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Feb

08

2022

76UNGA: Statement by Cuba at meeting of the Group of Friends of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations, February 8, 2022

Excellencies,

First and foremost, I would like to thank the High Representative for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations and his Office for their leadership in the context of a disturbing global rebirth of intolerance, discrimination and xenophobia. Likewise, I wish to thank you for the information provided on the activities carried out over the past year and those scheduled for 2022.

Feb

02

2022

76 UNGA: Statement by Cuba at the First regular session of the UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS Executive Board. UNDP Segment. New York, 2 February 2022.

Madam President;

Dear Achim Steiner, UNDP Administrator,

Distinguished members of the Executive Board and other delegations,

We thank Administrator Steiner for his all-encompassing remarks, as well as the members of the Board and the Secretariat for the arrangements made and documentation prepared to hold this session.

Feb

01

2022

76 UNGA: Statement by Cuba at First regular session of the UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS Executive Board. UNDP Segment. New York, 1 February 2022.

Madam President;

Distinguished members of the Executive Board and other delegations,

We would like to take this opportunity in which the UNOSSC Strategic Framework for the period 2022-2025 is presented, to praise the work carried out by this Office, its Director a.i. Mr. Adel Abdellatif, and his efforts aimed at strengthening the role of South-South cooperation as a resource for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, contributing to improve its integration into the work of the United Nations system.

Jan

14

2022

76 UNGA: Statement by H.E. Mr. Pedro Luis Pedroso Cuesta, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations. New York, 14 January 2022

H.E. Mr. Dr. Morissanda Kouyaté, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation, African Integration and Guineans Living Abroad, of the Republic of Guinea;

H.E. Mr. Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Hussain Qureshi, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

Mr. Chairman;

First of all, I would like to express, on behalf of my government, my heartfelt condolences to the people of Pakistan, for the loss of lives during the heavy snowfall that hit Murree.

Dec

06

2021

76 UNGA: Statement by H.E. Mr. Pedro Luis Pedroso Cuesta, Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations, at the debate under agenda item 16 entitled “Culture of Peace”. New York, 6 December 2021.

Mr. Chairman;

While we meet in this room to speak about peace and the promotion of a culture and an environment which contributes to it, the use and the threat of use of force in international relations continues, unconventional warfare activities are conducted and interference with the internal affairs of sovereign States is carried out in order to quench the Empire´s appetites for domination.

Nov

17

2021

76 UNGA: Statement by Ambassador Pedro Luis Pedroso Cuesta, Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations Consideration of Agenda Item “Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency”. New York, 17 November 2021.

Mr. President,

We appreciate the presentation of the 2020 Annual Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency and draft resolution A/76/L.10.

We recognize and support the important work of the IAEA and its contribution to peace and sustainable development.

Nov

09

2021

76 UNGA: Remarks by Cuba at the Security Council High-Level Open Debate on "Maintenance of International Peace and Security: Exclusion, Inequality and Conflict". New York, 9 November 2021

Dear President of Mexico, His Excellency Mr. Andrés Manuel López Obrador;

Your presence, as an honorable representative of the ideals of peace, solidarity, justice and prosperity for Latin America and the Caribbean and for the world, exalts this meeting.

We congratulate Mexico and wish you success during your presidency of the Security Council.

Within a context of global uncertainty and the multidimensional crisis sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic, this debate gains great significance.

Nov

09

2021

76 UNGA: Statement by the Cuban Delegation under Item 167: “Report of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country”. New York, 9 November 2021

Mr. Chairman,

We associate ourselves with the statement made by Iran on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement.

Cuba appreciates the analysis of the Report of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country, document A/76/26.

As members of the Committee, we are working towards ensuring that it addresses, in a timely manner, all the issues that emerge from the relations between the United Nations, the Member States and the Host Country.

Nov

04

2021

76 UNGA: Remarks at the Special Meeting of the Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee to mark the 20th anniversary of the adoption of resolution 1373 (2001) and the establishment of the Committee. New York, November 4, 2021.

Remarks at the Special Meeting of the Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee to mark the 20th anniversary of the adoption of resolution 1373 (2001) and the establishment of the Committee. New York, November 4, 2021.

Section 3: The way forward: defining the nature of multilateral actions in the next decade with a view to enhancing their impact and sustainability.

Mr. Chairman;

We welcome the holding of this special meeting.

Oct

28

2021

76 UNGA: Statement by H.E. Mr. Pedro Luis Pedroso, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Cuba. Item 140: “Improving the financial situation of the United Nations” New York, 28 October 2021.

Mr. Chairman;

We thank the Under-Secretary-General for Management, Ms. Catherine Pollard, and Mr. Chandru Ramanathan, Assistant Secretary-General and Controller, for the presentations made on the Organization´s financial situation.

My delegation associates itself with the statement delivered by Guinea on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.

Mr. Chairman,

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