I thank Assistant Secretary-General Mohamed Khiari, Under-Secretary-General Martin Griffiths and Executive Director Henrietta Fore for their briefings. We welcome Mr. Griffiths in his new capacity and wish him every success in his latest role. Lastly, I welcome the delegation of Yemen, here with us …
Mexico is grateful to India convening this open debate as well to the briefers for the valuable information that they have shared with us this morning.
In light of the current situation in Afghanistan, my country wishes to stress the importance of uniting our efforts to firmly condemn any action th…
We welcome you, Sir, to the Security Council and acknowledge the presence of the Secretary-General and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Estonia. Mexico is grateful for the convening of this open debate and the briefing by the Secretary-General.
The complexity of today’s armed conflicts and their…
I have the honour to introduce draft resolution A/75/L.123, entitled “Impact of rapid technological change on the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and targets”, for the consideration of the General Assembly. This draft resolution, which Mexico has the honour to introduce for the thir…
Mexico supports the convening of today’s emergency meeting. I thank the Secretary-General for his briefing on the latest developments in Afghanistan. I would also like to thank the delegations present in the Chamber this morning, and I welcome and acknowledge the presence of the Permanent Representa…
I am grateful for the briefings by Special Representatives Swan and Madeira, as well as for the
information provided by Ms. Batula Axmed Gaballe. We also welcome the Permanent Representative of Somalia to this meeting.
While noting the delays in the implementation of the electoral agreement, Mexic…
We express our gratitude for the briefings delivered by Ms. Lyons and Ms. Akbar and for the statement made by the representative of Afghanistan, Ambassador Ghulam M. Isaczai.
As we have heard, the situation in Afghanistan is critical. The recent military advances of the Taliban have had a very seri…
We wish you every success, Mr. President, during your presidency this month, and we thank France very much for its leadership last month.
I am grateful for the briefing by Mr. Thomas Markram and express our concern about what happened on 8 July when, as reported by the Syrian National Authority, on…
Mexico would like to thank Costa Rica and Chad for their hard work in facilitating resolution 75/314, on the establishment of the Permanent Forum of People of African Descent, which will be a space to promote the rights and development of people of African descent and to make progress towards the el…
We appreciate the opportunity to comment on some of the issues covered in the report of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) on its work in 2020 (A/75/747). We congratulate Canada on the work of the PBC under its chairmanship.
In the midst of the pandemic, the PBC continued its work remotely and cont…
I thank Ms. Hastings and Ms. Oppenheimer for their detailed briefings. I welcome the participation of the delegations of Israel and the observer State of Palestine at today’s meeting.
As we have heard, in spite of the ceasefire in May, stability in the area remains fragile. There are reports of fre…
Mexico appreciates the information shared by Under- Secretary-General Atul Khare on the process of downsizing and closure of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID), in compliance with resolution 2559 (2020). We welcome the representative of the Sudan, present here in th…
I would like to explain Mexico’s abstention in the voting on today’s draft resolution S/2021/667, which the Council just considered.
Mexico welcomes the appointment of Mr. Schmidt as High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina by the Steering Board of the Peace Implementation Council for Bosnia …
I thank France for convening this timely meeting, as well as Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, Mr. Robert Mardini and Ms. Lucile Grosjean for their
briefings. I also acknowledge the presence of other ministers and high-level officials.
The work of humanitarian workers worldwide is vital to …
I am grateful for the briefing by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Carlos Ruiz Massieu, and take this opportunity to acknowledge the work of the personnel of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia. I also appreciate the briefing by Ms. Melissa Herrera, whose expe…
We thank Ireland and Norway for their efforts as co-penholders of resolution 2585 (2021), particularly for keeping the discussions focused on humanitarian needs in Syria and for submitting a very reasonable and concrete draft text.
The resolution adopted today represents an agreement that will exte…
We thank Special Representative of the Secretary- General Onanga-Anyanga, Executive Director Andersen and the representative of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, who spoke on behalf of the Chairperson of the African Union, for their briefings. We also welcome the Foreign Ministers of Egypt and t…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Khatir Mahamat Saleh Annadif, for his briefing and wish him every success in his new role as Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS). I also welcome the presence of Ms. Chantal Ayemou, who reminds us of…
On waking up today, we were saddened to learn about the news of the cowardly assassination of the President of Haiti, Jovenel Moïse, in Port-au- Prince. Mexico extends its deepest condolences to his relatives and to the people and the Government of Haiti. We categorically condemn the attack and viol…
Terrorism continues to be one of the main threats to international peace and security. It does not distinguish between religion, nationality, ethnicity or region. According to the Global Terrorism Index, in the year following the sixth review of the Strategy, in 2019, some 13,800 people lost their l…
