📋 Tender Overview
The Ministerial Meeting on the Regional Migration Situation was held in Bogota. The meeting convened by the Government of Colombia was attended by ministers and senior representatives from 17 countries in the north center and south of the American continent in order to discuss irregular migration flows in the region and measures to strengthen the continental cooperation on the matter. On the part of the Government of Mexico the head of the North America Unit Roberto Velasco lvarez led the Mexican delegation accompanied by the general director for Latin America and the Caribbean Martn Borrego Llorente.In his speech Roberto Velasco emphasized the urgency of strengthening cooperation programs for development. The central objective as indicated by President Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador and Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard and in line with the Memorandum of Understanding signed by the Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris in Mexico City is to address root causes of migration. In this regard Velasco pointed out that the participation of the United States Government in cooperation initiatives for development in the region is essential.The Head of Unit for North America also highlighted the progress of the Comprehensive Development Plan for Guatemala Honduras El Salvador and Mexico designed by ECLAC. The formula that Mexico proposes is that the ultimate goal that guides our policies is to guarantee the right of people to remain in their communities of origin with measures that directly increase peoples income he said.In addition he emphasized that as a region we must make a great effort to communicate so that people in a situation of mobility are not deceived and become aware of the dangers that trafficking and human trafficking networks represent to their lives and integrity as well as the long irregular migration routes . Velasco lvarez expressed the agreement of the Government of Mexico in the proposals discussed during the Ministerial Meeting regarding the cooperation of the Americas for the prevention investigation exchange of information and prosecution of the crimes of trafficking and human smuggling. He also called for the consolidation of cooperation mechanisms with multilateral organizations the private sector and civil society in order to strengthen a humanitarian and human rights perspective in the region.The position of the Government of Mexico at the Ministerial Meeting in Bogot reaffirms the importance of dialogue and plurality as fundamental diplomatic tools to achieve common regional objectives. In that sense Mexico welcomed the proposal for the creation of the Working Group to Fight Migrant Smuggling and Human Trafficking as a result of the meeting. In said forum Mexico will maintain an active participation with the conviction that a successful regional solution requires the coordinated participation of all American nations.The Ministerial Meeting held in a hybrid format was led by President Ivn Duque and Vice President and Foreign Minister Marta Luca Ramrez of Colombia. It had the participation of Gilroy Middleton Vice Minister for Migration of Belize Carlos Frana Minister of Foreign Relations of Brazil Michael Grant Deputy Deputy Minister for the Americas of Canada Andrs Allamand Minister of Foreign Relations of Chile Rodolfo Solano Minister of Foreign Relations of Costa Rica Mauricio Montalvo Minister of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility of Ecuador Alexandra Hill Minister of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador Antony Bliken Secretary of the United States Department of State Nelly Karina Jrez Vice Minister of Consular and Migratory Affairs of Honduras Pedro Brolo Minister of Foreign Relations of Guatemala Hugh Todd Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Guyana Erika Mouynes Minister of Foreign Relations of Panama scar Martua Minister of Foreign Relations of Peru Roberto lvarez Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic and Albert Randim Minister of Relations International Business and International Cooperation of the Republic of Suriname.Participating in the United Nations Agencies were Mireia Villar Forner resident coordinator of the United Nations Organization Pierre Lapaque Chief of Mission of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Ana Durn head of mission of the International Organization for Migration and Josef Merkx representative of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.Present on behalf of the Government of Mexico were Roberto Velasco lvarez Head of Unit for North America Martn Borrego Llorente general director for Latin America and the Caribbean Arturo Rocha Hernndez Director of Strategy and Public Policies for North America and the Mexican Ambassador to Colombia Alejandro Garca Moreno.
