maintain a status of immunity and impunity. After the adoption of resolution 67/ 19, the Israeli Government announced that it would not recognize Palestine as a State or recognize any change in the situation of Palestinians.”
2013-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6950Resumption1 (2013) · source
“In that context, the issue of Palestine has raised the international community's awareness of the question of what the United Nations should do. Member States should, now more than ever, be interested in ensuring the implementation of existing international laws and resolutions that advocate an end to the abusive use of force by Israel in Palestine. One hundred and thirty Member States of this Organization supported the appeal made by the President of the Palestinian Authority on 29 November 2012 to grant Palestine the status of Observer State. That is an important achievement that must be supported and must serve as the basis for full-fledged recognition of the State of Palestine.”
2013-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6950Resumption1 (2013) · source
“Mr. Lasso Mendoza (Ecuador) (spoke in Spanish): We would like to thank Rwanda, as President of the Security Council for this month, for convening this meeting,. My delegation would like to express our views on the situation in the Middle East and the question of Palestine. We take note of the statement by Mr. Jeffrey Feltman, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs. My delegation would like to align itself with the statement made by the Chairman of the Non-Aligned Movement. The Government of Ecuador reiterates its concern over the protracted discussions in the Security Council on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. At this time of international political and economic upheaval, it is important to struggle for a just international system.”
2013-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6950Resumption1 (2013) · source