Mr. Ebrard mentioned that the financial restoration from the disaster ensuing from the COVID-19 pandemic, has been marked by inequality. “The pandemic has highlighted the necessity for a robust and efficient multilateral system”, he declared, calling for extra solidarity between states.
“This unprecedented disaster can’t be overcome with unilateral or remoted actions, however moderately via renewed cooperation and real worldwide solidarity”, Mr. Ebrard underscored.
Common healthcare
Talking on the necessity to assure common and equitable entry to medicines, vaccines towards COVID-19 and different medical provides, Mr. Ebrard mentioned this was an “pressing precedence”.
Noting that whereas 33 per cent of the worldwide inhabitants in high-income nations has already obtained a minimum of one dose of the vaccine towards COVID-19, only one.4 per cent of individuals in low-income nations have had entry to a vaccine, the Secretary of International Affairs declared that “we have to promote vaccines being thought-about as world public items”.
“The discrimination within the recognition of vaccines jeopardizes socioeconomic restoration, and the efficacy of mechanisms such because the COVAX platform”, he informed world leaders throughout his in-person deal with to the Meeting.
The annual gathering is being held in a hybrid format, with in-person and on-line speeches, after being pressured virtually completely on-line final yr due to the pandemic.
Migrants’ rights and solidarity
In his speech, Mr. Ebrard referred to one of many topics that deserve extra consideration in Mexico: migration and went on to focus on Mexican’s lengthy custom of solidarity with individuals who want help for humanitarian causes.
“This is the reason now we have granted worldwide safety to folks from Afghanistan who discover themselves in a state of affairs of utmost vulnerability, notably to girls and women”, he added, and urged all to acknowledge that migration had benefited all societies in some unspecified time in the future in their historic growth.
Mr. Ebrard reaffirmed that it is a world duty to respect and defend the human rights of all individuals, no matter their migratory high quality, and referred to as for a protected, orderly and common migration primarily based on worldwide cooperation.
On this sense, the Secretary of International Affairs reaffirmed Mexico’s dedication to proceed combating hate speech, discrimination, xenophobia, racism, and different associated types of intolerance and violent extremism, together with white supremacy.
Debt reduction
Highlighting Mexico’s help for measures to make sure that least developed nations can profit from multilateral help mechanisms for debt reduction, Mr. Ebrard declared that middle-income nations additionally want help mechanisms to get well from the COVID-19 disaster.
“These nations, the place Mexico is included, symbolize 75 per cent of the worldwide inhabitants and are house to 62 per cent of individuals in conditions of poverty”, he said.
On this context, Mr. Ebrard referred to as on worldwide monetary establishments, worldwide banking, the non-public sector and all related actors within the area, to advertise measures that forestall different nations from incurring in unsustainable ranges of debt and managing to direct their scarce assets to the socioeconomic restoration from the disaster.
Gender equality
Mr. Ebrard went on to reiterate Mexico’s intention to advertise a extra equitable, truthful and equalitarian society, highlighting the feminist international coverage adopted by Mexico in 2020.
He burdened that peace is barely potential if girls and women take part actively in its consolidation.
Full assertion in Spanish here.
