United Mexican States
Ambassador Claude Heller
Mexico has been a member of the UN since November 7, 1945. Its two-year term as an elected member of the UN Security Council expires on December 31, 2010. Claude Heller has served as Mexico’s Permanent Representative to the UN since April 2007. The following is excerpted from Ambassador Heller’s statement during UN Security Council debate on December 23, 2009. As Chair of the Somalia sanctions Committee established pursuant to Resolution 751, Mexico is convinced that the sanctions regime should contribute to the creation of better security conditions in Somalia and to the strengthening of the Djibouti peace process. The…