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Ochoa Martínez

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2019-11-04

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2023-12-15

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1. “Mr. Ochoa Martinez (Mexico) (spoke in Spanish): We are grateful for the convening of this open debate, which is particularly relevant in the light of the five-year review of the peacebuilding architecture that will take place next year. That process will allow us to review the functioning of the peacebuilding structure and other components, such as the special political missions. National reconciliation is fundamental to conflict prevention and sustainable peace. Creating favourable conditions for achieving peace, establishing and consolidating democratic institutions, ensuring that an independent and impartial judicial system can flourish, respecting human rights and ensuring the minimum guarantees for social coexistence all constitute conditions that are crucial to national reconciliation processes.”

   2019-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8668Resumption1 (2019) · source

2. “Mexico promotes the participation of women in peacekeeping operations. Women now account for 15 per cent of contingents. This is obviously not enough. We want to make further progress and have plans for doing so. We hope to participate actively in the Elsie Initiative Fund, promoted by the Canadian Government and UN-Women. Gender equality is one of the priority issues that my country, if elected to the Security Council, will promote during its membership during the period 2021 to 2022. Women's rights are non-negotiable human rights, and their full realization is an essential precondition for sustainable development in a peaceful world.”

   2019-11-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8649Resumption2 (2019) · source

3. “In that regard, while we welcome the unanimous adoption of resolution 2493 (2019), we would have preferred more progressive language. Mexico recognizes the leadership of civil society organizations, and especially women human rights defenders, who risk their lives in promoting peace and security in their communities and still face unacceptable misogynistic and sexist narratives, which have driven an increase in violence against them. We thank the Secretary-General for his latest report (8/2019/800) on this subject. Accountability, financing, work with civil society, conflict analysis with a gender perspective, the appointment of women mediators and negotiators in peace processes and the ratification of the Arms Trade Treaty are crucial steps in the implementation of the resolution.”

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4. “In times of armed conflict, it is unquestionable that women and girls are afflicted disproportionately by many types of violence and at greater risk of exploitation, abuse and sexual violence. This is a reflection of the asymmetric power relations that continue between women and men today. Such forms of violence are even more outrageous when attributed to United Nations officials. We therefore fully endorse the Secretary-General's zero-tolerance policy aimed at eradicating sexual exploitation and abuse in the Organization's missions. Ensuring access to justice and that perpetrators are punished are essential for the prevention of such crimes. Such access must include effective victim- centred care that meets their biopsychosocial needs and, in a clear and committed way, to their needs related to their sexual and reproductive health.”

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5. “Forty-five years will also have elapsed since the first World Conference on Women, held in Mexico under the auspices of the United Nations in 1975. Neither the United Nations as a whole nor the Security Council itself can forgo the participation of women in conflict prevention or conflict resolution. As key pillars in all societies and communities, their right to equal participation in power structures of the decision-making process at all levels must be guaranteed. In that regard, we welcome the inclusion of approximately 30 per cent women in the meetings of the Syrian Constitutional Committee, whose work began in Geneva on 30 October. We believe that their participation will play a key role in the peace process, as has already occurred in other processes.”

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6. “However, major discrepancies remain between rhetoric and reality. It is inconceivable that in 2019 divisions with regard to women's rights and gender equality remain. For Mexico, gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls are essential, not only for achieving international peace and security but also for achieving sustainable development. Next year, we will mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the adoption of the Beijing Platform for Action. Against that backdrop, Mexico and France, with the support of UN-Women, will sponsor the Generation Equality Forum - a civil society-led process aimed at reviewing the progress made by the Platform for Action, identify gaps in its implementation and speed up the pace towards substantive equality.”

   2019-11-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8649Resumption2 (2019) · source

7. “Mr. Ochoa Martinez (Mexico) (spoke in Spanish): First of all, we would like to thank South Africa for convening this debate on the issue of women and peace and security. We also thank the United Kingdom for continuing it and enabling delegations inscribed on the list of speakers to deliver statements on a crucial subject. We congratulate South Africa on its very successful presidency and wish the United Kingdom an equally productive one. My Government's foreign policy has been openly declared a feminist policy. Mexico's Congress features equal representation for women and men, while our presidential Cabinet is equally balanced. Almost 20 years after the adoption of resolution 1325 (2000), we acknowledge the progress made in incorporating the gender dimension into the work of the Security Council.”

   2019-11-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8649Resumption2 (2019) · source