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Sandoval Mendiolea

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first: 2015-05-13
most recent: 2021-10-27
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“Effective controls are needed to prevent the diversion of such weapons. I conclude by noting the volatile situation in the region. We urge all parties to exercise maximum restraint and avoid any action that could exacerbate tensions and destabilize both Abyei and the wider region. The leadership of the African Union, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development and the African Union High-level Implementation Panel, among others, are more important than ever.”
2021-10-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8887 (2021) · source
“We call on the authorities to authorize the deployment of police units, as they are key to de-escalation and stabilization. The Force’s success lies in its ability to operate. Blocking medical evacuation services and not permitting aircraft to land, the lack of progress in operationalizing the Athony airstrip, the issuing of visas to police and violations of the status of forces agreement are unacceptable. We call on the parties to ensure that UNISFA is able to carry out its mandate fully, safely and effectively. The main security threat and the greatest challenge to the protection of civilians continues to be the presence in the region of armed elements, who are also primarily responsible for the proliferation of arms in Abyei. Illicit trafficking of small arms negatively impacts peace and security in Abyei and the region.”
2021-10-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8887 (2021) · source
“Mexico recognizes the work of UNISFA, especially in the context of the complex situation it has faced in recent weeks. We regret that the deterioration of security in Sector 1 of the Joint Border Verification and Monitoring Mechanism (JBVMM) forced the relocation of a significant part of its personnel to Gok Machar. That dramatically limits the Force’s ability to support the JBVMM. We call on South Sudan to raise awareness in Abyei communities about the United Nations presence and the importance of UNISFA’s work. The Secretary-General’s latest report (S/2021/881) concludes that one of the main challenges is law and order. In that regard, it is regrettable that rule of law efforts have been undermined by the absence of a police service in Abyei. The United Nations Police is the only entity that provides that service.”
2021-10-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8887 (2021) · source
“With regard to the Secretary-General’s assessment of recent political developments between the Sudan and South Sudan and his recommendations on a possible reconfiguration of the mission and the establishment of a road map for its eventual exit, we share his view that peacekeeping tools are not enough and that the nature of the challenges in Abyei require a peacekeeping approach. Only rapprochement among the Abyei communities and confidence-building can create conditions for peace and stability in the region. We will closely follow the discussion on the possible establishment of benchmarks with the objective of agreeing on a solution to the final status of the Abyei region. The participation of women in decision-making processes is critical to achieving stability.”
2021-10-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8887 (2021) · source
“First, there are multiple tools and mechanisms that must be operationalized, such as the Joint Political and Security Mechanism, whose decisions remain unimplemented, and the Abyei Joint Oversight Committee, which has not met since 2017. We hope that the Sudan and South Sudan will make use of those spaces and tools. Secondly, mistrust among Abyei communities constitutes one of the main challenges for the two Governments and the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA). We call on the Sudan and South Sudan to redouble efforts in their interactions to facilitate a dialogue with a view to reducing tensions between the Misseriya and the Ngok Dinka.”
2021-10-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8887 (2021) · source
“Mr. Sandoval Mendiolea (Mexico) (spoke in Spanish): I thank Under-Secretary Lacroix, Special Envoy Onanga-Anyanga and Mr. Thabo Mbeki, Chairperson of the African Union High- level Implementation Panel, for their briefings. We also welcome the representative of the Sudan and South Sudan. The past few months have been characterized by multiple outreach efforts by both the Sudan and South Sudan, culminating in the summit in Juba in August. Such meetings are essential for the consolidation and formalization of cooperation and dialogue. We hope that the recent events in the Sudan, which we condemn, will not have a negative impact on stability and security in the Abyei region. However, there are two main challenges.”
2021-10-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8887 (2021) · source
“Let us silence the guns in Africa - but also in other regions that suffer from armed violence and conflicts that are exacerbated by the proliferation of conventional weapons.”
2019-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8473 (2019) · source
“Similarly, the concrete actions being taken in different regions are very important - the positive role of the regional disarmament centres stands out. As far as the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean is concerned, its activity is indispensable for the efforts of countries in my region, such as Mexico, which has benefited from various activities, studies and diagnostics for the implementation of public policies. Economic resources that are diverted from sustainable development to purchase weapons could undoubtedly help our societies in a more humane and integrated way. Sustainable peace is the collective desire of the United Nations.”
2019-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8473 (2019) · source
“Within the framework of that discussion, we reiterate our call not to combine actions taken in response to organized crime with actions taken in response to the fight against terrorism, as both phenomena require dedicated and effective cooperation efforts that are bound to differ because the two issues are different in nature. Mexico reiterates its support for the disarmament agenda proposed by the Secretary-General. Disarmament is not an end in itself but a means, or vehicle, to achieve peace, save humankind, save lives and save future generations, as proposed by the Secretary-General. We note the implementation of the multiparty voluntary fund to combat illicit arms trafficking and the strategy aimed at young people as agents for change in their communities.”
2019-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8473 (2019) · source
“Mexico urges all members to take full advantage of the proper implementation of the multilateral instruments at our disposal in order to achieve the universality and implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty and revitalize the United Nations Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects for the purpose of holding comprehensive discussions on the issue and the complete cycle of weapons, including the indivisibility of the equal and proportional treatment of ammunition.”
2019-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8473 (2019) · source
“A decisive fight against arms trafficking and diversion must be accompanied by strategies that make development and sustainable peace the top priorities for States. The achievement of Agenda 2030 is particularly visible and relevant to the issue, not only as regards target 16.4 of the Sustainable Development Goals, on reducing illicit arms flows and combating organized crime, but also because the reduction of Violence is imperative to achieving sustainable development, complying with Agenda 2030 and saving thousands of lives. We must forge inclusive societies with a healthy social fabric. Many of our societies are plagued by firearms, which groups use as tools to threaten the rule of law and the kind of society we all want.”
2019-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8473 (2019) · source
“Mexico welcomes the fact that the African Union has developed a vision and a continental strategy to put an end to armed violence and control the trade and trafficking in weapons in an effort to spur development. We in Latin America and the Caribbean have also promoted and implemented ambitious regional and hemispheric agreements. For example, under the chairmanship of Mexico, the Conference of the States Parties to the Inter-American Convention against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and Other Related Materials held last year agreed on an innovative approach to action for its implementation and synergies with other international instruments and mechanisms in order to align national and regional efforts with the overall achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.”
2019-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8473 (2019) · source
“Mexico is therefore particularly concerned about the irresponsible and uncontrolled arms trade, which fosters illicit trafficking across borders and cause weapons to end up in the hands of criminals. In order to meet the challenge, it is essential to recognize that producers, exporters, intermediaries and recipients of weapons all have a shared responsibility. Cooperation and multidimensional efforts at the subregional, regional and global levels must be the vehicle that enables us to overcome the challenge, supported by full compliance with, and the proper implementation of, the arms embargoes imposed by the Council, as well as the promotion and implementation of effective programmes and mandates on the collection and registration of weapons.”
2019-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8473 (2019) · source
“Mr. Sandoval Mendiolea (Mexico) (spoke in Spanish): We thank Equatorial Guinea for convening today's open debate on a subject that is very relevant to international security. Conventional weapons account for the largest number of deaths and victims throughout the world and perpetuate armed conflicts, while hindering security, development and sustainable peace. All Member States have a responsibility to promote societies free of armed violence, because the uncontrolled proliferation of conventional weapons in various regions of the world poses a threat to international peace and security. Regrettably, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean absorb the greatest human cost of this problem, although we are not weapons manufacturers.”
2019-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8473 (2019) · source
“Based on all that I have just said, it is Vital that, as one of the principal organs of the Organization, the Security Council reaffirm its role as a contributor to the harmonized efforts of the entire system, not as a body that deals with that link alone or in isolation. In the same vein, the work of the Security Council should take advantage of and be appropriately complemented by the tools and processes for addressing cross-cutting issues on the agenda of the Organization, such as migration, food security and disaster risk reduction, among others.”
2019-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8451 (2019) · source
“The best way to respond to its impacts is therefore to meet the goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development so as to achieve sustainable and inclusive development that leaves no one behind. Before considering making this topic a standing agenda item of the Security Council, we must have reliable and rigorous analytical tools that inform and support the decisions of the Security Council and can therefore incorporate such a perspective. A clear division of labour within the United Nations system is the best way forward to address the impact of climate change on international peace and security.”
2019-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8451 (2019) · source
“The application of such an approach would be welcome in reviewing various conflicts on the Council's agenda so that it becomes part of the analytical resources underpinning the decision-making process of the Security Council and with regard to peacebuilding. In that regard, the sustaining peace approach offers a broad, necessary and totally relevant paradigm shift to approaching this issue. It is precisely peace, not conflict, that must be the reference point for prevention and the motivator for the use of all the resources and tools available to foster peaceful societies that benefit from sustainable development, including resiliency to climate change.”
2019-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8451 (2019) · source
“We therefore believe that, in order to provide them with comprehensive and adequate attention, the effects of climate change must be included as part of risk analyses carried out by the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs on a case-by-case basis, while maintaining an incremental approach based on sustainable development and vulnerability. No part of the planet is immune from the impact of extreme climate events, hence the imperative need to improve the mechanisms and methods to successfully manage the risks they represent and avoid them. Fortunately, such analyses have begun to be included in the mandates of some peacekeeping operations that recognize the effects of climate change as risk factors.”
2019-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8451 (2019) · source
“We must, however, recognize that, although the phenomenon increases vulnerability, it is not the underlying cause of the institutional and structural fragility experienced by many countries. It is not a matter of reconfiguring an approach to combat climate change into one ensuring security, but rather of recognizing its devastating effects, which are intensifying on a daily basis, while affecting international relations and security. The discussion on the links between the effects of climate change and security must always be based on the context-specific context of countries and regions.”
2019-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8451 (2019) · source
“To that end, we must adhere to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which translates into building resiliency and fostering international cooperation. The issues that come up in discussions on the link between climate change and security generally reflect the effects of the former, many of which are related to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including such development challenges as displacement, migration, food security, water scarcity, energy production and pandemics, among others. In other words, the indirect effects of climate change on populations constitute a threat to international peace and security and are risk factors with regard to the emergence and the exacerbation of conflicts.”
2019-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8451 (2019) · source
“It is important to analytically distinguish among the causes and scope of the phenomenon in order to identify the relevant agencies within the United Nations system able to confront them and consequently ensure that our efforts are truly coherent, coordinated, effective and efficient. It is imperative that the Security Council voice its concern about this critical issue, and we hope that it will reaffirm that, in that regard, the Framework Convention is the proper venue for coordinating actions to address its causes and effects across its mitigation, adaptation, loss and damage, climate financing, technology transfer and capacity-building pillars. The best way to ward off the risks associated with climate change is to deal with its structural causes and vulnerability factors.”
2019-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8451 (2019) · source
“In recent years, combating climate change has consistently been, and will continue to be, a national and international priority for the Government of Mexico. Since the sixteenth Conference ofthe Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP16), held in Cancun, Mexico, where we laid the groundwork for all our current understandings, we opted for a binding, ambitious and dynamic regime, which is embodied today in the Paris Agreement, with the Framework Convention as the main international intergovernmental forum for negotiating the global response to climate change. In that regard, Mexico supports and thanks the Secretary-General for holding a high-level meeting on climate change this year.”
2019-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8451 (2019) · source
“Mr. Sandoval Mendiolea (Mexico) (spoke in Spanish): Mexico thanks the Dominican Republic for convening this open debate on such a relevant topic on the international agenda. As the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change recently pointed out, working to combat climate change is synonymous with working to preserve the human species. The scientific evidence contained in the fall 2018 special report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is clear, forceful and alarming. Increasing our resolve is key to tackling the phenomenon, and our current efforts are falling short. We are very far from meeting the goal of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.”
2019-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8451 (2019) · source
“We reiterate that, in order to achieve greater efficiency, effectiveness and security on the ground, it is essential that peace operations deployed in Africa have a clear and express mandate from the Security Council that ensures the ownership of the operation by the host State, whose opinions must be heard at all times. Peacekeeping operations must be evaluated continuously; they must be properly equipped and count on clear and viable strategies that enable solutions to multidimensional security problems; and they must be endowed with the necessary resources to reach their maximum potential. All this must follow on from an essential change in their approach and raison d'etre - they must ensure that sustainable peace is achieved.”
2018-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8407 (2018) · source
“Mexico wishes to express its firm commitment to continuing its participation in operations deployed in Africa. We emphasize the importance of the Secretariat privileging the preparation and predeployment training of personnel participating in peace operations. In this context, we join the calls of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations in its most recent report (A/72/19) for the Secretariat to formulate practical, implementable, realistic and effective recommendations to reduce peacekeeping fatalities and injuries from acts of violence.”
2018-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8407 (2018) · source
“Since rejoining peace operations in 2015 - and aware that the priority needs of the Organization are focused on providing peacekeeping operations in Africa with indispensable and well-trained personnel so that its mandates can be fulfilled - Mexico has gradually increased its participation in these operations by deploying observers to the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara. Moreover, since 2017 Mexico has participated in the Integrated Multidimensional Mission of the United Nations in the Central African Republic, and this year began its involvement in the Multidimensional Mission of the United Nations in Mali. Furthermore, I am pleased to report that, as of this year, my country has its ownjoint training centre for peace operations, where we also offer training for personnel from other countries.”
2018-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8407 (2018) · source
“Mexico has joined the 150 countries that have endorsed the Declaration of Shared Commitments on United Nations Peacekeeping Operations as a collective effort to contribute to refocusing peacekeeping efforts with realistic expectations. This will make these operations stronger and more secure by endowing them with well-equipped, well-structured and well-trained forces, and by mobilizing the broadest support for political solutions, including United Nations cooperation with regional and subregional organizations. Today, I refer in particular to the African Union, promoting the strategic nature of that alliance in light of Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United Nations.”
2018-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8407 (2018) · source
“We welcome the fact that one of the objectives of the reforms is to increase the effectiveness and coherence ofpeace operations, guaranteeing the primacy ofpolicy and the flexibility of their approach in order to respond more quickly and effectively to crisis warning signs and the outbreak or intensification of conflicts. The legitimacy and trust placed in those operations demands the effective fulfilment of the tasks entrusted to it: saving lives, preventing massive atrocities, and laying the foundations for sustainable peace and development. For this reason, we believe that reforms should enhance their effectiveness, responsiveness and accountability.”
2018-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8407 (2018) · source
“The role of communities, women and youth must be adequately reflected in the solutions offered by the United Nations, and this exercise in inclusion is the only one that can guarantee the transition from a situation of parties in conflict to societies with a healthy social fabric that can be fertile soil for sustainable peace, as already mentioned. Mexico once again welcomes the approval of the restructuring of the peace and security pillar, as well as the reform of the management of the Secretariat. We call for the Secretariat to fully implement the reforms and make available to the Member States complete information on the results achieved, the prevailing challenges and any additional adjustments that may be required.”
2018-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8407 (2018) · source
“Changes in how the international community addresses peace, security and stability challenges have beenconsolidatedintheconceptofsustainablepeace-a new paradigm in which the pillars ofpeace and security converge with those of sustainable development. The centrality of the prevention of conflicts and their reoccurrence must be promoted and perfected in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and meeting their targets. In Africa and throughout the world, the inclusion and development of communities with a healthy social fabric, in which all people can develop their potential, are of vital importance to their prosperity, the prevention of conflict and even the prevention of violent extremism.”
2018-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8407 (2018) · source
“Mr. Sandoval Mendiolea (Mexico) (spoke in Spanish): We thank China for convening this debate on a topic of great relevance to the Organization and the international community, particularly in a context marked by enormous challenges to international peace and security. During its more than seven decades of existence, the Organization has played fundamental roles in the maintenance of peace in conflict zones around the world. The men and women who have sacrificed themselves for the cause of peace under the banner of the United Nations deserve to remain in our memory, and they have all of our gratitude.”
2018-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8407 (2018) · source
“Multilateralism would be a dead letter if all other members of the international community were to abandon the purposes and principles that humankind has agreed upon over the past several centuries for the common good and prosperity, or if we were to decide to give up the search for joint solutions to shared challenges, or if we were to consider as normal the selective and conditional compliance with agreements forged by the collective community for the benefit of individual interests. We reaffirm our unwavering multilateral vocation and commitment to and confidence in the United Nations.”
2018-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8395 (2018) · source
“The new face of multilateralism has been enriched by the participation of civil-society organizations, the private sector, academia and the media, which have found ways to promote issues of interest that have an impact at the local level and to ensure citizens' participation within multilateral spaces, In conclusion, multilateralism is cannot be called into question just because one or more countries violate the Charter of the United Nations with the threat of the use of force, contravene majority decisions or decide to break international agreements and decide that it is better to act in isolation.”
2018-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8395 (2018) · source
“That effective linkage, which enables us to focus on prevention and to build communities with a healthy social fabric, constitutes a new avenue of work for the United Nations that requires a new and more robust and purposeful architecture, which we must promote and perfect in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Contemporary multilateralism has the best interests of the individual - not simply the avoidance of military hostilities, as was our main concern in 1945 - at its core. The new face of multilateralism is inclusive, with women and girls at its centre, as they must enjoy equal opportunities. The effectiveness of multilateral action will be measured by our ability to improve the lives of our communities by working towards the universal fulfilment of the 169 targets of the Sustainable Development Goals.”
2018-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8395 (2018) · source
“We live in a world shaped by multilateralism, and Mexico therefore reiterates its concern regarding the excessive use of the so-called consensus rule, as it is misleading to contend that that rule equates with unanimity or a form of veto rather than a genuine aspiration. A putative consensus undermines the ability of multilateral forums to function effectively and slows progress to a minimal speed, thereby perpetuating the status quo and occasionally making the progress that humankind needs much harder to achieve. Sustainable peace - the new paradigmatic concept of the Organization - has made linking the pillar of peace and security with the pillar of sustainable development into a reality.”
2018-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8395 (2018) · source
“In that regard, we reiterate that the Uniting for Consensus proposal is the most democratic, achievable, realistic and comprehensive proposal available to us for strengthening genuine multilateralism. Similarly, we must continue our work in addressing the working methods of the Organization, especially those of the Security Council. Using the right to veto to block Security Council measures against atrocity crimes runs counter to multilateralism. It is an expression of unilateralism that contravenes the purposes and principles of the United Nations. The French-Mexican initiative to limit the use of the veto in cases of mass atrocities is a step towards promoting multilateralism.”
2018-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8395 (2018) · source
“We commend the progress being made in United Nations reforms aimed at making the Organization more efficient, effective and coherent in its work in operational, institutional and financial areas. We therefore welcomed the briefing by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and reaffirm our support for the reform process headed by him. The Security Council bears the supreme responsibility for preserving both multilateralism and multilaterally agreed norms on the preservation of international security. We need to strengthen that body through a comprehensive reform process in line with the values of the twenty-first century, thereby making it truly representative, democratic, transparent, efficient and effective, and providing the greatest benefit for all, not just for a handful of countries seeking permanent membership.”
2018-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8395 (2018) · source
“Attacks on multilateralism, and especially on the United Nations, should not be considered as true or as omens of the disappearance of the Organization. We must not let them breed mistrust. The United Nations has very clear purposes and principles that seek the good of humankind. Defending the United Nations should be simple. In the face of criticism and attacks, we must analyse their deep motivation; whether they are driven by the best interests of humankind or seek to harm it; whether they seek to build for the benefit ofall or to destroy. Once that is done, we will have some clarity, because, as has been pointed out, the United Nations is perfectible in its operations but not in its ends or its purposes, as they are based on universal and immanent values.”
2018-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8395 (2018) · source
“Mexico is a State that loves peace and international law, but we also do so because effective and robust global governance is at the heart of our national interests. That is why the confrontation between sovereignty or the primacy of nationalism and multilateralism is a false dilemma. We nations exercise and assert our sovereignty through multilateralism. The multilateral architecture of the twenty- first century covers almost every aspect of human activities and delivers results on the ground. Like any human construct, multilateralism is perfectible. It could be more efficient, it could produce results more effectively, and it could work in a more coherent and coordinated way. However, the multilateral machinery is the best arrangement that we States have.”
2018-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8395 (2018) · source
“Multilateral forums were created so that nations could develop relations of friendship and cooperation, discuss problems and find common solutions to shared problems on the basis of the legal equality of States and mutual respect. Multilateral forums, and especially the United Nations, give or withhold legitimacy to the behaviour of States as subjects of international law. They create customs, consolidate norms and forge principles. They do not do away with power relations between States, but they transform those relations by establishing the line that divides civilization from the law of the jungle and chaos. Those States that, like Mexico, defend multilateralism do so as a matter of principle.”
2018-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8395 (2018) · source
“Mr. Sandoval Mendiolea (Mexico) (spoke in Spanish): We thank China for convening this debate on a topic of great relevance to the Organization and to the international community. In the twenty-first century, it is an illusion to think that States can solve problems of a global nature on their own or in isolation, or even undertake major regional or national transformations. That is so because of the economic, cultural and even technological interdependence in which we live. It is not correct to argue that international organizations function only when external conditions and international relations are propitious.”
2018-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8395 (2018) · source
“In conclusion, the international situation is beset by a series of crises and conflicts that are intertwined and converge with voices that incite the exacerbation of hostilities, hatred, racism and xenophobia. We must continue to value the role of mediation and preventive diplomacy, because it is up to us to make the principles of the Charter of the United Nations a reality. Mexico considers it irresponsible and contrary to the principles that guide the Organization to call for the stigmatization of nationalities, religions or ethnicities. That should not have a place within the Member States of our Organization. It is not in line with the highest values of the United Nations, and constitutes acts that we all must condemn.”
2018-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8334 (2018) · source
“F ourthly, the Council should include in the mandates of peacekeeping operations and special political missions activities that contribute to local, national and regional mediation efforts to ensure conflict resolution, avoid polarization and underpin sustainable peace. Fifthly, the number of women who participated as mediators in peace processes between 1990 and 2017 make up only two per cent of all mediators, which is why it is still necessary for the United Nations High- level Advisory Board on Mediation to address that under-representation and expand the list of potential high-level envoys and mediators. The Council should continue to promote the gender perspective and systematically integrate the Board's recommendations.”
2018-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8334 (2018) · source
“First, the Council should adapt its approach to mediation in the light of the changing nature of conflicts and the increase in the number and diversity of actors in the field, including through a focus on the gender perspective. Secondly, it should encourage the Secretary- General to proactively engage in the prevention of conflicts by providing his good offices to the parties and drawing the attention of the Council to situations that endanger international peace and security, in accordance with Articles 98 and 99 of the Charter. Thirdly, it should build prevention and mediation capacities at local, national, subregional, regional and international levels. That is particularly important, considering that the peaceful settlement of disputes is a primary responsibility of Member States.”
2018-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8334 (2018) · source
“In the case of El Salvador, Mexico's participation with the so-called Group of Four - Colombia, Spain, Venezuela and Mexico - formed the so-called Group of Friends of the Secretary-General, which offered ongoing support to and facilitated the negotiation efforts of the United Nations. There are many examples in our region, but I would especially like to mention that, within the Organization of American States, Mexico has contributed, together with other countries, to the regional mediation and cooperation efforts to resolve the current crises in Venezuela and Nicaragua. The Security Council should continue to encourage and support the inclusion of mediation efforts in the maintenance of international peace and security. To that end, the Council may wish to consider the following measures.”
2018-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8334 (2018) · source
“Mediation and other mechanisms for the peaceful settlement of disputes have been key to the prevention and resolution of political, ideological, natural, territorial and border disputes in Latin America. Mexico has played an important role in some of those efforts. For example, together with Colombia, Panama and Venezuela, we created a mediation mechanism called the Contadora Group to achieve the easing of tensions, political understanding and cooperation in Central American. The consensus achieved through the Group is a clear example that in a changing reality political dialogue must be an essential tool for understanding between States.”
2018-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8334 (2018) · source
“The role of Member States and international organizations in mediation must respond to the new challenges posed by contemporary conflicts and crises. Beyond traditional patterns in the field of mediation, comprehensive, multidimensional, innovative and timely approaches are needed today to create conditions that are conducive to sustainable peace. Mexico has historically spoken in favour of the prevention and peaceful settlement of disputes, and remains convinced that the genuine strengthening of the United Nations role depends, to a large extent, on the efficient use of the tools provided for in Chapter VI of the Charter of the United Nations.”
2018-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8334 (2018) · source
“I would like to underscore in particular that one of the three pillars of the Secretary-General's action plan, borne out of the review of peace operations, is placing conflict prevention and mediation at the core of the work of the United Nations. We therefore commend the fact that the strengthening of mediation is part and parcel of the Secretary-General's reform proposal under the peace and security pillar. The plethora of examples of successful mediation amid recent tensions demonstrates the invaluable contribution of that tool - the very essence of preventive diplomacy - to reducing the potential for the deterioration and resumption of conflict, alleviating human suffering and creating conditions for sustainable peace.”
2018-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8334 (2018) · source
“Mr. Sandoval Mendiolea (Mexico) (spoke in Spanish): We thank the presidency of the United Kingdom for convening today's very important debate. We also thank the Secretary-General and The Most Reverend and Right Honourable Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, as a member of the Secretary-General's High-level Advisory Board on Mediation, for their briefings. As the Security Council knows, in April 2009, under the presidency of Mexico, the Council considered today's subject and adopted a presidential statement (S/PRST/2009/8). Since then, considerable progress has been made in strengthening United Nations capabilities in mediation and peaceful dispute settlement.”
2018-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8334 (2018) · source
“For international society and for the United Nations system, protecting the rights of children in all circumstances must be seen as an obligation. It is imperative that we turn environments of adversity into environments of opportunity for the children of the world. The path we all must take is clear and is universal: it is through prevention and through the sustainable and inclusive development to which we must aspire, achieving the Sustainable Development Goals set forth in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.”
2018-07-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8305 (2018) · source