We thank Malaysia for convening this open debate, and the Secretary-General, the Executive Director of UNICEF and the Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Leila Zerrougui, for their respective briefings.
My country aligns itself with the statement to be made by the representa…
In September 2015, all countries welcomed the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (resolution 70/1) and we committed ourselves to implementing parts of it starting in 2016. Mexico made that commitment its own and acknowledged the fundamental principles of the Sustainable Developm…
Mexico welcomes the holding of this open debate, which will encourage the breaking of silos and call into question inertia in facing the enormous task of sustaining peace. This is a systemic challenge that requires us to put an end to the fragmentation within the Organization and to participate in a…
This annual debate has been held since 2010, but I believe, Sir, that today bears particular symbolic importance as we celebrate the tenth anniversary of presidential note S/2006/507, on the working methods of the Security Council, also under the leadership of your country, Japan.
The 2006 presiden…
Mexico would like to convey its heartfelt condolences to the Republic of Turkey for the criminal attacks that occurred in Istanbul a few days ago.
We recognize the commitment and work of the Permanent Representatives of Argentina and Iceland and their respective teams in facilitating the consultati…
Mexico would like to thank France for having convened this open debate. We would also like to thank to the Secretary-General, the President of the Central African Republic and the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross for their briefings.
My country acknowledges that peacekeepin…
Fifteen years ago, the Organization adopted its first Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS. One and a half decades later, there is a real chance of ending this epidemic and the suffering it causes by 2030. We will achieve this goal only if we maintain the effort that has gone before, if we accelera…
Today, the General Assembly and the Security Council have taken an important step forward with the adoption of resolutions 70/262 and 2282 (2016), which call for change in the way in which the Organization seeks to establish peace. With time we have learned that the old model of acting only when a c…
Mr. President, I would like to greatly thank your delegation for having convened this debate. I also thank the Secretary-General for his briefing.
I would like to begin by reiterating that my country firmly condemns terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. Likewise, we are trying to adopt eff…
I thank the delegation of Angola for convening this debate and Ms. Sandra Honoré both for her presentation of the Secretary-General’s report (S/2016/225) and for her leadership of the United
Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) at this crucial stage in Haiti’s future.
The elections sc…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s open debate, and the briefers for their interesting views.
Ten years after the Organization’s establishment of its peacebuilding architecture, we continue to face the challenge of finding the best way to achieve sustainable peace that …
Mexico thanks Uruguay for having convened this meeting and Deputy Secretary-General Eliasson and the representatives of civil society for their briefings.
The protection of civilians is at the very heart of all that the Council and the Organization are striving to achieve, and is the measure agains…
Mexico thanks Mr. Mogens Lykketoft, President of the General Assembly, for organizing today’s high-level event.
It is a great honour for my delegation to participate in today’s meeting, which concludes with the review process of the General Assembly 10 years after the implementation of the World Su…
Our thoughts and condolences go out to the relatives of the victims of those who died in the terrorist attacks that occurred today in Mali. My country robustly condemns such attacks.
Mexico is pleased that we have an opportunity to discuss one of the most complex issues that is of concern to all Me…
Mexico thanks you, Mr. President, for convening this debate on a subject that is very relevant in the light of the events of recent days in Europe and the Middle East. We take this opportunity to extend our sincere condolences to the delegations of Russia, Lebanon and France for the loss of human li…
My delegation joins in condemning, in the strongest possible terms, the terrorist acts that were committed in Baghdad, Beirut and Paris recently, and expresses the condolences of the Government and the people of Mexico to the families and peoples of Iraq, Lebanon and France.
Mexico welcomes the rep…
Mexico would like to thank President Lykketoft for convening this meeting. We also thank New Zealand for having prepared the annual report (A/70/2) this year and the United Kingdom for introducing it to the Assembly.
The Charter states that the Council should carry out its work on behalf of the mem…
The Government of Mexico would like to thank Judge Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi, President of the International Criminal Court, for the presentation of the eleventh annual report (see A/70/350) of the Court to the General Assembly, which covers the work of the Court from August 2014 to July 2015.
M…
The delegation of Mexico would like to express its deep appreciation to the International Court of Justice for its arduous work over the past year, which was just described by its President, Judge Ronny Abraham. At the same time, Mexico welcomes the Court’s renewal during the reporting period, which…
As we take one more step in the intergovernmental negotiations process, Mexico welcomes this meeting and the appointment of Ambassador Sylvie Lucas as the new facilitator of the deliberations on Security Council reform. We give her all our support and willingness to work towards a common objective a…
