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Moreno Fernandez

lines on the record: 45
first: 2009-02-19
most recent: 2009-05-26
sittings or episodes: 5
sources: un-security-council

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“It is impossible to eradicate terrorism if some acts of terrorism are condemned while others are hushed up, tolerated or justified. As it has always done, Cuba will continue to abide strictly by the provisions of resolutions 1267 (1999), 1373 (2001) and 1540 (2004), and will maintain its cooperation with the subsidiary bodies created under those resolutions.”
2009-05-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6128Resumption1 (2009) · source
“The United States has the opportunity to prove to domestic and international public opinion that it is capable of setting aside the petty interests of small anti-Cuba groups and of defending the true interests of its people and the international community. It is time for the United States Government to act. It can stop using the issue of terrorism for political ends and put and end to the unjustifiable inclusion of Cuba on the list of countries that supposedly sponsor terrorism. Cuba reiterates its willingness to provide a more detailed presentation on these matters to the Counter- Terrorism Committee or to provide it with any further information or clarification it considers necessary. Double standards must not prevail.”
2009-05-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6128Resumption1 (2009) · source
“If the new United States Administration truly wishes to prove its commitment to the fight against terrorism, it now has the opportunity to act firmly and without double standards against various terrorist organizations that have been attacking Cuba throughout all these years from United States territory. The United States Government has the opportunity to render justice and free without further delay five Cuban anti-terrorist fighters who have been held as political prisoners for over 10 years in high- security prisons, despite the fact that, with profound altruism and courage, they were only trying to collect information on Miami-based terrorist groups in order to prevent violent acts and save Cuban and American lives.”
2009-05-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6128Resumption1 (2009) · source
“They organized and supported with their armed forces the unsuccessful Bay of Pigs invasion, and supported the burning of sugar cane fields, the machine-gunning of Cuban territory and the murder of members of our National Police and Coast Guard troops, to mention just a few examples. Cuba has relentlessly sought bilateral and multilateral forms of cooperation to fight international terrorism based on mutual respect and non-interference in the internal affairs and the sovereign equality of States. In that regard, on 29 November 2001, Cuba offered to sign with the United States Government, without conditions and in accordance with Security Council resolution 1373 (2001), a bilateral counter- terrorism programme. That proposal, reiterated on several occasions, was rejected by the Bush Administration with empty and irrational arguments.”
2009-05-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6128Resumption1 (2009) · source
“At the beginning of the victorious revolution, the United States Government not only welcomed hundreds of henchmen, torturers and murderers from Batista's tyranny, who had caused over 20,000 deaths and fled revolutionary justice, but has also maintained for five decades a policy of protecting and harbouring any criminal reaching United States territory after having committed crimes against Cuba and its people. Since the triumph of the revolution, United States administrations have tolerated and even organized acts of sabotage and destruction of civilian objectives in Cuba; air and sea pirate attacks against defenceless Cuban populations, coastal facilities and merchant and fishing vessels; attacks against Cuban facilities and personnel abroad, including diplomatic headquarters; and hundreds of assassination attempts against Cuban leaders.”
2009-05-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6128Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Cuban territory has never and will never be used for organizing, financing or undertaking terrorist actions against another country. The United States Government could not make the same claim. It is not in Cuba but in the United States that a terrorist mafia, which has organized, financed and carried out hundreds of terrorist actions against the Cuban nation, acts with impunity. Over the past 50 years, United States administrations have been involved in repeated terrorist actions that have killed 3,478 Cubans and injured 2,099 and caused material losses amounting to $54 billion.”
2009-05-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6128Resumption1 (2009) · source
“With the unjustifiable inclusion of Cuba on that list, the new United States Government denies the political rationality it publicly proclaims and follows the errant trail blazed by its predecessors by resorting to political manipulations and flagrant lies against Cuba to justify its discredited, isolated and unsustainable policy against our country at any cost. Those preparing such lists have absolutely no moral authority to present themselves as international arbiters of terrorism able to certify good or bad behaviour. The unimpeachable policy on terrorism of the Cuban revolution is beyond question or doubt, let alone those raised in Washington, DC. Cuba condemns all terrorist acts, methods and practices in all their forms and manifestations, wherever, by whomever, against whoever committed and whatever their motivation.”
2009-05-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6128Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Such lists are incompatible with international law and United Nations resolutions. On 30 April, for the twenty-eighth consecutive year, the United States Government included Cuba on a list of States that allegedly sponsor international terrorism. Cuba firmly rejects the inclusion of our country on that unilateral and spurious list, which is politically motivated, biased and prepared by the United States Department of State. Throughout all these years, the flimsy excuses cited to include Cuba on such a list have been many, but their complete lack of veracity and objectivity and the impossibility of justifying them have always been evident.”
2009-05-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6128Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Cuba reiterates that the manner in which the United States Government has addressed this case constitutes a clear and flagrant violation of resolution 1373 (2001) and other relevant resolutions of the Security Council and General Assembly, as well as various international legal instruments related to the fight against terrorism. The Government of the Republic of Cuba calls once again upon the United States authorities to try Posada Carriles as a terrorist or to return him to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, which has requested his extradition since 15 June 2005, almost four years ago. Cuba supports the position of the 118 States members of the Non-Aligned Movement that oppose the compilation of unilateral lists accusing States of supposedly sponsoring terrorism.”
2009-05-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6128Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Mr. Moreno Fernandez (Cuba) (spoke in Spanish): We thank the Chairs of the Committees established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1373 (2001) and 1540 (2004) for the information they provided. For years, our country has submitted detailed information to the Security Council on the terrorist actions against Cuba. Our denunciations have received no concrete response to date. Despite having all the evidence necessary to accuse Luis Posada Carriles - a person who is rightly considered to be the most notorious terrorist of the western hemisphere - of terrorism, the United States Government merely follows a judicial process against him for minor crimes.”
2009-05-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6128Resumption1 (2009) · source
“It is the unshirkable duty of the international community to contribute massively, increase its assistance and honour its financial and human commitments to that Caribbean country. Without the support of the international community, even the modest Millennium Development Goals will remain unattainable for Haiti. I would like to conclude by reiterating that Haiti can always count on the assistance and solidarity of the Cuban people and Government. We are simply fulfilling a duty and honouring our debt of gratitude to the Caribbean peoples, which have always showed their firm and constant friendship and solidarity with Cuba.”
2009-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6101Resumption1 (2009) · source
“In the framework of Operation Miracle, a cooperation programme developed by Cuba and Venezuela to offer free assistance to patients from various countries with eye problems, 32,191 Haitian patients had undergone surgery as of February 2009, 31,035 of whom were treated in two eye centres and two mobile surgical units donated by the Republic of Cuba to that Caribbean country. The implementation of the Cuban literacy programme "Yo si Puedo" has taught 160,490 Haitians to read and write. Cuba's actions on behalf of Haiti are a modest example of how much can be achieved in that country through international cooperation and assistance, mainly from those States with larger economic and financial resources. Haiti has very limited resources to face its many challenges.”
2009-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6101Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Almost 200 specialists in comprehensive general medicine and other specialties are at work in every department of the country. Since the Cuban collaboration with Haiti was initiated in 1998, Cuban doctors have given over 14 million consultations, assisted over 100,000 childbirths and performed 250,000 surgical procedures. Almost 300 young Haitian doctors who graduated in our country are being trained with the Cuban medical brigade in Haiti. About 50 Haitian doctors are studying their second specialty in Cuba. Moreover, over 600 Haitian scholarship holders are studying in Cuba today totally free of charge. Five hundred of these students are connected to health specialties. Over 800 Haitian youths have graduated as professionals from Cuban schools.”
2009-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6101Resumption1 (2009) · source
“The number of people infected with HIV is the highest of all Caribbean States and almost half of the population is malnourished. Last year, Haiti suffered a new, devastating blow from four consecutive hurricanes and tropical storms that lashed the country. The death toll was huge and the damage to the infrastructure and the economy amounted to approximately 15 per cent of the gross domestic product, the worst Haiti has faced since early the early twentieth century. Cuba, a small blockaded country with limited resources, has continued and increased its cooperation with that Caribbean sister nation, mainly in the health sector, but also in others, such as energy, education, agriculture and sports. At present, over 400 Cuban cooperants, mainly from the health sector, are rendering their services in the most remote places of Haiti.”
2009-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6101Resumption1 (2009) · source
“To achieve peace, security and stability in that nation requires, first of all, the elimination of poverty and underdevelopment. Clearly, there can be no development without peace and stability, but it is even clearer that there can be no peace and stability without development and that there can be no peace and security for a people living in hunger, terrible poverty, ill health and illiteracy. We recognize that the security situation on the ground has improved since the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti was established in 2005. There has not been, however, nor there can be a military solution to the question of Haiti. Almost 80 per cent of the population of that country lives in poverty, half of the labour force is unemployed, life expectancy is below 52 years, and 48 out of every 100 inhabitants are illiterate.”
2009-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6101Resumption1 (2009) · source
“However, Haiti, cradle of the liberation wars against colonialism in America and the first independent republic in Latin America and the Caribbean, is today a country neglected by the international community. That Caribbean country is one of the clearest examples of the evil consequences of colonialism and neocolonialism, of the unjust and exclusionary current international order and of the continuous interventionism that has characterized its turbulent history. When addressing the situation of Haiti in the framework of the United Nations, attention almost always centers on so-called security matters, which for all practical purposes minimizes the urgent attention to the serious structural, economic and social problems of the country.”
2009-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6101Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Mr. Moreno Fernandez (Cuba) (spoke in Spanish): First and foremost, Sir, I would like to express, on behalf of Cuba, our satisfaction at seeing you, a representative of Mexico, our sister nation, presiding over the Security Council. We wish you great success in your work. The revolution leading to the independence of Haiti on 1 January 1804 was the first event by which the Caribbean became known as an actor on the world stage. The Haitian revolution, which sheltered and encouraged many revolutionaries of the continent at crucial moments of the Latin American fight against colonial domination, also influenced in a special and powerful manner the destiny and formation of the Cuban nation.”
2009-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6101Resumption1 (2009) · 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. At this critical period in the Middle East, particularly with regard to the long and tragic question of Palestine, the Non-Aligned Movement reaffirms its intention to continue to lend its support and actively contribute in every possible way to achieve a just, comprehensive and lasting peace in the Middle East based on all relevant United Nations resolutions, the terms of reference of the Madrid Conference, the principle of land for peace, the Arab Peace Initiative and the road map.”
2009-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6100Resumption1 (2009) · source
“09-28062 The Non-Aligned Movement reaffirms that all measures taken or to be taken by Israel, the occupying Power, that purport to alter the legal, physical or demographic character or institutional structure of the occupied Syrian Golan, including efforts to impose its jurisdiction and administration there, are null, void and have no legal effect. We also reaffirm that all of those measures, including the illegal construction and expansion of Israeli settlements in the Syrian Golan since 1967, constitute violations of international law, international agreements and the United Nations Charter and its resolutions, including Security Council resolution 497 (1981), as well as the Fourth Geneva Convention. They are also in defiance of the international community.”
2009-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6100Resumption1 (2009) · source
“The Movement also calls for the prompt settlement of the question of the Shaba'a farms, in full respect for Lebanese territorial integrity, as stipulated in resolution 1701 (2006). We urge all parties to cooperate in protecting Lebanon's sovereign rights in that area and we note the important efforts made by the Secretary-General in that regard. The Movement is fully aware of the enormous challenge facing Lebanon as a result of the 1.2 million cluster bombs launched by Israel during its aerial attack on the country. The Movement once again condemns the use of such weapons by Israel and deplores the resulting death toll. The Non-Aligned Movement strongly urges Israel to provide the exact location of explosives planted on Lebanese territory, as well as maps of the location of the landmines planted during its occupation of southern Lebanon.”
2009-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6100Resumption1 (2009) · source
“The Non-Aligned Movement reiterates its satisfaction with the steps taken by the Lebanese Government to implement resolution 1701 (2006), including the deployment of its armed forces along the northern and eastern borders of Lebanon to ensure security and stability on the borders. The Movement remains deeply concerned about Israel's ongoing air and land violations of the Blue Line in breach of resolution 1701 (2006). We strongly urge Israel to end the occupation of the northern part of Ghajar village, north of the Blue Line, and refrain from any violation of Lebanese sovereignty and of resolution 1701 (2006), as well as any provocation of the Lebanese armed forces or the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon.”
2009-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6100Resumption1 (2009) · source
“09-28062 The Non-Aligned Movement demands that Israel immediately cease all of its colonization activities in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, and reaffirms that those unlawful measures cannot alter the terms of reference of the peace process nor negate the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people. The Movement also demands that the international community take urgent action to compel the occupying Power to abide by all of its obligations under international law, including the Fourth Geneva Convention, United Nations resolutions, the advisory opinion and its obligations under the road map. The Government of Lebanon has continuously endeavoured to stabilize the situation in its territory following Israel's bmtal aggression and serious violations of its territorial integrity and sovereignty.”
2009-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6100Resumption1 (2009) · source
“We stress the incompatibility of negotiations on the peace process with such unlawful colonization activities, which are clearly aimed at the illegal acquisition and de facto annexation of more Palestinian land and at forcibly imposing a unilateral solution. The Movement emphasizes that the illegal Israeli colonization campaign in its entirety is gravely undermining the contiguity, integrity, viability and unity of the occupied Palestinian territory and jeopardizing the prospects for physically achieving the solution of two States living in peace.”
2009-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6100Resumption1 (2009) · source
“We await the report of the Board of Inquiry dispatched to Gaza by the Secretary-General. We call for immediate action to follow up the findings of the Board's investigation and for the immediate dispatch of the fact-finding mission called for by the Human Rights Council as recently called for in Geneva by the non-aligned countries. The Movement reiterates its strong condemnation of Israel's continuing intensive campaign of building settlements throughout the occupied Palestinian territories, in particular in and around occupied East Jerusalem. Such Israeli policies and measures constitute grave breaches of international law and flagrant defiance of United Nations resolutions and the 9 July 2004 advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice.”
2009-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6100Resumption1 (2009) · source
“The Non-Aligned Movement demands that Israel cease such illegal practices against the Palestinian people and put a permanent end to its illegal blockade of the Gaza Strip by allowing the immediate and sustained opening of all Gaza border crossings needed to alleviate the humanitarian crisis and to meet the urgent reconstruction and economic recovery needs of the Palestinian people. The Movement reminds the international community, including the Security Council, of its responsibility to guarantee an in-depth investigation of all the crimes and Violations committed by Israel in the Gaza Strip and to ensure that serious follow-up efforts are made to ensure that the perpetrators of such crimes answer for them. Israel's impunity and its blatant disregard for and defiance of the law must come to an end.”
2009-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6100Resumption1 (2009) · source
“The Movement calls upon Israel to immediately cease its military aggression against the Palestinian people and stresses the importance of attaining a permanent and lasting ceasefire, beginning in the Gaza Strip and extending to the West Bank. The Movement also expresses its support for Egypt's efforts in that regard. We reiterate our condemnation of Israel's inhumane and unlawful closure and blockade of the Gaza Strip, which has resulted in the virtual imprisonment of the entire Palestinian civilian population. The Movement expresses its serious 2 concern about the grave deterioration of socio- economic conditions and the deepening humanitarian crisis as a result of the blockade, which has caused increased and widespread privation, poverty and hardship, in addition to the vast trauma and suffering inflicted by the military aggression.”
2009-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6100Resumption1 (2009) · source
“In that regard, the Movement condemns in the strongest terms the recent Israeli military aggression against the Palestinian civilian population in Gaza, which resulted in the death of more than 1,400 Palestinians, including hundreds of children and women, the injury of more than 5,500 Palestinians and widespread displacement, making thousands of Palestinian families homeless and deepening the suffering and fear that overwhelm the population. The Non-Aligned Movement also condemns Israel's wanton destruction of thousands of Palestinian homes and businesses, vital civilian infrastructure and United Nations facilities, including several schools where frightened Palestinian families had sought refuge but were nonetheless attacked by the Israeli occupying forces.”
2009-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6100Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Mr. Moreno Fernandez (Cuba) (spoke in Spanish): I have the honour to address the Security Council on behalf of the 118 members of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). In compliance with your request, Mr. President, I shall deliver an abridged version of the statement prepared by the Movement, which will be circulated in its entirety in the Council Chamber. The Non-Aligned Movement condemns Israel's continuing occupation of Palestinian territory in breach of international law and United Nations resolutions.”
2009-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6100Resumption1 (2009) · source
“The Movement of Non-Aligned Countries reaffirms the need to establish a logistics base to support United Nations peacekeeping in Africa, since most United Nations peacekeeping activities are carried out there. That would further increase the deployment of missions in Africa, thus ensuring cost- effectiveness and supporting capacity-building of the African Union in the area of peacekeeping operations. Permit me to conclude by emphasizing that Africa's challenges are multidimensional and cannot be addressed separately. The issues of conflict prevention and resolution and peacekeeping are inextricably linked to sustainable social and economic development. Finally, we hope that this debate will contribute to the adoption of concrete and appropriate measures to strengthen the relationship between the United Nations and the African Union.”
2009-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6092 (2009) · source
“In that connection, the Movement reiterates that the establishment of any peacekeeping operation or extension of the mandate of existing operations must strictly respect the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, as well as the basic principles governing such operations: consent of the parties, the non-use of force, except in legitimate self- defence, and impartiality. Peacekeeping operations must not and cannot be used as a substitute for dealing with the root causes of conflict, but should address them in a consistent, well- planned, coordinated and comprehensive manner, together with other political, social, economic and development instruments.”
2009-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6092 (2009) · source
“We stress the importance of close coordination among all international partners and donors supporting African Union peacekeeping capacity-building, including the necessary support for the creation of effective and appropriately funded training programmes. The Non-Aligned Movement strongly believes that the primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security rests with the United Nations and that the role of regional arrangements should be in strict accordance with Chapter VIII of the Charter and should not in any way be a substitute for the role of the United Nations or circumvent the full application of the guiding principles for United Nations peacekeeping operations.”
2009-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6092 (2009) · source
“Non-aligned countries recognize the need to support the African Union in developing the institutional capacities which will enable it to implement its mandate in a coordinated and appropriate manner, in particular the need to build integrated capacities to plan, manage and support conflict-prevention and peacekeeping activities in Africa in close cooperation with the Department of Peacekeeping Operations. The Movement would like also to underscore the need to identify innovative financial and logistical support mechanisms that focus on the requirements of the African Union at the continental level. In this regard, the Movement takes note of the financial mechanisms proposed by the African Union-United Nations panel and looks forward to receiving further information on their implementation.”
2009-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6092 (2009) · source
“We subscribe to the recommendation of the panel's report that in defining the division of responsibility, it is important not to create the perception that the United Nations is subcontracting peacekeeping to the African Union. The objective should be to maximize the African Union's strengths in terms of its contribution to conflict prevention and mediation, and its capacity to undertake peacekeeping operations in conformity with Chapter VIII of the Charter. The Movement shares the view that resources should be made available to peacekeeping operations carried out by African Union in a sustainable and predictable manner without undermining the value of the flexibility needed to respond quickly to crisis.”
2009-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6092 (2009) · source
“In that context, the Movement emphasizes the importance of implementing the Joint Action Plan for United Nations support to African Union peacekeeping in the short, medium and long term, focusing primarily on collaboration in the areas of conflict prevention and peacekeeping, in particular assistance to the development of an African Standby Force. The Non-Aligned Movement takes this opportunity to underline the need to enhance and clarify the strategic relationship between the United Nations and the African Union, specifically between the United Nations Security Council and the African Union Peace and Security Council, and between the United Nations Secretariat and the African Union Commission, as the basis for a more efficient partnership in addressing issues of mutual interest.”
2009-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6092 (2009) · source
“Today's debate is a welcome endeavour in our joint quest to advance cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union. I thank the African Union-United Nations panel for its report on modalities for support to African Union peacekeeping operations (S/2008/8l3), which it submitted in accordance with Security Council resolution 1809 (2008). The non-aligned countries, which currently provide more than 80 per cent of peacekeeping personnel in the field, including personnel from African countries, wish to reiterate their support for continuing efforts to strengthen African peacekeeping capacities.”
2009-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6092 (2009) · source
“Mr. Moreno Fernandez (Cuba) (spoke in Spanish): I have the honour to address the Security Council on behalf of the 118 States members of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). First of all, Mr. President and my friend, I would like to welcome you as you assume your responsibilities as Permanent Representative of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya to the United Nations and to express our appreciation to your country for organizing this important debate and for its outstanding work in the presidency of the Security Council. I wish also to pay tribute to Their Excellencies Mr. Romano Prodi, Mr. Ramtane Lamamra and Ms. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma for their statements, which were clearly of the highest interest to the members of our Movement.”
2009-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6092 (2009) · source
“In this way, we fulfil our duty and honour a debt of gratitude to Timor-Leste and to other third- world peoples who have always expressed their firm and unwavering friendship and solidarity with Cuba.”
2009-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6085 (2009) · source
“What Cuba is doing today for Timor-Leste is just a modest example of how much could be achieved in that country through international cooperation and solidarity, in particular by States with greater economic and financial resources. I would like to conclude by expressing, on behalf of the people and the Government of Cuba, our deepest gratitude to the people and the Government of Timor- Leste for the solidarity offered to our country in difficult moments, including their significant assistance in 2008 to repair the extensive damage caused in Cuba by hurricanes Gustav and Ike. The people of Timor- Leste can always count on the firm resolve of Cuba to continue strengthening its assistance to and solidarity with them.”
2009-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6085 (2009) · source
“This year, the first 19 medical students will return to Timor for their final year of internship; they will be directly involved in addressing the health problems of their respective communities. A total of 36 Cuban teachers advised the national literacy campaign in Timor-Leste, applying the Cuban literacy method called "Yes I Can", through which 17,400 citizens of that country have already learned to read and write. If the international community, in particular some developed countries, responds to the appeal made by President Ramos-Horta and the Government of Timor- Leste to contribute $8 million, then after only two years the country will be able to declare itself free from the scourge of illiteracy. We believe that this would contribute significantly to internal peace and stability.”
2009-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6085 (2009) · source
“Cuban medical doctors have performed 25,564 surgeries, of which 6,396 were considered major surgery, and over 22,000 deliveries. They have administered more than 52,000 doses of vaccine. The lives of 12,418 people have been saved throughout the rugged terrain of Timor. The Cuban medical brigade in Timor-Leste currently includes 233 physicians and other specialist personnel and is an example of selfless cooperation. Apart from providing basic and specialized health services in difficult conditions, the Cuban doctors also teach. Currently, 168 medical students from all districts of Timor are being trained in the medical school of the national university, and the medical professors are Cuban. Complementing those efforts, around 700 Timorese young people are studying in Cuba, free of charge, and most of them are studying medicine.”
2009-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6085 (2009) · source
“Furthermore, the international community has the moral obligation to help Timor- Leste train its human resources and create the infrastructure that is so greatly needed by that country, while continuing, of course, to fully respect its sovereignty. Cuba, a small besieged country with limited resources, also continues its humble cooperation with Timor-Leste through various vital social development programmes which also play an important role in strengthening the country's internal stability. Cuba extends its cooperation in various sectors, principally in the area of health. Since 2003, 546 Cuban physicians and other health specialists have rendered service in that country and provided 3,477,000 Timorese citizens with health care.”
2009-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6085 (2009) · source
“The work carried out by President Ramos-Horta in that respect is commendable. Nonetheless, Timor-Leste will continue to require considerable support from the international community, in particular from the United Nations. The current international financial and food crisis raises other important challenges. As a country which depends on the importation of basic food staples, Timor-Leste is affected by the sharp increase in the global price of foodstuffs such as rice. The challenges to be overcome by the Timorese people and Government in the coming years require considerable resources which greatly exceed the capacity of a State with limited resources.”
2009-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6085 (2009) · source
“Cuba believes that the wishes and interests expressed in that regard by the Government and the people of Timor-Leste should be duly taken into account by the Security Council. In one opinion, in considering the situation in Timor-Leste not enough emphasis has yet been placed on the urgent attention required by the structural, economic and social problems affecting that sister nation, and on the need for greater support and assistance on the part of the international community. The eradication of poverty and underdevelopment is essential in order to guarantee the achievement of sustainable and durable peace and stability in Timor- Leste. There will be no stability without development, or development without stability. The Government of Timor-Leste has adopted important measures to tackle poverty, unemployment and other pressing problems.”
2009-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6085 (2009) · source
“Likewise, the country showed its great ability to recover after the shock caused by the attacks of 11 February 2008. I also wish to welcome the fact that despite the seriousness of his injuries, today President Ramos-Horta is present among us and is well, active and optimistic. The people and leaders of Timor-Leste have shown their strong will to continue the struggle to create favourable conditions for long-term peace, stability and development. The United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) has also played an important role in assisting Timor-Leste in various sectors. Timor-Leste has stressed the need for UNMIT to continue to maintain a strong presence in the country.”
2009-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6085 (2009) · source
“Mr. Moreno Fernandez (Cuba) (spoke in Spanish): I wish to begin by welcoming the presence at this meeting of His Excellency Mr. Jose Ramos-Horta, President of Timor-Leste, whom we thank for the important statement he made this morning. We remember the successful visit to Cuba by President Ramos-Horta last year and in particular his statement during the General Assembly debate on 25 September 2008 (see A/63/PV.10), when he courageously and firmly requested the lifting of the inhumane and criminal economic, commercial and financial blockade which has been imposed on Cuba for over 50 years. Although much remains to be done, Cuba welcomes the significant progress made in the security situation of Timor-Leste since the 2006 crisis.”
2009-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6085 (2009) · source