73 Período de Sesiones

Mar

01

2019

73 UNGA: Statement by Cuba at Briefing by the Secretary-General on the United Nations financial situation. New York, March 1st, 2019

We fully endorse the statement by the State of Palestine on behalf of the Group of 77 and China. We appreciate the Secretary-General's initiative to seek solutions to the critical financial situation of the Organization.

Cuba, like so many other countries, has warned for years about the risks that unpaid assessments owed to the United Nations entail to the Organization.

Our responsibility as members of this Organization is clear, to confirm this, we just need to read the UN Charter, whose article 17 does not give rise to interpretations.

Feb

28

2019

73 UNGA: Statement by Cuba at the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Revitalization of the Work of the General Assembly. New York, February 28, 2019.

Co-Chairs,

The Cuban delegation associates itself with the statement by Algeria on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement.

Cuba considers that the question of the Revitalization of the General Assembly is a priority. During the seventy-second session we constructively and systematically participated in the negotiations of resolution A/RES/72/313 adopted by consensus.

Feb

27

2019

73 UNGA: Statement by Cuba at Thirty-third session of the Committee of the Whole of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). New York, 27 February 2019.

Dear Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean,

Distinguished representatives of the Member States and Observers of the Commission,

Dear guests,

I have the honor to address you on behalf of Latin America and the Caribbean, in Cuba’s capacity as chair of the Committee of the Whole of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).

Feb

26

2019

73 UNGA: Statement by Ambassador Ana Silvia Rodriguez Abascal, Deputy Permanent Representative and Chargé D'affaires a.i. of Cuba to the UN, at a Security Council Meeting on the situation in Venezuela. New York, 26 February 2019.

Mr. President,

The Government of the United States, with the reckless complicity of several countries and actors, staged a dangerous provocation intended to violate the sovereignty of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, through the use of pressure and force, putting the lives of thousands of people at risk.

The attempt to enter Venezuela by force, under the pretext of delivering and distributing an alleged humanitarian aid, is a serious violation of international law and of the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, which must be denounced.

Feb

25

2019

73 UNGA: Statement by Cuba at the intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council Reform. New York, February 25, 2019.

Co-Chairs,

We appreciate the convening of this meeting and we will focus our statement on the elements included in the letter from the Co-Chairs, dated February 18, 2019.

Before tackling the elements proposed in your letter, we reiterate that the Security Council reform process should be based on a comprehensive and broad approach, addressing all substantive issues related to the five key issues, namely: the question of membership, the number of members, regional representation, working methods and the decision-making process, including the question of the veto.

Feb

19

2019

73 UNGA: Statement by the Cuban delegation to the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the strengthening of the role of the Organization. New York, 19 February 2019.

Mr. Chairman,

The delegation of Cuba is pleased to see you presiding over this meeting and extends its support to your good performance in the successful conduct of these meetings.

It also appreciates the hard work of the Secretariat in preparing the documentation and all the necessary details to hold the meetings of this important Committee.

Mr. Chairman,

The Cuban delegation endorses the statement delivered by the Islamic Republic of Iran on behalf of NAM.

Feb

12

2019

73 UNGA: Cuba's Intervention at NAM Extraordinary Meeting on Venezuela. New York, February, 12, 2019.

Mr. Jorge Arreaza, Minister of People's Power for Foreign Affairs.

The delegation of Cuba welcomes you to this Extraordinary Meeting of the Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement.

We believe it is very timely and convenient that Venezuela, in the person of its Foreign Minister, should come to this forum, which he also presides over, to provide us with updated information on the most recent events taking place against the sister nation of Venezuela, its constitutional and legitimate President, Nicolás Maduro Moros, and the Civic-Military Union of his people.

Feb

12

2019

73 UNGA: Statement by Cuba in the G77 High-Level Interactive Dialogue "Inclusive Development and Inequality within and among Countries". New York, 12 February 2019.

Mr. Chairman,

We thank the Delegation of Palestine, as Chair of the G77 and China, for convening this Interactive Dialogue and take this opportunity to welcome H.E. Mr. Mohammad Shtayyeh, Minister of the Palestinian Economic Council for Development and Reconstruction.

Mr. Chairman,

Growing inequality hinders significant and lasting progress towards the goals we set ourselves in Copenhagen. We firmly believe that development will not be sustainable as long as it is not truly inclusive.

Feb

01

2019

73 UNGA: Statement by Cuba at the High-Level Event of the United Nations General Assembly to Launch the International Year of Indigenous Languages. New York, 1 February 2019.

Madam President,

Cuba, which actively participated in the process of adopting the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, similarly supported the resolutions adopted by the General Assembly at its seventy-first and seventy-third sessions concerning the proclamation of 2019 as the "International Year of Indigenous Languages".

Cuban institutions, both governmental and civil society, have conducted several national activities and actions to keep up this important effort.

Jan

26

2019

73 AGNU: Statement by Ambassador Anayansi Rodríguez Camejo, Permanent Representative of Cuba to the UN, at the Security Council. 26 January 2019.

Mr. President,

Latin America and the Caribbean is today the scenario of persisting threats, inconsistent with the Proclamation of Latin America and the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace signed by the Heads of State and Government at the Second Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States in January 2014.

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