The text officially disclosed today and signed the day before, indicated that the three countries signed the trilateral document to strengthen the commitment to promote diverse, anti-racist, inclusive, egalitarian and democratic societies.

They also agreed to establish a Trilateral Network of Experts on Racial Equality and Inclusion to strengthen the participation of civil society.

“We are three countries that are thinking something similar in our internal policy regarding inclusion and combating racism; it is a great opportunity”, commented the chancellor of Mexico, Marcelo Ebrard, shortly before the start of the summit.

The document was signed by Ebrard, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada, Mélanie Joly; and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

Ebrard said that in the Mexican consulates in the United States, for the first time in history, they began to treat compatriots in the Nahuatl, Otomi and Zapotec languages. There are many missing, but we are going to go for more, he announced.

According to him, this document is testimony to the willingness to work together to address systemic forms of discrimination based on race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, religion, beliefs, language, and social status. that persist in our region and in each of our countries.

He assured that the three parties will work in their own countries to affirmatively advance racial equality and justice, and to comprehensively remove the barriers to equal opportunity that marginalized communities continue to face.

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