“The total elimination of nuclear weapons should be the top priority in the area of disarmament”. Mr. Secretary General; Mr. President; Distinguished delegates: It is appalling to realize that, seventy five years after the criminal bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, there are approximately 13 400 nuclear weapons, of which nearly 1 800 are in operational alert and 3 720 have been already deployed. More than of these belong to the United States. That country keeps the highest number of these weapons ready to be used and is the only one in the world that has dropped two atom bombs. The international community cannot remain impassive in the face of the United States Nuclear Posture Review, which lowers the threshold of resorting to this kind of weapons, even in response to the so-called “non-nuclear strategic threats.” We reject the decision of the US government to withdraw from the Iran Nuclear Treaty and the Short and Medium Range Missiles Treaty signed with the former Soviet Union, for they are unilateral actions with grave consequences for international stability and security. We urge the US to ratify the Treaty on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (START) with Russia. We condemn the US attempts to restore the Monroe Doctrine in contravention of International Law and the Proclamation of Latin America and the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace. Follow the link: http://www.minrex.gob.cu/en/total-elimination-nuclear-weapons-should-be-...