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Sandoval Mendiolea

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first: 2015-05-13
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“As Mexico has stated on previous occasions, the Council must make sustaining peace a reality in its area of competence; the Council should help to channel the Organization's efforts to address the root causes of conflicts in order to prevent them from erupting and work with other entities, such as the Peacebuilding Commission, the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council, to resolve conflicts in an effective and lasting way and in a spirit of transparency and accountability. That is the major challenge.”
2017-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8144 (2017) · source
“In its broadest sense, today more than ever, the work of peacekeeping operations should harmoniously contribute to the Organization's other agendas aimed at fostering the nexus between peace and security, development and human rights. The United Nations must ensure the primacy of resolving conflicts through political means and demonstrate flexibility, swiftness and effectiveness in the face of warning signs of crises or the outbreak or exacerbation of conflicts - and in general in addressing specific changing needs on the ground.”
2017-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8144 (2017) · source
“We welcome the fact that the recommendations arising from the three reviews as well as the content of those two resolutions were taken up by Secretary- General Antonio Guterres in his proposal for the reform and restructuring of the peace and security pillar, as set out in his report contained in document A/72/525, which the General Assembly just endorsed today (see A/72/PV.74). When it comes to maintaining peace, the primary responsibility of the United Nations, and of the Council in particular, is to invest in the security, peace and prosperity of everyone in every country throughout the world without exception.”
2017-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8144 (2017) · source
“We must pay attention to the root causes of conflicts; we must prevent them from emerging or recurring; and we must find political solutions. The three reviews also identified the need to correct the fragmentation in the United Nations system, as it is limiting the Organization's ability to respond to armed conflicts in a timely and flexible manner by making use of the tools at its disposal. The identical resolutions - Security Council resolution 2282 (2016) and General Assembly resolution 70/262 - defined sustaining peace as a goal and as a process that encompasses addressing the root causes of conflicts, focusing on containing the spread of conflict and increasing the normative and operational coherence within the United Nations system and among all its bodies.”
2017-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8144 (2017) · source
“Mr. Sandoval Mendiolea (Mexico) (spoke in Spanish): We thank Japan for convening this open debate on a topic of great relevance to the United Nations, given that the world is at a critical crossroads where international peace and security are under threat. In recent years, Security Council members have discussed the need to address the root causes and factors that exacerbate conflicts, through a comprehensive and wide-ranging approach. The paradigm shift we are pursuing together at the United Nations - the focus we are placing on prevention with sustainable peace and development as its cornerstone - is the right path. The three review processes carried out in 2015 - namely, on United Nations peacekeeping operations, the peacebuilding architecture and the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000) - produced coinciding results.”
2017-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8144 (2017) · source
“If we are to strengthen institutions in Haiti, particularly as regards developing the operational capacities of its National Police, as well as making progress in enhancing the rule oflaw and the protection of human rights, full international support for MINUJUSTH will continue to be essential, and Mexico therefore wishes to contribute police personnel to the Mission. I would like to conclude by paying tribute to the efforts of the thousands of men and women who gave their all to MINUSTAH, some of them losing their lives. I reiterate Mexico's belief in the importance of making sustainable peace the guiding thread for the effectiveness and coherence that we expect from the work of the United Nations in building and maintaining international peace and security.”
2017-10-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8068 (2017) · source
“The two years of Mexico's participation in MINUSTAH enabled my country to support the efforts of the United Nations in Haiti and the Mexican armed forces to gain experience and build their capacities for peace operations in a new phase of Mexico's relationship with the United Nations. My country will continue to participate in MINUJUSTH, as we believe that it responds to the important issue of adapting peacekeeping operations' mandates to the political and security context on the ground.”
2017-10-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8068 (2017) · source
“We must find an appropriate response to the problems caused by the terrible cholera epidemic so that we can care for the families of the victims and those affected by the epidemic. General Assembly resolution 71/161, on the new United Nations approach to cholera in Haiti, recognizes the Organization's responsibility to the Haitian people. In that context, I am pleased to inform the Security Council that Mexico will allocate 100 per cent of its unencumbered balance from MINUSTAH to the United Nations Haiti Cholera Response Multi-Partner Trust Fund. I urge the international community to increase its support for the fulfilment of the mandate of the new Mission, bearing in mind that its success will depend to a large extent on continued support from those who have been part of MINUSTAH and from new contributors.”
2017-10-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8068 (2017) · source
“The United Nations should support the Haitian Government in those efforts, in accordance with the national priorities that Haiti itself has defined. This new stage is a rare opportunity to test the concepts behind United Nations coordination of peace, humanitarian assistance and development on the ground. We expect the United Nations country team in Haiti to have impeccable coordination, consistency, efficiency and transparency. Haiti represents a unique theatre in which the United Nations system can show that it is possible to make the transition from conflict management and humanitarian assistance to coordinating a truly sustainable peace conducive to the development and fulfilment of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals. The United Nations has a moral and economic debt to the Haitian people.”
2017-10-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8068 (2017) · source
“Mr. Sandoval Mendiolea (Mexico) (spoke in Spanish): I would like to thank France for convening today's debate and to reaffirm the Government of Mexico's gratitude to Ms. Sandra Honore Braithwaite, Head of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), and her team, for their tireless work over the years and their proven commitment to the Haitian people. The winding down of MINUSTAH and the establishment of the new United Nations Mission in Support of Justice in Haiti (MINUJUSTH) are positive developments for Haiti. Mexico, as part of the Economic and Social Council Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti, has witnessed the iron determination of the Haitian Government and people to build prosperity in their country.”
2017-10-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8068 (2017) · source
“Sustainable peace has provided peacekeeping operations and special political missions with a new narrative and clearer legitimacy, since the close relationship between prevention, mediation and peacebuilding is intimately linked to development and compliance with the 2030 Agenda. We therefore urge the Security Council to continue to ensure that its actions to achieve peace are anchored in the major United Nations agreements. We are facing a paradigm shift in the Organization more than 70 years after its founding. We must address the crises at the root and look at their root causes. We must invest in communities and in prevention and not simply in managing conflicts.”
2017-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8033 (2017) · source
“We hope that the Secretary-General's reform proposal, which he is currently working on, will be translated into a sustainable peace architecture that improves its effectiveness in preventing, maintaining and consolidating international peace and security. To do this, it must have the logistical, political, financial and staff resources to fulfil ever more robust and multidimensional mandates. We advocate a genuine institutional change that rests on the pillars of transparency, inclusiveness, accountability and greater political, financial and logistical support for United Nations peace operations.”
2017-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8033 (2017) · source
“The Security Council must also continue to ensure that the mandates of peacekeeping operations and special political missions are sufficiently flexible and tailored to the reality and the needs on the ground and that they address all post-conflict phases and contribute to sustainable peace in a consistent and multisectoral way. It is essential to strengthen the interrelation and coordination between the Security Council, troop- contributing countries, financial contributors, host States, regional organizations, relevant United Nations system agencies, national authorities and civil society.”
2017-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8033 (2017) · source
“The wide range of tools available to the United Nations in order to implement this concept includes efforts that range from preventive diplomacy to peacebuilding, along with the design of peacekeeping operations and special political missions.However, we must take greater advantage of the involvement of the Secretary-General, directly or through the country teams in the field, the Special Representatives, and exploit the possibility represented by the Secretary- General's request for advisory opinions to the International Court of Justice as valuable instruments within the framework of the purposes of the Charter.”
2017-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8033 (2017) · source
“As Chair of the Group of Friends for Sustainable Peace, Mexico would like to continue working with the Secretary-General and the members of the United Nations towards a greater understanding of the potential of this systemic and conceptual challenge to the fragmentation of the work of the Organization, which calls for the active and coherent participation of the principal organs of the United Nations, as well as the Secretariat and its specialized agencies, funds, programmes and operations on the ground.”
2017-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8033 (2017) · source
“And it is difficult to have development without peace. The Security Council and General Assembly's adoption of their historic resolutions 2282 (2016) and 70/262 demonstrate that both the Assembly and the Council are already committed to guiding the Organization's responses through the concept of sustaining peace, which the Secretary-General's programme of reform also addresses.”
2017-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8033 (2017) · source
“Mr. Sandoval Mendiolea (Mexico) (spoke in Spanish): We thank Egypt for convening today's timely debate. Faced with the evolution of armed conflicts and the changing nature of new challenges to peace and development, the United Nations has become increasingly aware of the urgent need to change the focus on the achievement of its ultimate raison d'etre and purpose, maintaining international peace and security. Unfortunately, the United Nations has devoted much of its human and financial resources to managing conflicts rather than preventing them. We therefore urge the Security Council to devote this and other meetings to the consideration of prevention as central to action in the United Nations system and to sustainable peace as a goal and process. There can be no peace without development or respect for human rights.”
2017-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8033 (2017) · source
“We also have to focus on addressing the underlying causes of conflict and on sustainable peace as a goal but also as a process and tool for ensuring international security and human security. Civilians, and in particular women, boys and girls, continue to be the majority of the victims in armed conflicts. It is therefore essential to translate the political commitment of the Security Council into up-to-date and strengthened protection mechanisms, which in turn generate a tangible change in the situation on the ground. We therefore echo the recommendations of the Secretary-General and call on the Security Council to ensure that this issue remain at the heart of our definition of political strategies and solutions on its agenda.”
2017-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7951 (2017) · source
“We therefore call on the members of the Security Council to implement the Security Council code of conduct proposed and strengthened by the Accountability, Coherence and Transparency Group, so as to enhance the capacity and effectiveness of the Organization in the face of violations of international humanitarian law, human rights and international criminal law. We welcome the increasing interest and attention being given to including better policies for the protection of civilians in the mandates of peacekeeping operations. The Security Council's condemnation is very important, but it should be accompanied by decisive actions to combat impunity in those cases.”
2017-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7951 (2017) · source
“In the light of this reality, the historic adoption of resolution 2286 (2016) represents an opportunity to step up and focus the efforts of Member States and the Organization to protect civilians. Accordingly, the Secretary-General's recommendations provide a basis for strengthening our response. It is also vital to seek to address the structural failings of the Organization in these cases. That is why we reiterate our appeal to the permanent members of the Security Council to follow the example of one of their own, France, and commit themselves not to veto Council decisions in cases that involve mass atrocities. Nearly a hundred countries have aligned themselves in support of the Franco-Mexican initiative in this regard.”
2017-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7951 (2017) · source
“The granting of humanitarian assistance can in no way be held hostage to political or military interests in an armed conflict, whether it be international or domestic conflict. Similarly, given the devastating consequences of the use of explosives in densely populated areas, because of the difficulty of fully predicting and controlling their effects in the area around a detonation point - and therefore on people living there - we support efforts to adopt a political declaration on the issue. It is necessary and urgent to agree on a comprehensive response, since the consequences of the use of explosives in densely populated areas are experienced over the long term. We must prevent explosive weapons from destroying entire infrastructures, including hospitals and health centres.”
2017-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7951 (2017) · source
“They have therefore been insufficient to prevent or eliminate armed conflicts or to ensure the protection of civilians during conflicts, including in post-conflict stages. This is particularly worrying given the persistence of and increase in attacks against those involved in humanitarian operations and attacks on humanitarian convoys and medical facilities. All such attacks constitute war crimes. Mexico strongly condemns this violence and calls on all parties to a conflict to respect and protect civilians, wounded and sick combatants and humanitarian workers alike. It is unacceptable that these personnel and facilities should be considered as parts of the battlefield rather than as sanctuaries for the wounded and the sick.”
2017-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7951 (2017) · source
“Mr. Sandoval Mendiolea (Mexico) (spoke in Spanish): We thank Uruguay for convening today's debate and express our appreciation for the statements made by the Secretary-General and representatives of civil society who have briefed us on the particular problems faced by humanitarian personnel dedicated to medical missions and health personnel. It is necessary and appropriate for the Security Council to address this issue on a regular basis and that it reiterate its appeal to the United Nations membership and all parties to conflicts to respect the standards and principles related to the protection of civilians enshrined in international humanitarian law, human rights and international criminal law. Nevertheless, on many occasions, these appeals are ignored.”
2017-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7951 (2017) · source
“My country will continue to work actively for initiatives that contribute meaningfully to multilateral disarmament and non-proliferation efforts, such as resolution 1540 (2004).”
2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source
“The approach based on international cooperation is also a strength of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004), because it allows direct dialogue with States to be carried out when making visits at their request. The 1540 Committee has established itself as a platform of cooperation to facilitate assistance. We must continue working towards that end by strengthening the mechanism for dealing with requests for specific needs and offers of assistance in specific areas. Likewise, the frank dialogue that the 1540 Committee has developed with international organizations, academia and industry in the pursuit of compliance with the resolution is commendable.”
2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source
“We have also provided information on the safety and security of radiological, chemical and biological materials. Five years ago, Mexico took the decision to close the door to the transfer of goods and technology of dual-use that could be used for unauthorized purposes or fall into the hands of unauthorized end-users, including non-State actors. We continue to strive to improve our export- control policies so as to comply with our legally binding commitments, as well as with the voluntary and political obligations assumed upon becoming a member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group, the Australia Group and of the Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies. We have developed a national action plan for the implementation of resolution 1540 (2004), on which much work remains to be done.”
2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source
“We support the work of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) and welcome the outstanding work being carried out by its Group of Experts in developing useful tools for the full implementation of the resolution. At the national level, we have worked in coordination with the responsible agencies to update our national report on the implementation of the resolution and the matrix. Those tools contribute to transparency and confidence-building, and they also serve as a resource for the exchange of information and the dissemination of good practices in the area. We have reported on the promulgation of laws and the development of normative frameworks and control measures pertaining to chemical substances.”
2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source
“With regard to the Chemical Weapons Convention, the work of the Open-Ended Working Group on Terrorism of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and its Sub-Working Group on Non-State Actors is noteworthy. Mexico commends the OPCW for its support to Libya and the OPCW-United Nations Joint Investigative Mechanism for identifying those responsible for using chemical weapons in Syria. It is a priority matter to prevent a humanitarian tragedy resulting from biological weapons, given the potential risk owing to the availability and accessibility of the scientific know-how. Mexico welcomes the report on the comprehensive review on resolution 1540 (2004) and its recommendations and strategy on the subject for the coming years.”
2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source
“The year 2017 will be crucial in complementing and strengthening the disarmament, non-proliferation and, above all, nuclear-arms prohibition regimes by beginning with negotiations on a legally binding instrument on that issue. On 14 February 2017, we will celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean, known as the Treaty of Tlatelolco, which led to the establishment of the first nuclear-weapon-free zone in a densely populated region, which, in turn, led the way for the establishment of five nuclear-weapon-free zones in the world. That is a crucial contribution to international peace and security of the world that fills Mexico and all the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean with great pride.”
2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source
“Current technological advances and commercial interaction can facilitate access to weapons of mass destruction by non-State actors, thereby creating challenges for all of us. What does not exist cannot proliferate. Weapons of mass destruction should simply not exist. We must prohibit all of them without any exception. Mexico will continue to call for the prohibition and elimination of all weapons of mass destruction, based on an equitable and nondiscriminatory approach, so as to prevent the humanitarian impact of those instruments of war. Nuclear-weapon States must fulfil their obligations under the NPT and take unequivocal steps towards their elimination.”
2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source
“The 1540 regime is valuable because, within its framework, the most important obligations pertaining to international security, disarmament and non-proliferation must be fulfilled, in particular those under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, and the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction, among other relevant instruments. The full implementation of resolution 1540 (2004) is a task that requires continuous and joint efforts on the part of the international community.”
2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source
“Since the founding of the Organization, Mexico has pointed out that a secure and peaceful international system must be based on international cooperation and the full application of international law, not on the possession of weapons,and even less so on the existence of weapons of mass destruction.”
2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source
“Mr. Sandoval Mendiolea (Mexico) (spoke in Spanish): Mexico commends you, Sir, for holding this open debate and for Spain's bold leadership in the comprehensive review on resolution 1540 (2004). The comprehensive review on resolution 1540 (2004) took place in the context of historical developments in several areas of multilateralism, which shows us that when there is a political will, relevant, sensitive and efficient diplomacy is possible. The paradigm shift represented by the adoption by the Security Council and the General Assembly of the concept of sustainable peace as a process and goal for all illustrates that we are witnessing a new era for the United Nations.”
2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source
“That political will, expressed through understanding and cooperation, is what must prevail between neighbouring nations that share watercourses, borders, security and a future. The success of the cooperation on our northern border has been replicated on our southern border, where two independent international commissions are in place. That has led to several decades of cooperation with our neighbours Guatemala and Belize on the governance of shared water basins and has also resulted in the strengthening of bilateral relations.”
2016-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7818 (2016) · source
“The work of the relevant United Nations agencies and bodies on the ground, including the Peacebuilding Commission, must take into account the specific nature of this issue. The management of water, especially when the resource needs to be shared between two or more countries, does not necessarily have to result in conflict. For over 120 years Mexico and the United States of America have developed an exemplary framework for bilateral cooperation through a binational body, the International Boundary and Water Commission, which monitors the implementation of the 13 treaties on the matter, which both countries have signed. Collaboration and mutual understanding have allowed us to implement joint projects that have led to the improved well-being of some 12 million inhabitants of the border zone.”
2016-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7818 (2016) · source
“Such an approach must also include transboundary basins, which are home to 40 per cent of the world's population but lack governance agreements in 60 per cent of the cases. In its national capacity, Mexico reaffirms the need to protect that vital resource for the development of countries and for their inhabitants, thereby promoting sustainable peace. For Mexico, the foundations of sustainable peace lie in development, the fight against poverty and inequality, and access to justice and institutions as the most effective means of preventing conflicts and improving the quality of life. The management and protection of water resources is a particularly pertinent issue in those areas where water has been a frequent source of conflict. It is important to develop the abilities to cooperate and mediate in resolving disputes related to water.”
2016-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7818 (2016) · source
“The plan also acknowledges the need to shoulder greater responsibilities in the face of local, national and international challenges through a comprehensive and coordinated approach. In that regard, our leaders have called for the consolidation of the current recommendations and research on water and peace in order to present a new initiative in January 2017. If the world continues consuming at its current rate, by 2030 there will have been a 40 per cent reduction in current water reserves. If we manage to achieve the 2030 Agenda Sustainable Development Goals, we will create the necessary conditions for diminishing and eliminating conflicts over water through a preventive approach.”
2016-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7818 (2016) · source
“The Panel on Water seeks a fundamental change in the way in which the world deals with the issue of water in order to prioritize it as humankind's most important resource and to mobilize effective action to ensure its availability and sustainable management for the benefit ofour peoples, based on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and on Sustainable Development Goal 6 in particular. It is for that reason that we believe that water should be at the centre of our discussions when we talk about matters such as social and economic development, peace and security, the protection of the environment or adapting to climate change. Last September, the Panel launched an action plan, together with the Secretary-General and the President of the World Bank Group, that recognizes that access to safe drinking water is a human right.”
2016-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7818 (2016) · source
“Mr. Sandoval Mendiolea (Mexico) (spoke in Spanish): Mexico would like to thank Senegal for convening this debate on one of the primary emerging challenges to development and global stability, as well as to sustainable peace. We acknowledge the statements delivered by the Secretary-General and the other briefers. First, I shall make some brief comments on behalf of the High-Level Panel on Water, which was established by the United Nations and the World Bank Group and is composed of 11 members and a special adviser. The Panel is co-chaired by the Presidents of Mauritius and Mexico.”
2016-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7818 (2016) · source
“Similarly, we call for the efforts of the international community to be focused on developing integrated responses and initiatives that seek to address the structural causes of conflicts - which in many instances, foster the spread of extremist ideologies that could also lead terrorism - and, in so doing, achieve sustainable peace. Finally, Mexico takes advantage of today's meeting to reiterate the importance of effectively implementing the results of the peace operations review processes that took place during the previous sessions of the General Assembly and of the Council with a view to having countries plagued by Violent, armed conflict transition to sustainable peace.”
2016-11-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7802 (2016) · source
“Improving the interaction between the Security Council and its relevant sanctions committees, the Secretariat and countries that contribute personnel to peacekeeping operations, is of critical importance so as to enable the Council to have clear, accurate information on the situation on the ground in the countries in which those operations are deployed. In that regard, we believe that particular attention should be paid to capacity-building in peace operations deployed in complex environments in order to assist with the preventive efforts made by the host country to address such threats, particularly in the area of lending support to disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programmes for former combatants, the reform of the security sector and the building and strengthening of national justice and correctional facilities.”
2016-11-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7802 (2016) · source
“Any attempt to drastically modify their mandates would not only damage the core of their operations but also put their staff and the civilian population that they are tasked with protecting at risk. In that regard, we agree with the recommendations contained in the Report of the High-level Independent Panel on Peace Operations, which states that "[e]xtreme caution should guide the mandating of enforcement tasks to degrade, neutralize or defeat a designated enemy" (S/2015/446, p.]2), including terrorist groups or other forms of non-State actors in the mandates of such operations. Mexico acknowledges that asymmetrical threats, including those from terrorist groups jeopardize the effective use of the mandates of peacekeeping operations and the safety of United Nations staff.”
2016-11-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7802 (2016) · source
“To that end, Mexico believes that the United Nations should be given all of the tools it needs, such as the ability to gather further intelligence as needed, in order to be able to mitigate the challenges posed by the new international peace and security landscape. Despite what has just been said and as we have stated in the competent General Assembly forums, we reiterate our opposition to peacekeeping operations becoming counter-terrorism tools. Given their composition and nature, such operations do have neither the specific equipment or training needed to conduct logistics or intelligence operations, nor the specialized military training for counter-terrorism operations.”
2016-11-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7802 (2016) · source
“Mr. Sandoval Mendiolea (Mexico) (spoke in Spanish): Mexico thanks Senegal for convening today's important debate on a subject that presents one of the most pressing challenges for some peacekeeping operations. In recent years, we have seen how the constant changes in the challenges to peace and security compel such operations to discharge their missions in unstable environments and volatile security conditions that hinder them from fulfilling their missions, and, in particular, when they do not possess the logistical capacity and means to do so. To guarantee their efficiency, effectiveness and safety on the ground, such operations must have a clear, specific mandate from the Security Council in order to be duly equipped with clear and Viable strategies to perform their tasks.”
2016-11-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7802 (2016) · source
“On that account, we welcome the initiative of the Secretary-General to identify gender equality as one of the priorities of his Plan of Action to Prevent Violent Extremism, and we see it as a positive sign that General Assembly resolution 70/291, which was the culmination of the fifth review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, highlights the importance of promoting greater synergies among Member States, the United Nations and women's organizations in developing strategies to combat terrorism and violent extremism. Finally, I reiterate Mexico's commitment to the full implementation of the sustainable peace agenda, while comprehensively promoting programmes that meet the specific needs of women in connection with prevention and conflict in all of its phases.”
2016-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7793 (2016) · source
“We particularly welcome the appointment of a special coordinator to deal with those issues and call upon all troop- contributing countries to strictly implement the zero- tolerance policy in connection with the commission of sexual abuse by their personnel. At the same time, we support international efforts to harmonize the training of military, police and civilian personnel in issues involving gender and the prevention of sexual abuse. Mexico also expresses its concern with regard to the alarming increase in the use of sexual violence as a tactic by terrorist groups, particularly those involved in armed conflict.”
2016-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7793 (2016) · source
“Crises are not neutral in nature from a gender perspective. Armed conflicts affect women more because, unfortunately, sexual abuse and exploitation have become a weapon of war. Mexico condemns in the strongest terms the violence and sexual exploitation to which women and girls have been subjected in situations of armed conflict. For that reason, our country is a regional champion of the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative. My country commends the actions taken by the Secretary-General to prevent sexual abuse by personnel serving under the United Nations flag. Such acts must not be allowed to happen again.”
2016-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7793 (2016) · source
“We therefore support the idea ofpeacekeeping operations integrating a gender perspective, starting from the planning phase and in all other phases, and we support the integration of gender advisers into such operations so as to provide specific and differentiated attention to women and girls who fall victim to conflict and violence. We acknowledge that 16 peacekeeping operations already have units or focal points dedicated to gender issues, and we call for the same effort to be made in special political missions, as there are gender experts in only 6 out of the 10 ongoing missions. In that regard, we also underscore that the deployment of a greater number of women on the ground, as well as an increase in the number of female personnel in the national armies of States Members, continues to be a priority.”
2016-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7793 (2016) · source
“Accordingly, we support calls upon the Secretary- General to appoint more women mediators and women leaders of mediation groups and to ensure that United Nations-launched mediation processes incorporate a gender perspective. Similarly, gender perspectives and the specific needs of women must be comprehensively included in all peace agreements. It is essential that the activities carried out by a peacekeeping or special political mission take into account the specific needs of women and girls and recognize the importance of their participation in interactions with local communities.”
2016-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7793 (2016) · source
“In particular, we recognize the need to foster greater participation by women in United Nations initiatives relating to conflict prevention, mediation, the cessation of hostilities, disarmament and the monitoring of peace agreements. In that regard, Mexico highlights the successful case of Colombia, where the negotiations process leading up to the peace agreement in that country was marked by the significant presence and participation of women. We also acknowledge the efforts of the United Nations Mission in Colombia to maximize the number of women as observers and in all other roles. The approaches followed in Colombia must become the norm.”
2016-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7793 (2016) · source