Marcelo Ebrard, Mexico’s foreign affairs minister, represented his country at the 77th United Nations General Assembly on Thursday with a brief speech in which he called for reforms in the United Nations Security Council after the Council failed to prevent the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
“The Security Council has not been able to fulfill the mandate conferred on it by the Charter of the United Nations, as it failed to prevent the war, nor has taken the measures to put an end to the armed aggression, and even less, has managed to route any diplomatic process to seek out a solution through the path of dialogue and negotiation,” the Minister stated while asserting that his country will continue to advocate for reforms of the U.N. Security Council that allow more seats with longer-term durations.
Mexico, which is…