Mexico's Foreign Minister Addresses UN General Assembly on Global Peace and Justice

Mexico's Vision: Mexican Humanism and Transformation

• 🇲🇽 Mexico is undergoing a transformation under its first female president, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, guided by a vision of Mexican humanism.
• 💡 This vision emphasizes democracy, freedom, equality, and shared prosperity, prioritizing the poor and upholding the dignity of all people.
• ⚖️ A key principle is the separation of political and economic power, aiming for a moral economy that respects national sovereignty and fosters cooperation without subordination.

Social Progress and UN Recognition

• ✅ Mexico has made significant strides in poverty reduction, with the UN recognizing that 13.5 million Mexicans were lifted out of poverty through labor justice and social programs.
• 📈 Progress includes reduced inequality, peace-building efforts, containment of violence, and advancements in justice for indigenous peoples.
• 🌳 The country boasts the world's largest reforestation program, with a billion trees planted, and expanded social programs for youth and universal pensions for the elderly.

Global Challenges and Mexico's Stance

• ⚠️ The speech highlights global challenges such as persistent poverty, excessive debt servicing, and a tripling of arms expenditure, which fuel war and violence.
• 🕊️ Mexico advocates for a moral economy of well-being, regional coalitions for development, and an international financial architecture focused on collective well-being.
• 🤝 Peace is seen as built from the bottom up, requiring attention to structural causes of violence, decent employment, and an end to the arms race through politics, mediation, and diplomacy.

Upholding International Law and Human Rights

• 🌍 Mexico insists on upholding international law and human rights, calling for an end to conflicts in Gaza, Ukraine, and elsewhere, and advocating for negotiated solutions and ceasefires.
• 🇨🇺 The nation reiterates its historic opposition to the embargo on Cuba and calls for its removal from the list of state sponsors of terrorism.
• 🤝 Mexico champions the peaceful settlement of disputes, rejecting sanctions that harm populations and emphasizing fraternity and equality in dignity and rights.

Migration, Gender Equality, and UN Reform

• 🚶‍♀️ Mexico views migrants as people with rights who contribute to host communities, advocating for addressing structural causes of migration and promoting safe, orderly mobility.
• 🚺 The country is committed to gender equality, noting progress in Mexico with gender parity in government branches and a constitutional gender perspective, while urging global acceleration of progress since the Beijing Declaration.
• 🏛️ The UN is urged to reassert itself as an institution that shapes public policies for human dignity, returning to its core pillars: international peace and security, sustainable development, and human rights, with a hope for a female Secretary-General to accelerate transformation.