Ecuador's foreign minister, speaking in the Trusteeship Council Chamber, outlines four-priority plan to strengthen the United Nations

The speaker, who identified herself as Foreign Minister of Ecuador and president of the General Assembly, urged the United Nations to be a home for all people and outlined a four-point agenda to rebuild the organization's credibility and effectiveness.

She said countries and citizens perceive a gap "between the promises we make and the needs of their daily lives," and warned that "without action, words are empty." The diplomat cited her own mediation experience: "As Foreign Minister of Ecuador, I hosted talks between the Colombian government and the ELN," offering that practical record as grounding for proposals to make diplomacy and prevention central to the UN's work.

The candidate-style platform begins with prevention. "I will establish a prevention and early action hub in my office to ensure that early warnings lead to timely responses," she said, calling for re-centering prevention, mediation and early action so crises do not close the diplomatic space.

On development, she said the Sustainable Development Goals "reflect our shared ambition" but do not by themselves address urgent needs such as food security, debt and climate threats to small island states. She pledged to "champion fiscal space for national governments" and to "deploy AI tools alongside the deep experience of our staff" to identify where progress is possible and how the UN can better support national priorities.

The speech also emphasized the UN's convening power. The speaker promised to improve energy security coordination across the UN system to help member states manage shocks and supply-chain disruptions and to advance global dialogue on AI so technological gains benefit broad populations rather than a few.

On accountability, she said "the United Nations must be judged by how many lives it saves and improves," and argued that every reform, management decision and budget discussion should serve peace, development and human rights. She added that if programs are not delivering, the organization must be willing "to stop and change course."

Invoking the Trusteeship Council Chamber as a reminder of collective achievement, the diplomat closed by calling for unity across member states and UN entities, noting historical touchstones and expressing cautious optimism about what the organization can still achieve.

The address outlined proposals rather than formal decisions; no motions or votes were recorded during the speech. The speaker framed the four priorities—prevention, delivery and fiscal advocacy, convening on energy and AI, and measurable impact—as immediate areas for member-state consultation and implementation planning.