THE LOSS OF HUMANITY'S HIGHEST VALUES HAS PRECIPITATED CONTEMPORARY SOCIETIES' CONFUSION AND LACK OF ORIENTATION, AND THE MIRAGE THAT APPEARS FROM HAVING AN OVERABUNDANCE OF INFORMATION AND TECHNICAL MEANS HAVE DISTRACTED TODAY'S MAN AND SPECIFICALLY, TODAY'S ARCHITECT FROM THE ESSENTIALS OF ARCHITECTURE. AS ARCHITECTS, WE ARE FULLY OPEN TO RESPECTFUL CRITICISM AND DIALOGUE, AND WE NEED TO HEAR FROM AND LISTEN TO THE INTELLECTUALS, SCIENTISTS, HUMANISTS, POLITICIANS AND PROFESSIONALS FROM THE DIVERSE AREAS OF THE SOCIAL SYSTEM, AND WITH THESE SERIOUS AND COMBINED REFLECTIONS,CARRY OUT A PROPOSAL FOCUSED ON ALLOWING SOCIETY TO RETURN TO WHAT IS FUNDAMENTAL.

THE XXIST CONGRESS SHALL BE AN EXTRAORDINARY SETTING FOR US TO COMBINE FORCES AND DEVELOP THE BEST PROPOSAL WHICH MUST INCLUDE A COMPREHENSIVE SUM TOTAL OF ALL CONCEPTS PRESENTED, AND AT THE SAME TIME SHALL ALSO BE THE PRECISE SETTING FOR OFFERING TRUE HOPE TOWARDS THE FUTURE.
ARQ. MAURICIO RIVERO BORREL
PRESIDENT OF THE ORGANIZING COMITTEE

THE RESPONSIBILITY AND THE OPPORTUNITY THAT THE PAN AMERICAN FEDERATION OF ARCHITECT'S ASSOCIATIONS HAS OF BRINGING ABOUT A SIGNIFICANT TURN IN ARCHITECTURAL PATTERNS IS BASED ON HOPEFUL EXPECTATIONS IN REGARD TO RESULTS OF THE FORTHCOMING XXIST PAN AMERICAN CONGRESS OF ARCHITECTS TO TAKE PLACE IN MEXICO CITY IN THE YEAR 2000.

EFFORTS ALREADY INITIATED BY THE XXIST CONGRESS' ORGANIZING COMMITTEE, MARKED BY ITS OFFICIAL LAUNCHING AT THE SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA MEETING IN MAY OF 1998, PROVIDE EVIDENCE OF THE DISTINCT UNDERLYING INTEREST: THE THEME "MAN, SPACE AND SOCIETY" IS SEEKING INTEGRATION OF THE DIFFERENT MEMBERS OF OUR SOCIETIES IN ORDER THAT THEIR COMBINED AND SERIOUS REFLECTION MAY LEAD TO PROPOSALS FOCUSED ON ACHIEVING IMPROVED LIVING STANDARDS, A TASK IN WHICH ARCHITECTS PLAY A FUNDAMENTAL ROLE.

IT IS IN VIEW OF THESE GOALS, THAT THE CONGRESS OPENS AN INTERDISCIPLINARY FORUM FOR THE PARTICIPATION OF ALL THOSE INTERESTED IN THE ANALYSIS OF THE FIELDS AND SUBJECT AREAS, AND OF ULTIMATELY DRAFTING THE CONGRESS' FINAL STATEMENT.
ANTONIO MORAES DE CASTRO
PRESIDENT OF THE FPAA

IT IS A TRUE PRIVILEGE FOR THE FEDERATION OF MEXICO'S COLLEGES OF ARCHITECTS THAT THE XXIST EDITION OF THE PAN AMERICAN CONGRESS OF ARCHITECTS IS TO TAKE PLACE IN MEXICO CITY AT THE TURN OF THE NEW MILLENIUM. THIS EVENT OFFERS A MAGNIFICENT OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THE VALUE OF THE DIFFERENT ARCHITECTURAL EXPRESSIONS OF AMERICA AND AT THE SAME TIME OPENS AN APPROPIATE SPACE FOR REFLECTION AND THE EXCHANGE OF CONCERNS, ASPIRATIONS AND DREAMS.
INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPATION IS OF SPECIAL IMPORTANCE AS THE DRIVING FORCE FOR COLLECTIVE PARTICIPATION AN FOR THAT OF EACH NATION. IT IS IN MY CAPACITY AS PRESIDENT OF THE PROFESSIONAL HOSTING ORGANIZATION, THAT I HEREBY INVITE ALL THE NATIONAL SECTIONS TO TAKE PART IN THEORGANIZING COMMITTEE'S TASKS FOR THE PREPARATION OF THIS EVENT.ONCE AGAIN, MEXICO'S TRADITIONAL HOSPITALITY OPENS ITS ARMS TO YOU, HOPING YOU WILL PARTICIPATE WITH US DURING THE MOMENTOUS EVENT THAT WE SHALL CELEBRATE IN THE YEAR 2000.
ARQ. ANGELINA MUÑOZ FERNANDEZ
PRESIDENT OF THE FCAM