We are living in an era of technological revolution, in which information and communications technologies (ICTs) offer opportunities for countries to have access in real time to all events occurring in the world and to have information on the most recent technological advances.
That reality, howeve…
The future of the United Nations is uncertain. Its very existence is threatened by unilateralism. We must save the United Nations. At the same, we must carry out a thorough reform of the Organization that makes a daily reality of the sovereign equality of States, which today is no more than a mirage…
Sustainable development in Africa is an issue that concerns us all. That is why we held a special high-level plenary meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on the New Partnership for Africa’s Development, an occasion in which the international community expressed its full support for a new p…
Cuba vigorously and unequivocally rejects any application of unilateral extraterritorial coercive economic measures as a means of political and economic compulsion against developing countries. Cuba’s response to the Secretary-General towards the preparation of his report is quite clear and precise;…
At the outset, I should like to express our sincerest condolences to the Government and people of Indonesia and to the families of the victims of the terrorist attack that occurred in Bali.
This is the first time we are discussing together two priority items on the Assembly’s agenda: the report of …
I want to express our thanks for the convening of this meeting and for the opportunity given to us by the Secretary-General to discuss his report on the work of the Organization.
On this occasion, we are trying a new way of considering this item by combining a debate with another substantive item o…
Cuba fully supports the emergence of a new alliance for the development of Africa, conceived and managed by the African countries themselves. We have heard the pronouncements of African leaders representing peoples with which we have fraternal ties, and which yesterday were the peoples of exploited …
A year ago, the General Assembly had to be postponed because of the ruthless crime committed on 11 September. There was then a worldwide wave of solidarity towards the people of the United States and, particularly, towards the families of the almost 3,000 innocent victims of that unjustifiable terro…
A moment ago, I spoke in this debate as Acting Chairman of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. But given the seriousness of the issue that prompted the convening of this emergency meeting, Cuba cannot fail to state its national position.
The massacre b…
The delegation of Cuba will join the consensus on this draft resolution on the International Conference on Financing for Development. However, Cuba considers that the document that resulted from that Conference reflects an imposed consensus, and that instead of commitments on financing for developme…
It is my honour and pleasure, on behalf of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States, to warmly congratulate Her Excellency Ambassador Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa on her election as President of the General Assembly for its sixty-first session. We are familiar with the Kingdom of Bahrain’s commitm…
My delegation wishes to associate itself with the statement made by the representative of Venezuela on behalf of the Group of 77 and China. We are living in an era of technological revolution, when information and communication technologies (ICT) give countries the possibility of real-time access to…
We feel honoured, Sir, by your presiding over this Council meeting. We welcome the meeting’s format, in which Council non-members have been able to hear the valuable information presented by Ambassador Koonjul, Chairman of the Security Council ad hoc Working Group on Conflict Prevention and Resoluti…
We are deeply honoured that the Foreign
Minister of Singapore is presiding over this important meeting.
Today is an historic day for East Timor and for the United Nations. It is above all a time to rejoice as East Timor celebrates its first day of independence. Cuba has expressed its wish to estab…
First of all, may I say how very pleased my delegation is to see you, Mr. President, presiding over the work of the Security Council. We wish you every success. Likewise, I wish to congratulate Ambassador Lavrov and his entire team for the excellent manner in which he guided the work of this body du…
My delegation would like to state that, although we have accepted this decision, we have serious concerns in that regard. We raised these concerns, which are shared by the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States, at the Group’s monthly meetings in March and April.
Unfortunately, the Group’s co…
Once again, for the third time in the month of April, I must thank you, Mr. President, for convening this open meeting of the Security Council in response to the growing call of the immense majority of the Member States of the United Nations, who are concerned by the continuing deterioration and wor…
Mr. President, allow me, first of all, to convey my delegation’s congratulations to you for the excellent manner in which you have guided the work of the Council during the month of March and to thank you for convening this meeting.
Once again the Security Council has to meet on an emergency basis …
The Group of 77 and China have expressed their concern with respect to the implementation of the measures announced by the Secretary-General in his note verbale of 28 February 2002 and in information circular ST/IC/2002/13, which has to a large extent violated General Assembly resolutions on the pro…
We wish to make a statement after the vote on draft resolution II, entitled “Comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance”.
At the outset, we associate ourselves with the statement made by Venezuela o…
