Other Committes and Meetings

Mar
19
2019

73 UNGA: Statement by Cuba at the thematic debate on the Role and Authority of the General Assembly held within the framework of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Revitalization of the Work of the General Assembly. New York, March 19, 2019.

Co-Chairs,

We appreciate the convening of this thematic debate on the Role and Authority of the General Assembly. We endorse the statement by the delegation of Algeria on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement.

When we speak of the General Assembly, we refer to all the States it comprises, under equal conditions and without distinction, for this reason, it is the main deliberative, policymaking and representative organ of the UN.

Jul
07
2017

71 UNGA: Statement by the Representative of Cuba, Ambassador Rodolfo Benítez Versón on the adoption of the Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty.

Madam President:

The adoption of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons represents a historic milestone. More than a result of the Conference that we are successfully concluding today, this instrument is the result of a process of multilateral discussions over 70 years, which began with the adoption by the UN General Assembly of its first resolution, on January 24, 1946, which called for the elimination of nuclear weapons.

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
17
2017

71 UNGA: Cuba at the beginning of the Second Session of the UN Conference to negotiate a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons leading towards their total elimination.

Madam Chair,

First and foremost, I would like to express the satisfaction of the Cuban delegation to see that a representative of a Latin American sister nation is presiding over this important Conference. I wish you success in undertaking your important responsibilities and I assure you that you can count on the support of our delegation.

I also take this opportunity to welcome the new High Representative of the United Nations for Disarmament Affairs, Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu.

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.

Apr
25
2017

71 UNGA: Cuba at the General Debate of the 39th session of the Committee on Information.

Mr. Chairman,

We congratulate you on your appointment to lead our works, and we extend our congratulations to the other members of the Bureau. We wish you success in the exercise of your responsibilities and we guarantee our cooperation.

We would like to express our gratitude to Mrs. Cristina Gallach, Under-Secretary-General, for her work as head of the Department of Communications and Public Information, and we welcome Mr. Maher Nasser, Acting Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications, to whom we wish success in his work.

Apr
03
2017

71 UNGA: Statement by Ambassador Ana Silvia Rodríguez Abascal, Deputy Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations, at the Inaugural session of the United Nations Disarmament Commission.

Madam chair,

The delegation of Cuba fully supports the statement made by the delegation of Indonesia on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement, and the speech by the delegation of El Salvador on behalf of CELAC.

We congratulate you on your election as Chairwoman of the Disarmament Commission during the substantive sessions of this year. We extend our congratulations to the members of the Bureau and to the chairs of the working groups. We wish you success in the exercise of your responsibilities and assure you of our cooperation.

Feb
21
2017

71 UNGA: Statement by Permanent Representative of Cuba to the UN at the General Debate of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations

Mr. Chairman,

Cuba fully endorses the statements by Morocco, on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement and of the Republic of El Salvador, on behalf of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC).

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