Let my first words be to ratify Cuba’s solidarity and support for the brother Palestinian people, victim of more than 75 years of colonial occupation and flagrant violations of their legitimate rights as a nation, subjected to cruelty, aggression, collective punishment and apartheid. Over the past 1…
The debate on item 38 of the General Assembly agenda dedicated to the “Question of Palestine” coincides with the celebrations held yesterday for the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.
Despite the demands of the international community, the crisis in the Palestinian territo…
The Millennium Declaration states, “We ... have gathered ... to reaffirm our faith in the Organization and its Charter as indispensable foundations of a more peaceful, prosperous and just world” (resolution 55/2, para. 1). It continues, “We have a collective responsibility to uphold the principles o…
The resolution that has just been adopted by the General Assembly is extremely important. It reaffirms the need for the General Assembly fully to exercise its functions in taking effective and strong
action in the struggle against international terrorism, including the negotiation of a comprehensiv…
As humankind prepares to embark upon a new millennium, any initiative that can in one way or another contribute to promoting the process of peace and reconciliation in the Middle East must receive unswerving support. Therefore, in the view of the Cuban delegation, the inclusion of a new item entitle…
Allow me, through you, Sir, to thank the Bureau of the Open-ended Working Group on the
The debate and negotiations that took place during the three sessions of the Working Group held in 1997 covered, in a balanced way, the substantive and diverse issues included in both clusters, and demonstrated t…
I should like to explain Cuba’s position on draft
I believe that, in the past few years, as so-called globalization has advanced, we have all witnessed at the United Nations increasing attempts to wipe out the principles governing the Organization, to impose models on all nations as if they were un…
