Post by Ambassador Héctor Vasconcelos on X

Vasconcelos’ Team Clarifies That Ambassador Was Not Present During Netanyahu’s Speech

ByJosé Shaddai Olvera Torres

This article by José Shaddai Olvera Torres originally appeared in the September 28, 2026 edition of El Chamuco, Mexico’s premier left wing daily newspaper.

(September 28, 2026).—The Mexican mission to the UN specified that Héctor Vasconcelos was not in the hall during the Israeli prime minister’s address. The message does not clarify whether other members of the delegation took part in the walkout.

The team of Héctor Vasconcelos, Mexico’s permanent representative to the United Nations, clarified that the ambassador was not present in the General Assembly hall during the speech by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this past September 24.

The clarification was released through the diplomat’s X account, after questions and insults circulated regarding Mexico’s absence from some lists shared on social media of the delegations that left the chamber during Netanyahu’s address.

We wish to report that Ambassador Héctor Vasconcelos was never present in the General Assembly hall during Mr. Netanyahu’s address. With more information, you could have spared yourselves the insults.

Héctor Vasconcelos’ team

What Happened During Netanyahu’s Speech?

When Netanyahu began his address to the General Assembly, dozens of diplomatic representatives left the hall in a protest action related to the situation in Gaza. The Israeli prime minister referred to those who left the chamber as “cowards.”

Subsequently, different lists of countries that had supposedly taken part in the walkout circulated on social media. Mexico did not appear on some of those lists, which raised questions about the position of its mission.

However, a country’s absence from a list shared on social media does not by itself establish that its delegation remained in the chamber. Nor is there, so far, an official United Nations record that would make it possible to confirm exhaustively which delegations took part in the walkout.

Vasconcelos Was Not in the Hall

The clarification from the ambassador’s team is limited to establishing that Héctor Vasconcelos was not present during Netanyahu’s speech.

The message does not specify where the permanent representative was at that moment, nor does it state whether other members of the Mexican diplomatic mission remained in the hall or took part in the collective walkout.

Therefore, the clarification makes it possible to rule out the claim that Vasconcelos had remained in his seat during Netanyahu’s address, but does not by itself allow a conclusion about the conduct of the entire Mexican delegation.

The clarification coincides with information published by other media outlets after doubts arose on social media about the ambassador’s presence.

Vasconcelos’ Team Considers the Exchange Closed

In the same post, the diplomat’s team noted that Vasconcelos does not personally answer the messages he receives through that social network due to his activities and lack of time.

After clarifying his absence from the chamber, the team considered the exchange on the subject concluded.

The controversy arose in the context of the international criticism surrounding Netanyahu’s speech and the exit of dozens of delegations from the General Assembly. The Mexican clarification, however, refers specifically to the presence of its permanent representative and does not constitute confirmation regarding the participation of the entire Mexican mission in the walkout.