Statement by Salvador Valdés Mesa, vice-president of Cuba, at the opening session of the Third South Summit.
Unity should be the word of order for the G-77 and China in these difficult times when maneuvers to divide the countries of the South proliferate. Our effective exercise and concerted actions to change the unjust international order in force and rid ourselves of the conditions of absolute disadvantage we have been plunged into (...) is both indispensable and urgent.
Cuba reiterates its firm and unwavering adherence to the principle of "one China".
Cuba's position is consistent with United Nations General Assembly´s resolution 2758 of October 25th, 1971, and with the position of the overwhelming majority of the international community that officially recognises the People's Republic of China as the only and legitimate representative of all the Chinese people.
Cuba will continue to play an active and constructive role as a member of the G-77 and China.
Ambassador Pedro Luis Pedroso Cuesta, Special Coordinator for the Presidency of Cuba of the Group of 77 and China, at the Meeting of Senior Officials of the Third South Summit, assured that his country will continue to play an active and constructive role as a member of the G77 and China.
Cuba: The international community is being witness to the genocide that is being perpetrated against the Palestinian people.
Cuba suggests this Committee to recommend the 19th Non-Aligned Summit to support the urgent dispatch of an International Protection Mission, authorized by the United Nations General Assembly, to the Gaza Strip, with the mandate of guaranteeing the security and protection of the civil population and facilitating the delivery of urgently needed humanitarian assistance and food.
Cuba supports South Africa's claim before the International Court of Justice against Israel's genocide in Palestine.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs reiterates its deep concern at the continuing escalation of violence by Israel in the illegally occupied Palestinian territories, in flagrant violation of the Charter of the United Nations and international law, including numerous UN resolutions.