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Parrilla

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1996-04-15
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1996-04-18
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  1. “The events of recent days have shown that the principles that gave birth to the United Nations are still alive. They have also shown that the practice of the United Nations should be changed only in accordance with those principles and only in their service.”

    1996-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3654 (1996) · source

  2. “Cuba, which has for more than 35 years been the victim of terrorist acts and acts of aggression that have cost many of our people their lives, has condemned, and continues to condemn, any act of terrorism. But no reason of national security, no reason of state, no pretext associated with international or regional peace and security, and not even a terrorist act could justify aggression, state terrorism, the occupation of territories, the massacre of civilians, the violation of the rules of international humanitarian law or unilateral measures that silently murder children, women and elderly people. The right of the Lebanese people deserves to be defended. Nowadays, there is much debate over the public image of this Organization; but the problem is not one of image, but one of deeds.”

    1996-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3654 (1996) · source

  3. “Its credibility is already being undermined by its unjustifiable omissions and excesses, by its lack of democracy, by the irrelevance of its decisions and by its abandonment of them, by its headstrong hastiness and by its unacceptable delaying: in other words, by its adoption of a double standard. We all know that the Security Council is very often impotent in the face of the veto. We believe also that a kind of "silent veto" is deployed with the mere threat of a negative vote. Because it is the truth, we must state that the real source of this latest conflict is the historical impunity for actions taken against Arab nations. The United Nations, for legal, political and ethical reasons, is obliged to support the rights of any State Member against aggression of this kind.”

    1996-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3654 (1996) · source

  4. “We demand the following: Israel's implementation of General Assembly resolutions and Security Council resolution 425 (1978); respect for the territorial integrity, sovereignty, independence and internationally recognized boundaries of Lebanon; compensation for damage; the return of all the occupied Arab territories; and recognition of the right of the Palestinian people to a State of its own, with Jerusalem as its capital. We join in the appeal to the United Nations and the international community to assist the Lebanese people in their reconstruction efforts. We regret that it was not possible for the Security Council to adopt draft resolution S/ 1996/292, which had been submitted by a group of Arab countries. In our view, the credibility of the Security Council is at stake here.”

    1996-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3654 (1996) · source

  5. “Mr. Parrilla (Cuba) (interpretation from Spanish): For more than a week the international community and the United Nations have been witnessing one of the most flagrant violations of the most fundamental rules of international law: Israel's new, active aggression against the people of Lebanon. There is not and cannot be any justification of this aggression. As it did in this Chamber only three days ago, Cuba condemns and calls for an end to Israel's aggression against the people of Lebanon.”

    1996-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3654 (1996) · source

  6. “The new escalation of aggression against Lebanon, endangering the physical safety of innocent civilians in that country, has now further compounded the actions aimed at the Palestinian people and is a tragic manifestation of the consequences of Israel's aggressive policy for the peace and security of that part of the world. The Security Council cannot close its eyes and remain impassive in the face of these events. Nor can it permit the imposition of a collaborative silence, which would distance it from its mandate under the Charter of this Organization. Cuba hopes that the United Nations and the Security Council will fulfil their historic responsibility in respect of the question of Palestine and of peace and security in the Middle East.”

    1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3652Resumption1 (1996) · source

  7. “Today the whole of the peace process is threatened by actions that take us further away from a lasting peace for all, one that includes the return of all occupied Arab territories. What then are the objectives of these actions? Could it be that these actions, using the pretext of terrorism - which deserves our condemnation, and which we resolutely condemn - might also serve to incite the forces that oppose the establishment of a climate of peace between the peoples of Israel and Palestine? Cuba demands an end to the unlawful actions against the Palestinian nation and calls for compliance with the pertinent resolutions of the General Assembly and of the Security Council itself.”

    1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3652Resumption1 (1996) · source

  8. “How can we prevent the double standard from being imposed once again on the Security Council? The Cuban delegation wishes to affirm once more that the right of the Palestinian people to self- determination, to have its own State, to live in peace, to develop its economy and to build a better future for its children are inalienable rights that cannot be trampled underfoot or be dependent on the wishes of the occupying Power or its protectors. The international community welcomed the peace agreements hopefully. Today that hope is threatened. The implementation of the Declaration of Principles and the continuation of the negotiations on the status of outstanding issues, including the question of Jerusalem, are in jeopardy.”

    1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3652Resumption1 (1996) · source

  9. “We are all aware that this meeting was preceded by consultations during which only one delegation voiced opposition to any action being taken - even in the form of a presidential statement - in response to the events now under our consideration. And that delegation insisted instead on a mere statement to the press. The opposition is isolated, but it does have veto power. How will the Security Council deal with this situation, which has come about twice in less than a year? What about our speeches, our documents and those hundreds of hours of negotiations on democratization and reform in the United Nations and in the Security Council? How can we explain the gulf dividing all the rhetoric about the new post-cold-war world and the facts of daily life?”

    1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3652Resumption1 (1996) · source

  10. “Today the Council is meeting once again, convened urgently upon the request of the Arab Group to consider new actions that form part of the same hostile policy applied by the occupying Power against the Palestinian people and which continue to endanger the agreement on the Declaration of Principles, its timetable and the peace process as a whole. The border-closure measures, based on so-called security considerations, the restrictions on the freedom of movement of the Palestinian people in its own territory, the impediments to trade and commerce, the demolition of dwellings, the confiscation of Palestinian lands and the expansion of Israeli settlements in those territories have quite logically caused alarm and have been firmly repudiated by the international community.”

    1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3652Resumption1 (1996) · source

  11. “At that time we stated that those circumstances compelled the Security Council, for once, to take firm and serious action and we warned that failing to do so would amount to sending the wrong message, which instead of contributing to the progress of the peace process might damage it, perhaps irreparably. On that occasion it was not possible to adopt the draft resolution prepared by the Arab Group; nor was the Council able to adopt any practical measure whatsoever, paralysed by the veto of the United States.”

    1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3652Resumption1 (1996) · source

  12. “At that time we warned that if unlawful practices in contravention of international law against the Palestinian people continued, in flagrant violation of the Palestinian people's inalienable right to self-determination and in breach of international instruments and a large number of resolutions of the General Assembly and of this Council itself, and that, if practices aimed at destroying the economic infrastructure of the Palestinian people and at impeding its efforts for peace, reconstruction and development continued, the expectations aroused by the peace agreements would be in jeopardy and the possibility of attaining just and lasting peace in the area would become more remote.”

    1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3652Resumption1 (1996) · source

  13. “Mr. Parrilla (Cuba) (interpretation from Spanish): Allow me to congratulate you, Sir, and to wish you every success during your presidency. Allow me also to express my thanks for the contribution made by the presidency of Botswana. I pay a special tribute to our colleague, Ambassador Legwaila. Barely 11 months ago the Security Council met to consider the tension created by the confiscation by the Government of Israel of Palestinian lands situated in East Jerusalem.”

    1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3652Resumption1 (1996) · source