Allow me to begin by commending you, Mr. President, on your sterling leadership of the presidency of the Council for this month, and your clear sense of responsibility, including your presence here at this hour. Allow me to also commend you for the initiative to hold this debate on women and peace a…
Mexico commends the delegation of South Africa for convening this important and timely debate. We also thank the Secretary-General for presenting his report (S/2011/634*), as well as for his personal interest in the matter we are debating.
Mexico recognizes the importance that the concept of the ru…
I am pleased, Sir, to see you presiding over this meeting.
At the outset, I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his report on global economic governance and development (A/66/506*), which provides the basis for our debate on this important agenda item. Mexico concurs with the report’s obs…
At the outset, allow me to congratulate the Permanent Representative of Afghanistan, Ambassador Tanin, on his reappointment as chair of the intergovernmental negotiations on the reform of the Security Council.
More than two years have passed since intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council …
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…
I should like at the outset to thank the Secretary-General for the reports that he has submitted to us on the situation in Central America (A/58/270), the functions of the United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala (MINUGUA) (A/58/262) and the situation in that country (A/58/267). We have stud…
May I reiterate Mexico’s appreciation for the work done by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and in particular, by its Director General, Mr. Mohamed ElBaradei, and the secretariat staff of the IAEA. The relevance of this Agency and its contribution to
international peace and stability …
Mexico comes to this highest international forum to reiterate its rejection of the application of unilateral laws or measures imposing an economic blockade against any nation. My country, moreover, has always rejected the use of coercive measures as a means of applying pressure in international rela…
Mexico is convinced that we will be able to attain the objectives and the Goals of the Millennium Declaration only if we are able to incorporate the African continent onto the path of sustainable development; that is to say, if we achieve substantial progress in promoting the political, economic and…
It is an honour for the delegation of Mexico to introduce, on behalf of the sponsors, the draft resolution on the United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala (MINUGUA), contained in document A/57/L.27/Rev.1. In addition to the countries appearing in the revised text of the draft, which we are i…
The Mexican delegation wishes to express its appreciation to Mr. Mohamed ElBaradei, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and to all the Agency’s staff for their excellent work throughout the year in order to accomplish the many tasks assigned to them by Member States an…
My delegation would like to thank the Secretary-General for his report on progress towards implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS, as well as for his personal commitment to combating that epidemic, which is already considered to be the worst in the history of humankind.
We also…
We have received with interest the first annual report on the progress made by the United Nations system and Member States in the implementation of the Millennium Declaration. There is no doubt that these reports and the five-year report are essential in order to provide concise monitoring of the fu…
Mr. President, my delegation is pleased to see you presiding over this meeting on a subject to which your country, and you in particular, have devoted considerable attention. The Mexican delegation commends you for this initiative.
We deem this initiative particularly valuable, as it is one of the …
