Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations in Geneva

Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations and other International Organizations based in Switzerland
Misión Permanente de México ante la ONU y otros Organismos Internacionales con sede en Suiza
Incumbent Socorro Flores Liera since 1 November 2017
Style	Excellency
Type	Diplomatic mission
Status	Active
Reports to	Secretariat of Foreign Affairs
Seat	Geneva, Switzerland
Appointer	President of Mexico with Senate advice and consent
Formation	1950;75 years ago (1950)
First holder	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]

Juan José Gómez Camacho

Jorge Lomónaco Tonda

María del Socorro Flores Liera

• 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  [ es ]
  • 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  [ es ]
• Under President Ernesto Zedillo
  • 1994 – 1995: Miguel Marín Bosch  [ es ]
  • 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  [ es ]
• Under President Andrés Manuel López Obrador
  • 2017 – 2021: María del Socorro Flores Liera
  • 2022 – Present: Francisca Elizabeth Méndez Escobar  [ es ] ^[14]

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

References

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

External links

• Official website