The General Assembly summons us to celebrate Human Rights Day and promote a comprehensive understanding of the issue within national educational systems. This is a noble task, if it truly aims at spreading, promoting and implementing all human rights, as agreed in the Vienna Declaration and in
Prog…
In joining in the support given to the draft resolution submitted by Qatar on behalf of the Group of 77, the delegation of Cuba would like to welcome
the adoption of a resolution that is designed to draw attention to events that the Chairman of our Group and the delegation of Benin have conducted t…
First, we would like to welcome the convening of this event in the General Assembly. Meetings such as today’s devoted to the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family show that the United Nations should continue to be the main forum in which concerted work is done at the internationa…
The debate of the General Assembly on agenda item 37 coincides, as usual, with the celebration of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. Regrettably, this year’s celebration is held at a time when the Palestinian people are still in mourning, a few days after the death of C…
Once again, the General Assembly is debating this agenda item at a time of unfortunate stalemate. No relevant progress is perceived. There is no negotiation process of any importance and sporadic violence continues. Nor is there any evidence of a serious and constructive dialogue aimed at achieving …
Today on the tenth anniversary of the entry into force of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, we are extremely gratified to note that the Convention is still as relevant and valid, and has upheld its universal character and fundamental importance for the maintenance and strengthenin…
We wish to thank Mr. Mohamed ElBaradei, Director General, for introducing the annual report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which covers the period from 1 January through 31 December 2003.
As can be seen clearly from the IAEA annual report, the Cuban Government has continued to ta…
Once again we have heard an explanation of vote from the representative of the European Union (EU). The EU has explained that its vote has nothing to do with the sufferings imposed on our people by the economic blockade of all of these years, but that it has to do with the blockade’s extraterritoria…
Millions of Cubans are closely following what is happening now in this Hall. Seventy per cent of them have had to endure all their lives the longest blockade in history, imposed by the Government of the United States on our homeland following the triumph of the Cuban revolution.
However, in voting …
The San Francisco Charter set the grounds of what should have been a new system of international relations that would avoid the terrible experiences of the two world wars of the twentieth century. The fundamental goal contained in its first paragraph is “to save succeeding generations from the scour…
My Government would like to express its appreciation for the information presented by the Chairman of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) and by Mr. Javier Rupérez.
There must be true international cooperation in the struggle against terrorist acts in all their forms and manifestations, wherever …
To Cubans, Africa is far from being just a place in geography classes; it is a topic of vital attention. No one can deny the profound impact on the formation of what we know today as the Cuban nation of the legacy inherited from Africans brought to the island as slaves by Spanish colonizers. The fie…
This is the third time that a brief analytic summary is included in the annual report which, although still insufficient, marks a step forward towards the objective of having truly substantive reports on the work of the Security Council.
Without disregarding the value of the current report as part …
The Security Council is once again meeting on an urgent basis to discuss yet another violent act by Israel, a Member State of the United Nations, against citizens of the territory it is occupying illegally and in violation of a considerable number of resolutions of this very body.
The recent escala…
First, I extend to you, Sir, my delegation’s satisfaction at seeing you presiding over this meeting of the General Assembly to consider two items of great importance.
My delegation associates itself with the statement made by the representative of Algeria on behalf of the countries of the Non-Align…
I shall be brief, as it is not my delegation’s intention to take up more of the precious time of delegations present in this Hall.
I regret to have to remind the Czech representative that those to whom she refers as
defenders of human rights are merely mercenaries in the service of a foreign power…
In its exercise of the right of reply, my delegation regrets the role of judge of others that the Czech Republic has assumed for itself without being concerned about the beam in its own eye. It would have been more responsible for that delegation — instead of listing countries with supposed problems…
Every year at the United Nations, we go through the same ritual. We attend the general debate knowing beforehand that the clamour for justice and peace by our underdeveloped countries will be ignored once again. However, we persist. We know that we are right. We know that one day we will accomplish …
On behalf of my Government and the people of Cuba, I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for the constant demonstrations of solidarity that my delegation has been receiving in recent days following the passage of Hurricane Charley exactly a month ago and in the light of the threat we face today in Cub…
The delegation of Cuba is among the sponsors of draft resolution A/58/L.61, entitled “Status of the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem”, which is before us at an extremely complex time. Plans are not being implemented, negotiations are not advancing, Security Council resolution…
