UN General Assembly
1969

concern to the Assembly at the current session, the Government of Ecuador has well-defined views and clear policies, all of which derive from its behaviour as a peace-loving State, always desirous of strengthening its ties with the other countries of the continent and with all the other countries of the world. 5. The Government of Ecuador believes that if this year’s discussions are to achieve any result, all representatives must seek to strengthen the world Organization, to recognize the broad powers of the Assembly laid down in the Charter, to attribute to the Security Council as a matter of right and priority the use of coercive means, to give unreserved support to general and complete disarmament, a process that will start in men’s hearts and minds and take practical form in the field of international relations. In this connexion, my Government and I myself believe that all types of testing of nuclear and thermo-nuclear weapons should cease and that the use of chemical and biological weapons should be banned immediately. We believe that