My delegation would like to express Cuba’s position regarding the various draft resolutions.
With regard to Syria, we will vote against draft resolution I. We believe that we are not really promoting dialogue and reconciliation, which are necessary in the quest for a peaceful and inclusive way out …
I have refrained from participating in this discussion up to this point, but certain questions of principle have been raised on which my delegation believes it indispensable to provide some clarification.
The General Assembly created the Human Rights Council. It has the full authority and mandate t…
Cuba attaches fundamental importance to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea for the maintenance and strengthening of peace, order and the sustainable development of oceans and seas. The Convention, a landmark in the codification of the international law of the sea, has been ratified …
The Cuban delegation associates itself with the statement delivered by the representative of Algeria on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement, and would like to make some additional comments on this topic.
I would first like to thank the co-Chairs of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Revitalization of t…
Cuba welcomes the report of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (A/68/35) and fully associates itself with the statement made earlier by the representative of the
Islamic Republic of Iran on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement.
With today’s debate we ad…
We welcome our colleague and friend Remigiusz Henczel, President of the Human Rights Council, and applaud his outstanding professionalism, permanent commitment and leadership in carrying out the work of the Council. We also welcome our friend Eric Tistounet, who gave immeasurable service to ensure t…
We thank the President for having convened this debate and support the efforts to launch negotioations on Security Council reform. We also thank the Permanent Representative of the People’s Republic of China for having introduced the report on the work of the Security Council between 1 August 2012 a…
We are grateful for the presentation given on behalf of the Organizing Committee of the Sochi Winter Olympics, which we know will be a great success.
Sport is an important activity for human development and cooperation at the national and international levels. Cuba believes that sport is a practice…
Cuba welcomes and supports the important role of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
The application of nuclear technology in priority areas such as human health, food security, environmental protection and the management of water resources constitutes an important contribution to improv…
The Cuban delegation takes note of the report of the International Criminal Court (ICC) (see A/68/314) and wishes to express before the plenary once again its commitment to fighting impunity against crimes that affect the international community.
My delegation believes that the fight against impuni…
Mr. Godard knows he is lying when he asserts that the United States Government promotes respect for human rights in Cuba (see A/68/PV.38). The embargo is a massive, flagrant and systematic violation of the human rights of the Cuban people and is an act of genocide, according to article 2, subparagra…
Cuba associates itself with the statement made by the representative of Iran on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement. In our national capacity, we would like to make a few comments about the important topic that we are considering today.
The Middle East has occupied the attention of the international…
We Cubans are proud of our African roots. The identity of the Cuban nation was the result of a process of acculturation that occurred with inputs from various ethnic groups in difficult environments, first colonial, then neocolonial. From 1959 onwards, a phase of true integration began, where all th…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the member States of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC).
We welcome the holding of this second High-level Dialogue on Migration and Development, in accordance with resolution 67/219. We are confident that the outcome of the meeting w…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), over which Cuba currently has the honour to preside. I reiterate our satisfaction at the election of Ambassador John Ashe of Antigua and Barbuda as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-eig…
The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), over which Cuba is honoured to preside, attaches great importance to the holding, for the first time in the history of the United Nations, of a High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on Nuclear Disarmament. We are committed to partici…
Allow me first to thank you, Madam, and the Government of the Argentine Republic for the invitation conveyed to the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), which Cuba is honoured to preside, to participate for the first time in a debate of the Security Council.
The history of Lati…
Cuba aligns itself with the statement delivered by the representative of Iran on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement. In our national capacity, we wish to highlight some important aspects of the subject we are discussing today.
Time and again, the Security Council convenes these debates on the Middl…
Cuba welcomes this meeting of the General Assembly and the progress made in discussions within the United Nations
on the international problem of human trafficking. We commend the work done by the facilitators, the Ambassadors of Cape Verde and Portugal, and their conduct of the consultations leadi…
Our delegation would like to make the following explanation of vote with regard to draft resolution A/67/L. 58, entitled “The Arms Trade Treaty”.
The working principle of adopting decisions by consensus was established from the beginning of the arms trade treaty process, with the understanding that…
