My delegation is following with great concern the recent events in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. Mexico expresses its solidarity with the Government of Iraq in connection with the attack perpetrated on 20 July in Dohuk governorate, which caused the deaths of nine civilians, wounded more than 30 and …
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Martha Pobee for her briefing and welcome the Permanent Representative of Libya.
Mexico expresses its concern about the deteriorating security situation in Libya. The intensification of fighting among militias in Tripoli represents a serious risk for the civilian…
The General Assembly meets again to discuss a veto cast in the Security Council. This time, the veto was cast by the Russian Federation on draft resolution S/2022/538, submitted by Ireland and Norway (see S/PV.9087), which sought to renew the Bab Al-Hawa border crossing for the delivery of humanitar…
I am grateful for the briefing by High Representative Nakamitsu, and I also welcome the presence of the delegations of Syria, Iran and Türkiye.
We take note of the report of the Director-General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) (see S/2022/530).
We once again note…
At the outset, I thank Brazil for convening this debate and very warmly welcome, you, Ambassador Fernando Simas Magalhães, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the Security Council. My delegation is also grateful for the briefings by Special Representative Virginia Gamba de Potgieter, Executive Dir…
Mexico welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2645 (2022), which renews and strengthens the mandate of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH). As a co-penholder of the resolution, together with the United States, Mexico thanks all Security Council members for their valuable con…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Carlos Ruiz Massieu and Mr. Francisco José de Roux Rengifo, President of the Truth Commission, for their briefings. Mexico also welcomes Ms. Jineth Casso Piamba and the fact that once again space has been made for civil society to participate i…
My country welcomes the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Brazil to the Security Council and thanks him for convening today’s debate. I thank Secretary- General António Guterres for his briefing, as well as Lieutenant General Marcos De Sá Affonso Da Costa, Force Commander of the United Nations Organiz…
I thank Special Envoy Hans Grundberg and Assistant Secretary-General Joyce Msuya for their briefings. I also welcome the representative of Yemen to this Security Council meeting.
I would like to begin by acknowledging the efforts led by the Special Envoy and the commitment made during the third mee…
We regret that today the Security Council, owing to the veto of one of its permanent members, was not able to adopt draft resolution S/2022/538, aimed at renewing the cross-border humanitarian assistance
mechanism in Syria, which is simply essential to the lives of millions of people caught up in t…
As this is the first time that Mexico has taken the floor, I would like, on behalf of my country, to warmly congratulate you, Sir, and wish you the very best of success in your presidency. I should also like to acknowledge the work undertaken by Albania last month.
In addition, we would like, in co…
Mexico thanks the President of the General Assembly for convening this meeting. We also thank Secretary-General António Guterres, the World Health
Organization and the Special Envoy for Road Safety for their statements (see A/76/PV.90).
As has been mentioned, although progress has been made in the…
I thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo and Ambassador Skoog for their briefings, and Ambassador Byrne Nason for the thirteenth report (see S/2022/510) of the Facilitator on the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015). I welcome the presence of the representatives of Iran and Germany.
Since its ad…
We thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Keita and Ms. Lusenge for their briefings. We also welcome the representatives of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi and Rwanda to the Council.
My country is very concerned about the deterioration of the security situation in the e…
I would like to thank Special Envoy Pedersen for his very thorough briefing and his tireless efforts.
Today I will focus my remarks on three issues: the political process security and refugees and missing persons.
With regard to the political process, we take note of the recent Astana format meeti…
I thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing. I also thank President Zelenskyy for once again addressing the Security Council today.
As of 24 June, four months have passed since the beginning of this war. Unfortunately, there has once again been an increase in attacks against civilian i…
I thank Special Coordinator Wennesland for his briefing. Given the views expressed and the content of the Secretary-General’s most recent report, we must regret the fact that no progress has been made in implementing resolution 2334 (2016), since the expansion of Israeli settlements in the occupied …
I, too, would like to thank Under-Secretary- General DiCarlo for her briefing.
Mexico deplores the fact that the political process in Libya continues to be weakened by the lack of a genuine compromise on the holding of the elections. The situation has simply become unsustainable.
We note a concern…
I would like to begin by expressing our condolences for the loss of life and damage caused by the earthquake in Afghanistan yesterday. We are also grateful for the ongoing efforts of the United Nations and the rest of the international community.
Regrettably, that tragic event is only one of the ma…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of France and my own country, Mexico.
States have the primary responsibility to protect (R2P) their populations from genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing. That is not a matter of political will but rather an inheren…
