Ecuador will not stand in the way of consensus on the resolution [on business and human rights]...We believe that the draft resolution does not address the key issue giving rise to this special mandate, which is the creation of a binding international human rights legal framework on transnationals and human rights...The draft resolution focuses solely on the dissemination of the Guiding Principles...and strays from the core human rights principles set out in the United Nations “Protect, Respect, and Remedy” Framework...The Guiding Principles on businesses and human rights that this draft resolution would endorse lack several basic elements...we must continue to seek binding international standards