Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

is one of the 51 founding members of the

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and was admitted into the organization in 1945. Since then, Mexico is a full member of all the UN agencies and participates actively within the organization and has diplomatic relations with most member states.Naciones Unidas-Centro de Información
(Spanish) In June 2020, Mexico was elected for its fifth two year Non-Permanent seat at the

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which begins on 1 January 2021.

Mexico's role in the UN

On 26 June 1945, Mexico was represented in

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by Ezequiel Padilla Peñaloza,

Francisco Castillo Nájera Francisco Castillo Nájera (25 November 1886 in Victoria de Durango – 20 December 1954 in Mexico City) was a Mexican diplomat and politician. He was president of the Assembly of the League of Nations from 1934 to 1935, ambassador to China (19 ...

and

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in the signing of the

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. The country was formally admitted into the organization on 7 November 1945. Since the beginning, Mexico has participated actively in the social and economic activities of the UN's various specialized agencies and other international organizations concerned with social, cultural, and economic improvement. However, due to restraints in the

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, Mexico is prohibited from contributing troops for

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missions abroad unless Mexico has formally declared war on a country. Calls have been made from Mexican politicians to amend the constitution (mainly article 76) in order to partake in UN peacekeeping missions. This situation started to change after President

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's address to the

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on 24 September 2014, when he stated that "Mexico has taken the decision to participate in U.N. peacekeeping missions, taking part in humanitarian tasks that benefit civil society".

Security Council

Mexico has been elected five times to the

. The Mexican Government is vehemently opposed to adding new members to the Security Council. Mexico and eight other countries created a group called the "

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" (also known as the ''Coffee Club''), where they are opposed to new permanent members, however they would like to raise the number of more non-permanent members to 20. List of terms as an elected member to the Security Council: *1946 *1980–1981 *2002–2003 *2009–2010 *2021–2022

Representation

Mexico maintains permanent representation to the United Nations headquarters in

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and to the other main UN agencies based in

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and

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.Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Spanish)

References

External links

Official website of the Permanent Mission of Mexico to the UN

Official website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico

Official website of the United Nations
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Mexico's role in the UN

Security Council

Representation

See also

References

External links