Year 2017

Nov

21

2017

72 UNGA: Statement by Cuba at the Fifth Committee: Item 136 Proposed programme budget for the biennium 2018-2019. Thematic Cluster i: Special and personal envoys and special advisers of the Secretary General. New York, 22 November 2017.

Mr. Chairman,

We would like to convey our appreciation for the submission of the Secretary-General's reports on the estimates regarding special political missions, good offices and other political initiatives authorized by the General Assembly or by the Security Council. We likewise thank Mr. Carlos Ruiz Massieu for the related reports of the Advisory Committee.

Cuba endorses the statement by Ecuador on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.

Mr. Chairman,

Oct

11

2017

72 UNGA: Statement by the Delegation of Cuba under Topic 136: Proposed Program Budget for the 2018-2019 Biennium, main session of the Fifth Committee at the 72 Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. New York, October 11, 2017.

Mr. Chairman,

Allow me to congratulate you and the other members of the Bureau on your election to conduct the work of the Committee at this session. We trust that your guide will enable us to achieve our goals.

We thank the Secretary-General for his presentation, as well as Mr. Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Chairman of the Advisory Committee, for the introduction of the introduction of the corresponding report.

Our delegation associates itself with the speech delivered by Ecuador on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.

Mr. Chairman,

May

11

2017

71 UNGA: Cuba on item: “Improving the financial situation of the United Nations”, during the Second resumed session of the Fifth Committee.

Madam Chair,

First of all, allow us to convey the satisfaction of our delegation to see you presiding over our work at the 71st session and to acknowledge the work that you and your team have developed under the chairmanship of the Fifth Committee. I reiterate the cooperation of the Cuban delegation to successfully undertake our work.