{"id":181461,"date":"2009-04-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T21:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=181461"},"modified":"2019-03-11T21:11:56","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T21:11:56","slug":"auto-insert-181461","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-181461\/","title":{"rendered":"Security Council – Work assessment under Mexico presidency (April 2009) – Letter from Mexico (excerpts)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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 Letter dated 13 July 2009 from the Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations addressed to the President <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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  I have the honour to transmit herewith the report on the work of the Security Council during the presidency of Mexico, in April 2009 (see annex). <\/p><\/div>\n

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  The document was prepared under the responsibility of my delegation, following consultations with other members of the Security Council. I should be grateful if you would have the present letter and its annex circulated as a document of the Security Council. <\/p><\/div>\n

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(Signed<\/i>) Claude Heller<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations<\/p><\/div>\n

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    Annex to the letter dated 13 July 2009 from the Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations addressed <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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    Assessment of the work of the Security Council during the presidency of Mexico (April 2009) <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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   Introduction<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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  During the presidency of the Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations, Ambassador Claude Heller, the Security Council undertook an extensive programme of work. Throughout the month, Mexico contributed to the reaching of consensus and the taking of concerted action by the Council in making important decisions. <\/p><\/div>\n

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  In the month of April 2009, 22 agenda items were considered by the Council, concerning Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East. <\/p><\/div>\n

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 IV.  Middle East<\/strong><\/span> <\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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    Situation in the Middle East<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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  On 20 April, the Council heard a briefing on the situation in the Middle East by the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, who reported that very little progress had been made on the key elements of resolution 1860 (2009): the commitment of the parties to a durable and sustainable ceasefire; opening the crossings for humanitarian access and materials for recovery; and intra-Palestinian reconciliation. He conveyed the Secretary-General’s expectation that the Middle East peace process would resume, with the aim of achieving an independent and viable Palestinian State living side by side in peace with a secure Israel, and a comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace as envisaged in Security Council resolutions. He stated that the situation in Gaza and southern Israel remained fragile in the absence of a proper ceasefire regime, and noted that 30 rockets and mortars had been fired by Palestinian militants at southern Israel during this period. He also highlighted Egyptian efforts to combat the continued arms smuggling across the Gaza border, and informed the Council that settlement activity continued in the West Bank and East Jerusalem during the reporting period, and must be frozen. After the meeting, the Council held informal consultations. Members pointed to the need to achieve a stable ceasefire, implement the provisions of Council resolutions 1850 (2008) and 1860 (2009) and open Gaza’s border crossings to allow the entry of more humanitarian aid and essential goods and materials. <\/p><\/div>\n

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 Letter dated 13 July 2009 from the Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council       I have the honour to transmit herewith the report on the work of the Security Council during the presidency of Mexico, in April 2009 (see annex).   The document was prepared […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"country":[981],"document-category":[3169,2841],"document-source":[1362],"committee-meeting":[],"document-subject":[2005,5200,1813,1749,1797],"entity":[1985,1729],"document-language":[6542],"class_list":["post-181461","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","country-mexico","document-category-assessment","document-category-letter","document-source-security-council","document-subject-gaza-strip","document-subject-humanitarian-relief","document-subject-middle-east-situation","document-subject-palestine-question","document-subject-peace-process","entity-state","entity-united-nations-system","document-language-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/181461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/document"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/181461\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=181461"},{"taxonomy":"document-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-category?post=181461"},{"taxonomy":"document-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-source?post=181461"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=181461"},{"taxonomy":"document-subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-subject?post=181461"},{"taxonomy":"entity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/entity?post=181461"},{"taxonomy":"document-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-language?post=181461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}