Over 10 yers ago the General Assembly declared that South Africa's occupation of Namibia was illegal, and decided to place the Territory under the responsibility of the United Nations. Since that time both the General Assembly and the Security Council have adopted a number ofresolutions on the subje…
The representative of Guatemala has referred at length to the statement made yesterday by the Minister for External Relations of Cuba [19th meetingj, in which, with dignified words and appropriate adjectives, he referred to the policy and the regime obtaining in Guatemala, in particular in relation …
Mr. President, may I first express 11 you how joyfully the Government and people of Cuba welcome the entry of triumphant, united and socialist Viet Nam to the United Nations.
230. Gener:l1 Antonio Maceo, an illustrious Cuban patriot, who fell in battle fight~r.lg for the independence of our island,…
Although later the chairman of our delegation will no doubt congratulate you, :)ir, on your election as President of this session of the General Assembly, I should like to avail myself of this opportunity of saying to you how pleased the delegation of Cuba is to see you presiding here. This is becau…
There are times when it is necessary for us to pause in our discussions and to reflect for a moment on the nature of the undertaking in which we are involved, so that we do not let ourselves be swept along by a tendency to routine to which we are prone in the normal course of a session, especially-a…
Almost from the founding of our Organization, the problem of Palestine has been with us and has had an impact on our activities. In many ways it has run through the work of the Organization and, in particular,the work of the General Assembly. However, the consideration of this issue on this occasion…
For the third year in a row the General Assembly meets to consider the question of Cyprus after its territory was militarily invaded in violation of all norms of international law. First of all, we must note that at this time when we are deliberating on this problem, no change hasoccurredin the situ…
As was the case last year when the General Assembly faced a very similar situation, my delegation again categorically opposes the proposal to reconsider the decision adopted on 24 September concerning the procedure to be followed in the examination of the Cyprus question.
53. We oppose such reconsi…
The examination of this item directly in the plenary meetings of the General Assembly reflects the growing indignation of international public opinion concerning the apartheid policy of the Government of South Africa.
86. There is yet another factor which confers a special nature on this debate. We…
Once again our Assembly must meet to consider the question of the Middle East. Once again the interM- tional community is considering the matter with the deepest concern because peace in that region-even interna- tional peace and security-continues to be constantly imperilled.
80. The fundamental c…
At this stage, I believe it is hardly necessary for me to emphasize the importance of the question with which the General Assembly is now dealing. At the outset I must point out that the situation created by various acts of the former administering Power of the Comorian archipelago regarding one of …
Within a few months it will be the tenth anniversary of the second-to-last Middle East war. Since 1967 our Organi- zation has had to face this problem and, in the General Assembly and the Security Council, it has defined the principles, and the ways and means to be used in order to restore peace in …
The Permanent Representative DOW speaking was in Cuba in April 1961. For those of us who saw the United states squadron off the coast of our homeland, for those of uS who buried our Cuban brothers murdered by United States bornbs and sheils in an act of war against our people organized and directed …
1 shouid like te thank the representa- tives of Chile and Ghana, as weIl as the Couneil, for their kindness in hearing our views on the suspension of the meeting.
176. We shaH gladly agree ta it. In accepting the suggestion of the representatives of Chile and Ghana, however, 1 should merely like ta…
when the question of Angola was being diseussed in the General Assembly, a certain repre- sentative spoke the following words:
Il••• Men and nations always run the risk ofthink- ing that their grievanees are unique and that their impatience is justified. If the numerous instruments of peaceful chan…
It is the understanding of the delegation of Cuba that the representative of Indiahas not requested that these documents be included as part of his state- ment. He has asked that they be circulated to Council members as United Nations documents. I believe that is logical and acceptable. There is the…
The Cuban delegation firmly supports the dele- gations of France, the United Kingdom and the United States in their submission of this item for consideration by the Security Council.
105. Mr. Nliiiez Portuondo, the head of our delega- tion, who is at present away from New York for rea- sons of heal…
My delegation thinks there should he !wo votes, as announced by the President. First, we shoulq vote on the amendment submitted by the re- presentative of Iran [S/3602]. 27. If, as is natural and in accordance with the rules, wc vote first on that amendment, my delegation will abstain, for the reaso…
1 will state the Caban delegation's v::,ws in a few words. When we said in our previous statemenL [723rd meeting] that generally speaking we would support the United Kingdom draft resolution in principle, we did so because we understood that the draft was capable of improvement and that certain doub…
The delegation of Cuba wishes to pay a public tribute to the Secretary-Generai for the work he bas done. . Mr. Hammarskjold is daily acquiring greater moral authority throughout the world by l-eason of his obvious impartiality and because he is a statesman who fully understands what practical soiuti…
