First and foremost, allow me to thank the Secretary-General for his detailed report on this issue (A/66/114), which once again highlights the international community’s broad rejection of the embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba. For the twentieth consecutive time, the Governm…
For 19 consecutive years, the Government of Mexico has come to this forum to reiterate its rejection of the economic, commercial and financial embargo against Cuba and to reaffirm its opposition to the use of coercive actions that have no legal foundation in the United Nations Charter.
In 1992, the…
Draft resolution A/59/L.61, submitted by the President of the General Assembly, is the outcome of consultations among Member States, which at the request of the
President I conducted as facilitator. The draft resolution is intended to lay the organizational basis and set out the modalities for June…
We have asked to speak in order to make additional comments in our national capacity.
Mexico welcomes the adoption of the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism. Throughout the negotiation process, my delegation underscored the importance of the General Assembly’s…
The delegation of Mexico has requested the floor in exercise of the right of reply to place on record the fact that we believe that the biased, out-of-context assessment made by the Permanent Representative of India regarding the action of non-permanent Security Council members in the adoption of re…
At the outset, my delegation would like to associate itself with the words of condolence conveyed to the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See on the passing of His Holiness Pope John Paul II. We also wish to express our condolences to the Permanent Mission of the Principality of Monaco on the …
We have come to the end of a long process aimed at reaching points of agreement on a very complex topic. In negotiating the draft Declaration that the Assembly has just adopted, we had to take into account the uncertainty to which new scientific advances give rise as well as ethical, cultural and re…
Mr. President, my delegation would like to thank you for convening this public meeting, and we would like to thank the Secretary-General for his report to the Council on the ways it could help resolve the matter of illicit trafficking in small arms and light weapons. I would also like to express our…
It is an honour for my delegation to participate in this meeting of the General Assembly devoted to the observance of the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family. Mexico welcomes the various activities undertaken by the United Nations to achieve the objectives of the Year and those…
Today is cause for celebration in the United Nations. The commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the entry into force of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea brings a festive atmosphere to this room. For many, the Convention is also known as the constitution of the oceans.
Over th…
I would like to echo the expression of condolences extended to the Palestinian people by the Chairman of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States upon the death of President Yasser Arafat.
More than 2,500 deaths were caused by the hurricane season which struck the Caribbean barely a month a…
My delegation wishes to convey its appreciation to the President of the International Court of Justice, Judge Shi Jiuyong, for the very detailed report that he has presented to the General Assembly.
Mexico wishes to pay tribute once again to the principal judicial organ of the United Nations for it…
First and foremost, my delegation would like to thank the Secretary-General for the very comprehensive and detailed report on the implementation of the peace agreements in Guatemala and the work of the United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala (MINUGUA).
My delegation looks forward with the …
In this forum many initiatives have been negotiated to promote international peace and to preserve human dignity. In the Council Chamber revolutionary resolutions have also been adopted on crucial issues such as the promotion of disarmament, the protection of civilians in armed conflict and the prom…
Mexico speaks from this international rostrum to reaffirm its rejection of the implementation of unilateral laws or measures imposing economic blockades against any nation and of the use of coercive measures without the authorization provided for in the Charter of the United Nations. Apart from thei…
My delegation considers it very timely that, on this occasion, the agenda item “Review of the implementation of the recommendations of the Third United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space” (UNISPACE III) is being considered directly in the General Assembly in plena…
At the outset, we should like to thank Ambassador Sir Emyr Jones Parry, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, for the presentation, in his capacity as President of the Security Council, of the annual report on the activities of the Council.
The report…
The session of the General Assembly over which you will preside, Sir, will be one of the most important in the history of the United Nations. It will be a session characterized by the necessary renewal of the United Nations. The year 2005 will be decisive for the future of multilateralism and of our…
Mexico supported the adoption of draft resolution A/58/L.67/Rev.1, introduced by Malaysia on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement, because we fully share its objective: to reaffirm the commitment of Member States to the strengthening of multilateralism and the central role of the United Nations in the…
First, I wish to thank the delegation of Romania for its kind invitation to me to participate in this meeting to consider cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations in stabilization processes. I can only welcome this initiative of the Security Council presidency because of the…
