Following the logic used by the delegation of the Czech Republic, we would like to use our right of reply to say that those who have come here as medieval inquisitors to judge us have failed to mention their own sins and are pretending to be immune from such failings. They are minimizing the flagran…
We have heard a speaker making accusations against Cuba, not because of any real concern for human rights, but because of his calling as a straw man, lackey and wretch. Everyone knows that all he wants to do is
to offer service to the powerful nation that seeks a pretext to justify its illegal and …
As President Hugo Chávez said in his brilliant statement, only four days ago the Fourteenth Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement, held in Cuba, concluded. Today I speak on behalf of the Movement’s Chairman, President Fidel Castro, fulfilling our obligation to inform the Assembly of the main decisions …
On behalf of the Cuban delegation, Madam President, I would like once again to congratulate you upon your election and to offer you our support. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for the submission of his annual report (A/61/1), the tenth and last one of his term of office. This docum…
The delegation of Cuba would like to associate itself with the statement delivered by the representative of South Africa on behalf of the Group of 77 and China. I would like to take this opportunity to make some remarks on this important issue.
More than 30 years after the United Nations recognized…
First and foremost, I should like to congratulate you on behalf of my delegation upon your election as President of the sixty-first session of the General Assembly and wish you success in discharging these important responsibilities. We extend the same congratulations to the other members of the Gen…
At the outset, the Cuban delegation wishes to commend the Co-Chairs of the process and you
personally, Mr. President, for your efforts to complete the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy and bring about its adoption.
The General Assembly — the principal and most democratic body of the…
First of all, on behalf of the Cuban delegation, allow me to commend you, Sir, on the work you and your team have been carrying out in the presidency of the Security Council this month. I would also like very much to welcome the presence at this meeting of Mr. José Luis Guterres, Minister for Foreig…
The Security Council requires urgent and profound reform. At the same time, Council reform cannot be an end in itself, because not even a reformed Security Council will be sufficient to ensure international peace and security. We firmly believe that the reform of the Council will be one step in the …
Once again, we are witnessing the escalation of Israeli military attacks against the Palestinian people. There appears to be no end to the barbarity.
Under the pretext of the kidnapping of an Israeli soldier by the Palestinian resistance to occupation, in the early hours of 28 June Israel launched …
The efforts of the nations of the South to achieve their sustainable development are being seriously threatened today. The high-level dignitaries attending the recent Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development, held in Doha, acknowledged that fact in the outcome document of that…
I am obliged to read out the statement which should have been made by Comrade Mr. José Ramón Balaguer, Minister of Public Health of the Republic of Cuba. He is not here among us because he did not receive the necessary visa from the Government of the United States of America. Once more, the authorit…
First, Sir, I would like to commend you for your work as President of the Security Council during the month of May. I would also thank the Chairmen of the Committees established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1373 (2001) and 1540 (2004) for the information provided.
For more than 45 years, th…
My delegation would like to explain its position on the draft resolution that we have just adopted.
First, we would like to thank the delegation of Mongolia for its professionalism and for the outstanding manner in which the process was conducted. It enabled us to reach a positive outcome acceptabl…
Cuba associates itself with the statement made by the representative of Chile on behalf of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States.
Twenty years ago, a serious accident occurred at the Chernobyl nuclear power station. Its consequences for the most affected nations are well known. Let us
n…
At the outset, I should like, on behalf of the Cuban delegation, to express our satisfaction at seeing you, Sir, preside over the work of the Security Council this month.
Cuba fully supports the statements made earlier by the representatives of the Non-Aligned Movement, the Organization of the Isla…
We welcome your presence, Mr. President, as the General Assembly prepares for the high-level meeting on HIV/AIDS and on what we propose to do on that issue in coming years.
My delegation will examine the President’s proposal and will respond through the Chairman of the Group of Latin American and C…
The United States cannot reply to Cuba and Venezuela because it has no arguments or moral
standing that would enable it to do so. Cuba will reply, because we have such arguments and moral standing.
The imperial Power persists in its stubborn tradition of setting itself up as morally superior in or…
I shall now speak in explanation of vote.
The decision to establish the Human Rights Council was adopted out of the urgent need to put an end to the profound discredit into which the Commission on Human Rights had fallen as a result of the political manipulation, hypocrisy and double standards impo…
I wish to clarify one thing before I begin my statement. I understand that one delegation has requested a recorded vote on today’s draft resolution. Is that the case?
