Mr. President — dear Father Miguel d’Escoto — I would like once again to welcome your election and your presence at this debate. You are the incarnation here today of the voice of the people, the voice of the humble. You can rely on Cuba, Father.
As in every year since 1992, we appear before the Ge…
Never before have the real dangers awaiting the human species become so evident; never before have the violations of international law become so evident, as they increasingly jeopardize international peace and security; never before have inequality and exclusion become so evident, as they impact ove…
Today is a day of particular importance for the United Nations, whose General Assembly is voting for the fourteenth consecutive time on a draft resolution submitted by Cuba on the item “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States of America agains…
Actually, we have no reason to celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of the United Nations. The chaotic,
unequal and insecure world in which we are now living is not much of a tribute to those who gathered on 26 June 1945 in San Francisco to found the United Nations.
From the conclusion of the Millen…
The General Assembly has just adopted draft resolution A/60/L.1, which contains the outcome document of the High-level Plenary Meeting. As the Assembly is aware, during the closing meeting of the fifty-ninth session, Cuba expressed its reservations and comments with regard to the document, which we …
Millions of Cubans are closely following what is happening now in this Hall. Seventy per cent of them have had to endure all their lives the longest blockade in history, imposed by the Government of the United States on our homeland following the triumph of the Cuban revolution.
However, in voting …
Every year at the United Nations, we go through the same ritual. We attend the general debate knowing beforehand that the clamour for justice and peace by our underdeveloped countries will be ignored once again. However, we persist. We know that we are right. We know that one day we will accomplish …
The economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States of America against Cuba must be lifted. Under the 1948 Geneva Convention, the blockade against Cuba qualifies as a crime of genocide. The blockade is a legal aberration. It violates the Charter of the United Nations. It is …
Last century bore witness to two terrible world wars, in which over 80 million human beings perished. It later seemed that, due to the lessons learned, the United Nations Organization was born so that war would never again occur. The Charter, adopted in San Francisco nearly 60 years ago, proclaimed …
Cuba fully supports the emergence of a new alliance for the development of Africa, conceived and managed by the African countries themselves. We have heard the pronouncements of African leaders representing peoples with which we have fraternal ties, and which yesterday were the peoples of exploited …
A year ago, the General Assembly had to be postponed because of the ruthless crime committed on 11 September. There was then a worldwide wave of solidarity towards the people of the United States and, particularly, towards the families of the almost 3,000 innocent victims of that unjustifiable terro…
Some peculiar news has travelled around the world in recent days. For the first time ever in over 40 years, the Government of the United States has granted exceptional authorization for the sale to Cuba of certain quantities of food, medicines and raw materials for production. On this sole occasion,…
Before delivering my statement, I would like to express our condolences to the United States, the Dominican Republic and other countries represented here that have lost citizens among the many passengers and crew members who perished in yesterday’s tragic crash of American Airlines flight 587, and I…
