Mexico voted in favour of resolution 64/292 as we believe that access to safe drinking water and sanitation is a matter of high priority and we share the spirit of the text presented by Bolivia and the other sponsors.
Mexico recognizes that access to safe drinking water and sanitation are part and …
Mexico welcomes the Assembly’s adoption by consensus of resolution 64/289 on system-wide coherence, establishing the new gender entity UN Women. Its broad mandate and necessary leadership in promoting the gender perspective throughout the United Nations system will give new impetus to a topic that i…
My delegation fully associates itself with the statement made by the representative of Chile on behalf of the Rio Group. Let me just add a few comments on how the epidemic has unfolded in Mexico and on the response of our national health and education authorities, particularly in the areas of preven…
My delegation would like to thank the delegation of the Russian Federation for its leadership and its constructive and flexible spirit in the negotiations on draft resolution A/64/L.44/Rev.1*, which it introduced to the General Assembly today.
For our country, improving road safety throughout the w…
It is an honour for my delegation to participate on behalf of the Rio Group in this year’s debate on the revitalization of the work of the General Assembly.
The Rio Group reiterates its firm commitment to the process of revitalizing the General Assembly and believes that resolution 63/309, adopted …
Mexico has taken the floor once again to express its concern about the increase in seismic and hydrometeorological events, which have been affecting our society as a negative impact of climate change. In that connection, my delegation would like to reiterate its appeal for a redoubling of efforts to…
Mexico wishes to thank the coordinators of draft resolutions A/64/L.18 and A/64/L.29, Ambassador Henrique Valle of Brazil and Ms. Holly Koehler of the United States, respectively, for their work during the current session. We would also like to thank the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the…
My delegation warmly welcomes the opportunity for this
Assembly to jointly consider the report of the Peacebuilding Commission on its third session (A/64/341), pursuant to resolution 60/180, and the report of the Secretary-General on the Peacebuilding Fund (A/64/217). Mexico acknowledges the effort…
I thank the President of the General Assembly for convening this series of meetings, which provide an excellent opportunity to discuss the responsibility to protect. Mexico likewise would like to express its thanks to the Secretary-General for the preparation of the report on implementing the respon…
I would like to express my delegation’s gratitude to Ambassador Kaire Munionganda Mbuende of Namibia and Ambassador Juan Antonio Yáñez-Barnuevo of Spain and their teams for their excellent work in conducting this stage of the discussions process.
As we have indicated, we believe it essential to mak…
First of all, allow me, Mr. President, to express the great appreciation of the Rio Group for your leadership of the work of the sixty-third session of the General Assembly, which we are concluding today, and to wish you every success in your future endeavours.
The Rio Group welcomes the painstakin…
The Government of Mexico welcomes the President’s initiative to convene this meeting, which provides us an opportunity to underscore the importance of collective efforts to address climate change and its effects.
The findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change are conclusive and sound…
The Mexican delegation hails this very important step forward: the Assembly’s adoption of the first universal instrument devoted to the rights of indigenous peoples. The Government of Mexico solemnly reaffirms the pride it takes in the multicultural and multi-ethnic nature of the Mexican nation. As …
For 19 consecutive years, the Government of Mexico has come to this forum to reiterate its rejection of the economic, commercial and financial embargo against Cuba and to reaffirm its opposition to the use of coercive actions that have no legal foundation in the United Nations Charter.
In 1992, the…
