New York, 21 July 2022. Cuba participated today at the United Nations General Assembly plenary meeting on the veto under the agenda item "Strengthening of the United Nations system", where it rejected any politicization of humanitarian assistance and its use as an instrument for political blackmail.
Any decision adopted by the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Syria must take into account the interests and concerns of that country, pointed out Ambassador Yuri Gala López, Chargé d´affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of Cuba to the United Nations, who spoke on behalf of the island.
The Deputy Permanent Representative noted that the United States, while claiming to be very concerned over the humanitarian situation of the Syrian people, maintains criminal unilateral coercive measures against that brotherly country, which must be urgently removed.
He stated that such measures slow down Syria's sustainable development and bring about enormous suffering on its people, along with the impact of more than a decade of war imposed against that country and the socio-economic and humanitarian effects of manifold global crises, compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic
Gala López called for further cooperation with the Syrian government, which is primarily responsible for ensuring that humanitarian aid reaches all Syrians, without the political bias and selectivity that prevails today against that nation. Likewise, he affirmed that the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Syria must be fully respected, for which he demanded the cessation of external interference in the Arab nation.
Permanent Mission of Cuba to the United Nations