Ten years ago, world political leaders met at the Headquarters of this Organization to express, through the Millennium Declaration (resolution 55/2), their commitment to fighting poverty and hunger and to improving the health and educational conditions of the world’s most vulnerable groups.
Five ye…
It is a pleasure for me to speak of behalf of Mexico at this High-level Review Meeting. As incoming President of the sixteenth Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the sixth Conference of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol that will take place in …
My delegation thanks the members of the Oslo Group for presenting this initiative, the first substantive measure since the introduction of this item onto the General Assembly’s agenda last year. As we have seen, the issue of public health has been an important topic in the work of the United Nations…
We would like to thank the Secretary-General for his statement and the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) for his briefing. We welcome the presence in the Chamber of Mr. Bedouma Alain Yoda, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Burkina Faso, to preside over our …
Mexico has taken the floor once again to express its concern about the increase in seismic and hydrometeorological events, which have been affecting our society as a negative impact of climate change. In that connection, my delegation would like to reiterate its appeal for a redoubling of efforts to…
Mexico wishes to thank the coordinators of draft resolutions A/64/L.18 and A/64/L.29, Ambassador Henrique Valle of Brazil and Ms. Holly Koehler of the United States, respectively, for their work during the current session. We would also like to thank the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the…
Mexico thanks the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Luis Moreno-Ocampo, for presenting the tenth report of the ICC to the Security Council on the situation in Darfur, pursuant to Security Council resolution 1593 (2005).
Almost five years have passed since that resolution was ado…
First of all, I would like to express our best wishes and offer our cooperation to the delegation of Burkina Faso for the conduct of the Council’s work during December. I would also like to thank the Burkina Faso delegation for the close cooperation we developed with them in the Security Council ove…
I would like to begin by expressing my delegation’s gratitude to Ambassador Heraldo Muñoz for his leadership and
distinguished work at the head of the Peacebuilding Commission. We would also like to commend the extremely valuable and devoted work of the Chairs of the country-specific configurations…
The delegation of Mexico welcomes Mr. Valentin Inzko and thanks him for introducing his report (S/2009/588*).
My delegation also welcomes the participation of Mr. Nikola Špirić in this meeting. We welcome him and congratulate him on the election of his country as a non-permanent member of the Secur…
My delegation warmly welcomes the opportunity for this
Assembly to jointly consider the report of the Peacebuilding Commission on its third session (A/64/341), pursuant to resolution 60/180, and the report of the Secretary-General on the Peacebuilding Fund (A/64/217). Mexico acknowledges the effort…
I wish to express appreciation for the valuable information provided by Ambassador Ahmedou Ould Abdallah, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, and to acknowledge his commitment and efforts and those of his team in seeking solutions to the problems faced by Somalia. We also we…
I take the floor with regard to the draft resolution contained in document A/64/L.41, entitled “Modalities for the
fourth High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development”.
First, I wish express my gratitude to all delegations thanks to whose efforts and flexibility the draft resolution enjoys the…
Mr. President, I would like to thank you and the Permanent Representatives of Croatia and Costa Rica for your detailed briefings on the activities carried out by the three Security Council Committees, as well as for the joint briefing on cooperation among them.
The progress that has been made in th…
May I begin by thanking you, Mr. President, for organizing this joint debate, in which Member States have the opportunity to discuss not only the content of the annual report of the Security Council (A/64/2), of which Mexico has been an elected member since January, but also Security Council reform,…
We would like to thank the Government and delegation of Austria for convening this meeting, which reflects the commitment of the United Nations to strengthening international humanitarian law in order to protect victims of armed conflict. We would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his det…
Mexico voted in favour of resolution 64/10 because we acknowledge the need to conduct credible and independent investigations by all the parties involved in the Gaza conflict. We would like to stress how important it is to prevent impunity, guarantee justice, promote peace and prevent new violations…
We welcome the convening of this meeting on the report of the Human Rights Council pertaining to the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (A/64/53/Add.1). The information contained in that report deserves the General Assembly’s full attention given not only the seriousness and th…
My delegation would like to thank the President of the Human Rights Council for presenting its report (A/64/53) to the General Assembly, given the importance that it gives to the protection and promotion of human rights as one of the pillars of our Organization. We welcome the report on the activiti…
Mexico wishes to thank the President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Judge Sang-Hyun Song, for presenting the annual report of the Court (see A/64/356) to the General Assembly.
As the years pass, it is becoming more evident that the work of the ICC is proving itself to be an efficient wa…
