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1. “There are still a number of speakers remaining on my list for this meeting. Given the lateness of the hour, I intend, with the concurrence of members of the Council, to suspend the meeting until 3 p.m. The meeting was suspended at noon.”

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2. “I wish to remind all speakers to limit their statements to no more than four minutes in order to enable the Council to carry out its work expeditiously. Flashing lights on the collars of the microphones will prompt speakers to bring their remarks to a close after four minutes. I now give the floor to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Guatemala.”

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3. “For my Government and for me, personally, there is a standing debt since, one of our presidential candidates was assassinated. Similarly, in two caravans, we suffered armed attacks, and almost every day, over the past 60 days, we have received death threats, as have our ministers and their families. Peace is also a debt we owe to our voters, including many young people and women. In the first round of voting, 58 per cent of voters chose women, with an average age of 33. The most affected and marginalized groups therefore believed that a young 35-year-old candidate could make a difference. I must therefore do everything I can in order to help bring about that change. I hope that with the help and cooperation of everyone, we can do just that. I now resume my functions as President of the Council.”

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4. “It is our responsibility, as an elected member of the Council, to strengthen the efforts that were undertaken by other delegations to prevent armed violence. Wars, conflicts and transnational organized crime have one ingredient in common: weapons. For that very reason, on 15 December, we will hold an open debate on the threat posed to peace and security by the diversion, trafficking and misuse of weapons. Peace is the central promise of the Charter of the United Nations, but what peace can there be amid an upsurge in organized crime? We agree with the Secretary-General that peace is a global public good that we must protect and manage. I wanted to come personally to the Council to reiterate my Government’s commitment to the search for peace, which includes the threats that we are suffering within our borders.”

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5. “Fourteen years ago, France requested a meeting to address this issue under the theme of threats to international peace and security. Today we aim to continue that proposal by providing greater support to existing instruments and tools as well as by renewing the Council’s support for those efforts to combat transnational organized crime and terrorism. We also therefore joined France in proposing the presidential statement that was adopted by the Council (S/PRST/2023/6). We are grateful for the valuable support received from all delegations in that effort, and we are sure that it will be yet another tool to advance that effort. Tomorrow will also mark 14 years since the Security Council opened the debate on drug trafficking as a threat to international security, under the agenda of peace and security in Africa (see S/PV.6233).”

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6. “That is why one of my Government’s priorities is to support international cooperation and deploy all necessary efforts along our border areas and in the interior of the country to deal with all forms of violence. In the light of transnational threats, there is no alternative to a transnational response. The same thing was true for the pandemic — as long as one State is not safe, no other State can be. The Council should therefore encourage increased cooperation, capacity- building and technology transfer to overcome the challenges presented by security and cybersecurity threats. Early-warning mechanisms, crime prevention efforts and the promotion of criminal justice should be expanded and incorporated into peacekeeping and peacebuilding efforts. They are indispensable in cases of security sector reform.”

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7. “This is not merely a concept — historically, Ecuador has suffered from the impact of non-international armed conflicts that take place outside our country. Ecuador, which has long been considered a country of peace, has, in recent years, seen an unprecedented increase in violence, falling victim to transnational organized crime that seeks to influence the control of territory and weaken borders to benefit its routes. Murders in Ecuador have seen an unacceptable increase in recent years owing to the penetration of international criminal gangs. I reiterate what I said at my inauguration as Constitutional President of Ecuador — I believe in a State that has as its primary goal reducing violence and making progress a habit. Transnational crime demands a strong and timely transnational response.”

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8. “The Council also authorized, on 2 October, the deployment of a Multinational Security Support Mission to Haiti, which we hope can be formed as soon as possible under Kenya’s leadership. I would like to take this opportunity to reiterate Ecuador’s commitment to continuing to lead, jointly with the United States of America, on matters in the Council related to Haiti. Latin America and other regions of the world have also suffered from the connections between organized crime and insurgency. That threat generates instability and has become the basis of border conflicts and regional and global tensions. Ecuador has been affected by the wave of transnational organized crime, and its links with armed groups threaten the rule of law, State control and border security.”

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9. “In Haiti, for example, in 2023, approximately 4,000 people were killed, 1,500 wounded and nearly 3,000 kidnapped, solely in connection with gang violence. Over the past two years, more civilians have been killed in Haiti than in several conflicts involving multiple States in that same period. In the words of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, the situation is cataclysmic. The Council can, and must, exercise its responsibility in a cooperative way, whether the threat is traditional or emerging. It has done so on various subjects on its agenda, such as the Group of Five for the Sahel and the situation in Afghanistan and in Haiti.”

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10. “We must always remember that, tragically, such activities disproportionately harm women and girls. Transnational organized crime has caused more deaths than many of the global conflicts of the past 20 years combined. In that context, in order to combat the situation, the United Nations must take a comprehensive approach, in which the Security Council acts within its competence to promote peace for the entire international community. Resolution 1459 (2003) on the Kimberley Process, which seeks to eradicate blood diamonds, was adopted unanimously two decades ago. The resolution demonstrates that it is possible for the Council to have the capacity to contribute to cross-cutting efforts to address multidimensional challenges.”

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11. “I thank Ms. Nyanjura for her briefing. I shall now make a statement in my capacity as Constitutional President of the Republic of Ecuador. I thank Secretary-General António Guterres for his statement, which raises crucial points that the Security Council will need to consider with increasing urgency. I would also like to thank the briefers for their presentations. Their statements reflect the threat to peace and security posed by transnational organized crime. That threat has already been confirmed by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, civil society and academia. Illicit arms and drug trafficking, migrant smuggling and human trafficking are just some examples of the activities of criminal gangs that affect our citizens’ peace and our nations’ development.”

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12. “The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I wish to draw the attention of Council members to document S/2023/933, which contains the text of a letter dated 1 December 2023 from the Permanent Representative of Ecuador to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General. The Council has before it the text of a statement by the President on behalf of the Council on the subject of today’s meeting. I thank the Council members for their valuable contributions to this statement. In accordance with the understanding reached among the members of the Council, I shall take it that the members of the Security Council agree to the statement, which will be issued as a document of the Security Council under the symbol S/PRST/2023/6. I now give the floor to His Excellency Secretary- General António Guterres.”

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13. “In accordance with rule 39 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure, I invite the following briefers to participate in this meeting: Ms. Ghada Waly, Executive Director, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime;Ms. Melani Cammett, Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs in the Government Department at Harvard University; and Ms. Victoria Nyanjura, Founder and General Director of Women in Action for Women. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure, I also invite the following to participate in this meeting: Her Excellency Mrs. Hedda Samson, Chargé d’affaires a.i. of the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations; and His Excellency Mr. Paul Beresford-Hill, Permanent Observer of the Sovereign Order of Malta to the United Nations.”

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14. “I would like to warmly welcome the Secretary-General, the Ministers and the other high-level representatives present in the Security Council Chamber. Their presence today underscores the importance of the subject matter under discussion. In accordance with rule 37 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representatives of Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Egypt, El Salvador, Germany, Guatemala, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Italy, Kenya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Nigeria, Panama, Paraguay, the Philippines, Portugal, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Türkiye, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and Viet Nam to participate in this meeting.”

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