Mexico City. In light of the war in the Middle East, President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo asserted that the United Nations (UN) “must be, more than ever, the institution that calls for the building of peace.”

This morning, on social media, the president spoke out against the war—which escalated yesterday following the United States attack on three Iranian nuclear facilities—and quoted the late Pope Francis to emphasize that war “is humanity’s greatest failure.”

Furthermore, she stressed that, in accordance with the Constitution, she will act in favor of peace as head of the federal executive branch.

“A wise man, Pope Francis, said something that is extremely pertinent at this moment: ‘War is humanity’s greatest failure. There is no future in destruction but in fraternity. Peace is not only the absence of war, it is the building of justice,’” Sheinbaum Pardo quoted through from his account on the X network. 

He also stated that Mexico will always be a factor of peace. 

“Our Constitution, in its article 89 section X, lists the 8 principles based on which the Federal Executive Branch must conduct Mexico's foreign policy: self-determination of peoples; non-intervention; the peaceful settlement of disputes; the prohibition of the threat or use of force in international relations; the legal equality of States; international cooperation for development; respect, protection and promotion of human rights and the fight for international peace and security.