For Cuba, the promotion and protection of the right to health and the access of all people to quality health services have been a priority. We are fully committed to the efforts of the United Nations system under the leadership of the World Health Organization to make collective progress in solving …
I thank you for your explanation, Mr. President. We would like to know if a vote has been requested on any of the amendments, because that could have a bearing on the content of delegations’ statements. Normally, before explanations of vote, delegations know how the amendments, which of course form …
At the time of the General Assembly’s adoption of resolution 71/248, my delegation expressed its serious concern about the mandate of the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Persons Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under Interna…
My delegation does not support mandates or resolutions that are the result of selective, discriminatory and politically motivated exercises and that do not have the support of the country concerned.
Such resolutions do not contribute to improving the human rights situation on the ground. On the con…
My statement relates to resolution 78/205, entitled “Protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons”.
Cuba supports the noble purpose of this resolution, which is why our delegation has joined the consensus. However, my delegation does not align itself with the references, in the twen…
My explanation of vote also pertains to resolution 78/192 under this agenda item.
Our delegation believes that this resolution, entitled “The right of the Palestinian people to self- determination”, is more relevant than ever. With the obvious complicity of the United States, Israel is committing f…
Cuba is committed to combating all forms and manifestations of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance. Nazism and neo- Nazism are the most extreme forms of supremacist theories that have already led to the loss of millions of lives. The theories are scientifically false, m…
Cuba has a zero-tolerance policy on the production, consumption and trafficking of drugs, the essential pillar of which is a preventative approach that guarantees that our country is neither a producer nor a transit country for illicit drugs. We are firmly committed to the international legal framew…
Cuba supports the noble objective of resolutions 78/118, 78/119, 78/120 and 78/121, which were just adopted under the agenda item on the strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations.
Those resolutions and the United Nations efforts in that a…
Cuba is honoured to introduce, on behalf of the Group of 77 (G-77) and China, a draft resolution entitled “International cooperation on humanitarian assistance in the field of natural disasters, from relief to development”, contained in document A/78/L.21. Each year, our group presents this text as …
My delegation aligns itself with the statement
made by the representative of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on behalf of the Group of Friends in Defence of the Charter of the United Nations (see A/78/PV.23).
We would like to thank Ambassador Bálek for presenting the Human Rights Council repo…
I have honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China in explanation of position on the adoption of draft resolution A/78/L.4.
Throughout the negotiation process of that draft text, the Group engaged in a constructive spirit and demonstrated great flexibility and a willingn…
Cuba does not support mandates or resolutions that are the result of selective, discriminatory and politically motivated practices that do not enjoy the support of the countries concerned. My delegation therefore disassociates itself from resolution 77/226, entitled “Situation of human rights in the…
My delegation wishes to make an explanation of vote before the voting in relation to the draft resolution I, entitled “Combating glorification of Nazism, neo- Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intoleranc…
My delegation, which supported resolution 76/304, dissociates itself from the references to the Rome Statute and the International Criminal Court in the ninth and tenth preambular paragraphs.
The promotion of international cooperation in order to guarantee greater and more robust access to justice …
The fight against AIDS is an objective that we all share. The international community has the resources, the technology and the knowledge necessary to obtain better results against this and many other diseases. However, the lack of political will prevents that. Millions of dollars are devoted to irr…
My delegation supports the statement delivered by the representative of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on behalf of the Group of Friends in Defence of the Charter of the United Nations (see A/76/PV.24). Allow me to add a few points in my national capacity.
Selectivity, punitive practices, dou…
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…
