Mexico wishes to express it most vigorous rejection of and deep concern at the acts of violence and aggression of the last few days and hours, which have even further worsened the situation in the Middle East.
Security Council resolution 1397 (2002), adopted in this Chamber less than a month ago, i…
Before I begin, I should like to join all the Council members who have thanked Mr. Hédi Annabi, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, for the information he has presented to us. Most especially, I should like to express my appreciation for the comments of the Deputy Prime Minister…
I would like, first of all, to express my Government’s
condolences in connection with the loss of life and the other consequences of today’s earthquake, which struck the Baghlan region of Afghanistan, in particular the city of Nahrin.
I would like to express my Government’s satisfaction at seeing …
Mexico welcomes the fact that the Security Council’s work includes discussion of the significant matter of the protection of civilians in armed conflict. We are pleased that this is a priority issue of fundamental importance in the work of the Council. The protection of the lives and the human digni…
I join the expressions of congratulations to you, Mr. President, on your convening of this meeting on Somalia. On behalf of my country, I should also like to thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Somalia, Mr. Yusuf Hassan Ibrahim, for presenting his statement to the Council in a frank and precis…
The recent Security Council mission to Ethiopia and Eritrea continued the Council’s practice of assessing on the ground the situations that form part of its programme of work. We are gratified that all members of the Council participated in the mission, because this demonstrated their shared determi…
Before I begin my statement, I should like to welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Norway, Mr. Jan Petersen, and to express once again to him my country’s support for the Norwegian presidency of the Security Council. Mexico is confident that Norway’s enlightened and committed foreign policy w…
First of all, Sir, allow me to congratulate you on the manner in which you guided the work of the Security Council during the month of January. Allow me also to recall that Mexico joined the Security Council on 1 January, following a 20-year-long absence. Indeed, the work carried out during this mon…
I also join in the expressions of appreciation extended to Mr. Sergio Vieira de Mello, particularly for the excellent briefing and report he has given us on East Timor’s process of independence and on the participation and presence of the United Nations in that country after 20 May 2002. I also wish…
May I extend the appreciation of the Mexican Government to you, Sir, for presiding over this important meeting. It is an excellent initiative of the Mauritian presidency, since it addresses a major regional security matter in which the international community has a great stake.
We welcome the Secre…
At the outset, my delegation wishes to thank the Secretary-
General for his report on the activities of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) over the past three months. The report clearly describes progress made during that period and the challenges that must be addre…
The delegation of Mexico would like to make a statement in its capacity as one of the chief sponsors of this draft resolution on the protection of migrants in order to rectify some errors that we have noted in the Rapporteur’s presentation as well as in the English- Spanish-language versions of this…
I have the honour to introduce to the Assembly the draft resolution contained in document A/56/L.42/Rev.1, entitled “United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala”. In addition to Colombia, Mexico, Norway, Spain, the United States of America and Venezuela — the countries whose names appear on the…
My delegation would like to support fully the statement delivered by the representative of Jamaica, speaking on behalf of the Latin American and Caribbean States members of the Latin American Economic System.
In the discussion of the item before us, my delegation would like to pay special attention…
My delegation voted in favour of draft resolution A/56/L.22 because we feel that the peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine is one of the indispensable elements in the settlement of the conflict in the Middle East.
Nonetheless, we would like to repeat the following observations in relatio…
Allow me to begin by thanking, on behalf of my delegation, the coordinators on each of the resolutions related to agenda item 30 (a) and (b). We are grateful for their intense work and dedication in achieving the results we now have before us.
We must also thank the Secretary-General for preparing …
The principles of the Charter of the United Nations and of international law constitute the basis for relations between Mexico and other States, as laid down in my country’s political Constitution.
It is with profound conviction and a sense of history that my country has consistently rejected the u…
I should like to begin by recognizing the tremendous amount of work done by the Secretariat of the United Nations in preparing the road map towards the implementation of the United Nations Millennium Declaration, an exercise to which all departments, funds, programmes and specialized agencies of the…
At the outset, my delegation would like to convey its gratitude to the Secretary-General, to his personal representative for the United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations, and to the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, both for the subm…
My delegation would like to thank the Secretary- General for submitting a wide range of reports which, both in the plenary of the General Assembly and other bodies and committees of our Organization, have allowed us to gain a better understanding of the complex reality of the African continent.
My …
