# Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations in Geneva

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.

## Role

Similar to its Mission in New York, the Mission in Geneva has similar functions, including:
* 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:
** United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
** International Trade Center
** World Economic Forum
** Universal Postal Union
* Financial affairs:
** Geneva Group
* Migratory and humanitarian affairs:
** International Organization for Migration
** Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
** International Committee of the Red Cross
* Human rights:
** Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
* Disarmament:
** Conference on Disarmament
* Disaster relief:
** 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:
** World Meteorological Organization
** Geneva Environment Network
** Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
** Group on Earth Observations
* Intellectual property:
** World Intellectual Property Organization
** International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants
* Telecommunications:
** International Telecommunication Union
* Health:
** 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:
* 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
** 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
* Under President Ernesto Zedillo
** 1994 – 1995: Miguel Marín Bosch
** 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
* Under President Andrés Manuel López Obrador
** 2017 – 2021: María del Socorro Flores Liera
** 2022 – Present: Francisca Elizabeth Méndez Escobar

## 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