. Cuba believes that the mere existence of nuclear arms is a threat against humanity.  The use of a tiny part of the over 16,000 existing nuclear weapons, of which 4,000 are operational, would have catastrophic consequences for our planet. 

• We reaffirm the urgent necessity of attaining total elimination of nuclear weapons in a transparent, irreversible and verifiable manner with a multilaterally agreed timetable.  

Dominica, September 25, 2016. The Chancellor of the Commonwealth of Dominica, Honorable Senator Francine Baron,  reiterated the traditional support of her country to the lifting of the US blockade against Cuba, during the High-Level Segment of the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly held in New York.

The  Heads  of  State  and  Government  of  Latin  America  and  the  Caribbean, gathered in  Quito, Ecuador,  on  occasion  of  the 4th Summit  of  the  Community  of  Latin  American  and  Caribbean States (CELAC), on January 27th, 2016:

The daily Barbados Today echoed the speech by Foreign Minister Maxine McClean at the 71st General Assembly of the UN, who in addressing the challenges faced by small island states, particularly the Caribbean islands, called for the total lifting of the blockade imposed by USA to force Cuba for several decades.

“Eighty per cent of the world’s population owns only 6 per cent of all the richness, while the 1 per cent richest enjoys half of the planet’s patrimony. No less than 795 million persons in the world suffer from chronic hunger and every day 18 000 children die of poverty.

New York, 23 September 2016.

Kuwait, 22 September 2016. The Kuwait Times newspaper publishes entirely the Statement, delivered  by Cuban President Raul Castro at the first high-level meeting of XVII NAM Summit held in Margarita Island, Venezuela on 17 and 18 September.