Other Statements

The Group stresses the importance of mainstreaming multilingualism in all of the Organization’s activities. This is an essential pillar for mutual understanding which would help to ensure inclusivity, diversity, and tolerance. 

Statement by Ambassador Yusnier Romero Puentes, deputy permanent representative of Cuba to United Nations, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, on agenda item 59: Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources at the Second Committee of the General Assembly.

New York, 16 October 2023

Mr. Chair,

The path towards Sustainable Development is under serious threat. Developing countries continue to face multiple challenges that limit their capacity to recover their economies and, at the same time, invest in the wellbeing of their populations and future generations. We need as a matter of urgency to work on strengthening multilateralism and reaffirming through actions our commitments in the 2030 Agenda to leave no one behind

In the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, we recognized that eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, is the greatest global challenge and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development. We are determined to free humanity from the tyranny of poverty, committing ourselves to end hunger, achieve food security as a matter of priority, end all forms of malnutrition and leaving no one behind.