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Malmierca Diaz

lines on the record: 106
first: 2006-03-27
most recent: 2008-05-06
sittings or episodes: 13
sources: un-security-council

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“It will be impossible to eliminate terrorism if some terrorist acts are condemned while others are ignored, tolerated or justified, or if the issue is simply manipulated to promote narrow political interests. Cuba has never permitted, nor will it ever permit, its territory to be used for terrorist actions against any State, without exception. As always, we shall continue to strongly fight terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. As it has always done, Cuba will continue to abide strictly by Security Council resolutions 1267 (1999), 1373 (2001) and 1540 (2004) and will maintain its cooperation with the subsidiary bodies established pursuant to them.”
2008-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5886 (2008) · source
“Once again, Cuba demands the immediate release of Gerardo Hernandez, Ramon Labafiino, Fernando Gonzalez, Antonio Guerrero and Rene Gonzalez. For fighting terrorism, our five heroes will have served 10 years of unjust and cruel imprisonment in United States prisons on 12 September 2008. Cuba reiterates its request to the Security Council and its Counter-Terrorism Committee to urgently address the detailed information that our country has provided them and to take all measures necessary under the relevant resolutions. Double standards cannot prevail. The Security Council cannot continue to maintain a complicit silence in the face of this gross affront to the victims of terrorism throughout the world.”
2008-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5886 (2008) · source
“This falsehood is even more outrageous when one considers that the accusing Government is precisely the one that is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of civilians in Iraq; that authorized the torture at Abu Ghraib and at the Guantanamo naval base, a part of Cuban territory illegally occupied by the United States; and that is an accomplice in kidnappings, disappearances, secret flights and clandestine prisons. While confessed and unscrupulous terrorists walk free, the Government of the United States holds hostage in high-security prisons five young Cubans who were only trying, with great altruism and courage, to obtain information about Miami-based terrorist groups in order to prevent their violent acts and to save the lives of Cuban and United States citizens.”
2008-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5886 (2008) · source
“While it insists on presenting itself as the leader of its self-proclaimed "war on terror", the Government of the United States continues to ignore the request for Posada Carrile's extradition filed on 15 June 2005 by the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. The Government of Cuba demands once again that Washington return the terrorist to Venezuela or try him on its own territory, in conformity with article 7 of the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation. The Government of the United States has even had the nerve to allege that it cannot hand Posada Carriles over to Venezuela or Cuba because he is in danger of being tortured.”
2008-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5886 (2008) · source
“The release of that terrorist and former agent of the Central Intelligence Agency demonstrates that his insignificant trial in the United States was a farce. One need only read the news to see that Posada Carriles freely walks the streets of that country, making press statements to anyone who will listen, and is honoured and recognized in Miami for his terrorist acts against Cuba. Nothing more need be said. Cuba is appearing once again in the Security Council to strongly denounce and condemn the complicit inaction of the Government of the United States and the protection that it is providing to Posada Carriles.”
2008-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5886 (2008) · source
“On many occasions, we have spoken in this Chamber and sent letters to the Counter-Terrorism Committee and the Security Council, denouncing specific cases of flagrant violations of resolution 1373 (2001). Unfortunately, nothing has been done so far. This very week, 8 May will mark the first anniversary of the permanent release in the United States of the terrorist Luis Posada Carriles, who is rightly considered to be the most notorious terrorist in the Western Hemisphere. Despite the fact that the Government of the United States itself has acknowledged that he is a dangerous terrorist, and despite all the evidence of its long relationship with him at its disposal and provided by Cuba since 1998, Posada Carriles was charged by United States authorities with only minor immigration crimes.”
2008-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5886 (2008) · source
“Mr. Malmierca Diaz (Cuba) (spoke in Spanish): On behalf of the delegation of Cuba, Sir, I wish you every success in the presidency of the Security Council for the month of May. I also take this opportunity to offer special congratulations to the Permanent Representative of South Africa and his entire team for the excellent work accomplished during the month of April. In addition, I wish to thank the Chairmen of the Committees established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1373 (2001) and 1540 (2004) for the information provided at this meeting. For years, as everyone knows, our country has been submitting to the Security Council detailed information about the terrorist actions committed against Cuba by various individuals and organizations and about the complicit protection provided to them by the Government of the United States.”
2008-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5886 (2008) · source
“The Non-Aligned Movement will continue to support and contribute in all possible ways to the achievement of a just, comprehensive and lasting peace in the Middle East based on all relevant United Nations resolutions, the Arab peace initiative and the road map.”
2008-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5859Resumption1 (2008) · source
“The Movement also hopes that recent international efforts will effectively contribute to the achievement of a comprehensive, just and lasting settlement in the Middle East, based on the relevant United Nations resolutions and in accordance with the rules and principles of international law. The Non-Aligned Movement reaffirms its support for the Middle East peace process on the basis of Security Council resolutions 242 (1967), 338 (1973), 425 (1978), 1397 (2002) and 1515 (2003) and the principle of land for peace. Likewise, we reject attempts to alter the mandate of the peace process and the imposition of unilateral measures and strategies aimed at the imposition by Israel, the occupying Power, of an illegal unilateral solution.”
2008-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5859Resumption1 (2008) · source
“The Movement demands that Israel abide by resolution 497 (1981) and withdraw completely from the occupied Syrian Golan to the borders of4 June 1967. The Non-Aligned Movement expresses its hope that current efforts will ultimately bring an end to the occupation of all of the Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967 - the Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan - and will lead to the establishment of the independent State of Palestine, with East Jerusalem as its capital, as well as a just solution of the question of refugees on the basis of General Assembly resolution 194 (III).”
2008-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5859Resumption1 (2008) · source
“The Movement reaffirms that all measures and actions taken or to be taken by Israel, the occupying Power, which purport to alter the legal, physical and demographic condition and institutional structure of the occupied Syrian Golan, as well as the Israeli measures to impose jurisdiction and administration there, are null, void and without legal effect. We also reaffirm that all those measures and actions, including the illegal construction and expansion of the Israeli settlements in the Syrian Golan since 1967, constitute violations of international law, international agreements, the United Nations Charter and resolutions, including Security Council resolution 497 (1981), the Fourth Geneva Convention, and a challenge to the international community.”
2008-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5859Resumption1 (2008) · source
“is acutely aware of the enormous challenge facing Lebanon as a result of the 1.2 million cluster bombs launched by Israel during its attack on Lebanon in 2006. The Movement once again condemns the use of such weaponry by Israel and deplores the death toll resulting from them. The NAM. strongly calls upon Israel to provide the exact location of those deadly weapons and the maps of landmines planted during its occupation of southern Lebanon. The Non-Aligned Movement expresses its support for the integrated plan of action contained in the statement on Lebanon issued by the foreign ministers of the Arab League on 5 January, and in that regard the Movement commends the efforts by the Secretary General of the Arab League to carry out that plan.”
2008-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5859Resumption1 (2008) · source
“We strongly call on Israel to end the occupation of the northern part of Ghajar, on the northern side of the Blue Line, and to immediately refrain from any violation of Lebanese sovereignty and of resolution 1701 (2006), as well as to refrain from any provocation of the Lebanese armed forces or the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon. The NAM. calls for the prompt settlement of the question of the Shab'a Farms in full respect for Lebanese territorial integrity, as stipulated in resolution 1701 (2006). We call upon all parties to cooperate in protecting Lebanon's sovereign rights in that area, and we note the important endeavours of the Secretary- General in this regard. The NAM.”
2008-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5859Resumption1 (2008) · source
“The Government of Lebanon has continuously endeavoured to stabilize the situation in its territory following Israel's brutal aggression and serious violations of its territorial integrity and sovereignty. The NAM. reiterates its satisfaction with the steps undertaken by the Lebanese Government to implement Security Council resolution 1701 (2006), particularly through the deployment of the Lebanese armed forces in the region south of the Litani River and along the Blue Line. The Movement also welcomes the deployment of the Lebanese armed forces along the northern and eastern borders of Lebanon in order to ensure security and stability at the borders. The NAM. remains deeply concerned by Israel's ongoing air and land violations of the Blue Line in breach of resolution 1701 (2006).”
2008-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5859Resumption1 (2008) · source
“This requires the urgent attention of the Security Council, for the extremely negative consequences for the peace process are undeniable. The peace process is not a sideline to the situation on the ground. Just as positive actions and progress in the peace process can benefit the aforementioned situations, the negative events and illegal actions by Israel have a very detrimental impact not only the situation on the ground, but the peace process itself. The NAM. reiterates its call for Israel, the occupying Power, to cease all its violations against the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, and to abide scrupulously by its obligations under international law, particularly humanitarian law and human rights norms.”
2008-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5859Resumption1 (2008) · source
“remains seriously concerned by Israel's recent decisions to continue the illegal construction of settlements and the wall. We are also concerned by the great physical, economic and social devastation caused by those illegal and destructive colonization practices, which are dividing the occupied Palestinian territory into separate, walled-in enclaves and severing East Jerusalem from the rest of the territory, undermining the unity, integrity and contiguity of the Palestinian territory. Furthermore, this construction destroys entire communities, displacing thousands of Palestinian civilians and isolating tens of thousands more Palestinians into isolated cantons. The continuation of those illegal actions threatens the prospects for peace, as they will make the two- State solution and peace physically impossible to achieve.”
2008-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5859Resumption1 (2008) · source
“Such violent and illegal actions have deepened the suffering of the innocent and defenceless Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, who are already suffering great poverty because of the continuing imposition of the crippling Israeli siege and the ensuing humanitarian crisis. Moreover, Israel, in violation of numerous Security Council and General Assembly resolutions, in contravention of the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice and of General Assembly resolution ES-lO/15 of 20 July 2004 - which reaffirms the illegality of the construction of the wall in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem - continues to build the wall and to impose an associated permit regime and to construct and expand its illegal settlements. The NAM.”
2008-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5859Resumption1 (2008) · source
“The toll in human lives, injured, displaced, homeless, impoverished and those without access to basic services in the occupied Palestinian territory continues to increase at an alarming rate. The poverty rate is currently 65.8 per cent in the occupied Palestinian territory, and in the Gaza Strip it is more than 79 per cent of the population. The continuing Israeli closures and restrictions on freedom of movement and on access to persons and goods, including humanitarian and medical goods, have made the Palestinian economic recovery nearly impossible and continue to aggravate the prevailing humanitarian crisis and to further destabilize the situation on the ground.”
2008-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5859Resumption1 (2008) · source
“While aware of the recent efforts to advance the cause of peace, the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) strongly believes that the lack of respect for international law by the occupying Power and its ongoing illegal occupation continue to be the major obstacles to the success of efforts to achieve a just, lasting and comprehensive peace. The Movement reiterates its deep regret that for more than 40 years the Palestinian people have been suffering under the brutal Israeli military occupation and colonization of their land since 1967 and that they continue to be denied their fundamental human rights, including the inalienable right to self-determination and the right of the Palestine refugees to return to their lands, in accordance with international law and relevant United Nations resolutions.”
2008-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5859Resumption1 (2008) · source
“It continues to expand its illegal settlements and to construct the wall in the West Bank, including in and around occupied East Jerusalem. It also continues to impose closures and restrictions on movement, including via the siege of the Gaza Strip, where the isolated and imprisoned Palestinian civilian population continues to suffer from a dire humanitarian crisis. At the same time, the situation in Lebanon remains complex, and the Israeli occupation of the Syrian Golan continues. All of these realities affect not only the Middle East region, but the entire international community, for they seriously impact the prospects for peace, security and stability both in and beyond the region.”
2008-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5859Resumption1 (2008) · source
“Mr. Malmierca Diaz (Cuba) (spoke in Spanish): I have the honour to address the Security Council on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries. At the outset, I would like to thank Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon for having been present here this morning for our debate. I also would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Lynn Pascoe for his briefing. As is known, the situation in the occupied Palestinian territory continues to deteriorate, marked by deadly violence, instability and high tension. In grave breach of international law and in contradiction of the peace process, Israel, the occupying Power, continues, inter alia, to launch military attacks against the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territory, particularly in the Gaza Strip.”
2008-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5859Resumption1 (2008) · source
“At the same time, we hope that this organ will, without further delay, make effective use of the copious and detailed information provided by Cuba.”
2008-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5855 (2008) · source
“It will not be possible to eradicate terrorism if only some terrorist acts are condemned while others are ignored, tolerated or justified, or if the issue is simply manipulated to promote petty political interests. Double standards and impunity cannot prevail in addressing this sensitive issue. The Security Council cannot maintain its complicit silence in the face of this gross affront to the victims of terrorism throughout the world. As it has done thus far, Cuba will continue to abide strictly by the provisions of the resolutions adopted by the Security Council, including those related to the issue of terrorism, and will maintain its cooperation with the subsidiary bodies created under those resolutions.”
2008-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5855 (2008) · source
“Once again, Cuba demands the immediate release of Gerardo Hernandez, Ramon Labafiino, Fernando Gonzalez, Antonio Guerrero and Rene Gonzalez. Cuba reiterates its request to the Security Council and its Counter-Terrorism Committee to promptly pay heed to the detailed information with which our country has provided them and to take all appropriate measures set out in the relevant resolutions. In accordance with those resolutions, this organ must demand that the Government of the United States immediately sentence Luis Posada Carriles for his terrorist acts or extradite him to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, whose justice system has been pursuing him for years. The fight against terrorism must be carried out in full. Terrorism must be rejected under any circumstances.”
2008-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5855 (2008) · source
“Security Council resolution 1373 (2001) calls upon all States to refrain from organizing, instigating, assisting or participating in terrorist acts in another State or acquiescing in organized activities within its territory directed towards the commission of such acts. It also calls upon all States to, inter alia, ensure that any person who participates in such acts is brought to justice. Does this not apply to the United States? While unscrupulous confessed terrorists remain at large, the United States authorities continue to hold hostage in high-security prisons five Cuban anti-terrorist fighters who, with great altruism and courage, were only trying to obtain information about Miami-based terrorist groups in order to prevent them from committing violent acts and to save the lives of Cuban and United States citizens.”
2008-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5855 (2008) · source
“Meanwhile, terrorist organizations continue to operate openly in Miami and other cities of this country, carrying out recruitment, training and fund-raising activities, the purchase of arms and the planning and execution of terrorist acts against our country. Another example of the United States authorities' complicity with terrorist actions against Cuba is that just a few days ago a group of Posada Carriles' collaborators, including the terrorists Santiago Alvarez and Osvaldo Mitat, were given laughable sentences for obstructing the course of justice in refusing to testify against Posada, when they should have been sentenced, according United States law itself, for terrorism.”
2008-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5855 (2008) · source
“They thus ensure the terrorist's definitive freedom and the withdrawal of all charges against him. Cuba appears again before the Security Council to strongly denounce and condemn the complicity and absolute responsibility of the United States Government for this individual's release. Next October will mark 32 years since the atrocious terrorist act committed by Posada Carriles and his henchmen against the Cubana de Aviacion airliner that claimed the lives of 73 innocent civilians. We must recall that another individual responsible for the midair bombing of the jetliner, Orlando Bosch, also enjoys every freedom in Miami, while he makes public statements bragging about his numerous terrorist acts against the Cuban people.”
2008-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5855 (2008) · source
“Declassified documents of the Federal Bureau of Investigations and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Posada Carriles' own confessions are enough evidence to indict him as a confessed terrorist. There is no doubt today that the true intention was to prevent the details of his mindlessly destructive actions under CIA orders from becoming public. The secrets Posada Carriles knows will come to light sooner or later. The truth will not be concealed forever. A new smokescreen was raised on 6 November 2007 when the United States Government filed an appeal in a federal court to release Posada Carriles. That act is a further manoeuvre to cover up guilt of that confessed international terrorist. The appeal fails to mention his lengthy terrorist record. They insist on treating the case as a minor migration crime.”
2008-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5855 (2008) · source
“Posada Carriles, who is rightly considered the most notorious terrorist of the Western Hemisphere, was released last year, in spite of the fact that there was enough evidence linking him to some of the most infamous crimes of the twentieth century, including the downing of flight 455 of Cubana de Aviacion in 1976, the Iran Contra scandal and the bombings in Havana tourist centres in 1997. Despite of recognizing Posada Carriles' notorious and reprehensible actions, the United States Government only charged him with minor migration crimes. That would have been the right time to indict him for his lengthy record. There is plenty of evidence to prove it.”
2008-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5855 (2008) · source
“However, we do not know whether any action has been taken to even assess the information that has been submitted, or whether any investigation of the United States' failure to comply with the several resolutions adopted by this organ has been undertaken. We have made statements in this Chamber on more than one occasion to warn of the release of the international terrorist Luis Posada Carriles. We have repeatedly requested that concrete steps be taken to prevent the commission of such a despicable act, which has now become a reality. The CTC has been informed of this in a timely and detailed manner.”
2008-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5855 (2008) · source
“Our country has never allowed nor will it allow its territory to be used for terrorist actions against any State, without exception. We firmly uphold the View that only authentic and effective international cooperation that enables the prevention and combating of all acts of terrorism will provide an effective and sustainable response to the scourge of terrorism at the global level. For years, our delegation has regularly submitted detailed information to the Security Council and its Counter-Terrorism Committee on the terrorist actions of several individuals and organizations targeting Cuba and on the complicit protection and tolerance that the United States Government accords them.”
2008-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5855 (2008) · source
“Mr. Malmierca Diaz (Cuba) (spoke in Spanish): On behalf of the Cuban delegation, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, and your team for the work carried out by the presidency of the Security Council for the month of March. We would also like to express our gratitude for the information conveyed to us this morning by Mr. Mike Smith, Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED). The fight against terrorism is an issue that reaches far beyond the context of the Security Council. This problem constitutes a priority for all peace-loving Member States of the United Nations, not simply for those who are permanent or temporary members of this organ. For Cuba, the fight against terrorism in all its forms and manifestations is a priority.”
2008-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5855 (2008) · source
“The Non-Aligned Movement calls upon the international community, especially the Security Council, to shoulder its responsibilities and to urge Israel, the occupying Power, to cease its violations immediately and to comply with its obligations under international law and relevant United Nations resolutions as the occupying Power in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem. The Non-Aligned Movement expresses its solidarity with the Palestinian people during this critical period and reaffirms its long-standing positions of principle. It calls, inter alia, for an end to the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territory and other Arab lands occupied since 1967 and the establishment of a State of Palestine with East Jerusalem as its capital.”
2008-01-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5824Resumption1 (2008) · source
“At the same time, Israel has persisted with the reduction of fuel supplies to the Gaza Strip, completely cutting off fuel to the main power plant on Sunday, 20 January 2008. Such illegal measures of collective punishment threaten to exacerbate the humanitarian crisis and are hastening the deterioration of the situation on the ground in all its aspects. The suspension of fuel supplies has affected the provision of electricity to the civilian population. Israel should be called upon to lift the closures and open the crossings to permit access, at the very minimum, for necessary food and medical supplies. Immediate action must be taken to ensure the entry of essential supplies and the restoration of fuel to the Gaza Strip.”
2008-01-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5824Resumption1 (2008) · source
“This violent military escalation by Israel constitutes a grave breach of international law, including international humanitarian and human rights law. It fuels the cycle of violence and threatens 08-21448 international peace and security as well as the fragile peace process between the two sides. Moreover, such actions exacerbate the dire humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, where the civilian population continues to be collectively punished under a crippling occupation. Israel, the occupying Power, has intensified its closure of the occupied Palestinian territories by hermetically sealing all border crossings, preventing even the delivery of food supplies to the population since Friday, 18 January 2008.”
2008-01-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5824Resumption1 (2008) · source
“Mr. Malmierca Diaz (Cuba) (spoke in Spanish): I have the honour to speak at this meeting on behalf of the members of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). Allow me at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, and Libya on your impressive work as President of the Council for the month of January. The members of the Non-Aligned Movement condemn the recent attacks by Israel, the occupying Power, against the Palestinian civilian population in the Gaza Strip, which has resulted in the death of 19 Palestinians and the serious wounding of 50 others, as well as in widespread destruction of civilian property and farmlands. The situation is of grave concern to the NAM, because Israel's illegal actions have caused the death of more than 150 Palestinian civilians, including children and women, during the past month and half.”
2008-01-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5824Resumption1 (2008) · source
“The Security Council must not continue to keep conspiratorial silence in View of that blatant affront to the Victims of terrorism throughout the world. It is impossible to eradicate terrorism if some terrorist acts are condemned while others are covered up, accepted or justified or if the issue is simply manipulated in order to protect narrow political interests. Cuba has never allowed and never will it allow its territory to be used for terrorist action against any State, without exception. We will continue resolutely to fight terrorism in all its manifestations and forms. As it has done to date, Cuba will continue to comply strictly with Security Council resolutions 1267 (1999), 1373 (2001) and 1540 (2004) and will pursue its cooperation with the subsidiary bodies created pursuant to such resolutions.”
2007-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5779 (2007) · source
“Cuba again demands the immediate release of Gerardo Hernandez, Ramon Labafiino, Fernando Gonzalez, Antonio Guerrero and Rene Gonzalez, counter-terrorist fighters who have been held hostage in United States prisons for 10 years now. Cuba reiterates its request to the Security Council and its Counter-Terrorism Committee to take urgently into consideration the comprehensive information that our country has provided and to ensure that all necessary steps are taken in accordance with the relevant resolutions. At a minimum, this organ must demand that the United States Government try Luis Posada Carriles immediately for his acts of terrorism or extradite him to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, where he is wanted by the law. Double standards must not prevail.”
2007-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5779 (2007) · source
“The murderer was Pedro Crispin Remon, a member of the anti-Cuban terrorist organization Omega-7 and the same person who decades later attempted to assassinate President Fidel Castro at the University of Panama, in complicity with Posada Carriles. Despite Cuba's accusations, including those submitted on numerous occasions to the Security Council, that terrorist also lives today completely freely in Miami. While confessed and unscrupulous terrorists are released, the United States Government keeps as political prisoners in high-security jails five Cuban youths who were only seeking, with lofty altruism and courage, to obtain information on the Miami-based terrorist groups in order to prevent their acts of violence and save the lives of Cuban and United States citizens.”
2007-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5779 (2007) · source
“The Cuban Government demands once again that Washington return Posada Carriles to Venezuela or try him in United States territory under article 7 of the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Civil Aviation, which stipulates that "The Contracting State in the territory of which the alleged offender is found shall, if it does not extradite him, be obliged, without exception whatsoever and whether or not the offence was committed in its territory, to submit the case to its competent authorities for the purpose of prosecution." The Cuban people have also had to mourn, on 11 September, another anniversary of the assassination of Felix Garcia, a diplomat of the Cuban Mission to the United Nations. He was riddled with bullets when he stopped his car at a red light in Queens, not far from this building.”
2007-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5779 (2007) · source
“Another mastermind behind the mid-air bombing of the Cuban jet, Orlando Bosch, continues to walk the streets of the United States in freedom, while bragging about his numerous terrorist acts against Cuba.”
2007-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5779 (2007) · source
“Cuba stands once again before the Security Council to firmly denounce and condemn the complicity and absolute responsibility of the United States Government for that person's release, while American spokespersons seek to distort reality and present Posada Carriles's case as a bilateral dispute between Washington and Havana or between Washington and Caracas. On 6 October, we commemorate another anniversary of the gruesome terrorist act committed by Posada Carriles against a Cubana de Aviacion jetliner, killing 73 people. When Cuba consequently requested the Security Council to act, nothing was done. The draft resolution that our country submitted to this organ was not even considered. The representative of the United States, in addressing the Council at that meeting, deemed it a waste of time.”
2007-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5779 (2007) · source
“There is no doubt that the intention has always been to avoid his disclosure of the details of his terrorist actions against Cuba, Venezuela and other countries while acting under orders of the Central Intelligence Agency for more than 25 years. On 6 November, the United States Government lodged an appeal to the Federal Court in response to the release of Posada Carriles. It was nothing but a smokescreen, a new underhanded publicity stunt. It was yet another action to conceal the confessed terrorist's guilt. The appeal further fails to mention anything whatsoever about Posada Carriles's massive terrorist record. The United States insists on assigning mere immigration offence status to the case, thus ensuring the terrorist's definitive release and the disappearance of all charges against him.”
2007-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5779 (2007) · source
“We have requested again and again the adoption of concrete steps to prevent such despicable acts from being carried out. The Counter-Terrorism Committee was informed about that issue in a timely and comprehensive manner, to no avail. Posada Carriles, who has been rightly called the most notorious terrorist of the western hemisphere, was released on 8 May amidst the protests of hundreds of solidarity movements and political forces around the world and within the United States itself, demanding that the criminal be brought to justice. In spite of the fact that the United States Government itself has admitted that he is a dangerous terrorist, Posada Carriles was charged only with petty migration offences.”
2007-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5779 (2007) · source
“Mr. Malmierca Diaz (Cuba) (spoke in Spanish): Allow me at the outset, on behalf of the Cuban delegation, to congratulate you, Sir, and your team on your excellent work in the presidency of the Security Council. I also thank the Chairmen of the Committees established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1373 (2001) and 1540 (2004) for the information provided at this meeting. Our country has for several years been providing the Security Council with detailed information on the terrorist attacks on Cuba perpetrated by several persons and organizations, as well as on the conspiratorial protection that the United States Government affords them. On numerous occasions during the past few months, we have addressed this Chamber to warn about the potential release of the international terrorist Luis Posada Carriles.”
2007-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5779 (2007) · source
“The Non-Aligned Movement stresses the importance of national ownership and capacity-building in the planning and implementation of post-conflict peacebuilding activities, and these must be based on the principles and purposes of the United Nations Charter and on international law.”
2007-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5632Resumption1 (2007) · source
“In conclusion, the Non-Aligned Movement reaffirms the role of the Peacebuilding Commission and reiterates that, without prejudice to the functions and powers of the principal organs of the United Nations in relation to post-conflict peacebuilding activities, the General Assembly must play the key role in the formulation of such policies and in assessing the implementation of the relevant activities. The concerted actions of international agencies are essential in supporting the national programmes of States emerging from conflict, including reconstruction and rehabilitation and achieving economic development and social progress.”
2007-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5632Resumption1 (2007) · source
“The Non-Aligned Movement stresses that we cannot afford the luxury of repeating past mistakes: when the Security Council has attempted to impose reforms on the judicial and security sectors without prior consent of the concerned State. The Movement believes that efforts should concentrate on resolving the root causes of conflicts. In this regard, the organs and agencies of the United Nations system need to coordinate their work to deal with issues of underdevelopment, epidemics and poverty, and the marginalization of the third world in the global economy.”
2007-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5632Resumption1 (2007) · source
“The Security Council, with its limited membership, does not seem to be the appropriate framework to plan, or even to direct, activities involving inter-agency coordination aimed at carrying out reforms in the security sector. In that regard, the Non-Aligned Movement would like to highlight the fact that if the concern is mainly about rehabilitating the security sector in post-conflict situations - where that sector has been affected along with other Government institutions following several years of conflict - then the issue is clearly not related to the reform of the security sector. Instead, it is a matter of capacity-building in the States emerging from conflict- an area in which the Peacebuilding Commission seems to be poised to play its role of coordinator of the work of all United Nations bodies.”
2007-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5632Resumption1 (2007) · source
“That will undoubtedly lead to undermining and infringing upon the concept of sovereignty, which is a matter of overriding concern in Charter of the United Nations. The process of rehabilitating the security sector in States emerging from conflict is a matter that should be decided by national Governments as part of their national strategies for post-conflict peacebuilding bearing in mind their own needs and priorities, socio- cultural characteristics and the specificities of each case. It is not the prerogative of the international community to prescribe the road they should follow. National ownership is essential in that regard.”
2007-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5632Resumption1 (2007) · source