The future of the United Nations is uncertain. Its very existence is threatened by unilateralism. We must save the United Nations. At the same, we must carry out a thorough reform of the Organization that makes a daily reality of the sovereign equality of States, which today is no more than a mirage…
Sustainable development in Africa is an issue that concerns us all. That is why we held a special high-level plenary meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on the New Partnership for Africa’s Development, an occasion in which the international community expressed its full support for a new p…
Cuba vigorously and unequivocally rejects any application of unilateral extraterritorial coercive economic measures as a means of political and economic compulsion against developing countries. Cuba’s response to the Secretary-General towards the preparation of his report is quite clear and precise;…
At the outset, I should like to express our sincerest condolences to the Government and people of Indonesia and to the families of the victims of the terrorist attack that occurred in Bali.
This is the first time we are discussing together two priority items on the Assembly’s agenda: the report of …
A moment ago, I spoke in this debate as Acting Chairman of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. But given the seriousness of the issue that prompted the convening of this emergency meeting, Cuba cannot fail to state its national position.
The massacre b…
The delegation of Cuba will join the consensus on this draft resolution on the International Conference on Financing for Development. However, Cuba considers that the document that resulted from that Conference reflects an imposed consensus, and that instead of commitments on financing for developme…
We feel honoured, Sir, by your presiding over this Council meeting. We welcome the meeting’s format, in which Council non-members have been able to hear the valuable information presented by Ambassador Koonjul, Chairman of the Security Council ad hoc Working Group on Conflict Prevention and Resoluti…
We are deeply honoured that the Foreign
Minister of Singapore is presiding over this important meeting.
Today is an historic day for East Timor and for the United Nations. It is above all a time to rejoice as East Timor celebrates its first day of independence. Cuba has expressed its wish to estab…
First of all, may I say how very pleased my delegation is to see you, Mr. President, presiding over the work of the Security Council. We wish you every success. Likewise, I wish to congratulate Ambassador Lavrov and his entire team for the excellent manner in which he guided the work of this body du…
Allow me first of all to convey to you, Sir, my delegation’s congratulations on the excellent manner in which you have guided the work of the Council throughout this month. We are doubly satisfied, since you represent a country that is united with Cuba by deep ties of friendship and fraternity.
Con…
Once again, the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories has brought us to the Security Council. This is a real war in which an occupying army, equipped with weapons of the latest technology, is decimating a heroic and defenceless people. The root cause of this situation is to be found in I…
In recent years, this has been one of the agenda items on which the greatest number of delegations have participated. During the fifty-fifth session, we heard over 110 statements and the number is very high again this year. That is evidence of the priority importance attached to this item. The reaso…
We thank Ambassador Ryan of Ireland for his introduction of the annual report of the Security Council to the General Assembly (A/56/2). Our thanks go also to the other members of the Security Council, as well as to the Council secretariat for its work in preparing the report.
Despite numerous criti…
In a speech delivered just two days ago before 100,000 countrymen, President Fidel Castro stated:
“The unanimous shock suffered by all peoples of the world on 11 September in the face of the insane terrorist attacks against the American people has created exceptional conditions for the eradication …
Let me note that the full text of my statement is available to delegations; to save time and to spare the interpreters, I shall summarize it now.
History has shown that a truly effective conflict prevention strategy cannot succeed without steps being taken to fight poverty, underdevelopment and eco…
I was saying that the funds used for alleged compensation payment to families of perpetrators of terrorist acts against Cuba constitute direct encouragement of those operations. The next President of the United States — when we finally know who he is — will have the dilemma of maintaining the impuni…
I have not heard a single valid argument. We have little time, but many truths must be told. I will refute what has been said with several examples.
First, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) organized and carried out hundreds of acts of aggression and terrorism against Cuba, including the invasi…
The question of Palestine has again prompted the General Assembly to convene. Exactly two months ago, Israel began this most recent chapter in its long history of acts of aggression against the heroic people of Palestine. More than 200 unarmed civilians have died, and over 11,000 people have been wo…
I shall speak first in my capacity as Acting Chairman of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People.
Dozens of resolutions have been adopted, clearly reflecting the will of the majority. Recent examples include the Council’s own resolution 1322 (2000) and Gene…
