My delegation is pleased that we are having this debate on the report of the Secretary-General, thus resuming the healthy practice of considering annually in the General Assembly a document whose contents generally go beyond reviewing the activities of the Organization in the past year to outlining …
My
delegation wishes to explain its position concerning draft resolution K, on
regional disarmament, which has just been adopted.
My delegation voted in favour of the draft resolution recommended by the
First Committee. The Cuban delegation had made a careful in-depth analysis
aimed at giving a…
Once
again, after many years of debate, the General Assembly is considering the
Juestion of Palestine, the core issue of the Middle East conflict and a
luestion whose solution depends on the establishment of a just and lasting
>eace in this vital part of the world.
It must be said that if the q…
The
elimination of apartheid and the creation of a united, democratic and
non-racial South Africa, which, instead of being a danger to its neighbours
and a constant threat to peace and security in southern Africa, would become a
force for peace, cooperation and stability in the area, has long be…
I wish to begin by
conveying to the Government and the people of Egypt the condolences of Cuba
for the loss of human life suffered in the tragedy that has struck that
country.
Increasing international attention has been focused on the situation of
the disabled, as demonstrated by the scope and …
Today we
are considering two documents of fundamental importance to the United Nations
and to its future: the report of the Secretary-General on the work of the
Organization since his assumption of his office and the document entitled "An
Agenda for Peace", submitted by the Secretary-General pur…
Next year the international community will commemorate the twenty-fifth anni- versary of the Declaration on the Grantmg of Inde- pendence to Colonial Countries and Peoples [resolu- tion 1514 (XV)]. That will give us an opportunity to take stock of the victories scored in the stru~le against colonial…
Just two weeks ago the international (';ommunity learned with indignation and shock that tiny Grenada, one of the smallest countries in the world, had been the victim of armed invasion by the most powerful country in the world, the United States of America, together with a small, pathetic group of p…
We reaffirm the fundamental importance of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea in maintaining and strengthening peace, order and the sustainable development of the oceans and seas.
Cuba places particular emphasis on the need to strengthen international cooperation among all stakehold…
We are extremely pleased to note that the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) remains fully valid and current. That reaffirms its universal character and its key importance in the maintenance and strengthening of international peace and security and the sustainable development o…
Cuba attaches vital importance to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea for the maintenance and strengthening of the peace, management and sustainable development of our oceans and seas. The Convention is a fundamental milestone in the codification of international maritime law and has…
We note with great satisfaction that the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea maintains its validity and relevance, reaffirming its universal character and paramount importance in maintaining and strengthening international peace and security and sustainable development of oceans and seas…
We reaffirm the validity of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, as well as its universal character and key importance in maintaining and strengthening international peace and security and for the sustainable development of oceans and seas.
My delegation places particular emphasis o…
I wish to introduce a revision to operative paragraph 2 of the text which has been presented on behalfof the non-aligned countries. That is why I have asked to speak, hoping to be given a chance to present a new wording of operative paragraph 2, and thereby win further support for the draft resoluti…
On behalf of the sponsors, including my own delegation, I have the honour to introduce to the General Assembly draft resolutions A/36/L.59 and A/36/L.60, concerning the situation in the Middle East.
269. As is customary, both draft resolutions were drafted in the group of Arab States and the workin…
My delegation wishes to propose the following. In view of the absence of the majority of delegations and the fact that we barely have a quorum for the debate on an item of such importance to the international commu- nity, my delegation calls for the adjournment of the meet- ing under rule 76 of the …
Ever since the General Assembly declared in 1976, in resolution 311123, that 1981 would be the International Year of Disabled Persons, Cuba has supported this ini- tiative which arose from a proposal by the Libyan delega- tion, which we at once co-sponsored because we consid- ered it to be very impo…
In recent days the General Assembly has been con- sidering three items that are at the very centre of interna- tional concern: the question of Namibia, the policies of apartheid of the Government of South Africa and the question of Palestine. There is a fundamental interconnec- tion between all thre…
Never before has mankind accumulated so·many means of destruction. endangering its very existence. The defence of peace is therefore our main duty.
119. There are haunted and cavernous minds which dream of an apocalyptic solution to the problems of to- day's world and hope to emerge victorious from…
It is sufficient to glance at the composition of the Assembly to obtain a graphic idea of the changes it has undergone, in most cases as a result of the struggle of peoples against colonialism and for independence in the past two decades. From that same struggle for indepen- dence there emerged the …
