Cuba welcomes the participation in this debate of our dear comrade, President Evo Morales Ayma of the brotherly Plurinational State of Bolivia. Of course, we fully support his statement and thank him for his personal leadership and that of his country on matters of the greatest importance to the int…
Despite attempts to gloss over current circumstances, the global situation, especially since the devastating effects of the world economic and financial crisis, continues to be extremely complex. No one is surprised that the measures adopted to boost growth and world economic recovery have not alway…
Given the reports that we have submitted to it, the Security Council is very familiar with the case of the well known, self-confessed terrorist Luis Posada Carriles, who is responsible for the mid-air explosion of a Cubana de Aviación plane with 73 people on board. He is also responsible for many ac…
Allow me to congratulate you, Mr. President, on the way in which you have been steering the work of the Security Council this month.
I will speak for less than four minutes. I thank the Chairmen of the Committees for the information provided, which informs us about the work they are carrying out. C…
To begin, I note Cuba’s full support for the statement made by the representative of Egypt on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement.
Cuba appreciates the presentation of the annual report (A/65/2) of the Security Council. We recognize that efforts have been made to improve the quality of the report. N…
Cuba welcomes and supports the important role of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The application of nuclear techniques contributes to mitigating soil deterioration, desertification, warming of the atmosphere and other natural phenomena that affect the production of food and the life o…
I thank Ambassador Sihasak Phuangketkeow, President of the Human Rights Council, for his briefing on the Council’s annual report (A/65/53). The establishment of the Human Rights Council five years ago resulted from the urgent need to address the discredit in which the Commission on Human Rights, cau…
I am very grateful for the words of the 13 speakers who have spoken at this afternoon’s unexpected meeting.
With respect to what has been said by the representatives of the United States and the European Union, this is the nineteenth occasion on which the delegation of the United States has repeate…
The Assembly declared the period 2001 to 2010 the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World (resolution 53/25). Today, as we face the end of the decade, we must frankly recognize that we have not met the goals we set for ourselves.
Cuba considers str…
The San Francisco Charter established the bases of a new system of international relations, conceived to avoid repetition of the terrible consequences of the two world wars of the twentieth century. The main purpose, inscribed in the first paragraph of the Charter, is to save succeeding generations …
On 10 October our country commemorated the beginning of the first war of independence, in 1868. This historic event, which marked forever the course of our national history, was accompanied by one of the most momentous acts of justice in our history: Carlos
Manuel de Céspedes, the father of the Cub…
I marvel at seeing how the Permanent Representative of Sweden, representative of a supposedly civilized and incorruptible country, assumes the right to judge other countries — always poor and underdeveloped countries of the South — on the issue of human rights. The Ambassador spoke, judged, handed …
Yesterday was exactly the fiftieth anniversary of the first speech of Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz in this Hall, with that memorable sentence that if the philosophy of plunder disappears, then the philosophy of war will have disappeared (see A/PV.872).
Sixty million people had to die in the …
Cuba reaffirms the importance of promoting multilateralism as the core principle of disarmament negotiations. Multilaterally agreed solutions, in accordance with the United Nations Charter, provide the only sustainable method of addressing disarmament and international security issues.
Within the d…
We thank the Secretary-General for the presentation of his annual report (A/65/1). The report acknowledges the complex world situation, in particular with regard to the devastating effects of the global economic and financial crisis. As the Secretary-General points out, the measures taken to stimula…
The delegation of Cuba wishes to thank the Secretary- General for his report on the implementation of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy (A/64/818). We also wish to laud the efforts of the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh, Ambassador Abulkalam Abdul Momen, as facilitator of t…
I apologize for the fact that, although my Ambassador was to make this statement, he has
momentarily left the Hall. I should therefore like to express Cuba’s position on his behalf.
Cuba welcomes the decision just taken by the Assembly to formally endorse the inclusion of the Bolivarian Republic o…
First of all, Cuba would like to express its condolences to the victims of the serious disaster which recently occurred in Pakistan as a result of intense rain which has caused the heaviest flooding of the past 80 years. This has affected nearly the entire territory of that brotherly nation. The ext…
The adoption of resolution 64/292 marks a historic moment. For the first time, the United Nations has recognized the right to drinking water and sanitation as an essential human right.
The issue of water is at the very core of the survival of humankind. While we deliver speeches in this Hall, more …
The Office of Internal Oversight Services has an important role to play in the work of the United Nations. With respect to the post of Under-Secretary- General for Internal Oversight Services, Cuba believes that resolution 48/218 B of 29 July 1994 is very clear. Appointment to that post must take ge…
