UN General Assembly
2011

Palestine into two States, on 24 December 2010 the Government of Ecuador, in a gesture of historic justice, recognized Palestine as a free and independent State, within its 1967 borders and with East Jerusalem as its capital. My country therefore gave its full support to accepting Palestine’s request to become a full State Member of the United Nations, as formally requested by the Palestinian President a few days ago. We also support all initiatives directed towards consolidating lasting peace, to benefit not only Palestine and Israel, but the entire region. This is a historic time for the United Nations, and Ecuador hopes that the Organization will rise to the occasion. Concerning our region, Ecuador once again firmly condemns the economic, trade and financial blockade imposed by the United States of America against Cuba and demands the immediate and unconditional lifting of all unilateral measures imposed in an extraterritorial fashion by that country against our sister Caribbean nation. The blockade has inflicted serious economic, social and even humanitarian suffering on the population. With regard to the United Nations Conference on