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In response to the request of the Mexican Government, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (UNOHCHR) decided to support a project focusing on the search of missing persons in Mexico, which is a major national priority. UNFPA is the lead agent in this project and has contracted the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) for the contracting of international personnel to be involved in the project. Under its agreement with UNFPA, UNOHCHR will be co-responsible for the substantive coordination of this group of international experts.
The international experts contracted by UNOPS will be part of the Coordinating Group for the Implementation of the Special Mechanism for Forensic Identification (Mecanismo Extraordinario de Identificación Forense | MEIF).
Data show that disappearances are profoundly linked with gender based violence, and violence directed at children, adolescents and youth. It also tends to affect at the more vulnerable people, such as indigenous people and migrants, as well as human rights activists, environmentalists and those fighting organised crime in a disproportionate manner.
In a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, we need people who embody these international norms and standards, and who will defend them with full conviction. For this project we are seeking candidates that transform, inspire and deliver high impact and sustained results; people who are transparent and exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them.
About the MEIF
The Extraordinary Forensic Identification Mechanism (MEIF), officially created by the National Persons Searching System in December 2019, has as mandate the identification, notification and dignified restitution of more than 37,000 bodies with pending identification in Mexico. The MEIF will initially be integrated by a Coordinating Group composed of:
- 4 Forensic identification specialists;
- 1 Specialist in legal and judicial matters in forced disappearance;
- 1 Specialist in international technical cooperation and
- 1 Specialist in psychosocial approaches and family support.
The Coordinating group will have the following main functions:
- Elaborate the internal working guidelines of the MEIF, which will include its action procedures, including monitoring and evaluation mechanisms;
- Develop the MEIF work plan;
- Engage with relatives of the victims, their representatives, victims' groups, experts, activists, legislators and representatives of institutions, civil society organizations and the national and international public organisms necessary for the development, transmission and fulfillment of the mandate and functions of the MEIF;
- Ensure that the MEIF periodically has a strategic planning and evaluation exercise, with the participation of family members;
- Promote the MEIF's involvement against the national and international context with different political and governmental actors, international agencies, relatives of missing persons, their representatives, and civil society organisations, and
- Identify and periodically report on the main challenges of forensic identification in Mexico, based on the interventions and the information provided by family members and collectives.
About the position:
The International Technical Cooperation Specialist will be one of the seven members of the MEIF Coordinating Group, and as such contributes to the planning, organization and supervision of all MEIF activities; and is in charge of promoting technical and financial cooperation for the mechanism.
Purpose of the post:
The person selected for the position will actively contribute in the identification of opportunities, generating proposals and managing the technical and financial cooperation necessary to strengthen the MEIF. In the same way, she/he will contribute to the identification of good international practices, as well as the systematization of international recommendations, including those of human rights mechanisms and experts in the field, among other responsibilities
Reporting lines:
The person selected will operate under the general coordination of the UNFPA and UNOHCHR Representatives in Mexico and reports directly, to the UNOHCHR Human Rights Officer in Mexico and to the UNFPA National Officer in charge of the project.
Additionally, as part of the Coordinating Group and within the framework of the MEIF Creation Agreement, she/he will prepare the reports for consideration of the National System for the Search of Missing Persons, in accordance with the mechanisms established within the MEIF.
Responsibilities:
- Contribute and actively participate in the planning, organization and supervision processes of MEIF activities, in coordination with the members of the Coordinating Group.
- Lead the planning processes and promote the MEIF´s financial and technical international cooperation agenda, as appropriate in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Relations.
- Identify opportunities, as well as develop and present, to the members of the Coordinating Group, proposals for collaboration and entailment with international entities for technical, scientific and financial cooperation in forensic identification, as appropriate for their formalization in coordination with the Secretary of Foreign Affairs.
- Present to the other members of the MEIF projects and proposed international cooperation agreements.
- Propose to the MEIF the celebration of international cooperation agreements and conventions that are necessary for the fulfillment of its mandate, as appropriate through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- Follow up on the international agreements and instruments signed for the fulfillment of the MEIF mandate.
- Contribute to the management of the technical and financial support obtained to accompany the field work by experts who participate in the activities of the MEIF, as derived from the signed international agreements and conventions.
- Coordinate the integration and presentation of reports by the MEIF to the competent authorities and families on the international technical cooperation assistance carried out to comply with the applicable national and international norms and regulations, and the procedures stipulated in the MEIF mandate.
- Identify and promote the incorporation of and attention to research findings, international recommendations, and good practices in forensic matters and enforced disappearance, in the actions of the MEIF.
Qualifications and Experience:
- Bachelor's degree or its equivalent.
- Masters, Doctorate, Specialty or Postgraduate studies in International Cooperation, International Affairs, Social Sciences, Political Sciences, Forensic Sciences, or related areas.
- Demonstrable and recognizable experience at national and/or international level of at least 7 years in management, planning, and technical and administrative monitoring of international cooperation projects, preferably in topics related to forensic sciences, law enforcement and human rights, or at least 10 years of experience in the case of not having completed postgraduate studies.
- Management and negotiation capacity in international and multicultural environments.
- Knowledge of the policies, norms and regulations regarding international cooperation.
- Knowledge of the context and regulatory framework regarding missing persons in Mexico is considered desirable.
- Knowledge of transparency and anti-corruption strategies, international cooperation in matters of security and justice, as well as the context and practices of organized crime in Mexico will be valued.
- Respect and dignified treatment of victims.
- Management skills: strategic vision, teamwork, personnel and budget management, leadership, assertive communication and negotiation skills.
- Capacity for inter-institutional coordination and working synergies with victims, collectives of family members of disappeared persons, civil society organizations, legal representatives, authorities at different levels of government and international organizations.
- Ability to coordinate, dialogue and taking decisions under pressure in complex scenarios.
- Professional ethics.
Languages:
Fluency in Spanish and English, both verbal and written.
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In response to the request of the Mexican Government, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (UNOHCHR) decided to support a project focusing on the search of missing persons in Mexico, which is a major national priority. UNFPA is the lead agent in this project and has contracted the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) for the contracting of international personnel to be involved in the project. Under its agreement with UNFPA, UNOHCHR will be co-responsible for the substantive coordination of this group of international experts.
The international experts contracted by UNOPS will be part of the Coordinating Group for the Implementation of the Special Mechanism for Forensic Identification (Mecanismo Extraordinario de Identificación Forense | MEIF).
Data show that disappearances are profoundly linked with gender based violence, and violence directed at children, adolescents and youth. It also tends to affect at the more vulnerable people, such as indigenous people and migrants, as well as human rights activists, environmentalists and those fighting organised crime in a disproportionate manner.
In a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, we need people who embody these international norms and standards, and who will defend them with full conviction. For this project we are seeking candidates that transform, inspire and deliver high impact and sustained results; people who are transparent and exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them.
About the MEIF
The Extraordinary Forensic Identification Mechanism (MEIF), officially created by the National Persons Searching System in December 20194, has as mandate the identification, notification and dignified restitution of more than 37,000 bodies with pending identification in Mexico. The MEIF will initially be integrated by a Coordinating Group composed of:
- 4 Forensic identification specialists;
- 1 Specialist in legal and judicial matters in forced disappearance;
- 1 Specialist in international technical cooperation and
- 1 Specialist in psychosocial approaches and family support.
The Coordinating group will have the following main functions:
- Elaborate the internal working guidelines of the MEIF, which will include its action procedures, including monitoring and evaluation mechanisms;
- Develop the MEIF work plan;
- Engage with relatives of the victims, their representatives, victims' groups, experts, activists, legislators and representatives of institutions, civil society organizations and the national and international public organisms necessary for the development, transmission and fulfillment of the mandate and functions of the MEIF;
- Ensure that the MEIF periodically has a strategic planning and evaluation exercise, with the participation of family members;
- Promote the MEIF's involvement against the national and international context with different political and governmental actors, international agencies, relatives of missing persons, their representatives, and civil society organisations, and
- Identify and periodically report on the main challenges of forensic identification in Mexico, based on the interventions and the information provided by family members and collectives.
About the position:
The Forensic identification specialist will be one of the seven members of the MEIF Coordinating Group, and as such contributes to the planning, organization and supervision of all MEIF activities; as well as to the development of guidelines and technical-forensic inputs so that the processes of expert interventions in matters of forensic identification comply with the criteria, norms and standards of the field.
Purpose of the post:
The person selected for the position will actively contribute to the generation of technical and programmatic tools for the incorporation of forensic criteria, norms and standards in the institutional framework created in the country, within the framework of the MEIF. Likewise, she/he will provide the technical assistance required to obtain evidence of scientific, technical and legal value in the performance of expert interventions in forensic identification matters.
Reporting lines:
The person selected will operate under the general coordination of the UNFPA and UNOHCHR Representatives in Mexico and reports directly, to the UNOHCHR Human Rights Officer in Mexico and to the UNFPA National Officer in charge of the project.
Additionally, as part of the Coordinating Group and within the framework of the MEIF Creation Agreement, she/he will prepare the reports for consideration of the National System for the Search of Missing Persons, in accordance with the mechanisms established within the MEIF.
Responsibilities:
- Contribute and actively participate in the planning, organization and supervision processes of MEIF activities, in coordination with the members of the Coordinating Group.
- Incorporate technical-forensic knowledge in the development of the strategic vision and in the fulfillment of the functions of the MEIF.
- Pursue and supervise the implementation of strategies to guarantee that in the operation of the MEIF, the national and international criteria, norms and standards in the forensic field are met.
- Lead the coordination to carry out expert interventions in matters of forensic identification, within the scope of your competence.
Support, through expert interventions with the authorities, the generation of evidence of scientific, technical and legal value. - Lead the processes for the preparation of the internal working guidelines and directives of the MEIF in technical-forensic matters, which will include its operating procedures and monitoring and evaluation mechanisms.
- Design and lead the application of the supervision and evaluation mechanisms of MEIF´s activities in technical-forensic matters, in particular of the expert interventions.
- Follow up on requests made by the authorities to the MEIF in technical-forensic matters.
- Develop the technical planning, as well as the identification of the required work teams, and the hiring needs of third parties or independent teams, or the combination of both working modalities, in technical-forensic matters, for the operation of the MEIF.
Qualifications and Experience:
Bachelor's degree, or its equivalent, in the sciences related to human identification such as: Biology, Medicine, Anthropology, Physical Anthropology, Social Anthropology, Archeology, Dentistry, criminology or related sciences, followed by Master's, Doctorate, Speciality or postgraduate studies in Forensic Genetics, Forensic Anthropology, Forensic Archeology, Forensic Medicine, Forensic Dentistry, Criminalistics or related sciences.
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- The Mexican Government has announced the nomination of Jesús Seade current Deputy Secretary for North America in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and head of the negotiating team for the Free Trade Agreement in Mexico, the United States and Canada, as a candidate to head the WTO.
- Seade has experience in the most important multilateral organizations such as the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the GATT.
- The Mexican Government positions a solid candidate with the experience and ability to represent the best global interests in the field of free trade, at a key moment to protect and promote multilateralism and international cooperation.
Budapest, Hungary, June 11th, 2020 – The Embassy of Mexico in Hungary is pleased to inform that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has announced the nomination of Jesús Seade to the post of Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the current chief USMCA negotiator and Deputy Secretary for North America.
Jesús Seade has an extensive understanding of the economies and trade dynamics in Africa, Latin America, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and North America, and well-established relationships with the leading actors in world trade. His long experience in the most important international economic organizations —including the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank (WB) and the World Trade Organization itself— is a proven track record of his abilities within these key multilateral trade institutions.
As Mexico's ambassador to the GATT, Deputy Secretary Seade gave it important victories in trade disputes over antidumping duties on cement and the tuna embargo. He also represented Mexico as chief negotiator to the Uruguay Round, the origin of the current WTO. Negotiations were paralyzed, and it was agreed to make changes to the GATT senior leadership. The organization unanimously appointed Peter Sutherland as the new director-general, with then-Ambassador Seade as the new deputy director-general.
The new team steered the negotiations to a successful conclusion, which included renegotiating benefits for the least-developed countries (LDCs), mainly in Africa, a process led by Deputy Secretary Seade. This series of negotiations led to the creation of the WTO as a replacement for the GATT, where Seade served as founding deputy director-general.
The nomination of Undersecretary Seade to the post of WTO Director-General by the Government of Mexico comes in recognition of his experience and abilities but, above all, is a sign of the country's commitment to the multilateral order. Mexico is nominating a strong candidate with the experience and ability to represent the best global interests in free trade, at a key moment for protecting and promoting multilateralism and international cooperation.
Who is Jesús Seade?
Jesús Seade studied Chemical Engineering at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and received master's and doctoral degrees in Economics from the University of Oxford, England, under the guidance of the Nobel Prize in Economics, James Mirrlees. He wrote his doctoral thesis on optimal tax policies for income distribution. He was chair professor at Warwick University, UK, and founding director of the Center for Economic Studies of El Colegio de México (Colmex), as well as executive secretary of the Mexican Nuclear Energy Commission. In Hong Kong, he was vice president of Lingnan University, and in China he was associate vice president for Global Affairs at the Chinese University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen. He has also served as senior advisor to the Hong Kong Secretaries of Financial Services and Trade and Industry, prior to becoming Mexico’s chief negotiator of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) in 2018.
At the International Monetary Fund (IMF), as a senior advisor, he was responsible for managing the IMF's policies on the financial crises in Argentina, Turkey and Brazil, also negotiating debt relief for fifteen high-debt African countries, confirming his experience with developing economies and his skill as a negotiator. He also served previously as principal economist at the World Bank. At both institutions, he led technical assistance missions for more than fifty countries in Africa, the Middle East and Latin America.
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- The Embassy agreed in the company of other 29 embassies in Budapest to support lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersexual communities.
- The agreement of the Embassy is active since 2017, follows the conviction of the policy of equality of all genders, no discrimination and respect of the human rights of the Mexican Government.
Budapest, Hungary, 17th of august, 2020.– The Mexican Embassy in Hungary is pleased to announce, that together with other 29 embassies accredited by the Hungarian Government and 8 cultural centres of Budapest, signed the agreement of the 25° Anniversary of Pride Festival of Budapest, expressing the support of all people, who are part of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersexual (LGBT) communities. As well as, their equal rights to the peaceful expression of their thoughts and, to the reunion for celebrate the Liberty of all forms of discrimination.
From today, the 17th of august, to the 24th of august in 2020. it is the Pride Week of Budapest. Due to this event, the Mexican Embassy will locate the rainbow flag to its building, in the symbol of the fight for the equality and the no discrimination of the collective membership of the LGBTI. From 2017, the Mexican Embassy in Hungary is an active participant of the initiatives of Budapest Pride, the organization of local civil society, responsible for coordination of the activities of the Pride march for 25 years.
Then, here is the joint statement:
Joint Declaration of the 25th Budapest pride Festival
17th of august, 2020.
On the occasion of the 25th Budapest Pride Festival, we, the undersigned embassies and cultural institutes, express our strong support for members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) community and their rights to equality, peaceful expression and assembly, and freedom from discrimination. We note the important advocacy of LGBTI civil society organizations which are working to ensure that all individuals, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, receive the full protection of the law. Respect for the rule of law and universal human rights are the foundations upon which democratic states are built.
International human rights law is grounded on the broad premise that all individuals, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, are equal, and entitled to the same rights and freedoms without discrimination. We reject and condemn acts of violence, harassment, and discrimination in all regions of the world committed against individuals on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity. We support the fight against hate speech, violence, and discrimination targeting LGBTI individuals and communities at the international, regional, and national levels. We encourage further steps in every country to ensure the equality and dignity of all human beings irrespective of their sexual orientation or gender identity, and stress the need for elected leaders and governments to show respect for and protect the rights of LGBTI persons.
Celebrating diversity is an important way to promote respect for human rights. Budapest Pride has the longest history of such events in the region, and we highlight its role in promoting equality of treatment and social acceptance for all LGBTI persons, and contributing to the creation of a more just and inclusive society.
Signed by the Following Embassies and Cultural Institutes:
Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Austrian Cultural Forum Budapest, British Council, Instituto Cervantes, Instituto Camões, FinnAgora, Institut Français, Goethe-Institut, Italian Cultural Institute, Wallonie-Bruxelles International.
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- The Mexican Government and the cruise operator collaborate to facilitate the repatriation of 799 crew members, including Hungarian, Croatian and Bulgarian nationals.
- Flights departed from Mexican airports to European capitals, transferring the crew to their countries of origin.
- This situation is an example of the challenges in various areas that the global pandemic has brought, making clear the need to strengthen cooperation strategies that provide practical solutions without conditions.
Budapest, Hungary, May 26th, 2020. - The Embassy of Mexico in Hungary, concurrent for the Republic of Bulgaria and for the Republic of Croatia, reports that the Government of Mexico and Carnival Corporation (CCL in the New Stock Exchange York | www.carnivalcorp.com), a cruise operating company, collaborate to facilitate the repatriation of 799 crew members stranded, due to the global pandemic, in various vessels docked in ports on the west coast of the United States, including 6 Hungarian nationals, 8 Croatian nationals and 4 Bulgarian nationals.
Carnival Corporation has concentrated the COVID-19 free crew on the Koningsdam cruise ship, which is located in the vicinity of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico, from where charter flights are planned to specific destinations such as San Pedro Sula, Honduras ; Bridgetown, Barbados; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Belgrade, Serbia; and Lima, Peru. Likewise, the company will charter three shuttle flights for the transfer of European citizens from the Mexico City International Airport to various European capitals, from which they take the corresponding flights to their countries of origin. The first of these flights departed on May 21 to Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Regarding nationals of countries in the Central European, Eastern European and Balkan regions, -about 300 crew members- the company has organized flights from Puerto Vallarta to Belgrade, Serbia, scheduled to leave between May 22 and 23 next.
The members of the crew of this company have been quarantined on board of various vessels, making urgent a joint and coordinated action to facilitate the safe repatriation of each crew member to their country of origin. This situation is an example of the challenges in various areas that the global pandemic has brought, making clear the need to strengthen cooperation strategies that provide practical solutions without conditions, involving different actors in society, in this case private companies and public institutions such as the Government of the State of Jalisco in Mexico, the municipality of Puerto Vallarta and diplomatic representatives accredited in Mexican territory.
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