The principles of the Charter of the United Nations and of international law constitute the basis for relations between Mexico and other States, as laid down in my country’s political Constitution.
It is with profound conviction and a sense of history that my country has consistently rejected the u…
I should like to begin by recognizing the tremendous amount of work done by the Secretariat of the United Nations in preparing the road map towards the implementation of the United Nations Millennium Declaration, an exercise to which all departments, funds, programmes and specialized agencies of the…
At the outset, my delegation would like to convey its gratitude to the Secretary-General, to his personal representative for the United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations, and to the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, both for the subm…
Today’s meeting and the debate that has taken place in recent days mark the beginning of a new year in the consideration of the item on Security Council reform, in accordance with the decision adopted by the General Assembly in the closing days of the fifty-fifth session, when it took note of the re…
Once again, we the States Members of the United Nations are present here on this annual occasion that offers us an opportunity to express in the General Assembly our views on the report on the activities of the Security Council.
My delegation wishes to express its appreciation to the President of t…
The delegation of Mexico deems it fortunate that a Latin American Vice-President of the Assembly is presiding over this part of the plenary meeting during which I am making my statement.
On 27 September, the President of Mexico, Vicente Fox, speaking once again about the horrendous terrorist attack…
Two weeks after 11 September, two weeks after that day of infamy, my delegation wishes to reiterate its condemnation of the criminal acts that were perpetrated and which filled us all with horror and indignation. It also wishes to reiterate its unreserved readiness to contribute, unhesitatingly and …
The delegation of Mexico is very pleased to see you, Mr. Minister, presiding over this dialogue and thus highlighting its importance.
I reiterate the sorrow and solidarity already conveyed by the Mexican Government to the United States at the atrocious terrorist attacks that nine days ago took the …
The delegation of Mexico welcomes the Assembly’s adoption by consensus of draft resolution A/55/L.82 relating to continuing the substantive preparatory process for the International Conference on Financing for Development.
That conference, which the Assembly has decided will take place at Monterrey…
My delegation would like to express its appreciation to the Deputy Secretary-General for her brief introduction of the Secretary-General’s report, which guides our
debate. As I had the opportunity to express in an open meeting of the Security Council to examine the Secretary-General’s report on pre…
Today, as on all the previous occasions when the General Assembly has met to elect judges of ad hoc international tribunals, Mexico takes the floor to explain the reasons why, since the first such occasion, it has decided not to participate in these elections.
On all those occasions Mexico, a count…
On 15 November 2000, the General Assembly met to hold the final negotiations of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, as well as the Protocol against the Smuggling of…
Once again, the delegation of Mexico will not participate in the election of the judges of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. Mexico is committed to the promotion and protection of human rights, as well as to full compliance with the norms of international humanitarian law. Therefore, i…
Under your wise guidance, Mr. President, the General Assembly has just adopted a resolution that represents an important step forward in the preparatory process for the International Conference on Financing for Development. My delegation would like to express its gratitude for the sense of direction…
Only a few months ago, our heads of State or Government at the historic Millennium Summit decided to make every effort possible to ensure that persons suffering disproportionately from the consequences of natural disasters, especially children and other particularly vulnerable groups, would receive …
As we did when the draft resolution on fmance for development was voted on in the Second Committee, the delegation of Mexico wishes to indicate that it voted in favour of that draft without prejudice to its traditional position concerning the concept of multilateral guarantees.
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