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Derbez

lines on the record: 73
first: 2003-01-20
most recent: 2004-07-20
sittings or episodes: 7
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“This concerted contribution can be equally valuable for tackling new threats that are sometimes even without specific national origin, such as international terrorism, organized crime, the major epidemics, ecological disasters and the private circulation of weapons and dangerous materials. Faced with this new category of challenges, it is essential to correctly use all international instruments at our disposal in order to provide collective responses possessing the due effectiveness, legitimacy and forcefulness. Given this scenario, Mexico recognizes and highly esteems the decision of the Government of Romania to hold this discussion, which we trust will define new modalities of international cooperation between the Council and its regional partners.”
2004-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5007 (2004) · source
“From the viewpoint of Mexico, the mere fact that the Security Council and regional organizations can periodically hold this kind of dialogue will enhance the decision-making process, identification of opportunities for cooperation among organizations and the taking into account of the views and concerns of each region in the delicate tasks of peacekeeping and the promotion of development. In the end, the multilateral system, in effect, comprises the sum of the United Nations, the regional and subregional organizations and the specialized institutions. The right cooperation and the full exploitation of their capacities and comparative advantages could create a powerful engine for finding solutions, new areas of focus and new understandings in order to tackle today's complex international agenda.”
2004-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5007 (2004) · source
“There was a unanimous rejection of creating a hierarchy among the various types of threats, since all were considered equally legitimate. Based on that analysis, the States of the American hemisphere identified the mechanisms and instruments of regional cooperation for addressing the various security concerns and challenges and made specific commitments to strengthen such cooperation. I am fully confident that by identifying innovative forms of cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations, the commitments made at the OAS Special Conference on Security will create new opportunities for forging productive alliances for peace and development.”
2004-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5007 (2004) · source
“Coordination between the United Nations and regional organizations would be enhanced by a better understanding of those perceptions and the factors influencing them. Thus, one of the most important political developments experienced by the Organization of American States (OAS) in the past year was the OAS Special Conference on Security, held in Mexico City in October 2003, which concluded with the adoption by consensus of the Declaration on Security in the Americas. American States adopted a new concept of security of multidimensional scope, encompassing both traditional and new threats. Thus, the Declaration states that "the States of the hemisphere recognize different perspectives regarding security threats and priorities".”
2004-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5007 (2004) · source
“Based on the consensus reached at the International Conference on Financing for Development, held in Monterrey, Mexico, in 2002, we can note that there are unprecedented bases for promoting the creation of broad partnerships of that kind. In order to carry through such proposals, the Council should weigh, when renewing peacekeeping operation mandates, whether those mandates could more systematically include elements that, in collaboration with the respective regional organizations, would promote long-term stability, such as financing, electoral assistance, respect for human rights and institutional restructuring. In that context, perceptions of conditions affecting the security of States are closely linked to the regional and subregional context in which they unfold.”
2004-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5007 (2004) · source
“It was concluded that the United Nations, specifically the Security Council, has primary responsibility for the duties of peacekeeping and international security. Participants considered that the role of regional organizations should further concentrate on the root causes of conflicts, in particular factors such as poverty, discrimination and the lack of opportunities. One of the recurring themes of last year's meeting was the importance of creating partnerships. Mexico believes that it is essential that, in stabilization processes, such alliances should include the Bretton Woods institutions and other possible promoters of development.”
2004-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5007 (2004) · source
“On the basis of the principle of complementarity, it is possible to make more rational and effective use of the comparative advantages of each organization. On the one hand, it is necessary fully to take advantage of each regional organization's unique experience within its own sphere of action and its precise knowledge of local cultural conditions and mechanisms of understanding for treating post-conflict situations. However, equally important is the work of prevention, early warning and the monitoring of potential conflict situations. Last year's discussion highlighted the view shared by most regional organizations that their cooperation with the United Nations should be carried out under Chapter VIII of the United Nations Charter, according to the modalities and capabilities of each organization.”
2004-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5007 (2004) · source
“While it is understandable that the international community places high priority on putting an end to armed conflicts, equal attention should also be given to stabilization processes. In the end, such measures represent our only chance to prevent the recurring resurgence of crises, as we have so regrettably witnessed in various parts of the world. The United Nations has a range of particularly valuable capacities and facilities for treating crises and promoting the peace process. Those capacities should be maintained and further strengthened. However, once a conflict has ended, it would be desirable that regional organizations increasingly take responsibility for the tasks of reconstruction, institution-building and the promotion of development and well-being.”
2004-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5007 (2004) · source
“In fact, this issue arises repeatedly in the debates of the Security Council with respect to both specific cases and thematic debates. It can be seen that as peacekeeping operations grow exceptionally in number and scope, cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations must be examined in a radically different light. The focus on crisis management and strategies for peace must not lack medium-term and long-term perspectives. Peace-building, institutional reconstruction, the continuation of confidence-building measures and strategies to encourage development are undeniably important for preventing conflicts from recurring or becoming chronic cycles of instability.”
2004-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5007 (2004) · source
“Mr. Derbez (Mexico) (spoke in Spanish): First, I wish to thank the delegation of Romania for its kind invitation to me to participate in this meeting to consider cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations in stabilization processes. I can only welcome this initiative of the Security Council presidency because of the relevance of the question and because it follows up on the reflection initiated by Mexico in April 2003 during our term as an elected member of the Security Council (see S/PV.4739). I therefore especially thank the Romanian delegation. Recent experience underscores the growing importance of regional organizations as partners of the United Nations in the prevention, management and settlement of conflicts, as well as in peace-building and stabilization processes once conflict has ended.”
2004-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5007 (2004) · source
“Finally, in the context of this debate, and in the light of the discussions that will take place on 30 September in an open meeting of the Security Council, we believe that it would be advisable to request the Secretary-General to identify proposals made during the discussions and to link the Council's experiences with those of other organs of the United Nations system with regard to action proposals formulated by States. Those would be elements of great value in promoting a coordinated strategy for promoting justice and the rule of law that responds to the ideals of universality and transparency, which are the basis for the very idea of a more just international community.”
2003-09-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4833 (2003) · source
“The establishment of a Court of this nature is a lasting contribution to the principal mandate of the United Nations and of the Security Council: the maintenance of international peace and security and the promotion of the rule of law and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms throughout the world. Mexico believes that, in the framework of the work carried out by the Security Council - particularly in post-conflict situations - justice and the rule of law, in addition to being a security issue, are a development issue. That fact highlights the need for greater coordination with other organs of the United Nations system, including the General Assembly, to make consolidating the rule of law a genuine strategy of conflict prevention through a framework of access to opportunities, social development and economic growth.”
2003-09-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4833 (2003) · source
“In a stage of transition towards independent national judicial bodies, the Security Council should promote and facilitate the resort to international legal bodies of a permanent nature, avoiding the establishment of ad hoc tribunals every time a situation or conflict arises that threatens international peace and security. That would provide both the international community and post-conflict societies a greater degree of certainty in the quest for justice. The International Criminal Court is emerging as an affirmation of the common conviction that justice and peace are indispensable for human development.”
2003-09-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4833 (2003) · source
“Likewise, we need to build institutions that will contribute to obtaining reliable information with regard to the facts and whose work will focus on securing the necessary evidence to prosecute those responsible for crimes against humanity. In parallel, we must highlight the need to facilitate States' access to international justice mechanisms. The establishment of international institutions, such as the International Criminal Court, guarantees objectivity and impartiality in trials conducted against criminal defendants. Its Statute incorporates general principles of law. In addition, it reflects the obligation of any State to bring to justice individuals accused of committing crimes against humanity.”
2003-09-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4833 (2003) · source
“The work of the Security Council in promoting justice and the rule of law in conflict prevention and post-conflict initiatives should be oriented towards two objectives: the reconstruction, the re-establishment of institutions and the national reconciliation of States emerging from conflict; and the strengthening of coordination between the Council and other organs of the United Nations system. In that connection, it is important to work towards the establishment of institutions that work on judicial responsibility and reparation to victims, incorporating the political and institutional dimensions of the theme of justice and the rule of law.”
2003-09-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4833 (2003) · source
“If justice and the rule of law are to play an important role in the Security Council, we should begin by promoting greater clarification of the framework within which it acts. In that connection, the work of codifying the Council's practice and its analysis by the General Assembly could prove to be very useful tools. Similarly, as a complementary part of that aspect, we should highlight the need to achieve greater compliance with the Council's resolutions themselves.”
2003-09-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4833 (2003) · source
“Mexico believes that we should also highlight the need to make more intensive use of measures for the peaceful settlement of disputes, contemplated in Article 33 of the Charter of the United Nations. They could be used within the framework of a preventive focus by the Security Council in order to peacefully resolve disputes conducive to international friction that might endanger international peace and security. No provisions exist in the Charter that authorize delegating the powers conferred on the Security Council under Chapter VII to a State or to a group of States. Nevertheless, the Council has delegated those powers through the establishment of multinational forces and has relied on the support of competent regional bodies in carrying out its mandates.”
2003-09-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4833 (2003) · source
“While that flexibility may be positive, we must not lose sight of the fact that, in carrying out this process, the Security Council interpreted the Charter's provisions in order to be able to deal with what it, at the time, considered to be threats to international peace and security. Should that tendency continue, we should have clearer rules in keeping with the purposes and principles of the Charter. Under what modalities and what circumstances should the Council act? What degree of proportionality should be observed in its actions with respect to what may be considered a threat to international peace and security? In any case, for the sake of justice and the rule of law, the Security Council must continue to act on the bases of legality that provide support for its mandate.”
2003-09-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4833 (2003) · source
“This meeting provides an opportunity for more thorough reflection on what is particularly implicit in the work and decisions of the Security Council throughout the last decade. This has to do with the way the provisions of the Charter have been interpreted and applied. My Government will take as its base the ideas that you, Sir, suggested for this meeting: the role that justice and the rule of law play in the mandate of the Security Council and their promotion in conflict prevention and post-conflict situations. That first function necessarily leads to an analysis of the influence those ideas have on the actions taken by the Council. Indeed, we can observe a tendency over the last 14 years in which the focus of the Council's action has shifted from maintaining international peace and security to combating impunity.”
2003-09-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4833 (2003) · source
“Mr. Derbez (Mexico) (spoke in Spanish): Mexico recognizes the valuable initiative by the presidency of the Security Council to discuss and analyse the role of the concepts of justice and the rule of law in the work of the United Nations, in particular the work of the Security Council. In its work in the United Nations, in particular in the Security Council, Mexico has always favoured the strengthening of the rule of law. In addition, when, as a result of the events of recent years, the Council has debated the scope of the use of force, there has been increased reflection on reform of the Organization as one of the principal items on the agenda. We therefore feel that the present initiative could not have been more timely.”
2003-09-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4833 (2003) · source
“As there are no speakers remaining on the list, I will try to sum up very quickly. As participants know, the delegation of Mexico convened this meeting precisely because of the Council's concern about the concept of security at the regional level. We are therefore grateful for the presence of all the representatives of regional The Security Council has thus concluded the organizations. I would like to indicate to the members present stage of its consideration of the item on its of the Council that the conclusions of this meeting will agenda. be circulated later on so that we can all examine them together. The meeting rose at 2.15 pm.”
2003-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4739 (2003) · source
“The next speaker on my list is His Excellency Mr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Executive Secretary of the Economic Community of West African States. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2003-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4739 (2003) · source
“The next speaker inscribed on my list is His Excellency Mr. Ioannis Magriotis, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Greece. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2003-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4739 (2003) · source
“I thank the Interim Chairman of the Commission of the African Union and the Minister for Provincial and Local Government of South Africa for his kind words addressed to me.”
2003-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4739 (2003) · source
“I thank the Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe for his comments. Given the fact that we are running late, and in my capacity as President of the Security Council, I should like to make a change in the format and to ask speakers to abide by the time limit. I am going to withdraw the option of second responses from members of the Council after a response is made by the speaker. I call on Mr. Fholisani Sydney Mufamadi, representative of the African Union and the Minister for Provincial and Local Government of South Africa.”
2003-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4739 (2003) · source
“I now give the floor to Mr. Jan Kubis to respond to the comments and questions raised by the Russian Federation and Bulgaria.”
2003-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4739 (2003) · source
“The next speaker inscribed on my list is Mr. J an Kubis, Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2003-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4739 (2003) · source
“Before I give the floor to the next speaker, I wish to note the presence of the President of the General Assembly, Mr. Jan Kavan.”
2003-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4739 (2003) · source
“I thank the Secretary General of the Organization of American States for his clarifications. The next speaker on my list is His Excellency Mr. Amre Moussa, the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2003-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4739 (2003) · source
“I thank the representative of the United States for the kind words he addressed to me. I now give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Cesar Gaviria, Secretary General of the Organization of American States, for three minutes so that he may respond to the comments and questions raised by the representatives of Chile and of the United States.”
2003-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4739 (2003) · source
“I thank the representative of Angola for his kind words addressed to me. The next speaker inscribed on my list is Mr. Cesar Gaviria, the Secretary General of the Organization of American States. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2003-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4739 (2003) · source
“For that reason, I invite those participating in this public meeting to consider, within an interactive format and with our eyes focused on the future, the most pressing issues, with a view to determining together how the United Nations and the organizations represented here can trace out a course of action capable of meeting the demands of the circumstances. In order to facilitate an interactive dialogue, the Secretary-General and representatives of regional organizations are invited to make brief statements of seven to 10 minutes each. Three to five minutes will be provided for them to respond to questions or comments from members of the Security Council. Two members of the Council will take the floor for three to five minutes each to make comments or ask questions after each statement made by representatives of regional organizations.”
2003-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4739 (2003) · source
“The challenges that we currently face and the firm resolve to act within the framework of international law and within the multilateral system that we have built with such effort oblige us to identify courses of action that will strengthen the notion of collective security as well as ways to achieve the peaceful settlement of conflicts. That is a historic and unavoidable responsibility for all of us who aspire to build a secure, prosperous and democratic international environment that is governed by the rule of law and that promotes the common interest.”
2003-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4739 (2003) · source
“Together with the Association of South-East Asian Nations, the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Caribbean Community, the Southern African Development Community, the Council of Europe, the Pacific Islands Forum, the Organization of the Islamic Conference, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the International Organization of la Francophonie and the Commonwealth Secretariat, they are working actively with the Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan, to develop a framework of greater cooperation in those areas. We are confident that, with their contributions today, we shall take a new and important step on behalf of international peace and security, perhaps marking the beginning of a new stage in international relations.”
2003-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4739 (2003) · source
“Erika Elizabeth Spezia, Mr. Felix Castellanos, Mr. Eddie Varon and Mr. Julio Castellanos. I wish also to express my appreciation for the presence of ministers and other high officials attending this meeting on behalf of the Organization of American States, the League of Arab States, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the African Union, the European Union and the Economic Community of West African States. Those organizations have distinguished themselves by virtue of a high level of cooperation with the United Nations in the field of international peace and security.”
2003-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4739 (2003) · source
“I wish to draw to the attention of the representatives of regional organizations, Security Council members and other delegations attending this meeting that present in this Chamber are a group of Mexican parliamentarians who are members of the various political parties that constitute the Mexican legislative branch. They are representatives of the National Action Party, the Institutional Revolutionary Party, the Party of the Democratic Revolution, the Green Ecological Party of Mexico and the Labour Party. We have with us four members of the Senate of the Mexican Republic: Ms. Silvia Hernandez, Mr. Jorge Zermefio, Mr. Jesus Ortega and Ms. Isabel Castellanos. We are also accompanied by seven members of the Mexican Chamber of Deputies: Ms. Elena Alvarez, Mr. Francisco Javier Senchez Campuzano, Ms. Maria de los Angeles Senchez Lira, Ms.”
2003-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4739 (2003) · source
“In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations, I shall take it that the Security Council agrees to extend an invitation under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure to His Excellency Mr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Executive Secretary of the Economic Community of West African States. There being no objection, it is so decided. On behalf of the Council, I extend a warm welcome to His Excellency Mr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Executive Secretary of the Economic Community of West African States, and invite him to take the seat reserved for him at the side of the Council Chamber. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations.”
2003-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4739 (2003) · source
“On behalf of the Council, I extend a warm welcome to His Excellency Mr. Amre Moussa, Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, and invite him to take the seat reserved for him at the side of the Council Chamber. In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations, I shall take it that the Security Council agrees to extend an invitation under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure to His Excellency Ambassador Jan Kubis, Secretary-General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. There being no objection, it is so decided. On behalf of the Council, I extend a warm welcome to His Excellency Ambassador Jan Kubis, Secretary-General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and invite him to take the seat reserved for him at the side of the Council Chamber.”
2003-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4739 (2003) · source
“Fholisani Sydney Mufamadi, representative of the presidency of the African Union and Minister for Provincial and Local Government of South Africa. There being no objection, it is so decided. On behalf of the Council, I extend a warm welcome to His Excellency Mr. Fholisani Sydney Mufamadi, representative of the presidency of the African Union and Minister for Provincial and Local Government of South Africa, and invite him to take the seat reserved for him at the side of the Council Chamber. In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations, I shall take it that the Security Council agrees to extend an invitation under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure to His Excellency Mr. Amre Moussa, Secretary-General of the League of Arab States. There being no objection, it is so decided.”
2003-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4739 (2003) · source
“In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations, I shall take it that the Security Council agrees to extend an invitation under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure to His Excellency Mr. Cesar Gaviria, Secretary General of the Organization of American States. There being no objection, it is so decided. On behalf of the Council, I extend a warm welcome to Mr. Cesar Gaviria, Secretary General of the Organization of American States, and invite him to take the seat reserved for him at the side of the Council Chamber. In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations, I shall take it that the Security Council agrees to extend an invitation under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure to His Excellency Mr.”
2003-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4739 (2003) · source
“In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations, and with the consent of the members of the Council, I shall take it that the Council agrees to extend an invitation to the representative of Greece to participate in the meeting without the right to vote, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter and rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure. There being no objection, it is so decided. At the invitation of the President, Mr. Magriotis (Greece) took the seat reservedfor him at the side ofthe Council Chamber. The President (spoke in Spanish): On behalf of the Council, I extend a warm welcome to His Excellency Mr. Ioannis Magriotis, Deputy Minister for Foreign Relations of Greece.”
2003-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4739 (2003) · source
“We must act with the conviction that creativity will lead to the strengthening of the Council and will consolidate its validity as an effective forum in which humanity can fully place its trust.”
2003-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4714 (2003) · source
“We have very true and valid reasons to defend multilateralism, to work so that the decisions adopted to disarm Iraq are not unilateral but unequivocally fall within international law. Our collective interests lie in the maintenance of peace. That is how we understand our responsibility as members of the Security Council of the United Nations. Mexico is convinced that we have to explore all options and take advantage of all opportunities to resolve this issue in a peaceful manner. That is why Mexico insists on the importance of working towards a consensus position with respect to the future actions to be taken by the Security Council with respect to Iraq. Mexico urges members to work with greater creativity on this difficult issue.”
2003-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4714 (2003) · source
“It is even more regrettable that this cooperation is still limited and is conceded in small amounts. From what we have heard, Iraqi cooperation has been unwilling in respect to the demands of the international community. That is why Mexico considers that the international community can be even firmer, through peaceful means. Mexico reiterates its request that the Iraqi Government radically change its attitude and carry out immediately clear and unequivocal actions to demonstrate that it has chosen the path of disarmament and, consequently, the peaceful resolution of this crisis. Our foreign policy is the result of principles and convictions acquired over a long and rich historical experience.”
2003-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4714 (2003) · source
“Mexico wishes to broaden the range of formulas for achieving an effective disarmament of Iraq and to open this space to more options and ideas that will preserve the diplomatic option in dealing with an issue such as disarmament. Using means that preserve and revitalize the values of peace, Mexico advocates the adoption of more effective means of pressure in order to enforce the cooperation that we all demand of Iraq. That active cooperation is essential for determining with absolute certainty the location of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction and, if they exist, for ensuring their destruction. It is regrettable that Iraq reacts so quickly to political pressure and the real threat of the use of force, but does not react in such a manner to the reiterated demands of the international community.”
2003-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4714 (2003) · source
“Mexico is alarmed by the damage that the issue of Iraq has caused in the international political arena, by the uncertainty that it creates in financial markets and by how the issue is affecting the framework of stability for productive investment, which is the basis for economic growth and the development of peoples. Peace among nations is intimately linked to that development. Throughout the history of its foreign policy, Mexico has always made the greatest effort to propose initiatives that strengthen multilateral forums and mutual understanding among peoples in observance of international law. That is the most effective way to ensure that we resolve conflicts in an effective and lasting manner.”
2003-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4714 (2003) · source
“With other colleagues, we have approached the Council members most directly involved in the question of Iraq in order to facilitate an understanding and to avoid taking up inflexible positions. International public opinion demands us to act in a united and prudent manner. Although it is not necessary to have uniformity within international organisms, as is fitting in a plural and diverse world, it should at least be necessary to promote to the greatest extent possible agreement on the way to deal with the most worrisome issues in the world in order to ensure effective and lasting international security.”
2003-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4714 (2003) · source
“For that reason, Mexico wishes to stress the importance of not becoming discouraged in seeking the broadest possible consensus among the members of the Security Council. The strength of the collective security system of the United Nations is founded on the Council's unity. The Charter of the United is the instrument that must give form and legitimacy to all our understandings and to all our collective actions. Mexico shares with the rest of the members of the Council the conviction that it is both necessary and possible to reconcile the differences. In the last few days, with our colleagues, Mexico has actively explored different manners of reaching agreement.”
2003-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4714 (2003) · source
“However, the latest developments and declarations on the question of Iraq make it clear that there are different visions on carrying out the tasks of disarmament in that country. We are greatly distressed by the fact that various relationships and common values, constructed with much effort over several decades, are now being eroded. We face very complex decisions affecting the future of the world. That is why we are worried by the distance between positions among the members of the Council, which leads to recriminations and disagreements that until a few months ago we believed had been overcome. If that polarization increases, it may in future gravely affect the way in which we approach a question as important as that of disarmament. This is a defining moment.”
2003-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4714 (2003) · source
“We believe that in advancing towards agreement we shall be able to revitalize the credibility, reliability and the authority of the Security Council and the validity and the spirit of the Charter of San Francisco, and allow us to give greater strength to the United Nations. Let us not waste this opportunity. We have taken note of the situation of the inspections of UNMOVIC and IAEA in Iraq. Once again, we express our full appreciation for the efforts made by the inspectors both on the ground and in the presentation of their reports to the Security Council. Mexico wants to express its concern with respect to the situation in Iraq and with respect to the lack of active, immediate and effective cooperation by the regime that governs that country. There has been a clear consensus among us all on the objective to be achieved.”
2003-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4714 (2003) · source