At the UN General Assembly

Madam President,

Esteemed Achim Steiner, UNDP Administrator,

Distinguished members of the Executive Board and other delegations,

We would like to thank Administrator Steiner for his comprehensive statement and thoughts on the challenges we face on the path to development.

We also recognize the efforts made by UNDP to support our countries in achieving the sustainable development goals agreed in the 2030 Agenda.

Mr. President,

We endorse the statement delivered by Azerbaijan on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement and Senegal, in its capacity as Chair of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People.

Cuba maintains its historic and unchanging position in defense and solidarity with the just cause of the Palestinian people.

H.E. Mr. Abdulla Shahid, President of the 76th session of the General Assembly,

H.E. Mr. Collen Vixen Kelapile, President of the Economic and Social Council,

Cuba attaches particular importance to the new partnership for Africa's development and welcomes the efforts made to strengthen it. We recognize that there is a long way to go to overcome the continent's underdevelopment resulting from centuries of exploitation of its natural and human resources.

Mr. President;

Cuba associates itself with the statement delivered by the distinguished delegation of the People's Republic of China on behalf of the Group of Friends of Global Development Initiative.

The current multidimensional crisis has one of its most serious manifestations in the increase of food insecurity, a consequence of the unjust world economic order and the persistence of unsustainable and irrational patterns of capitalist production and consumption.