UN General Assembly
2024

We hope this agreement will be finalised soon, and that **Galápagos**, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, will serve as the **signing venue** for this instrument. --- **Closing** **Mr President,** Security, transnational organised crime, and climate change are some of the **key challenges** facing humanity today. They demand expanded use of **global cooperation mechanisms** and **development financing**. Ecuador believes in the urgent need to **transform global governance** and its institutions to restore their **legitimacy** and avoid their **irrelevance**. This includes both the **Bretton Woods institutions** and the **United Nations** itself. Improving the UN system’s organs is not an end in itself, but a means to achieve the greater goal: **peace and security in the world**. To that end, a **stronger and more effective Security Council** must be matched by a **modern and effective General Assembly**. We must reaffirm this Assembly’s central role while the **Security Council is reformed**. Ecuador recognises that it is a **non-permanent member** whose term ends in December 2024, and also knows that **elected members**, when united, play a **fundamental role**. We must continue down this path.