Excerpts from the intervention of Prime Minister Keith Rowley at the 74th General Assembly of the United Nations.
Mr. President, history has taught us that the maintenance of international peace and security cannot be separated from the sustainable development , in this regard we maintain that the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed against Cuba, a Caribbean nation, which has been in place for almost six decades undermine the country potential to achieve sustainable development and economic growth.
Trinidad and Tobago maintains further that the imposition of unilateral and coercive measures against Cuba under Helms Burton Act is inconsistent with the international law and the Charter of this United Nations. Trinidad and Tobago thus reiterates its call for the unconditional lifting of the economic, commercial and financial Embargo against Cuba.