Permanent Mission of Cuba to the United Nations Office at Geneva

Cuban delegation addresses the Second Preparatory Committee for the 2026 Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)

Mr. President,

We align ourselves to the intervention delivered by Indonesia, on behalf of the Group of NAM Member States.

Cuba has supported the establishment of Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones in different countries or regions of the world, as part of the efforts to invigorate nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament, and to achieve the highest priority in the field of disarmament, which is the attainment of a nuclear-weapon-free world.

Cuban delegation addresses the Second Preparatory Committee for the 2026 Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)

Mr. Chairman,

We align ourselves to the intervention delivered by Indonesia, on behalf of the NAM Member States Parties to the NPT.

Cuba reaffirms that the total elimination of nuclear weapons is the only absolute guarantee against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons. We are convinced that as long as nuclear weapons exist, the risk of their proliferation and possible use will also persist.

Cuba calls for the rapid adoption of a universal legal instrument on negative security assurances.

Geneva, Switzerland - 25 July 2024. Cuba continues to participate actively in the Second Preparatory Committee for the 2026 Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), which is being held in Geneva until 2 August 2024.

The Cuban delegation, together with the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to the NPT, reaffirmed the need for a universal, unconditional and legally binding agreement that provides effective security assurances against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons for all non-nuclear-weapon States.

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