First, I would like to welcome Mr. Boris Tadić, President of the Republic of Serbia, and to thank him for his words. I would also like to thank Mr. Lamberto Zannier, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Kosovo, for his briefing and Mr. Hyseni for his statement.
Mexico has closely fol…
Once again, tragedy has struck Haiti. As we all know, that unfortunate nation has suffered for many years, and it has required the support of the international community time and again in order to lay the foundation for its development, as the Council noted when it travelled to Haiti in March 2009. …
As Chair of the Somalia sanctions Committee established pursuant to resolution 751 (1992), Mexico is convinced that the sanctions regime should contribute to the creation of better security conditions in Somalia and to the strengthening of the Djibouti peace process.
The resolution we adopted today…
My delegation thanks the members of the Oslo Group for presenting this initiative, the first substantive measure since the introduction of this item onto the General Assembly’s agenda last year. As we have seen, the issue of public health has been an important topic in the work of the United Nations…
We would like to thank the Secretary-General for his statement and the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) for his briefing. We welcome the presence in the Chamber of Mr. Bedouma Alain Yoda, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Burkina Faso, to preside over our …
Mexico thanks the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Luis Moreno-Ocampo, for presenting the tenth report of the ICC to the Security Council on the situation in Darfur, pursuant to Security Council resolution 1593 (2005).
Almost five years have passed since that resolution was ado…
First of all, I would like to express our best wishes and offer our cooperation to the delegation of Burkina Faso for the conduct of the Council’s work during December. I would also like to thank the Burkina Faso delegation for the close cooperation we developed with them in the Security Council ove…
I take the floor with regard to the draft resolution contained in document A/64/L.41, entitled “Modalities for the
fourth High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development”.
First, I wish express my gratitude to all delegations thanks to whose efforts and flexibility the draft resolution enjoys the…
Mr. President, I would like to thank you and the Permanent Representatives of Croatia and Costa Rica for your detailed briefings on the activities carried out by the three Security Council Committees, as well as for the joint briefing on cooperation among them.
The progress that has been made in th…
May I begin by thanking you, Mr. President, for organizing this joint debate, in which Member States have the opportunity to discuss not only the content of the annual report of the Security Council (A/64/2), of which Mexico has been an elected member since January, but also Security Council reform,…
We would like to thank the Government and delegation of Austria for convening this meeting, which reflects the commitment of the United Nations to strengthening international humanitarian law in order to protect victims of armed conflict. We would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his det…
Mexico voted in favour of resolution 64/10 because we acknowledge the need to conduct credible and independent investigations by all the parties involved in the Gaza conflict. We would like to stress how important it is to prevent impunity, guarantee justice, promote peace and prevent new violations…
We welcome the convening of this meeting on the report of the Human Rights Council pertaining to the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (A/64/53/Add.1). The information contained in that report deserves the General Assembly’s full attention given not only the seriousness and th…
My delegation would like to thank the President of the Human Rights Council for presenting its report (A/64/53) to the General Assembly, given the importance that it gives to the protection and promotion of human rights as one of the pillars of our Organization. We welcome the report on the activiti…
We welcome the report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (A/64/370) and draft resolution A/64/L.6*, which was introduced by the Guatemalan delegation.
The work of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG)…
My delegation thanks Under-Secretary-General Alain Le Roy for his introduction of the report of the Secretary- General (S/2009/470), and we are grateful for the analysis and recommendations it contains. We also appreciate the presence of Under-Secretary-General Susana Malcorra and thank Mr. Tete Ant…
My delegation is pleased to welcome Deputy Prime Minister José Luís Guterres, to whom we express our gratitude for the progress achieved in his country and the good relations that he has maintained with the United Nations presence over the last decade.
We also are especially grateful for the report…
My delegation appreciates the information provided by Mr. Lamberto Zannier, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Kosovo, as well as the presence and statement of Mr. Vuk Jeremić, the Foreign Minister of Serbia, and the statement of Mr. Skender Hyseni.
Mexico has followed the fu…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Pascoe for his briefing on the situation in the Middle East. I also thank the Foreign Minister Al-Malki of the Palestinian National Authority and the Permanent Representative of Israel, Ambassador Shalev, for their statements.
The Security Council is meeting once aga…
We are grateful for the valuable information provided by Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe and by Mr. Craig Boyd, Director of United Nations Support Office for the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). We also commend the valuable efforts of the Special Representative of…
