Cuba aligns itself with the statement made on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries by the representative of Azerbaijan, and I would like to add the following in my national capacity.
Cuba reiterates its commitment to the strict application of international law and the peaceful settlement…
We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate His Excellency Mr. Abdulla Shahid on his election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-sixth session, during which he will have the full support of my delegation.
We take note of the report of the Secretary-General entitled Our C…
Cuba endorses the statement made by the representative of Mexico on behalf of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States.
The importance of this high-level meeting is even greater in the light of some States’ continued modernization and expansion of their nuclear arsenals, in a context in…
My delegation understands that, according to the rules of procedure, once a vote has been requested, whether it be on a draft resolution, a draft decision, a motion or any initiative, then a vote has to be held. The delegation of Nigeria, on behalf of the Group of African States, and my delegation s…
My delegation would like to echo the remarks made by the delegation of Nigeria, on behalf of the Group of African States. We reject the oral amendment proposed by the delegation of the United States for the reasons expressed by my colleague of the delegation of Nigeria, and also because of the subst…
Before taking a decision in that regard, in order to be duly informed of this last-minute change, my delegation would like to understand from the Secretariat the practical implications of changing the agenda item under which the draft resolution would be adopted. Then, on the basis of the Secretaria…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States (GRULAC). We appreciate the convening of this solemn meeting of the General Assembly to pay tribute to the late President of Haiti, His Excellency Mr. Jovenel Moïse, who was assassinated at his residence in Port…
I take the floor to exercise my right of reply in response to the statement delivered by the representative of the United States.
As we do every year, we listened to the United States delegation justifying the embargo against Cuba, which has intensified during the pandemic. In doing so, the United …
We thank you, Madam Vice-President, for convening this meeting to analyse the annual report of the Security Council to the General Assembly for 2020 (A/75/2).
The relevance of the Security Council, as the organ mandated by the Charter of the United Nations with the maintenance of international peac…
My delegation would like to make a few comments in view of the very interesting debate that has taken place over the last few days on this issue, as well as during the Ad Hoc Committee organizational session held between 10 and 12 May in New York.
I must say that in these explanations of vote today…
The delegation of Cuba is grateful to the President for his decision to convene this plenary meeting to jointly debate agenda items 37, on the situation in the Middle East, and 38, on the question of Palestine, following the request of the delegations of the Niger and Algeria in their capacities as …
The delegation of Cuba is taking the floor in explanation of our vote on draft resolution A/75/L.82, on the responsibility to protect and the prevention of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity. Ensuring a response from the international community aimed at preventing act…
The delegation of Cuba would like to thank the President for organizing this plenary meeting. We also thank the Secretary-General for preparing the latest report on the responsibility to protect (A/75/863), based on which we would like to make some observations.
First of all, my delegation believes…
We reiterate our sincere thanks to Ambassador Lauber, Chair of the Open-ended Working Group on Developments in the Field of Information and Telecommunications in the Context of International Security, for his guidance on our path towards achieving a hard-won consensus, which enabled us to endorse th…
Thirty-five years ago, the terrible nuclear accident at Chernobyl affected the lives of thousands of people,
particularly in Ukraine, Belarus and Russia, and for the first time tested the response of the international community to such a catastrophe. Chernobyl is a name linked to a tragedy of lives…
Cuba was one of the Member States that voted against the General Assembly’s adoption of resolution 71/248, which established the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Persons Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under International La…
We are grateful for the convening of today’s commemorative meeting. We also thank the Secretary-General for his statement.
Commemorating the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade is crucial in today’s environment, marked as it is by disturbing …
The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination should be a day of reflection. Greater political will and strengthened international cooperation are essential to achieving the goals set at the historic World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related …
