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STORY: UN / MEXICO
TRT: 02:25
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: SPANISH / ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 21 SEPTEMBER 2017, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
1. Wide shot, exterior UN Headquarters
2. Wide shot, Luis Videgaray Caso walks up to the General Assembly podium
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Luis Videgaray Caso, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mexico:
“Today, we hear voices that question the effectiveness of multilateralism to confront global challenges. Today, the community of sovereign states seems to be presented with a false dilemma: persevering in cooperation and the construction of bridges of understanding or, on the other hand, to close borders and to build walls based on fear. Mexico rejects this dilemma. Mexico has been, is and will continue to be, a sovereign state with a deep vocation for multilateralism.”
4. Med shot, delegates
5. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Luis Videgaray Caso, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mexico:
“With Canada and the United States, we are advancing in the modernization of the North American Free Trade Agreement. We assume this process with absolute seriousness.
Mexico at all times will defend its legitimate national interest, with the conviction that it is possible to achieve a very positive result for the three nations. We are aware that the world is watching the outcome of this negotiation. We are facing the opportunity to consolidate a more prosperous, more competitive, and also more just North America.”
6. Wide shot, Videgaray Caso walks away
7. Med shot, Videgaray Caso walks up to podium
8. Med shot, journalists
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Luis Videgaray Caso, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mexico:
“This is an extremely difficult time for Mexico. This is a tragedy. We are all in grief, but we are also extremely grateful for the support and help, and prompt reaction, quick reaction, by the international community. It is a privilege to be part of the UN. It is a privilege to have so many friends and responsive friends around the world.”
10. Close up, photographer
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Luis Videgaray Caso, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mexico:
“If all those young people, many of them engineers, computer scientists, accountants; they are not only well-behaved, but creative, energetic, leave this country. It’s hard to understand why a country would export, and export for free, human capital of this quality. So, if that happens it’d be a tremendous win for Mexico, big loss for the US.”
12. Wide shot, Videgaray Caso talking to reporters
Speaking at the General Assembly’s General Debate, Mexico’s Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray Caso today (21 Sep) said the world “seems to be presented with a false dilemma: persevering in cooperation and the construction of bridges of understanding or, on the other hand, to close borders and to build walls based on fear.”
Videgaray Caso stressed that Mexico “rejects this dilemma” and “is and will continue to be, a sovereign state with a deep vocation for multilateralism.”
The Mexican official said his government is conducting the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with Canada and the United States “with absolute seriousness” and stressed that Mexico “at all times will defend its legitimate national interest, with the conviction that it is possible to achieve a very positive result for the three nations.”
After his address to the General Assembly, Videgaray Caso told journalists that “this is an extremely difficult time for Mexico,” which suffered two major earthquakes within two weeks.
He said “we are all in grief, but we are also extremely grateful for the support and help, and prompt reaction, quick reaction, by the international community.”
Speaking about the current debate in the United States about young immigrants known as “Dreamers,” Videgaray Caso said “it’s hard to understand why a country would export, and export for free, human capital of this quality. So, if that happens it’d be a tremendous win for Mexico, big loss for the US.”
Earlier this month, US President Donald Trump announced he will begin dismantling the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) immigration program, which allowed those who entered the country illegally as minors to be eligible for deferred action from deportation and to apply for a work permit.
