Year 2017

Dec

08

2017

72 UNGA: Statement by H.E. Mrs. Anayansi Rodríguez Camejo, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations under item 15: "Culture of Peace". New York, 8 December 2017.

Mr. Chairman,

The Agenda Item 15 of the General Assembly reminds us that peace is not only a goal to be fulfilled but a supreme objective to be preserved.

There can be no peace without full respect for the sovereignty of States; and there can be no peace without respect for the self-determination of peoples and the territorial integrity of States.

Violence must be brought to an end, life must be respected, dialogue and cooperation must be considered, and emphasis must be placed on education and the transmission of values for peace.

Oct

06

2017

72 UNGA: Statement by H.E. Anayansi Rodríguez Camejo, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Cuba, on Item 28 Advancement of Women, Third Committee. New York, 6 October 2017.

Mr. Chairman,

My delegation endorses the statement by El Salvador on behalf of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States and by Ecuador on behalf of the Group of 77 plus China.

Mr. Chairman,

Nearly 90% of today’s war victims are civilians, most of them women, senior citizens, girls and boys. They also represent more than the 75% of refugees and people displaced by conflicts.

Jun

13

2017

71 UNGA: Cuba at the general debate of the 10th session of the Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Mr. President,

We note with satisfaction that the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has entered its second decade with 174 States Parties. My delegation encourages all States not yet party to the Convention to accede it or ratify it, as appropriate.