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Benitez

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2009-09-09
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2009-09-09
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  1. “In this, we are simply fulfilling our duty and honouring our debt of gratitude to a sister nation that has always proved its firm and unvarying friendship and solidarity with Cuba.”

    2009-09-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6186 (2009) · source

  2. “The implementation of the Cuban literacy programme "Yes, I Can", has to date provided 4,500 illiterate Haitians with the opportunity to learn to read and write. What Cuba is doing today for Haiti is only a modest example of how much more could be achieved through international cooperation and assistance, especially by those States with greater economic and financial resources than ours. The resources that Haiti can marshal to face these multiple challenges are very limited. The massive contribution of the international community, as well as an increase in its assistance and fulfilment of its financial and human commitments to Haiti, is an unavoidable duty. I would like to conclude by reiterating that Haiti can always count on the assistance of and on bonds of solidarity with the people and Government of Cuba.”

    2009-09-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6186 (2009) · source

  3. “Since Cuban cooperation with Haiti began, in 1998, Cuban doctors have provided almost 14.5 million consultations; they have saved the lives of 232,000 patients and have performed more than 110,400 deliveries and 250,000 surgical operations. Cuba has trained 544 Haitian doctors, and 670 Haitian scholarship holders are studying health specialties in Cuba today, totally free of charge. More than 800 Haitian youths have graduated from Cuban schools as professionals. In the framework of Operation Miracle, the cooperative programme developed by Cuba and Venezuela to provide free care to patients in various countries suffering from eye problems, more than 42,000 Haitian patients have undergone surgery, many of them in two ophthalmology centres and three surgery clinics donated by Cuba.”

    2009-09-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6186 (2009) · source

  4. “There can be no doubt that since the establishment of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) in 2004, security on the ground has improved. However, the actions of the international community cannot be limited to the presence of MINUSTAH. There has not been, and there cannot be, a military solution to the situation in Haiti. Being a small country under blockade with very limited resources, Cuba maintains and increases its cooperation with its Caribbean sister nation mainly in the health sector, but in other areas as well, such as energy, education and sports. Cuban cooperation teams are working throughout Haiti in the most remote places. Of the 400 such workers, 336 of them in the area of health, working in 134 different communities around the country.”

    2009-09-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6186 (2009) · source

  5. “Half of the labour force is unemployed. Life expectancy is under 52 years old. Illiteracy affects 48 of every 100 inhabitants, and almost half the population is malnourished and has no access to drinking water. Last year, Haiti suffered a new, devastating setback caused by four successive hurricanes and tropical storms that lashed the country. The death toll was immense, and the damage to the infrastructure and economy is the most serious that Haiti has faced since the beginning of the twenty-first century. To all this, we must add the negative impact of the current global, economic and financial crisis. Haiti can only move forward towards a future of prosperity if it has the sustained and firm support of the international community.”

    2009-09-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6186 (2009) · source

  6. “Haiti is one of the clearest examples of the disastrous consequences of colonialism and neocolonialism, of the unjust and exclusionary international order, and of the continued interventionism characterizing its turbulent history. When the situation in Haiti in addressed in the framework of the United Nations, the focus is almost always on the so-called security issues, while, despite all the rhetoric, the necessary urgent attention to the serious structural, economic and social problems that the country suffers from is minimized for all practical purposes. Lasting peace, security and stability in this nation demand, first of all, that we eliminate poverty and underdevelopment. There can be no peace and stability without development. There can be no peace and lasting stability when over 70 per cent of the population lives in poverty.”

    2009-09-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6186 (2009) · source

  7. “Mr. Benitez (Cuba) (spoke in Spanish): For Cuba, Haiti is more than just our closest neighbour, barely 45 miles from our shores. The Haitian revolution, which sheltered and encouraged several revolutionary groups from our continent during crucial times of the Latin American struggle against colonial domination, has also had a special influence on the fate and formation of the Cuban nation. This is why Cuba particularly welcomes the presence among us today of the distinguished Prime Minister of Haiti, Her Excellency Michele Duvivier Pierre-Louis. Unfortunately, Haiti, cradle of the liberation struggles against colonialism in the American continent and the first independent republic in Latin America and the Caribbean, has been for many years, and continues to be, a country neglected by the international community.”

    2009-09-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6186 (2009) · source