I am pleased to welcome the Government of South Sudan as a State Member of the United Nations. I also join the appeal by all African leaders for an urgent, effective and international response to the famine in the Horn of Africa.
While we are engaged in debate here, in Libya another preventive war …
Barely one year ago at United Nations Headquarters, more than 150 Governments and other international actors committed to cooperating to provide substantial aid for the recovery and reconstruction of Haiti after the disaster caused by the earthquake of 12 January of that year.
As a statement, it wa…
I am very grateful for the words of the 13 speakers who have spoken at this afternoon’s unexpected meeting.
With respect to what has been said by the representatives of the United States and the European Union, this is the nineteenth occasion on which the delegation of the United States has repeate…
Yesterday was exactly the fiftieth anniversary of the first speech of Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz in this Hall, with that memorable sentence that if the philosophy of plunder disappears, then the philosophy of war will have disappeared (see A/PV.872).
Sixty million people had to die in the …
In Cuba, the goals identified in the Millennium Declaration (resolution 55/2) have been almost totally achieved, and in some cases considerably exceeded. Our commitment goes beyond our national borders and has enabled us to contribute to the social development of other third-world nations. This is t…
I would like to congratulate Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki on his election to the presidency and reiterate our confidence in his ability to conduct our work and our deliberations successfully. I would also like to recognize the excellent leadership of Father Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann, President of the As…
We wish at the outset to convey our deepest condolences to our Central American brothers, to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and to the Republic of Turkey.
On 13 November 1991, the General Assembly took the decision to include in the agenda of its next session a discussion of the item entitled “Necessi…
Serious and imminent dangers threaten the existence of our species. To preserve human life, we must preserve peace. The use of only a small part of the world’s enormous nuclear arsenal would mean the end of the species. The only guarantee that nuclear weapons will not be used by any State or any ind…
As the General Assembly begins its consideration of the item concerning the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, I have the honour to address the Assembly as Vice- Chairman of the Special Committee on Decolonization, on behalf of the Ac…
Mr. President, I should like at the outset to thank you for your leadership and for sharing your vision.
Strengthening and reform of the United Nations aim to restore the Organization’s centrality in the system of international relations, ensure the rule of international law and of the Charter, reb…
Barely a year ago, we held a special high- level session of the General Assembly on the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD). On that occasion, the international community expressed its full support for that initiative aimed at achieving
Africa’s sustainable development. Nevertheless, t…
In recent months, another very dangerous and unacceptable act — the construction of a wall of separation on Palestinian land — has been added to a long history of occupation, aggression, illegal settlements, massive flagrant and systematic violations of human rights, State terrorism and extrajudicia…
The Security Council is not shouldering the “primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security” that United Nations Members confer on it, and the Council is no longer “carrying out its duties under this responsibility” or acting on the behalf of Members. Frequently, the …
I wish to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency and to express my gratitude for the presidency of Ambassador Jones Parry.
The delegation of Cuba strongly condemns the military attack launched by Israel on 5 October against the Syrian Arab Republic in flagrant violation of the …
The aggression of the United States and the United Kingdom against Iraq deserves strong condemnation and should be stopped immediately. The Security Council should fulfil its primary responsibility in the restoration of the international peace and security that have been shattered by this act of agg…
We are deeply honoured to see Guinea preside over the Security Council on this historic occasion.
The significance of the United Nations is beyond any doubt. That is not what is being decided at this table. Nobody can seriously claim that humanity could
do without the collective security system an…
In order to save time I will read a condensed version, and I wish to place on record the full version of my statement.
The series of terrorist attacks in the most diverse parts of the world that followed the criminal acts of 11 September, the State terrorism against the Palestinian people and the s…
The impressive anti-war demonstrations that took place all around the world on Saturday, 15 February; the opinion polls; the productive and substantial ministerial debate held on 14 February in the Council; the prudence and objectivity of the
presentations given by the Executive Chairman of the Uni…
Our debate today on item 35 of the General
Assembly on the question of Palestine is taking place on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. Since this item was discussed last year, the tenth emergency special session was resumed for the seventh time, and the Security Counci…
Scarcely a year ago, we held an urgent special session of the General Assembly to confront the problem of HIV/AIDS in all its aspects and to coordinate and intensify national, regional and international activities to combat the pandemic in an integrated way. At that time, 36.1 million people were li…
