Seven years after the General Assembly’s adoption of the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons, that crime remains one of the major challenges facing the international community and a true insult to the dignity of people.
Only by promoting genuine international coope…
The increasing challenges to the maintenance of peace and security is a legitimate concern of the international community. The possibility of attacks being carried out using nuclear, chemical and biological materials cannot be ruled out. Such risks cannot be eliminated by applying a selective approa…
Cuba strongly supports the collective efforts of the United Nations in its fight against terrorism. The United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy constitutes a milestone in the international fight against this scourge. The Strategy respects the central role of the General Assembly in that end…
I would like to begin by congratulating Egypt on assuming the presidency of the Security Council this month. I also welcome its felicitous initiative to convene today’s debate on an issue of crucial timeliness and decisive importance for our work.
Terrorism remains today a serious challenge for the…
We welcome the presidency of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. It is our honour to participate under its guidance in this debate.
The historical reflection on and firm adherence to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations are essential obligations for all those
committe…
Cuba associates itself with the statement delivered by the representative of Iran on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries.
We thank the Chair of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and the Committee’s Rapporteu for presenting the Committee’s …
We would like to thank the Secretary-General for submitting his report on the work of the Organization (A/70/1) and for his leadership as the helm of the Organization. The consideration of this item coincides with the commemoration of the seventieth anniversary of the founding of the United Nations,…
We are very grateful to you for overseeing our work, Madam. I would like to welcome the presence of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Argentina and Venezuela and of Argentina’s Minister of Finance. We congratulate Ambassador María Cristina Perceval, who was fully involved in this effort and whose…
Cuba welcomes the commemoration of the victory over fascism and the end of the Second World War. We see that act of justice as giving us a day for reflection. Seventy years ago, humankind vanquished barbarism. The victory over fascism involved the sacrifice of the lives of millions of human beings.
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Cuba considers this to be a very timely debate on this subject as we approach the seventieth anniversary of the founding of the United Nations and the adoption of its Charter. The year 2015 also marks the seventieth anniversary of the end of the Second World War and of the nuclear bombing of the cit…
Cuba welcomes Chile’s presidency of the Security
Council as a friendly Latin American country and would like to recognize the importance of this open debate convened by your country, Sir. We also welcome the presence among us of President Michelle Bachelet to preside over the work of the Council. S…
We thank the Rapporteur of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People for introducing the report of the Committee (see A/69/PV.59).
The situation of the Palestinian people has deteriorated since we held a similar debate in 2013 (see A/68/PV.58). Palestinian ci…
We fully support the statement made by the representative of Iran on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement.
Cuba reiterates its deepest rejection and condemnation of all acts, methods and practices of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations; by whomever, against whomsoever and wherever they may …
I would also like to thank and congratulate the Ambassador of Gabon to Geneva and President of the Human Rights Council for his work. I wish to refer in particular to an issue that he highlighted in his statement in this morning’s meeting (see A/69/PV.52), namely, the political manipulation that inc…
Cuba once again expresses its pleasure at seeing you, Madam, preside over the Security Council. We commend you for the manner in which you have discharged you duties, as during its prior presidency.
We fully support the statement made by the representative of Iran on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movem…
I thank the Secretary-General for submitting his report on the work of the Organization (A/69/1).
On 24 October 2015, we will commemorate the seventieth anniversary of the official founding of the United Nations. On that same date in 1945, the world began the process of recovering from a bloody wor…
Since this is the first time that I am taking the floor on behalf of my country at this session, I wish to extend to you, Sir, Cuba’s most cordial and heartfelt congratulations. I assure you that you have the full support of our delegation. We have every confidence that you will ably lead members at…
It is not enough to try to eliminate existing conflicts in the world or to create mechanisms designed to prevent them; it is necessary that the root causes that induce them and nurture them be eradicated. Many conflicts result from the interests of hegemonic and imperialist domination, acts of aggre…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States (GRULAC) in expressing our sincere congratulations to His Royal Highness Prince Zeid Ra’ad Zeid Al-Hussein on his appointment as the new United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
The members of GRULAC …
Aware of the danger that the mere existence of weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear weapons, poses
to all humankind, Cuba remains firmly in favour of their prohibition and elimination. For Cuba, the prohibition and total elimination of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons is the only …
