Cuba shares the concern regarding the dangerous links existing between terrorism and weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and we completely support all legitimate international efforts to prevent the acquisition of such weapons and their means of delivery by terrorists. Nonetheless, the Cuban delegatio…
The Security Council has been compelled to meet on an urgent basis to discuss a further extrajudicial execution committed by a Member State against citizens of the territory that it occupies unlawfully and in breach of a large number of resolutions of this very body.
Once again, the Cuban delegatio…
The delegation of Cuba vigorously condemns the most recent targeted assassination committed by Israel, the occupying Power, which claimed the lives of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin and other Palestinians as they were leaving a mosque in Gaza. The State terrorism employed by Israel with modern, lethal weapons …
My Government thanks the Chairman of the Counter- Terrorism Committee (CTC) for the revitalization proposals set out in the annex to document S/2004/124. In that connection, we believe all Member States would benefit if the CTC could be more effective in its work.
Cuba believes that unilateral acti…
Cuba is following events in Haiti closely and with great concern. Haiti is a brother Caribbean nation with which we have close historic ties. It is the duty of us all to stand by the side of Haiti. Let us not forget that it was in Haiti, some 200 years ago, that the peoples of the Caribbean and Lati…
My delegation went along with the adoption without a vote of the draft resolution on the programme budget for the biennium 2004-2005, despite our reservations about a number of its provisions. Although my delegation understands that a budget resolution should not become an extensive policy document,…
My country has always given due importance and attention to the legitimate humanitarian concerns of the international community relating to the indiscriminate and irresponsible use of anti-personnel landmines and to the ineffectiveness of demining efforts in post- conflict situations. Given the impo…
Our delegation would like to point out that our joining the consensus for the adoption of draft resolution A/58/L.39 devoted to strengthening the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations does not mean that we endorse, in the wording of the draft resolution, the use of …
Fifty-five years ago, when two thirds of humankind remained under the colonial yoke, this Assembly adopted by vote the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which became the basis for the subsequent development and codification of human rights. Despite its many limitations, the Declaration was an i…
As the General Assembly begins its consideration of the item concerning the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, I have the honour to address the Assembly as Vice- Chairman of the Special Committee on Decolonization, on behalf of the Ac…
My delegation felt it appropriate to maintain consensus on the adoption of the draft resolution contained in document A/C.6/58/L.23, under agenda item 153, “Report of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country”, and with regard to the report of the Sixth Committee contained in document A/58/51…
First we wish to thank the Secretary-General for the introduction of his report, contained in document A/58/568.
We are living in the era of technological revolution, where information and communication technologies (ICT) make it possible for countries to have real-time access to all events taking …
As it did in the First Committee, Cuba voted in favour of the draft resolution entitled “Confidence-building measures in the regional and subregional context”, based on our firm conviction that confidence-building measures adopted at various levels can contribute to strengthening peace, security and…
I am speaking on behalf of the States of Latin American and the Caribbean that originally sponsored draft resolution A/C.1/58/L.6, which has now been incorporated into document A/58/455.
When the draft resolution was adopted without a vote in the First Committee on 27 October, it referred to the fa…
The debate on item 38 of the General Assembly agenda dedicated to the “Question of Palestine” coincides with the celebrations held yesterday for the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.
Despite the demands of the international community, the crisis in the Palestinian territo…
The debate on agenda item 37 on the situation in the Middle East comes at a moment of impasse and the absence of any negotiations towards the search for peace, amidst sporadic outbreaks of violence. No signs are to be seen anywhere of the possibility of entering
into constructive and serious dialog…
First, we want to express our thanks to and congratulate the Government of Mongolia for having organized the Fifth International Conference of New or Restored Democracies and for its endeavour to ensure the broadest possible participation in that event. It was Mongolia’s intention to organize a plur…
My delegation wishes to intervene to express its surprise at the statements just made in explanation of vote by the representative of Italy, on behalf of the European Union and various associated States, and by the representative of Norway.
These statements are vivid proof of the European Union’s h…
The economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States of America against Cuba must be lifted. Under the 1948 Geneva Convention, the blockade against Cuba qualifies as a crime of genocide. The blockade is a legal aberration. It violates the Charter of the United Nations. It is …
My delegation is honoured to welcome the two draft resolutions (A/58/L.2 and A/58/L.9) being considered by the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth session under sub-items (a) and (b) — entitled “Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal” and “International Year of Spo…
