Paris, October 18, 2024. The Cuban Ambassador to UNESCO, María del Carmen Herrera Caseiro, today condemned at UNESCO the crimes committed by Israel against the people of Palestine.
During the consideration of the draft decision presented by the Arab Group “Consequences of the current situation in the Gaza Strip/Palestine in all aspects of UNESCO's mandate” at the UNESCO Executive Board, the Cuban Ambassador reiterated the condemnation of the genocide unleashed by Israel that has taken the lives of more than 42,000 people, including children, women and the elderly, in just one year, while the international community remained passive in the face of such an atrocity.
“Not satisfied with this genocide, the Israeli government continues to sow death and destruction, launching its powerful war machine against Lebanon and other nations in the region,” the Cuban diplomat denounced in the framework of this debate.
Likewise, she reaffirmed solidarity with the Palestinian people and Cuba's support for a broad, fair and lasting solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, based on the creation of two States, which allows the exercise of the right to self-determination of the Palestinian people and the creation of an independent and sovereign Palestinian State within the pre-1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital.
“We demand an immediate ceasefire. We demand an end to the Israeli genocide against the Palestinian people. The impunity with which the Israeli government acts, under the protection of its historical ally, must cease,” concluded the Representative of the Island, calling for an end to inaction and complicit silence in the face of Israel's criminal actions in Gaza.