The representative of Ecuador highlighted the link between peace and development, noting that his country’s young Government stands ready to break with patterns of former Governments that had hampered progress.  Building a future of better prosperity and peace requires combatting local and transnational organized crime and drug trafficking, he stressed.  In that vein, Ecuador has started to combat the scourges, a move previous Governments had avoided.  Acting nationally is not enough however, he said, calling for international support.  He spotlighted the crisis in Venezuela, underscoring the importance of a State to respect the will of its people and condemning systematic human rights violations threaten regional stability.  To date, 7.7 million Venezuelans have left their country in search of better lives, he said, highlighting the human trafficking risk that comes from increased migration.  Safe and orderly migration is possible, but it requires support from the international community — not criminalization.  Turning to climate change, he highlighted threatening droughts in Ecuador and its updated national biodiversity strategy.  The fight against climate change requires co-responsibility within the international community, including financing and technology transfer, he said, urging that “the principle of shared but differentiated responsibility must not be undermined, in fact it should be strengthened”.