One of the great challenges facing the international community today is reducing the negative impacts of human activity on the oceans. The protection of the marine environment and the sustainable use of its resources must be part of joint efforts to make a more responsible future possible.
Mexico u…
Mexico thanks the President for convening this midterm comprehensive review meeting of the Vienna Programme of Action for Landlocked Developing Countries for the Decade 2014-2024.
It is not a minor issue; we are talking about countries where more than 500 million people live,
but which today have …
Mexico endorses the statement delivered by the Permanent Representative of Italy on behalf of the Uniting for Consensus group and would like to make the following additional comments in its national capacity.
This is a crucial moment for the United Nations. We must seek an effective multilateralism…
Mexico appreciates the presentation of the annual report (see A/74/287) of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), as well as draft resolution A/74/L.10, proposed by the delegation of Sweden. We would like to express our sincere acknowledgement of the work of the late Director General Yukiya …
Mexico reiterates its clear and firm rejection of the unilateral actions taken against Cuba, including the more than five decades of economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed on it, which runs counter to international law. All unilateral measures that seek to change a country’s political, e…
Mexico thanks the President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji, for briefing the General Assembly on the annual report on the activities of the Court (see А/74/324). We also acknowledge his leadership and assure him of Mexico’s full support.
As a State party to the Ro…
Mexico thanks President Yusuf for introducing his report on the judicial activity of the International Court of Justice (A/74/4). The report confirms the trend of an increase in its work in recent years, both in dispute cases and in advisory opinions, as well as diversity in the regions resorting to…
Mexico welcomes the political declaration adopted today in the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals summit (resolution 74/4). When we designed the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, we recognized that each of its three dimensions — economic, social and environmental — was equally i…
I am doubly honoured to address the General Assembly today: on account of being in this loftiest of venues, and because I am speaking on behalf of the new Government of Mexico, elected to power less than one year ago. That Government is led by Andrés Manuel López Obrador, whose purpose is to lead th…
We thank the Security Council for the presentation of its annual report for 2018 (A/73/2) and commend you, Madam, for your leadership as President of the General Assembly.
At the outset, I want to point out that it is not good practice for the Council’s report to be presented so close to the closur…
Mexico is grateful for convening today’s meeting and thanks the Secretary-General for his statement. We also thank Kazakhstan for its leadership in promoting the International Day against Nuclear Tests as a constant reminder of the urgent need to achieve and sustain a world free of nuclear weapons.
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Mexico is grateful to Poland for convening this open debate on a topic that continues to urgently require our attention.
Mexico associates itself with the statement made earlier by the representative of Canada on behalf of the Group of Friends of Children and Armed Conflict.
We have an opportunity…
I would like to sincerely congratulate the Permanent Representatives of Bangladesh and Spain for their commendable work as the co-facilitators of draft resolution A/73/L.99, which is being considered today by the General Assembly. It should be recalled that open, transparent and inclusive consultati…
Mexico welcomes Peru’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council and its invitation to review the issue at hand today.
International terrorism and organized crime are two phenomena that affect the stability, development and well-being of our societies. Both are serious and need to be tac…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of France and my own country, Mexico, in our capacity as promoters of the French-Mexican initiative on the suspension of the veto in cases of mass atrocities.
States have the primary responsibility to protect their peoples. Protecting the population from genocid…
We thank Kuwait for taking the initiative to convene this debate on the working methods of the Security Council, which is unquestionably a priority issue, as we have seen in the statements made during this meeting.
The States Members of the United Nations have conferred on this organ the responsibi…
We thank Indonesia for convening this debate on a fundamental issue for the Security Council. We also thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2019/373).
Twenty years after the adoption of resolution 1265 (1999), commendable progress has been made in relation to the protection of civilians in …
Today’s debate takes place at a time when the international system is facing increasing uncertainty and a lack of confidence on the part of citizens in the ability of both national and international institutions to respond to their just and pressing demands. The situation is even more serious in soc…
I welcome the holding of this high-level meeting to reaffirm our vision of multilateralism. The adoption of resolution 73/127 in 2018 reflected the commitment of Member States to promoting the values and principles of the United Nations. In this regard, we reiterate, as we did in 1945, that the prin…
I thank the German presidency for convening this debate and extend my gratitude to those who have enriched the discussion today.
Sexual violence is always an aberrant crime and a flagrant and unacceptable violation of human rights. When it occurs in the context of a conflict situation, it becomes a…
