Mexico in Search of the UN Security Council Reform

Abstract

The article provides system analysis of the modern Mexico's views on the most difficult and controversial reform of the UN Security Council, which was formed during several prior administrations. These views have been preserved under the current President Enrique Pena Nieto. The author considers historical aspect of Mexico's membership in the UN that takes the second place in Latin America for the economic development (with Brazil taking the lead) and is a founding member of this organization, and a higher speaker for contemporary international law. The author names a number of international legal instruments initiated and signed with the active participation of the Latin American countries on such issues as disarmament and denuclearization, the ban on the use of force and weapons in space activities, moratorium on the nuclear tests, arms trafficking, upholding human rights and freedoms. The article discusses particular views of Mexico on observance of the principle of non-interference in the internal affairs of States and enhancement of the transparency of the activities of the Security Council. A number of cases supports this principled position: the Kosovo crisis, the adoption of the American version of the UN Security Council resolution on Iraq, search for a solution to the conflict in Syria.