The delegation of Cuba fully shares the humanitarian concerns regarding the irresponsible and random use of mines and explosive devices throughout the world and is aware of its economic and social consequences. We generally agree with the contents of
It is for this reason that our country took an a…
I should like to explain Cuba’s position on draft
I believe that, in the past few years, as so-called globalization has advanced, we have all witnessed at the United Nations increasing attempts to wipe out the principles governing the Organization, to impose models on all nations as if they were un…
We would like to make the following observation with regard to draft resolution II, entitled “Strengthening of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights/Centre for Human Rights”, contained in document A/51/619/Add.2 and recommended by the Third Committee to the General Asse…
Cuba’s position on unilateral coercive economic measures against developing countries is widely known, as is the view of the international community, as expressed in numerous international instruments and resolutions of the General Assembly.
Although it has been said euphemistically that the cold w…
For more than five consecutive years, year after year, many countries have stepped up to this rostrum to suggest how best the report of the Security Council might fulfil the role for which it was designed: providing all States Members of the United Nations with the information they need to determine…
At the outset, I should like to associate my delegation with the condolences that you, Mr. President, and our colleagues have conveyed to the Government and people of Honduras. I believe that these condolences should be translated into effective and concrete action in solidarity on the part of the i…
It is an honour for our delegation to submit for consideration by the General Assembly the draft resolution entitled “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba”, the reasons for which I will explain.
The vote that will ta…
The implementation of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s (UN-NADAF), whose mid-term review focused the attention of the international community just a few weeks ago, is an issue to which my delegation attaches the highest importance.
The documents for this agen…
The agenda item on equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other related matters is one of the most significant and important on the agenda of the General Assembly. That has been made by the numerous references to the need to reform and democratize the …
At the outset, Mr. President, I wish to thank you deeply for your words, and express the gratitude of our Government and people to you, to the General Assembly and to this Organization, which embodies and represents values that are the essence of humanity. During difficult moments and circumstances …
May I, at the outset, endorse the statement made by the delegation of Costa Rica on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
The World Summit for Social Development is credited with having strengthened our recognition of the human being as the purpose and goal of any national or global strategy or poli…
My Government endorses the conclusion contained in the Secretary- General’s report (A/51/256) that the goals established at the World Summit for Children have had an extraordinary mobilizing power, generating a new level of activity for children around the world.
The progress made is undeniable. Th…
It is a source of pride and a privilege for us to see you, Sir, presiding over the General Assembly with such efficiency, dynamism and sensitivity; your presence gives us both pleasure and hope.
In this setting, on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations, we observed and took…
We are honoured and pleased that Honduras, a part of our America, is presiding over the Security Council. I would like to congratulate you, Sir, and to wish you success during your term of office. I would also like to thank Ambassador Alfredo Lopes Cabral for his contribution during his effective pr…
Few times in modern history, and particularly since the start of what has come to be called the nuclear age, has there been an issue that has been so insistently and repeatedly pressed by the international community as the suspension and prohibition of nuclear-weapons testing.
There has been no sho…
I do not want to take up much of the
One delegation, long before the meeting of the Council and the meetings of ICAO, insisted on repeating its lies and distorting the truth without replying to specific questions: where are the witnesses? Where is the
The specialized agency of the United Nations, …
At the outset, allow me to express my satisfaction at seeing you, Sir, presiding over the Council’s work this month. I wish to thank you for your words of welcome and for the courtesy you have extended me during the time in which we have been in contact as we prepared for this meeting of the Securit…
Today Lebanon is united, united in the mourning of its people and in the questions asked by its children, as to why they are being so cruelly punished, which go unanswered.
The international community witnesses with sorrow this new aggression by Israel against the Lebanese people and is rightly gra…
For more than a week the international community and the United Nations have been witnessing one of the most flagrant violations of the most fundamental rules of
We demand the following: Israel’s implementation of General Assembly resolutions and Security Council resolution 425 (1978); respect for …
The impact of recent international developments and the new challenges that the international economy must face leave no doubt as to the need for competent public administration in order to achieve sustainable development. Nor is there any doubt
My country wishes to contribute to the achievement of…
