71 Session

Sep

12

2017

71 UNGA: Statement by Carlos F. Martín Rodríguez, Deputy Director Division of International Economic Bodies, Cuban Ministry of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment, at the Second Regular Session 2017 of the Executive Board of UNICEF. 12-15 September 2017.

Thank you Mr. Chairman,

Firstly, Cuba endorses the statement by the Representative of El Salvador on behalf of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC).

Allow me to join in the expressions of solidarity with our brothers and sisters in the Caribbean, expressed this morning by several colleagues, for the devastating consequences of the passage of Hurricane Irma in this vulnerable region.

Sep

07

2017

71 UNGA: Statement by H.E. Mrs. Anayansi Rodríguez Camejo, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations, at the High-Level Forum on Culture of Peace, 7 September 2017.

Mr. Chairman,

Eighteen years after the adoption by the UN General Assembly of the Declaration and Program of Action on a Culture of Peace, Cuba reaffirms its full validity and is grateful for the convening of this High-Level Forum, which allows to reflect on how much is yet to be done to achieve and enjoy a true culture of peace, fostering understanding among peoples and tolerance of differences. Unfortunately, this remains an outstanding issue for the international community and is, today more than ever, a moral imperative

Sep

07

2017

71 UNGA: Statement by Carlos Martín Rodríguez, Deputy Director Division of International Economic Bodies, Cuban Ministry of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment at the Second Session 2017 Executive Board of UNDP, UNFPA and UNOPS. NY, 9 September 2017.

Thank you Mr. Chairman,

Dear UNDP executives,

Allow me to take this opportunity, and in this case my first statement at this second regular session, to welcome Mr. Achim Steiner, as the new Administrator of UNDP, to wish him success and to offer him our support in his new work, directed, as we hope, at strengthening operational activities for development, based on their fundamental principles and characteristics, as well as on the mandates of the QCPR.

Sep

06

2017

71 UNGA: Statement by the Cuban Delegation at the Committee on Relations with the Host Country. New York, 6 September 2017.

Mr. Chairman,

The Cuban delegation thanks you for holding this meeting of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country and we take this opportunity to reiterate once again our full support for your efforts.

As members of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country, we are working for said Committee to address, in a timely manner, all issues concerning the relations among the Organization, the Member States and the Host Country.

Mr. Chairman,

Aug

30

2017

71 UNGA: Statement by H.E. Mrs. Anayansi Rodríguez Camejo, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations in Commemoration of the International Day against Nuclear Tests, New York, 30 August 2017.

Mr. Chairman,

We reiterate our firm, transparent and consistent position in favor of the banning and total elimination of nuclear weapons.

Cuba reiterates its profound concern about the existence of nuclear weapons and the threat they pose to the survival of the human species.

Aug

28

2017

71 UNGA:Statement by H.E. Mrs. Ana Silvia Rodríguez Abascal, Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations, upon presentation of the Annual Report of the Security Council. New York, 28 August 2017.

Mr. Chairman,

Our delegation is grateful to you for convening this meeting in order to discuss the Annual Report of the Security Council to the General Assembly, for the period from 1 August 2015 to 31 December 2016, contained in document A/71/2.

Mr. Chairman,

Cuba regrets that the report presented is, as in previous years, merely a descriptive account of meetings, activities and decisions of the Council, when the vast majority of the United Nations Member States have reiterated the need to present an exhaustive and analytical annual report on the work of this body.

Jun

08

2017

71 UNGA: United Nations Ocean Conference/ Cuba’s remarks in dialogue: "Increasing scientific knowledge, developing research capabilities and transferring marine technology".

We appreciate the opportunity to participate in this important Dialogue.

Since 1999, there are working platforms in Cuba for the conservation of biodiversity, which shows the political will and interest of the State to protect biodiversity for our economic development. However, the necessary resources are not always available in order to identify the existing needs and problems that allow defining the strands of work. This is where the need for greater international cooperation begins.

Jun

07

2017

71 UNGA: Statement by the Cuban Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and Environment, at the UN Ocean Conference.

Distinguished Mr. Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations,

Ministers, Heads of Delegations,

Delegates,

We attend this Conference with the satisfaction to appreciate that the concern for the health of our oceans and seas has succeeded in convening us here in order to strengthen the unity of action and support for achieving Sustainable Development Goal 14, aimed at "preserving and using, in a sustainable way, the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development¨.

Jun

05

2017

71 UNGA: Cuba at the third and last session of the open-ended working group on the fourth special session of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament.

Mr. Chairman,

The delegation of Cuba appreciates and acknowledges your efforts as Chairman of this Open-Ended Working Group with a mandate to review the objectives and agenda, including the possible establishment of the Preparatory Committee of the fourth special session of the General Assembly devoted to Disarmament.

Apr

25

2017

71 UNGA: Cuba at the High-level Event to Mark the Tenth Anniversary of the Adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Mr. Chairman,

My delegation appreciates the convening of this important meeting to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which was a historic victory in the struggle of these peoples to gain recognition of their ancestral rights.

We appreciate and commend the presence of the fraternal President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Evo Morales, and his encouraging and committed address.

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