On 12 September, during his introduction to this Assembly of his report on the work of the Organization, the Secretary-General referred to the issue of reforming the Security Council, saying that
“the minority, often a very small minority, should not withhold its consent unreasonably”. (A/55/PV.10,…
The Mexican delegation wishes to express its thanks to the Director General, Mr. Mohamed ElBaradei, for his introduction of the report on the work of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for 1999.
Mexico wishes to state its satisfaction with the positive results of the Sixth Review Confere…
We take the floor to acknowledge once again the efforts of the United Nations to bring the Member States together to reaffirm the commitments we made at the World Summit for Social Development in Copenhagen and reaffirmed in Geneva. In this regard, the Mexican delegation supports the statement by th…
We would like, once again, to express our thanks to Judge Gilbert Guillaume, President of the International Court of Justice, for having presented his report on the recent work of the highest judicial body of our Organization. We are happy to echo views asserting the usefulness of this discussion ai…
Within the framework of diversifying its foreign policy, Mexico has strengthened and deepened its bilateral, inter-regional and multilateral relations with Europe and with European institutions in the political and economic spheres and in terms of cooperation. In December 1999, Mexico became an obse…
We would like to thank the Permanent Representative of Namibia and President of the Security Council for the month of October, Ambassador Martin Andjaba, for introducing the report on the activities of the Council for the period 16 June 1999 to 15 June 2000. Undoubtedly, that compendium of the Counc…
Together with Canada, Egypt, Mali, Pakistan and Sweden, Mexico had the honour of sponsoring the World Summit for Children, held here in 1990. The national programmes of action drafted in accordance with the outcome of the World Summit have succeeded in consolidating States’ commitment to protecting …
Mexico wishes to voice its satisfaction at the conclusion of the negotiations on the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and on the protocols to prevent, suppress and punish trafficking in persons, in particular women and children, and against illegal trafficking in migra…
My country is pleased at the election of Mr. Harri Holkeri to preside over the work of the fifty-fifth session of the General Assembly. We are certain that, with his talent, ability and experience, the efforts of this extremely important Assembly session will be highly productive. My delegation woul…
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) constitute a pandemic whose global impact threatens the hopes and even the very existence of millions of people and families. Without a doubt this ill is one of the gravest challenges facing us at the beginning of t…
I wish very briefly to give my delegation’s reaction to the proposal made by Kyrgyzstan and Oman.
The third preambular paragraph of this draft resolution confines itself to recalling resolution 54/261, which was adopted on 10 May of this year. That decision has already been adopted and therefore ca…
Let me reaffirm the position that my delegation stated in the Fifth Committee. My delegation has associated itself with the adoption without a vote of the draft resolution on agenda item 131, but has two concerns. The first relates to the apparent loss of $375 million, which the General Assembly had…
My delegation welcomes the adoption of this resolution, which at last allows us to move from consideration of procedural matters to debating the substantive aspects of the Millennium Summit.
In this connection, we respectfully request that there be prepared and distributed a timetable of meetings f…
Today’s debate marks the opening of the General Assembly’s substantive consideration for the seventh consecutive year of the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council, an exercise undertaken as a result of a long-standing request by a group of cou…
My delegation voted in favour of draft resolution A/54/L.45 because it believes that a peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine is one of the elements that is vital to the settlement of the Middle East conflict. However, I would like to reiterate the following regarding the content of operat…
My delegation has the honour of speaking on behalf of the Rio Group on agenda item 40, entitled “Oceans and the law of the sea”. We wish to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report contained in document A/54/429. The number of matters addressed in the report enables us to see how com…
Humanitarian assistance is one of the most noble expressions of the fundamental solidarity of the human spirit in the face of the global challenges of nature and history.
It is regrettable that, in addition to human tragedies caused by natural disasters, emergency situations arise from the perpetua…
The Mexican delegation is honoured to introduce on behalf of the sponsoring countries the draft resolution entitled “United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala”, contained in document A/54/L.27. In addition to the countries named in the draft resolution, which are the members of the Group of F…
It is an honour for me to speak on behalf of the Rio Group during the consideration of the agenda item entitled “United Nations Decade of International Law”.
The holding of the first International Peace Conference at The Hague in 1899 has a historic significance for the development of the internati…
