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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 1.05 p.m.”

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  2. “I would like 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 representative of Ukraine.”

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  3. “I shall now give the floor to those members of the Council who wish to make statements. I call on the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of Albania.”

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  4. “The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development calls for women’s full and effective inclusion, and Sustainable Development Goal target 16.4 calls for effectiveness in combating arms trafficking and all forms of organized crime. As a signatory to our shared commitments on women and peace and security, we support such participation. Security cannot be not achieved through the stockpiling of arms. On the contrary, it depends on ensuring the implementation of our arms-control architecture. In conclusion, I urge that the knotted gun we see here at Headquarters serve not only as an iconic sculpture but also as a guide for the Council’s efforts to curb the stockpiling and diversion of weapons with a view to silencing the guns. I resume my functions as President of the Council.”

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  5. “At the eighth Biennial Meeting of States to Consider the Implementation of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects, States recognized the need for the full and meaningful participation of women in all decision-making processes related to the Programme of Action and the International Tracing Instrument. The General Assembly has recognized women’s valuable contribution to arms-control decision-making, policy and practice, as well as the need to strengthen their participation in those processes, and the Council has also called for women’s full and effective participation in arms control.”

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  6. “Between 70 and 90 per cent of cases of conflict-related sexual violence involve the use of small arms, as we know from the information provided in the Secretary- General’s report on sexual violence in armed conflict (S/2023/413). It is therefore essential that the Council include provisions on the prevention of sexual violence in its various mandates. Resolution 2699 (2023), which authorized the deployment of the Multinational Security Support Mission to Haiti, is a good example of such provisions, which must be implemented. We should integrate a gender perspective into every stage of decision-making related to disarmament and security.”

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  7. “The Study also highlighted that more than 70 per cent of homicides in South America were carried out with small arms or light weapons. This is not merely a theoretical issue. The challenges are real. The aim of achieving more just and inclusive societies is being threatened by the destabilizing accumulation and unrestricted flow of firearms. Small arms are used as a primary tool in the smuggling of migrants, making those migrants, especially women and girls, extremely vulnerable to high-risk situations. Illegal arms trafficking has a major impact on women and girls, including through the sexual violence perpetrated against them.”

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  8. “Smart stockpile management systems, weapons and ammunition marking, and identification and tracing in contexts of conflict and crime can also contribute as long as they are universally accessible and are aimed at protecting people, above the interests of production. This brings me to my third and final point: the leadership of women and the differential impact of weapons on women and girls. Today Ecuador is in mourning because of firearms. Five months old, three years old, five years old and seven years old — those are the ages of four children who were murdered in cowardly attacks with firearms. According to the Global Study on Homicide 2023, homicides have claimed a higher number of lives than conflict-related killings in recent years.”

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  9. “The same thing happens with parts and components produced through prefabricated kits that allow for home manufacturing and pose a greater challenge for national security bodies in their detection, registration and tracing efforts. In the context of rapid technological change, it is forecast that the threat will continue to grow exponentially and take on unpredictable proportions, undermining international peace and security. To overcome that, close cooperation among States is required, through information exchanges and capacity-building. The challenges posed by emerging technologies can be overcome with more, not less, technology.”

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  10. “Ecuador is concerned about the threats to peace, security and stability posed by the large-scale influx of arms and munitions into any conflict situation. That is why we should encourage higher standards in the marking, registration and traceability of weapons and ammunition, which leads me to my second point. It is crucial for the Council to address the impact of new technologies on the illicit trafficking of small arms and light weapons. As reflected in the Secretary- General’s most recent report (S/2023/823), illicit production has made use of various methods, such as additive manufacturing, through 3D printing or reverse engineering processes.”

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  11. “Also, through the presidential statement contained in document S/PRST/2023/6, which we adopted recently, the Council expressed its grave concern at the illicit transfer, destabilizing accumulation and misuse of small arms and light weapons, which pose threats to peace, cause losses of human life and contribute to instability and insecurity. Furthermore, the Council has encouraged international cooperation and assistance for States that request it in order to strengthen their judicial, implementation and border control capacities in order to ensure the adoption of national, regional and international measures aimed at avoiding the illicit trafficking of weapons to transnational organized crime organizations.”

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  12. “Since then, it has adopted four other resolutions, including 2457 (2019), dedicated to the African Union’s emblematic initiative, Silencing the Guns in Africa. Today we have a robust framework, but greater efforts are needed to implement it around the world. Which Council agenda item does not involve weapons? What greater aim does the Council have than peace and security or the protection of civilians? How better to commemorate, in 2024, the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, than by strengthening arms control work? Resolution 2700 (2023) expanded the arms embargo in Haiti to prevent illicit trafficking and diversion towards unauthorized actors, which is a concrete example of the Council’s direct role.”

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  13. “The first regards implementation. To face those challenges, there must be synergy between the system’s bodies. On 4 December, the General Assembly adopted the Global Framework for Through-life Conventional Ammunition Management (see General Assembly resolution 78/47). There is also a need for close cooperation between, and support for existing mechanisms, including the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects, the fourth Review Conference of which will be held in just six months’ time. The Council must of course do its part, and we are not starting from scratch. Ten years ago, the Council adopted its first thematic resolution on the illicit transfer, destabilizing accumulation and misuse of small arms and light weapons (resolution 2117 (2013)).”

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  14. “I thank Ms. Mutota for her briefing. I shall now make a statement in my capacity as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility of Ecuador. I thank the Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Mrs. Izumi Nakamitsu, the Deputy Director of the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, Ms. Cécile Aptel, and the representative of civil society, Ms. Folade Mutota, for their valuable briefings. As the President of the Republic of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa Azín, mentioned some weeks ago in this same Chamber (see S/PV.9497), wars, conflict and transnational organized crime share a common ingredient: weapons. In fact, one of Ecuador’s five priorities in the Security Council indeed relates to combating illicit arms trafficking. In today’s debate, I will focus on three central points.”

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  15. “The Security Council will now begin its consideration the item on its agenda. I wish to draw the attention of Council members to document S/2023/823, which contains the report of the Secretary-General on small arms and light weapons, and to document S/2023/954, which contains the text of a letter dated 4 December 2023 from the Permanent Representative of Ecuador to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General, transmitting a concept noted on the item under consideration. I now give the floor to Mrs. Nakamitsu.”

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  16. “In accordance with rule 39 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure, I invite the following briefers to participate in this meeting: Mrs. Izumi Nakamitsu, Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs. Cécile Aptel, Deputy Director of the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research; and Ms. Folade Mutota, Executive Director, Women’s Institute for Alternative Development. 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, Chargée d’affaires a.i. of the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations; and Ms. Laetitia Courtois, Permanent Observer and Head of Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross to the United Nations.”

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  17. “I would like to warmly welcome the ministers and other high-level representatives. 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, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Iraq, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Mauritania, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, the Republic of Korea, Romania, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, South Africa, Türkiye and Ukraine to participate in this meeting.”

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