Cuba reaffirms unwavering solidarity with the Palestinian people.
Cuba reiterated, today, at the United Nations, its deep concern about the escalation of violence between Israel and Palestine, the result of decades of Israeli practices of illegal occupation and colonization, in flagrant violation of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people in their own territory.
A just and lasting peace in the Middle East is an urgent need.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba reiterates its deep concern about the escalation of violence between Israel and Palestine, which is a consequence of decades of Israeli illegal occupation and colonization practices, in flagrant violation of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people in its own territory.
Unilateral coercive measures constitute an obstacle to the exercise of the right to development.
Cuba participated this Friday in the combined Interactive Dialogue with the President-Rapporteur of the Working Group on the Right to Development, Mr. Zamir Akram; the President of the Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development, Ms. Liliana Valiña and the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development, Mr. Surya Deva, which took place at the United Nations headquarters.
Cuba calls on the international community to fight against impunity for crimes against humanity.
Ambassador Gerardo Peñalver Portal, first deputy minister of Foreign Affairs and Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations, participated in the debate of the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly on “Crimes against humanity”
Cuba calls not to ignore the real threat posed by the existence of nuclear weapons.
Ambassador Gerardo Peñalver, first deputy minister of Foreign Affairs and Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations, warned today, in this multilateral organization, that ignoring the real threat represented by the existence of nuclear weapons could cause the extinction of the human species.