72 Session

Mr. Chairman,

Cuba supports the significant contribution of the International Atomic Energy Agency to peace and sustainable development, including in the fight against the effects of climate change, food insecurity and diseases.

We reiterate that it should be a priority for the Agency to allocate the efforts and resources of the IAEA on the employment and dissemination of nuclear applications, to improve living conditions, promote sustainable development and environmental protection.

Mr. Chairman,

First of all, we would like to acknowledge your commitment, in your capacity as President of the General Assembly, to the Security Council reform process.

We take this opportunity to assure Ambassadors Kaha Imnadze and Lana Nussseibeh, Permanent Representatives of Georgia and the United Arab Emirates, respectively, of the full cooperation of Cuba to make progress in our work.

We recognize the efforts made by the Co-chairs during the previous session, the Permanent Representatives of Romania and Tunisia.

Mr. Chairman,

Mr. Chairman,

The Human Rights Council was a result of the need to address double standards, political confrontation and manipulation of the former Commission on Human Rights. The Council should avoid the recurrence of the negative practices that discredited the Commission, which we strongly reject.

Mr. President;

Your Excellencies permanent representatives;

Distinguished delegates;

U.S. citizens and Cubans resident in the United States who are present in this hall:

I would like to express to the people and government of the United States; Mayor Bill De Blasio; Governor Andrew Cuomo; and other authorities in New York; as well as its citizens and especially families of the victims, our most heartfelt condolences, in the name of the Cuban people and government, for the terrorist attack which occurred yesterday afternoon.