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Feb

25

2019

73 UNGA: Statement by Cuba at the intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council Reform. New York, February 25, 2019.

Co-Chairs,

We appreciate the convening of this meeting and we will focus our statement on the elements included in the letter from the Co-Chairs, dated February 18, 2019.

Before tackling the elements proposed in your letter, we reiterate that the Security Council reform process should be based on a comprehensive and broad approach, addressing all substantive issues related to the five key issues, namely: the question of membership, the number of members, regional representation, working methods and the decision-making process, including the question of the veto.

Feb

19

2019

73 UNGA: Statement by the Cuban delegation to the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the strengthening of the role of the Organization. New York, 19 February 2019.

Mr. Chairman,

The delegation of Cuba is pleased to see you presiding over this meeting and extends its support to your good performance in the successful conduct of these meetings.

It also appreciates the hard work of the Secretariat in preparing the documentation and all the necessary details to hold the meetings of this important Committee.

Mr. Chairman,

The Cuban delegation endorses the statement delivered by the Islamic Republic of Iran on behalf of NAM.

Feb

12

2019

73 UNGA: Cuba's Intervention at NAM Extraordinary Meeting on Venezuela. New York, February, 12, 2019.

Mr. Jorge Arreaza, Minister of People's Power for Foreign Affairs.

The delegation of Cuba welcomes you to this Extraordinary Meeting of the Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement.

We believe it is very timely and convenient that Venezuela, in the person of its Foreign Minister, should come to this forum, which he also presides over, to provide us with updated information on the most recent events taking place against the sister nation of Venezuela, its constitutional and legitimate President, Nicolás Maduro Moros, and the Civic-Military Union of his people.

Feb

12

2019

73 UNGA: Statement by Cuba in the G77 High-Level Interactive Dialogue "Inclusive Development and Inequality within and among Countries". New York, 12 February 2019.

Mr. Chairman,

We thank the Delegation of Palestine, as Chair of the G77 and China, for convening this Interactive Dialogue and take this opportunity to welcome H.E. Mr. Mohammad Shtayyeh, Minister of the Palestinian Economic Council for Development and Reconstruction.

Mr. Chairman,

Growing inequality hinders significant and lasting progress towards the goals we set ourselves in Copenhagen. We firmly believe that development will not be sustainable as long as it is not truly inclusive.

Feb

01

2019

73 UNGA: Statement by Cuba at the High-Level Event of the United Nations General Assembly to Launch the International Year of Indigenous Languages. New York, 1 February 2019.

Madam President,

Cuba, which actively participated in the process of adopting the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, similarly supported the resolutions adopted by the General Assembly at its seventy-first and seventy-third sessions concerning the proclamation of 2019 as the "International Year of Indigenous Languages".

Cuban institutions, both governmental and civil society, have conducted several national activities and actions to keep up this important effort.

Jan

29

2019

Remarks by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations, Ambassador Anayansi Rodríguez, on the occasion of the 60th Anniversary of the Triumph of the Revolution. New York, January 29, 2019.

Dear friends,

I am very pleased to welcome you at the Home of Cuba in New York on the occasion of celebrating our National Day and the 60th Anniversary of the Triumph of the Cuban Revolution.

On January 1, 1959, a momentous change took place in the history of my country. With the victory of the people’s army led by Fidel Castro, the Historical Leader of the Cuban Revolution, almost 100 years of struggle of my people to achieve their true independence came to an end.

Jan

18

2019

73 UNGA: Statement by H.E. Ms. Ana Silvia Rodríguez Abascal, Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations and Chargé d'Affaires a.i First meeting of the Group of 77 for Ambassadors, New York, January 18, 2019.

Mr. Chairman,

We are very pleased to welcome the State of Palestine in its capacity as Chair of the Group of 77 for 2019. I assure you that it can count on Cuba's full support in said endeavor. With this chairmanship, the Group of 77 has once again recognized the activism and outstanding role of the State of Palestine as a full member of our Group as well as the inalienable rights of its people. We are convinced that under its leadership, the Group of 77 will continue to strengthen its role in promoting and defending the interests of the countries of the South.

Oct

23

2018

73 UNGA: Address by the Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations, Ambassador Anayansi Rodríguez Camejo, at the opening of the Exhibition Cuba Builds its Future in the United Nations. New York, October 23, 2018.

Distinguished guests,

Friends of Cuba,

Today we inaugurate in the United Nations the exhibition Cuba Builds its Future dedicated to the Cuban people.

This exhibition shows in a simple way how every day our compatriots build step by step a developed, prosperous, sustainable, independent and sovereign Cuba with our own efforts and with the support of our friends, who are a large number.

Jul

27

2018

Remarks at the event organized by the Movement of Solidarity with Cuba in commemoration of the 65th Anniversary of the Attacks on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Barracks. New York, 27 July 2018.

Dear friends, sisters and brothers of the organizations of the movement of solidarity with Cuba, compatriots,

Jul

18

2018

72 UNGA: Welcome Remarks by the Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment of Cuba, Rodrigo Malmierca Díaz. Meeting of member states of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development. New York, July 18, 2018.

Esteemed Permanent Representatives,

Dear Alicia,

Just two months ago we had the honor of hosting in Havana the thirty-seventh session of ECLAC, a moment that we particularly remember because of the celebration of the seventieth anniversary of this Commission.

With the same warmth and enthusiasm with which we received the participants at the session, we extend to all of you today a most cordial welcome.

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