I thank Under-Secretary Lacroix, Special Envoy Onanga-Anyanga and Mr. Thabo Mbeki, Chairperson of the African Union High- level Implementation Panel, for their briefings. We also welcome the representative of the Sudan and South Sudan.
The past few months have been characterized by multiple outreac…
Mexico voted against the amendment submitted by the representative of Israel amending the phrase contained in operative paragraphs 3(c) and 4(a) pertaining to observer States. The modalities resolutions for the most recent special session of the General Assembly, that is, the one held in 2016 on the…
Mexico thanks the President of the Human Rights Council, Ms. Elisabeth Tichy Fisslbeger, for the presentation (see A/75/PV.21) of the report of the Human Rights Council on its forty-fifth session (A/75/53/ Add.1). We are grateful for and appreciate the efforts of the Council to ensure the continuity…
Mexico welcomes the presentation of the report of the Economic and Social Council (A/75/3) and, in particular, the leadership of Norway and Ambassador Mona Juul. The report comes at a decisive time in the implementation of the reform of the United Nations development system, in which we hope the Eco…
Mexico thanks President Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf for presenting the report on the activities of the International Court of Justice in the last year (A/75/4).
It is very encouraging that, despite the current pandemic caused by the coronavirus disease, the Court has found ways to continue operating and …
Mexico appreciates the presentation of the annual report (see A/74/287) of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), as well as draft resolution A/74/L.10, proposed by the delegation of Sweden. We would like to express our sincere acknowledgement of the work of the late Director General Yukiya …
I have the honour to speak on behalf of France and my own country, Mexico, in our capacity as promoters of the French-Mexican initiative on the suspension of the veto in cases of mass atrocities.
States have the primary responsibility to protect their peoples. Protecting the population from genocid…
Today’s debate takes place at a time when the international system is facing increasing uncertainty and a lack of confidence on the part of citizens in the ability of both national and international institutions to respond to their just and pressing demands. The situation is even more serious in soc…
The Government of Mexico welcomes the holding of this meeting of the General Assembly to commemorate the centenary of the International Labour Organization (ILO), an organization that has set the standard for broadening labour rights, productivity and social dialogue.
The international standards of…
We thank Equatorial Guinea for convening
today’s open debate on a subject that is very relevant to international security.
Conventional weapons account for the largest number of deaths and victims throughout the world and perpetuate armed conflicts, while hindering security, development and sustai…
Mexico thanks the Dominican Republic for convening this open debate on such a relevant topic on the international agenda. As the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change recently pointed out, working to combat climate change is synonymous with working to prese…
My delegation would like to thank the facilitators of the draft resolutions on sustainable fisheries (A/73/L.41) and oceans and the law of the sea (A/73/L.35) for their work during the rounds of negotiations. Mexico has a particular interest in developments in several of the issues addressed in the …
The Government of Mexico voted in favour of draft resolution A/73/L.42, because it emphatically condemns all forms of violence committed against civilian populations and humanitarian assistance workers by any actor and in any circumstances, as well as all forms and manifestations of terrorist acts.
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We thank China for convening this debate on a topic of great relevance to the Organization and the international community, particularly in a context marked by enormous challenges to international peace and security.
During its more than seven decades of existence, the Organization has played funda…
We thank China for convening this debate on
a topic of great relevance to the Organization and to the international community.
In the twenty-first century, it is an illusion to think that States can solve problems of a global nature on their own or in isolation, or even undertake major regional or…
This debate is framed in the context of the commemoration of the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the Rome Statute. It is about 20 years of collective efforts to strengthen the rule of law and to prevent, investigate and sanction the worst atrocities that humankind has ever witnessed.
Today…
Mexico welcomes the convening of today’s meeting and thanks Kazakhstan for promoting the commemoration of this International Day against Nuclear Tests, because we consider it extremely important that it can serve as a reminder of the pressing need to eliminate not just nuclear tests but nuclear weap…
We thank the presidency of the United Kingdom for convening today’s very important debate. We also thank the Secretary-General and The Most Reverend and Right Honourable Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, as a member of the Secretary-General’s High-level Advisory Board on Mediation, for their b…
We thank Sweden for convening today’s open debate. We welcome the unanimous adoption of resolution 2427 (2018) , which Mexico co-sponsored, and we welcome the recommendations contained in
the report of the Secretary-General (S/2018/465) to help consolidate concrete actions for the protection of chi…
Mexico wishes to acknowledge the work of the delegations of Jordan and Finland in facilitating the consultation process leading to the sixth review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy. Mexico believes that this process serves to advance an open and constructive dialogue that enab…
