Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations in Geneva explained

Post:	Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations and other International Organizations based in Switzerland
Native Name:	Misión Permanente de México ante la ONU y otros Organismos Internacionales con sede en Suiza
Flag:	Flag of Mexico.svg
Flagsize:	120px
Insignia:	SRE Logo 2019.svg
Insigniasize:	200px
Incumbent:	Socorro Flores Liera
Incumbentsince:	1 November 2017
Type:	Diplomatic mission
Status:	Active
Style:	Excellency
Reports To:	Secretariat of Foreign Affairs
Seat:	Geneva, Switzerland
Appointer:	President of Mexico
Appointer Qualified:	with Senate advice and consent
First:	Emilio Calderón Puig
Website:	mision.sre.gob.mx/oi

The Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations and other International Organizations based in Switzerland is a diplomatic mission of Mexico to the United Nations, and other international organizations, based in Geneva.

Location

The Permanent Mission is located on the fifth floor of 15 Chemin Louis-Dunant. Other missions to the United Nations in Geneva located in the building include those of Lithuania, Namibia, Ecuador and Brazil.^[1]

Role

Similar to its Mission in New York, the Mission in Geneva has similar functions, including:^[2]

• Collaborating in the formulation of strategies that govern Mexico's actions before the United Nations and its subsidiary bodies
• Participating in all meeting convened by United Nations bodies, as well as specialized agencies, keeping in mind Mexican national interests
  • This includes negotiating international treaties and agreements that are of interest to Mexico
• Carrying out necessary actions to promote the initiatives of Mexico before the United Nations and it subsidiary bodies, as well as other international organizations
• Promoting candidacies that are of interest to Mexico within the framework of the United Nations
• Participating in the mechanisms of establishing quotas, as well as allocation of the budget of the United Nations
• Accrediting the actions of Mexican delegates participating in United Nations meetings

Organizations represented

The Permanent Mission represents Mexico, and its interests, in the following organizations:

• Economic affairs:^[3]
  • United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
  • International Trade Center
    • • World Economic Forum Universal Postal Union
• Financial affairs:^[4]
  • Geneva Group
• Migratory and humanitarian affairs:^[5]
  • International Organization for Migration
  • Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
  • International Committee of the Red Cross
• Human rights:^[6]
  • Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
• Disarmament:^[7]
  • Conference on Disarmament
• Disaster relief:^[8]
  • • • • • United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs International Federation of the Red Cross United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
  • Global Fund for Disaster Reduction and Recovery
• The environment:^[9]
  • World Meteorological Organization
  • Geneva Environment Network
  • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
  • Group on Earth Observations
• Intellectual property:^[10]
  • World Intellectual Property Organization
  • International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants
• Telecommunications:^[11]
  • International Telecommunication Union
• Health:^[12]
  • World Health Organization
  • Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS
  • The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
• Work:
  • International Labour Organization

Permanent Representatives of Mexico to the United Nations in Geneva

Below is a list of the permanent representatives of Mexico at the United Nations in Geneva since its creation:^[13]

• Under President Miguel Alemán Valdés
  • 1950 – 1953: Pedro de Alba Pérez
• Under President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
  • 1952 – 1953: Pedro de Alba Pérez
  • 1953 – 1953: Octavio Irineo Paz y Lozano
  • 1953 – 1957: Emilio Calderón Puig
  • 1957 – 1958: Pedro de Alba Pérez
• Under President Adolfo López Mateos
  • 1958 – 1961: Pedro de Alba Pérez
  • 1961 – 1964: Emilio Calderón Puig
• Under President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz
  • 1964 – 1966: Antonio Gómez Robledo
  • 1966 – 1969: Ernesto de Santiago López
  • 1969 – 1970: Juan Gallardo Moreno
• Under President Luis Echeverría
  • 1970 – 1971: Juan Gallardo Moreno
  • 1971 – 1976: Jorge Castañeda y Álvarez de la Rosa
• Under President José López Portillo
  • 1976 – 1977: Manuel Armendáriz Etchegaray
  • 1977 – 1978: Antonio González de León Quintanilla
  • 1978 – 1979: Roberto Martínez Le Clainche
  • 1979 – 1982: Plácido García Reynoso
• Under President Miguel de la Madrid
  • 1982 – 1983: Andrés Rozental Gutman
  • 1983 – 1988: Manuel Tello Macías
• Under President Carlos Salinas de Gortari
  • 1988 – 1989: Manuel Tello Macías
  • 1989 – 1994: Miguel Marín Bosch
• Under President Ernesto Zedillo
  • 1994 – 1995: Miguel Marín Bosch
  • 1995 – 2000: Eusebio Antonio de Icaza González
• Under President Vicente Fox
  • 2000 – 2001: Eusebio Antonio de Icaza González
  • 2001 – 2004: Gustavo Albín Santos
  • 2004 – 2006: Luis Alfonso de Alba Góngora
• Under President Felipe Calderón
  • 2006 – 2009: Luis Alfonso de Alba Góngora
  • 2009 – 2012: Juan José Gómez Camacho
• Under President Enrique Peña Nieto
  • 2012 – 2013: Juan José Gómez Camacho
  • 2013 – 2017: Jorge Lomónaco Tonda
• Under President Andrés Manuel López Obrador
  • 2017 – Present: María del Socorro Flores Liera

Other Mexican representation in the United Nations system

To the UN offices:

• Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations in New York
• Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations Office and International Organizations in Vienna (assumed by its Austrian Embassy)

To the other United Nations organs:

• Permanent Mission of Mexico to the International Civil Aviation Organization
• Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations Offices in Rome
• Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

See also

• Foreign relations of Mexico
• Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations in New York
• Mexico and the United Nations

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results in Chemin Louis-Dunant 15 . . n.d. . Local.ch . Yellow Pages Switzerland . 2 April 2019.
2. Web site: Funciones. . 5 May 2016 . 9 April 2019 . Spanish . Functions . Secretariat of Foreign Affairs of Mexico . Permanent Mission of Mexico at the United Nations.
3. Web site: Asuntos Económicos . . 14 April 2016 . Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations and other International Organizations based in Switzerland . Government of Mexico . 2 April 2019 . Spanish . Economic Affairs.
4. Web site: Asuntos Financieros y Presupuestales de los Organismos Internacionales . . 29 March 2016 . Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations and other International Organizations based in Switzerland . Government of Mexico . 2 April 2019 . Spanish . Financial and Budgetary Matters of International Organizations.
5. Web site: Asuntos Migratorios y Humantarios . . 18 March 2016 . Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations and other International Organizations based in Switzerland . Government of Mexico . 2 April 2019 . Spanish . Migratory and Humanitarian Affairs.
6. Web site: Derechos Humanos . . 18 March 2016 . Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations and other International Organizations based in Switzerland . Government of Mexico . 2 April 2019 . Spanish . Human Rights.
7. Web site: Desarme . . 12 October 2016 . Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations and other International Organizations based in Switzerland . Government of Mexico . 2 April 2019 . Spanish . Disarmament.
8. Web site: Desastres . . 18 March 2016 . Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations and other International Organizations based in Switzerland . Government of Mexico . 2 April 2019 . Spanish . Disasters.
9. Web site: Medio Ambiente . . 18 March 2016 . Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations and other International Organizations based in Switzerland . Government of Mexico . 2 April 2019 . Spanish . The Environment.
10. Web site: Propiedad Intelectual . . 18 March 2016 . Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations and other International Organizations based in Switzerland . Government of Mexico . 2 April 2019 . Spanish . Intellectual Property.
11. Web site: Telecomunicaciones . . 18 March 2016 . Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations and other International Organizations based in Switzerland . Government of Mexico . 2 April 2019 . Spanish . Telecommunications.
12. Web site: Salud . . 18 March 2016 . Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations and other International Organizations based in Switzerland . Government of Mexico . 2 April 2019 . Spanish . Health.
13. Web site: Acervo Histórico Diplomático: Organismos Internacionales . . 17 May 2018. Secretariat of Foreign Affairs of Mexico . Government of Mexico . 22 March 2019 . Spanish . Diplomatic Historical Archive: International Organizations.