Committee on Decolonization

Jun

23

2022

76 UNGA: Statement by the delegation of Cuba at the Special Committee on Decolonization. Item: Question of the Malvinas Islands. New York, 23 June 2022.

Mr. Chairman,

On behalf of the Cuban delegation, we welcome His Excellency, Mr. Santiago Cafiero, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship of the Argentine Republic to the Decolonization Committee, as well as the delegation accompanying him this time.

We associate ourselves with the remarks delivered by Bolivia on behalf of CELAC.

Feb

18

2022

76 UNGA: Remarks by Pedro L. Pedroso Cuesta, Permanent Representative of Cuba at the Organizational Session and Election of the Bureau of the Special Committee on decolonization. New York, February 18, 2022.

Mr. Secretary-General;

I join the words of appreciation extended to you for participating in this meeting and presiding over the election of the Bureau of the Special Committee on Decolonization.

Jun

14

2021

75 AGNU: Statement by Cuba at the Session of the Committee on Decolonization. Item: Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations. New York, 14 June 2021.

Madam Chair,

Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations establishes that Member States which have or assume responsibilities for the administration of territories whose peoples have not yet attained a full measure of self-government, must transmit regularly to the Secretary-General information on the economic and social conditions in the territories for which they are respectively responsible.

Jun

25

2019

Statement by the Cuban Delegation at the Decolonization Committee. Topic: The question of the Malvinas Islands. New York, 25 June 2019.

Madam President:

On behalf of the delegation of Cuba, we welcome His Excellency Mr. Jorge Faurie, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship of the Argentine Republic, as well as the delegation of the Argentine Congress accompanying him on this occasion, to the Committee on Decolonization.

Jun

24

2019

73 UNGA: Statement by the Cuban Delegation to the Special Committee on Decolonization Topic: Presentation of a draft resolution on the question of Puerto Rico, included in document A/AC.109/2019/L.9 New York, 24 June 2019.

Madam President:

Our delegation has the honor to submit to the Special Committee on Decolonization, on behalf of Cuba, Antigua and Barbuda, the Plurinational State of Bolivia, the Republic of Nicaragua, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, the Syrian Arab Republic and the Russian Federation, the draft resolution on the Question of Puerto Rico, included in document A/AC.109/2019/L.9

We appreciate the large presence of Puerto Rican petitioners today, whose contributions are significant to the work of this Committee.

Jun

17

2019

73 UNGA: Statement by the Cuban Delegation at the Meeting of the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization. Topic:The Question of Western Sahara. New York, June 17, 2019.

Madam President,

It has been 56 years since the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization declared Western Sahara as a Non-Self-Governing Territory. In the last 23 years numerous resolutions of the General Assembly, the Security Council and the African Union have ratified the right to self-determination of the Saharawi people in line with United Nations resolution 1514 (XV) on the granting of Independence to colonial countries and peoples.

Jun

17

2019

73 UNGA: Statement by the Cuban Delegation at the Meeting of the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization. Topic:The Question of Western Sahara. New York, June 17, 2019.

Madam President,

It has been 56 years since the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization declared Western Sahara as a Non-Self-Governing Territory. In the last 23 years numerous resolutions of the General Assembly, the Security Council and the African Union have ratified the right to self-determination of the Saharawi people in line with United Nations resolution 1514 (XV) on the granting of Independence to colonial countries and peoples.

Jun

19

2017

71 UNGA: Cuba at the Decolonization Committee, on Agenda item: The Question of Puerto Rico.

Mr. President,

This session of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples is undoubtedly a historic day.

We are deeply honored by the presence of Oscar López Rivera, as Petitioner, a fighter against colonialism for the self-determination and independence of his people, who was in United States prisons for more than 35 years for fighting for the freedom of his homeland.

Jun

19

2017

71 UNGA: Cuba to the Special Committee on Decolonization, adoption of draft resolution on the question of Puerto Rico, contained in document A/AC.109/2017/L.12.

Topic: Acknowledgments following the adoption of draft resolution on the question of Puerto Rico

Mr. Chairman,

Jun

12

2017

71 UNGA: Cuba at the Session of the Committee on Decolonization on the Question of Western Sahara.

Mr. Chairman,

Fifty-four years ago, the Special Committee on Decolonization of the United Nations declared Western Sahara as a non-self-governing territory. In the past 21 years several resolutions of the General Assembly, the Security Council and the African Union have ratified the right to independence and self-determination of the Saharawi people pursuant to United Nations resolution 1514 (XV) on the granting of the Independence to colonial countries and peoples.