The Cuban delegation would like to explain its vote on resolution 75/265, entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition
of Chemical Weapons”. As a State party to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), Cuba supports the continued cooperation between the Un…
My delegation joins others in the hope that this year will be a better one for our work in the General Assembly. We are grateful for your leadership, Mr. President, over these past months of work during the seventy-fifth session.
My delegation would also like to place on record its position on the …
My delegation is honoured to speak with regard to agenda items 37, on the situation in the Middle East, and 38, on the question of Palestine.
We would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the work done by Ambassador Cheikh Niang, Chair of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rig…
The year that is coming to an end has been marked by the unprecedented impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, which has added new challenges and highlighted other problems already facing the international community. With its devastating effects, the pandemic has demonstrated the ineq…
My delegation would like to explain its vote on draft decision A/75/L.7/Rev.1, entitled “Procedure for decision-making in the General Assembly when an in-person meeting is not possible”. Since the start of the discussion on whether to set up a mechanism for remote virtual decision-making in the Gene…
I have the honour of introducing the draft amendment contained in document A/75/L.15, on behalf of the following 10 countries: Burundi, Cameroon, China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Myanmar, Nicaragua, the Russian Federation, the Syrian Arab Republic, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and my own…
We are grateful for the submission of the 2019 annual report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) (see A/75/303) and draft resolution A/75/L.9.
Out the outset, we acknowledge the work of the Agency in support of its States members in confronting the challenges related to the coronavirus…
I am grateful to the President of the Human Rights Council for her presentation (see A/75/PV.21) of the annual report (A/75/53 and A/75/53/Add.1) of that subsidiary body
As long as selectivity, punitive practices, double standards and political manipulation continue, particularly against countries …
Cuba welcomes the statement made on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries by the representative of Azerbaijan, and I am making the following statement in my national capacity.
Cuba reiterates its commitment to the strict application of international law and the peaceful settlement of inte…
The Cuban delegation takes note of the reports of the Secretary-General (A/75/321 and A/75/323) and the International Criminal Court (see A/75/324 and A/75/324/Corr.1). We also express our commitment to the fight against impunity for crimes affecting the international community. The increasingly dan…
My delegation endorses the statement made by the Deputy Permanent Representative of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. We agreed with the adoption by consensus of resolution 75/2, as we believe it to be of the utmost importance that waivers to Article 19 of the Charter of the United Nations be gr…
In the year of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations, the role of this body is increasingly relevant at a time when humankind faces such unforeseen and unprecedented circumstances. Only multilateralism, solidarity and shared cooperation will enable us to overcome the major global chall…
My delegation supports the arguments put forward by the representative of the Syrian Arab Republic and wishes to reiterate its position with regard to the proposal to include the item “The responsibility to protect and the prevention of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against human…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the representatives of Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Belarus, Belize, Burundi, Cambodia, the People’s Republic of China, the Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Nicaragua, the Russian Federation…
The Cuban delegation takes the floor in connection with the request for the inclusion of the item on the responsibility to protect and the prevention of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity in the agenda of the seventy-fifth session of the General Assembly.
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Let me first extend our congratulations to the President on his successful leadership of the General Assembly in its work at the current session.
We thank the Secretary-General for briefing, in accordance with his mandate, of his priorities for 2020 (see A/74/PV.54). Cuba will constructively suppor…
We thank the Credentials Committee and its Chair, the Ambassador of Barbados, for their work.
We welcome that, during the meeting of the Credentials Committee, held on 10 December, the draft resolution contained in report A/74/572, submitted for our consideration today, was adopted (resolution 74/1…
Peace can be achieved only if it reflects a set of values, attitudes, traditions, behaviours and lifestyles, namely, a culture of peace.
The General Assembly today considers agenda item 15, entitled “Culture of peace”, in an international context marked by armed conflicts in various regions, increa…
In a world driven by selfish interests, in which capitalism considers health a commodity and not a right, it will be impossible to achieve Goal 3 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development — “Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being of all at all ages” — and in particular that of achieving un…
