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López Obrador/Mr. Gómez Robledo Verduzco

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first: 2021-11-09
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“There are still a number of speakers remaining on my list for this meeting. Given the lateness of the hour, I intend, with the concurrence of the members of the Council, to suspend the meeting until 3 p.m. The meeting was suspended at 1 p.m.”
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“I wish to remind all speakers to limit their statements to no more than four minutes in order to enable the Council to carry out its work expeditiously. Flashing lights on the collars of the microphones will prompt speakers to bring their remarks to a close after four minutes. I now give the floor to the representative of Peru.”
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“I shall now make a further statement in my capacity as the representative of Mexico. I would like to thank all 15 members of the Security Council for allowing me to preside over this meeting and agreeing to debate the topic of corruption and inequality. I also thank the representatives of the other Member States participating today. By way of summarizing the debate, I would like to make it clear that corruption is the principal cause of socioeconomic inequality. Furthermore, peace is borne of justice. It is my hope that, once our global initiative for fraternity and well-being is announced, it will be met with great support. On behalf of the Government that I represent and the people of Mexico, I wish to express my warmest greetings to all Governments and peoples of the world. I now resume my functions as President of the Council.”
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“I conclude by recalling two patriots and liberators of our America: José María Morelos y Pavón, servant of the Mexican nation, who, a little more than two centuries ago, called for poverty and wealth to be moderated. Almost at the same time, Simón Bolívar said that the most perfect system of Government is that which produces the greatest degree of happiness, social security and political stability. It is an honour to be among the permanent and non-permanent members of the Security Council, which is the closest thing to a world Government and can become the most effective body for combating corruption and the noblest benefactor to the poor and forgotten on Earth. I now resume my functions as President of the Council. I call on the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Estonia.”
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“I am sure that all of us, rich and poor, donors and beneficiaries, will have a clearer conscience and will live with greater moral strength. In that regard, I recall what Adam Smith said: “How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it except the pleasure of seeing it.” In other words, only by being good can we be happy. Let us never forget that it is the collective duty of nations to provide every child with the right to food, health, education, work, social security, sport and recreation.”
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“The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund could collaborate in creating the required structure and, from next year, carry out a census of the world’s poorest people. Once the target population in each country has been defined, they could begin to disburse the resources to provide allowances for the elderly and children with disabilities, scholarships for students and support for planters and young people who work as apprentices in productive activities, as well as delivering free vaccinations and medicines. I honestly do not believe that any of the permanent members of the Security Council will oppose our proposal, since it does not involve nuclear weapons or military invasions or put the security of any State at risk. On the contrary, it seeks to build stability and peace through solidarity with those who most need our support.”
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“In its annual review, the United Nations could set aside a day to honour or award certificates of recognition to individuals, corporations and Governments that stand out for their humanitarian commitment to helping to finance the global plan for fraternity and well-being. The fund’s resources should reach the beneficiaries directly, without any intermediary, because when funds are given to civil society non-governmental organizations or other types of bodies — I do not want to generalize — in many cases those funds remain in bureaucratic structures and are used to pay for luxurious offices or consultants or are diverted and end up not reaching the beneficiaries. I therefore reiterate that the fund’s resources should reach the beneficiaries directly, without any intermediary, through a personalized card or electronic purse.”
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“Accordingly, in the next few days, the Mexican delegation will propose a global plan for fraternity and well-being to the General Assembly. The aim is to guarantee the right to a dignified life for 750 million people who survive on less than $2 a day. Mexico’s proposal to establish a world State of fraternity and well-being can be financed through a fund from at least three sources: the collection of an annual voluntary contribution of 4 per cent of the wealth of the 1,000 richest people in the world; a similar contribution from the 1,000 largest private corporations in terms of global market value; and a contribution of 0.2 per cent of the gross domestic product of each member of the Group of 20. If that income target were met, the fund could have around $1 trillion at its disposal annually.”
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“I think that those proposals should be implemented by the United Nations in order to tackle the root causes of problems in poor countries. The most important institution of the international community must wake up from its lethargy and break out of its routine. It must reform itself and denounce and fight corruption in the world. It must fight against the rampant inequality and social unrest in the world with greater decisiveness, depth, prominence and leadership. Never in the history of this Organization has anything truly substantive been done for the benefit of the poor, but it is never too late to do justice. Today it is time to act against marginalization by addressing the causes, not just the consequences.”
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“Without ignoring the need to manage the flow, prevent disorder and guarantee human rights, I proposed that he immediately apply in three sister nations two programmes that we are successfully implementing in Chiapas, a neighbouring Central American state. Today we are planting 200,000 hectares of fruit and timber trees there. That programme provides work for 80,000 planters. Likewise, 30,000 young people work as apprentices in that south-eastern Mexican state, receiving a minimum wage to train in workshops, businesses and other productive and social activities. If those two actions were immediately implemented in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, it would be possible to ensure that some 330,000 people who are currently at risk of emigrating for lack of work would remain in their countries.”
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“For example, providing young people with study and work options can help prevent them from turning to crime. True victory over criminal gangs will always consist in depriving them of their breeding grounds and their reserve army. That is the same approach we are using to deal with migration. The primary thrust is not coercive measures but rather those that integrate all people into study, work, health and welfare in the places where they were born or reside so that they are not forced to leave their villages because of hunger or violence and that only those who wish to do so emigrate. Migration should be optional and not forced; it should be an individual decision and not a demographic phenomenon. Recently, I presented President Biden with a new way of dealing with the migration phenomenon.”
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“What are we doing in Mexico in that regard? We have implemented a strategy of banishing corruption and allocating all the money recovered towards the welfare of the people, using the criterion of helping the poor first for the good of all. Prioritizing the poor also implies accepting that peace is the result of justice and that no country can succeed if marginalization and poverty persist or even increase. We therefore maintain that the fundamental way to live free from fear, risks and violence is to put an end to unemployment, to encourage young people to work and study and to avoid family disintegration, social breakdown and the loss of cultural, moral and spiritual values. In Mexico, it may take time to bring peace to the country, but the surest way to do so is to continue to address the root causes.”
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“While private pharmaceutical companies have sold 94 per cent of the vaccines, the COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access Facility mechanism, created by the United Nations for poor countries, has distributed only 6 per cent — a painful and utter failure. That simple fact should lead us to admit the obvious — in today’s world, generosity and a sense of the common good are being displaced by selfishness and private ambition; the spirit of cooperation is losing ground to the profit motive and we are sliding from civilization to barbarism, walking as if estranged from ourselves, forgetting moral principles and turning our backs on the suffering of humankind. If we are unable to reverse those trends through concrete actions, we will not be able to solve any of the other problems afflicting the peoples of the world.”
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“It would be hypocritical to ignore that the planet’s main problem is corruption in all its dimensions: political, moral, economic, legal, fiscal and financial. It would be foolish to omit that corruption is the main cause of inequality, poverty, frustration, violence, migration and serious social conflicts. We are in decline because never before in the history of the world has so much wealth been accumulated in so few hands through the misuse of influence and at the expense of the suffering of others, privatizing what belongs to all or what should have no owner, doctoring laws to legalize the immoral and distorting social values to make the abominable look like acceptable business. Take, for example, the distribution of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine.”
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“The main obstacle to the exercise of that right is corruption in all its expressions — transnational powers, opulence and frivolity as a way of life for the elite, the neoliberal model that socializes losses, privatizes profits and encourages the plundering of natural resources and the assets of peoples and nations. It is corruption when the courts punish those who do not have the funds to buy their innocence and protect the rich and large business corporations that steal from the treasury or do not pay taxes. It is corruption when those who conceal and hide illicit funds in tax havens go unpunished. It is also corruption when shareholders and administrators of so-called vulture funds practice usury, without even losing their respectability.”
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“I thank Ms. Tibán Guala for her briefing. I shall now make a statement in my national capacity as President of Mexico. I have not come here to talk about security as a synonym for military power or as a basis for the use of force. Instead, my approach is based on what was postulated by the man whom Pablo Neruda called a titan of freedoms — President Franklin Delano Roosevelt — when the United Nations was created: the right to a life free from fear and free from want, which remains the most solid foundation of security for all societies and States.”
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“Lourdes Tibán Guala, indigenous affairs expert, to participate in this meeting. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I wish to draw the attention of Council members to document S/2021/883, which contains the text of a letter dated 15 October 2021 from the Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General, transmitting a concept note on the item under consideration. I now give the floor to the Secretary-General.”
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“I would like to warmly welcome the Secretary-General, ministers and other high-level representatives present at today’s meeting. Their participation is an affirmation of the importance of the subject matter under discussion. In accordance with rule 37 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representatives of Albania, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Chile, Cuba, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Indonesia, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Japan, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Malaysia, Malta, Morocco, the Netherlands, Peru, Portugal, Qatar, Slovakia, South Africa, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, and anyone who decides to do so, to participate in this meeting. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure, I invite Ms.”
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