Mexico would like to thank Argentina for its initiative in convening this debate, and would also like to say that we support the presidential statement issued by the Council this morning (S/PRST/2014/21).
Our participation in today’s open debate is very important to us in the lead-up to preparation…
We thank the briefers who spoke at the outset of the meeting, as well as the presiding delegation for convening this important debate.
In recent months, there has, unfortunately, been no lack of examples with respect to the problem of children and armed conflict. Iraq, South Sudan and Gaza are case…
I thank the Secretary-General for his briefing, and the representative of Israel and the observer of the Observer State of Palestine for their statements.
We regret to note that, once again, the Gaza Strip is the scene of an armed confrontation that has caused many innocent victims among the civili…
Mexico thanks Nigeria for holding this open debate and the Secretary-General and Ms. Bangura, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, for their statements.
One of the major challenges facing the international community in this area is that of bringing perpetr…
The topic of this open debate is of great importance to my delegation. Mexico thanks Luxembourg and its Minister for Foreign and European Affairs, Mr. Jean Asselborn, for making it possible for us to assess the progress in
our common challenges in this area. Mexico believes that resolution 2143 (20…
I would like to begin by thanking the President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Remigiusz Achilles
Henczel, for his introduction of the report on the Council (A/68/53).
Mexico is firmly committed to strengthening the international system of human rights and thereby consolidating the Human …
My delegation associates itself with the statement made by the representative of Italy on behalf of the Uniting for Consensus group. We join others in thanking the Permanent Representative of the People’s Republic of China for introducing the annual report of the Security Council to the General Asse…
I thank the delegation of the United Kingdom for bringing this important matter to the attention of the Security Council. Also allow me to express our gratitude to the Secretary-General and to his Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Ms. Zainab Bangura, for their briefings. My coun…
Mexico recognizes the inalienable right to self-determination of people. It is one of the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, enshrined specifically in paragraph 2 of Article 1. It was also reaffirmed by the General Assembly in resolution 2625 (XXV). The principle is also r…
I thank the delegation of the Russian Federation for convening today’s debate. I would also like to thank Mr. Nigel Fisher, Acting Special Representative of the Secretary- General for Haiti, for his presence here today and for his assessment of the situation on the ground.
It was with great interes…
It is an honour to participate in this meeting commemorating the thirtieth anniversary of the opening for signature of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
The Convention is one of the most important international legal instruments of the Organization and serves as the basi…
I would like to thank the President for convening this joint debate on the annual report of the Security Council to the General Assembly and on Security Council reform.
Similarly, I wish to thank the President of the Security Council, the Permanent Representative of India, for introducing the annua…
I first wish to thank the delegation of Guatemala for having organized the debate on the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). Allow me to express my thanks to Guatemala for presiding over the Security Council this month.
I also wish to acknowledge the presence of the Special Re…
At the outset, allow me to pay tribute to Ambassador Guillermo Rishchynski, Permanent Representative of Canada, for having facilitated the draft resolution we will be adopting during this review (A/66/L.53).
Mexico attaches great importance to the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy an…
I am pleased to take the floor today, one year after the adoption of the Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS: Intensifying Our Efforts to Eliminate HIV and AIDS (resolution 65/277, annex) during the High-level Meeting on HIV/AIDS, held from 8 to 11 June 2011. I would like to express my gratitude t…
Mexico appreciates the opportunity to address the General Assembly at this meeting devoted to the question of interaction between the United Nations, national parliaments and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). This allows us to acknowledge parliamentary diplomacy and its contribution to our Organi…
My delegation appreciates the convening of this very important meeting in response to the appeal of the Human Rights Council to the principal organs of the Organization to consider the report of the independent international commission of inquiry established by the Council to investigate all alleged…
At the outset, I would like to express our thanks for the convening of the fifth High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development. Mexico believes that the financing for development agenda is a milestone in the work of the Organization, since it identifies all the sources of financing that are avail…
The delegation of Mexico would like to express its deep appreciation to the International Court of Justice for the arduous efforts it has undertaken this year. We would also like to thank its President, Judge Hisashi Owada, for his presentation of the Court’s report (A/66/4).
Mexico welcomes the pe…
Mexico wishes to thank the President of the International Criminal Court, Judge Sang-Hyun Song, for his presentation of the seventh annual report of the Court to the United Nations (see A/66/309).
We welcome the recent accession to and ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal …
