1. On January 16, 2024, representatives of the Government of the United Mexican States (“Mexico”) and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (“the United Kingdom”) held the inaugural Multilateral and Human Rights Dialogue.
2. The Mexican delegation was headed by the Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights, Joel Hernández García, who was accompanied by the Director for Human Rights and Democracy, Roberto de León Huerta; the Director General for Multilateral Strategy, Aureny Aguirre O. Sunza; the Special Representative for Emerging Technologies, Ulises Canchola Gutiérrez; the Director General for Global Affairs, Camila Zepeda, and the Coordinator for UN Specialized Agencies, Mauricio Torres Córdova. The UK delegation was led by the Director of Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Freya Jackson, accompanied by the UK Global Ambassador for Human Rights, Rita French, and Her Majesty's Ambassador to Mexico, Jon Benjamin.
3. Mexico and the United Kingdom discussed opportunities to strengthen our broad cooperation at the multilateral level, including in preparation for the "Summit of the Future," progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals, UN governance and financing, and peacekeeping.
4. They exchanged views on current geopolitical challenges in the multilateral system and agreed on the need to reform multilateral institutions and revitalize multilateral processes to address global needs.
5. Mexico and the United Kingdom also addressed the defense and promotion of human rights through multilateral institutions, highlighting the collaboration between both countries in the UN Human Rights Council between January 2021 and December 2023.
6. Mexico and the United Kingdom exchanged views on the situation of civil and political, economic, social and cultural human rights in their respective countries. Both countries recognize the importance of the work done by human rights defenders and journalists, and of protecting migrants’ human rights. Mexico and the United Kingdom pledged to work together to address the challenges in this area.
7. Mexico and the United Kingdom agreed to exchange best practices on gender equality, including with respect to feminist foreign policy, mainstreaming gender equality and how best to promote the rights of women and girls, both nationally and globally.
8. Mexico and the United Kingdom agreed to hold an annual Multilateral and Human Rights Dialogue to maintain and further strengthen cooperation between the two countries, with the next high-level dialogue to be held in the United Kingdom in 2025.
