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Pedro Luis Pedroso Cuesta

lines on the record: 77
first: 2020-10-26
most recent: 2021-10-19
sittings or episodes: 10
sources: un-security-council

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“Despite continuous violations of international law, including in the threat and use of force in international relations, aggression against sovereign States and interference in their internal affairs, we will continue advocating multilateralism, peace and full respect for the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations.”
2021-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/884 (2021) · source
“We reiterate the call for an immediate and unconditional end to the imposition of arbitrary and illegal unilateral coercive measures against sovereign nations, which generate additional difficulties amid the ongoing efforts to battle the pandemic, and violate the human rights of their peoples, international law and the Charter of the United Nations. The Security Council must carry out its role in maintaining international peace and security, pursuant to the powers entrusted to it by the Charter of this Organization, without double standards.”
2021-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/884 (2021) · source
“We demand the cessation of external interference in Syria and full respect for its sovereignty and territorial integrity while supporting efforts to find a peaceful and negotiated solution to the situation imposed on that brotherly country. We strongly condemn the implantation of the “Cesar Law” and other economic sanctions imposed by the United States and its allies, which hamper reconstruction in Syria, made all the worse amid the difficulties of the COVID-19 situation. We reaffirm our support for the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action with Iran and our rejection of the unilateral withdrawal of the United States from that agreement.”
2021-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/884 (2021) · source
“The unilateral decision by the Government of the United States to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, to establish its diplomatic presence in that city with disregard to its historical status, as well as to recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the Syrian Golan represent serious violations of the Charter of the United Nations, international law and relevant Security Council resolutions. The current United States Government has not reversed those decisions, which further undermine the possibility of a negotiated solution. We call for Israel’s complete and unconditional withdrawal from the Syrian Golan and all occupied Arab territories.”
2021-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/884 (2021) · source
“We express our steadfast solidarity with the Palestinian people and Government. We support the accession of the State of Palestine to full membership in the United Nations and the call by its President for an international peace conference. In its unjustified and unilateral acts of aggression in the Middle East, the United States continues severely contravening the legitimate interests of Arab and Islamic nations and fuelling a dangerous escalation in the region. We reiterate our rejection of the so-called “deal of the century” devised by the United States Government, which ignores the two-State solution, long-supported by the United Nations, the Non-Aligned Movement, the League of Arab States, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and other international actors.”
2021-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/884 (2021) · source
“It is time for the Council to take steps to end the Israeli military aggression and occupation of Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, in accordance with its resolution 2334 (2016). We reaffirm our full support for a comprehensive, just and lasting solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Palestinian people must be allowed to exercise their right to self-determination and to have an independent and sovereign State, within the pre-1967 borders and with East Jerusalem as its capital, that upholds the right of return of refugees. This longstanding call — reiterated by high-level representatives of the vast majority of members of the international community during the general debate of the General Assembly at its seventy-sixth session — must be met as soon as possible.”
2021-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/884 (2021) · source
“While the Security Council remains inactive, Israel continues its occupation of the Palestinian territories, intensifies its annexation policies and steps up its illegal practices and colonization measures, including the building and expansion of settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory, punitive demolitions, the forced displacement of hundreds of civilians, the blockade against the Gaza Strip and plans to annex Palestinian territory in the Jordan Valley and other parts of the West Bank and East Jerusalem. The repeated obstruction of Security Council action by the United States of America has enabled Israel’s impunity and prevented this organ from fulfilling the responsibility entrusted to it by the Charter of the United Nations for the maintenance of international peace and security.”
2021-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/884 (2021) · source
“We support the statements made by the representatives of Azerbaijan, on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement (annex 1), and of Senegal, in his capacity as Chair of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (annex 5). The Secretary-General’s urgent call for an end to armed conflicts, hostilities and wars, and for increased opportunities for diplomacy and cooperation, must be heeded so that together we may tackle the devastating coronavirus disease pandemic.”
2021-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/884 (2021) · source
“It is the duty of all States, and in particular of the members of the Security Council, to defend multilateralism and the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, including respect for the sovereign equality of States and for their political independence, unity and territorial integrity; non-interference in the internal affairs of States; the peaceful settlement of disputes; and refraining from the use or threat of use of force in international relations.”
2021-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/685 (2021) · source
“We demand the immediate and unconditional end to the arbitrary and illegal unilateral coercive measures imposed on sovereign States, which are in violation of the human rights of their peoples, international law and the Charter of the United Nations and which generate additional difficulties in the current context of confronting the pandemic. We reiterate our support for the urgent call of the Secretary-General to put an end to armed conflicts, hostilities and wars and instead to open up opportunities for diplomacy and cooperation, which will allow us to face this devastating pandemic together. The right to peace remains a fundamental priority.”
2021-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/685 (2021) · source
“We support the search for a peaceful and negotiated solution to the situation imposed on Syria, without external interference and with full respect for its sovereignty and territorial integrity. We reiterate our strongest condemnation of the implementation of the “Caesar Act”, which hinders the reconstruction of that country even more in the complex scenario of the COVID-19 pandemic. We ratify our full support for the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action with Iran and the rejection of the withdrawal of the United States from that Plan.”
2021-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/685 (2021) · source
“The unilateral decision of the Government of the United States to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, to establish its diplomatic representation in that city, disrespecting its historical status, and to recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the Syrian Golan constitute serious violations of the Charter of the United Nations, international law and the relevant Security Council resolutions. We hope that the current Government will reverse such decisions, which, far from helping, further distance the possibility of a negotiated solution. We demand, once again, the total and unconditional withdrawal of Israel from the Syrian Golan and all occupied Arab territories.”
2021-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/685 (2021) · source
“We support the accession of the State of Palestine as a full member of the United Nations and the call by its President for an international peace conference. The aggressive, unilateral and unjustified actions of the United States in the Middle East infringe severely upon the legitimate interests of Arab and Islamic nations and lead to a dangerous escalation in the region. We reiterate our rejection of the so-called “deal of the century” drawn up by the Government of the United States, which disregards the two-State solution that has enjoyed the historic support of the United Nations, the Non-Aligned Movement, the League of Arab States, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and other international actors.”
2021-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/685 (2021) · source
“We call once again on this body to fulfil its responsibility under the Charter of the United Nations for the maintenance of international peace and security and to demand an immediate end to the occupation of the Palestinian territories, as well as compliance with the resolutions on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. We ratify our unrestricted support for a comprehensive, just and lasting solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that allows the Palestinian people to exercise their right to self-determination and to establish an independent and sovereign State within the pre-1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital, and that guarantees the right of return of refugees. We express our unwavering solidarity with the Palestinian people and Government.”
2021-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/685 (2021) · source
“These aggressions constitute yet another grave and flagrant violation of the Charter of the United Nations, international law and international humanitarian law by Israel, which continues the occupation, consolidates its annexation policies and increases its illegal colonization practices and measures, including the construction and expansion of settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory, punitive demolitions, the forced displacement of hundreds of civilians, the blockade of the Gaza Strip, and plans for the annexation of the Palestinian territories in the Jordan Valley and other parts of the West Bank and East Jerusalem. These deplorable actions by Israel count on the complicity and impunity guaranteed by the United States, whose Government obstructs the action of the Security Council.”
2021-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/685 (2021) · source
“It is regrettable that, in the midst of this complex scenario, the Security Council continues to fail to adopt measures to put an end to the Israeli military aggression and occupation of the Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, in accordance with its resolution 2334 (2016). We reaffirm the strong condemnation of the indiscriminate bombings by the State of Israel against the Palestinian population in Gaza last May, which resulted in the loss of hundreds of lives and extensive material damage.”
2021-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/685 (2021) · source
“We endorse the statements delivered by Azerbaijan on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement and by the Permanent Representative of Senegal, in his capacity as the Chair of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. We reiterate our profound concern about the impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic on the countries of the Middle East. In particular, the socioeconomic and humanitarian situation of the Palestinian people continues to worsen. Tackling the pandemic requires joint actions that prioritize cooperation and solidarity over political differences.”
2021-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/685 (2021) · source
“We reaffirm the need for a reformed, democratic, transparent and efficient Security Council that represents the interests of all Member States and contributes effectively to the preservation of the multilateralism, credibility and legitimacy of the United Nations.”
2021-06-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/572 (2021) · source
“This is essential for transparency and the necessary accountability. We also regret that the Security Council submits annual reports to the General Assembly that are merely a descriptive summary of the meetings, activities and decisions of the organ instead of reflecting an explanatory, thorough and analytical content of its work, which would allow for the assessment of the causes and implications of its decisions. In the performance of its functions, the Security Council must conform to the mandate that it exercises under the Charter of the United Nations and stop interfering in affairs that fall within the jurisdiction of other organs, particularly those that relate to the mandate of the General Assembly. We also reject the selective manipulation of the Council’s methods and practices in accordance with political and domination agendas.”
2021-06-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/572 (2021) · source
“We call for informal negotiations to be transparent and for the minutes of the organ’s informal consultations to be issued. While we recognize the increase in the number of public meetings in recent years, we are concerned about the continuing trend for the Security Council to work primarily in closed formats, especially on issues of huge international significance that concern all Member States, to adopt decisions without paying heed to the concerns of the organ’s non-member States and to force decision-making on draft resolutions when there are still significant differences of opinion as to their content and scope. We re-emphasize the need for the Council to adopt a definitive text to regulate its work and put an end to the “provisional” status that its rules of procedure have enjoyed for more than 70 years.”
2021-06-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/572 (2021) · source
“As long as the latter is not removed, the new seats to be created in the category of permanent members should have the same prerogatives and rights as the current members, including the veto power. Greater transparency in the work of the body becomes indispensable for the effective exercise of its primary responsibility of maintaining international peace and security and acting on behalf of all Member States, pursuant to article 24 of the Charter of the United Nations. In all circumstances, it must be allowed and ensured that a State directly involved or particularly affected participates in the discussions and decision-making process on matters by which it is directly affected, as set out in article 31 of the Charter.”
2021-06-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/572 (2021) · source
“We emphasize, therefore, the transitory nature of these working methods, which in no way constitute a precedent for the future work of the Council. They only respond to the exceptional circumstances imposed by the current health situation. We reiterate our support for a comprehensive reform of the Security Council, including its working methods, to make it a transparent, democratic and representative body, in conformity with the current membership of the United Nations. Effective procedures are required to eliminate discriminatory practices and ensure genuine participation and democratization in the Council’s work and decision- making processes, including the removal of the veto power.”
2021-06-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/572 (2021) · source
“The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has put to the test the ability of the United Nations to maintain its vitality, lend continuity to its work and make decisions. In this context, we recognize the efforts made to try to ensure the work of the Security Council and the participation of Member States through temporary and unusual working methods. At the same time, such methods are not sufficient, as they limit, inter alia, the participation of a non-member State of the Council in closed consultations when an issue involving that State in particular is being discussed, as laid down in article 37 of the provisional rules of procedure of the Council. Nor has the full participation of Member States in the open debates through videoconfer ences been possible.”
2021-06-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/572 (2021) · source
“Protecting civilians, particularly in situations of armed conflict, requires political will and commitment. We reiterate our support for the Secretary-General’s urgent call to cease hostilities and put an end to the scourge of war, and instead to open up opportunities for diplomacy and cooperation, enabling us to confront together the terrible COVID-19 pandemic. It is the duty of all States, and in particular of the members of the Security Council, to uphold multilateralism and the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, including respect for the sovereign equality of States and their political independence, unity and territorial integrity; the peaceful settlement of disputes; and refraining from the use or threat of use of force in international relations.”
2021-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/415 (2021) · source
“These arbitrary and illegal measures generate additional difficulties in the current context of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. We reiterate the full validity of the Proclamation of Latin America and the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace, signed by the Heads of State and Government of the entire region. All parties involved in hostilities must comply with their obligations under international humanitarian law, as enshrined in the Geneva Conventions and their Protocols Additional. This also applies to United Nations peacekeeping operations, particularly those with civilian protection mandates and deployed in changing security contexts. These must have realistic, achievable mandates with specific, clearly defined objectives and the necessary resources to avoid jeopardizing the safety and security of peacekeepers.”
2021-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/415 (2021) · source
“We recognize that humanitarian assistance constitutes a fundamental component of the protection of civilians in armed conflict, and it must be provided in accordance with the principles of the Charter, international law, international humanitarian law and General Assembly resolution 46/182. The guiding principles of humanitarian assistance must be respected, namely, humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence, and provided in accordance with international law and the national laws of the affected countries and with the consent of the receiving States. We reject the manipulation of humanitarian assistance for political purposes. The application and intensification of unilateral coercive measures, in violation of international law, cause serious deprivation and human harm to the very civilians who are intended to be protected.”
2021-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/415 (2021) · source
“It is unacceptable that civilian protection efforts are manipulated to advance the geopolitical interests of certain States and used as an excuse for disregarding and violating the principles of the Charter of the United Nations and interfering in their internal affairs. We strongly condemn the killing of innocent people as well as the indiscriminate and disproportionate use of force against them. The protection of civilians cannot be a pretext for legitimizing military interventions aimed at imposing regime change and overthrowing the political, economic and social order legitimately established in sovereign States.”
2021-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/415 (2021) · source
“It should refrain from supporting military adventures and from resorting to the threat or use of force in the settlement of conflicts. The responsibility for conflict prevention and the protection of civilians lies with States. The international community, the United Nations and regional and subregional bodies can provide constructive assistance, but not replace the role of the affected State. They should support and complement the efforts of national Governments, impartially and unconditionally, when requested to do so, in strict respect for their sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence.”
2021-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/415 (2021) · source
“The challenges we face in ensuring the protection of civilians, particularly in conflict situations, are manifold, including arms transfers to unauthorized non-State actors, an increase in development programmes associated with lethal autonomous weapons systems, the use of military attack drones, increasing military expenditures and the malicious use of information and telecommunications technologies. The resources earmarked for the development of these technologies should contribute to the economic and social development of peoples. The Security Council should fulfil its primary mandate of maintaining international peace and security, promoting respect for international law and the peaceful settlement of disputes.”
2021-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/415 (2021) · source
“The Charter of the United Nations must be strictly complied with, in particular its purposes and principles of non-interference in the internal affairs of States and respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity. We share the concern reflected in the Secretary-General’s latest reports on the protection of civilians in armed conflict, which note that civilians continue to make up the vast majority of victims in conflict situations, targets of indiscriminate attacks and other violations.”
2021-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/415 (2021) · source
“Humankind is facing a complex scenario and colossal challenges. International peace and security are threatened by the increase in conflicts and unconventional warfare, while the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has triggered a crisis with manifold and devastating effects that transcend the area of health and affect the economy, trade and our societies in general. The root causes of conflict must be eradicated, and a just, democratic and equitable international order must be established. The substantial resources allocated to the arms industry should be invested in sustainable development and provide the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development with the necessary means for its implementation.”
2021-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/415 (2021) · source
“She added that the immediate lifting of such unilateral sanctions was an urgent humanitarian matter. The Security Council must stick to its mandate and stop interfering in matters outside its jurisdiction, in particular those concerning the General Assembly, as the most representative and democratic body of the United Nations, whose role includes leading, together with specialized agencies of the United Nations system, such as FAO, international efforts to meet the targets established under SDG 2. In the face of the world’s heightened major challenges, including poverty, food insecurity and hunger, which afflict millions of human beings, it is urgent to strengthen international cooperation, solidarity and multilateralism to guarantee the full and universal realization of the right to food. Cuba is firmly committed to these purposes.”
2021-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/250 (2021) · source
“At the same time, the brutal persecution unleashed by the Government of Donald Trump against Cuba’s fuel supply led to interruptions in the productive cycles of multiple components of the agrifood sector as well as in various crops. The embargo is undoubtedly the main obstacle to economic and social development in my country and to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This unjust and criminal policy is a serious, f lagrant and systemic violation of the human rights of the Cuban people, including the right to food. On 31 March 2020, then-United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food Hilal Ever stated in a communiqué that “the continued imposition of crippling economic sanctions […] severely undermines the fundamental rights of ordinary citizens to sufficient and adequate food”.”
2021-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/250 (2021) · source
“It has had a particularly significant impact on vulnerable sectors like agriculture and food. To give just one example, S/2021/250 between April 2019 and March 2020, damages totalling $428,894,637 could have been avoided had Cuban businesses been able to access the United States market without unjust and illegitimate restrictions. Cuba does not have access to financing through United States banks, or to the international credit system, thanks to the so-called “country risk” due to the implementation of embargo regulations. And neither can we make payments in United States dollars to third parties, all of which heightens the expense and difficulty of normal access to international markets to obtain food and essential basic commodities.”
2021-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/250 (2021) · source
“In July 2020, Cuba adopted its National Plan for Food Sovereignty and Nutrition Education, developed in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). This document envisions four strategic objectives aimed at reducing dependence on importation of food and basic goods, strengthening local food systems, ensuring food quality and safety and mobilizing educational, cultural and communications systems to strengthen food and nutrition education. Ensuring the food security of our people has been a challenge due to the impacts of the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States, more ferocious than ever these past four years, including during the pandemic, together with a policy of unprecedented hostility.”
2021-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/250 (2021) · source
“This complex scenario further dampens hopes for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set out in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, reducing the aims of ending hunger, achieving food security, improving nutrition and promoting sustainable agriculture to nothing more than fantasy for most peoples of the world. It is therefore urgent to undertake profound transformation and instil a just, democratic and equitable international order so we may eradicate the root causes of hunger and inequalities and promote sustainable development for all people, thereby eliminating potential triggers for conflict that impact international peace and security. For Cuba, food security is a priority enshrined in the Constitution of the Republic.”
2021-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/250 (2021) · source
“The persistence of an unjust and unsustainable international order, burdened by decades of unbridled neoliberalism, is at the foundation of the exponential growth in poverty, exclusion, hunger and food insecurity. The proliferation of protectionist policies and speculative practices of big capital driving up food prices, the impact of immense external debt, already repaid several times over, exhausting the resources available to developing countries; unsustainable patterns of production and consumption and their effects through climate change and soil and ecosystem degradation — all these also severely hold back aspirations to achieve food security. In addition, there is the systemic crisis triggered by the devastating coronavirus-disease pandemic, which has worsened living conditions for millions of human beings on the planet.”
2021-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/250 (2021) · source
“At the 1996 World Food Summit, President Fidel Castro Ruz warned that “Hunger, the inseparable companion of the poor, is the daughter of unequal distribution of resources and the injustices of this world. The rich never experience hunger. Millions of people in the world have perished in the fight against hunger and injustice.” Twenty-five years on and the figures are still shocking: almost 690 million human beings suffer from hunger. In 2019 alone, around 750 million people, or almost one out of every 10 people in the world, faced serious levels of food insecurity. Should this trend continue, the number of hungry people will surpass 840 million by 2030. In contrast, it is an outrage that billions of dollars are squandered on military spending instead of being devoted to protecting life.”
2021-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/250 (2021) · source
“No action for political purposes and using false pretexts against Cuba’s medical cooperation will stop our humanist, altruistic and supportive commitment. It is up to the General Assembly, as the most representative and democratic body of the Organization, to assume the central role in coordinating international efforts to address the pandemic and its consequences. The Security Council’s interference in matters outside its competence must cease, particularly those that fall within the mandate of the Assembly and other specialized agencies of the United Nations system, in this case the World Health Organization. The reality facing us concerns us all and requires that we put the will to act and solidarity before inaction and selfishness. Humankind calls for an effective solution.”
2021-02-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/157 (2021) · source
“Our country has achieved positive results in preventing and tackling the pandemic, based on a universal, high-quality and free health system, highly specialized human resources, a robust science and technology innovation system and a renowned biotechnological and pharmaceutical industry. Cuba will be one of the first countries to immunize its entire population against COVID-19, using its own vaccine production and distribution capabilities. At the same time, we have been able to contribute to the fight against the pandemic on all continents. In addition to the medical cooperation already in place in 59 nations, 56 brigades of the Henry Reeve International Contingent were sent to 40 countries and territories.”
2021-02-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/157 (2021) · source
“The United States Government intensified the protracted and genocidal economic, commercial and financial blockade against Cuba with new measures, which have affected the national effort to deal with the pandemic. The emphasis on obstructing our country’s main sources of income, crippling fuel supplies and hampering our trade relations reached a notorious dimension, which ended with the arbitrary and unjustified inclusion of Cuba in the spurious list of State sponsors of terrorism, unilaterally drawn up by the State Department without any legitimacy whatsoever.”
2021-02-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/157 (2021) · source
“Otherwise, we run the risk of exacerbating inequalities, conflicts and political tensions, particularly in developing countries. Due to its severe and multidimensional impact on our societies, the pandemic poses a threat to the sustainable development of peoples and an additional challenge to the fulfilment of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. A deep economic downturn, in which the countries of the South will be the hardest hit, looms ahead. We all are suffering from the global economic downturn, but only some of us bear the additional burden of criminal unilateral coercive measures, in violation of international law and the Charter of the United Nations. The impact of such measures has exacerbated the difficulties facing the countries subject to them in combating the pandemic and on the path to recovery.”
2021-02-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/157 (2021) · source
“COVID-19 has led to the loss of millions of jobs and the worst economic collapse in nine decades. Nevertheless, the world’s 500 richest people experienced the largest growth in their wealth in eight years. Neoliberalism has failed to tackle the pandemic and inequality. There is also an urgent need to implement comprehensive policies that place human beings first, not economic profits or political advantages. It is alarming that only 10 countries have purchased 95 per cent of the vaccines produced against COVID-19, as reported by the World Health Organization in January. A global and joint response is necessary to ensure equitable access to immunization. The international community must work together, based on cooperation and solidarity, to develop effective and affordable vaccines for all.”
2021-02-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/157 (2021) · source
“Seven months after the Security Council adopted resolution 2532 (2020), the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic continues to be a global challenge that has sparked a crisis of manifold and ravaging effects, not only in the area of health but also the economy, trade and our societies at large. The pandemic has exacerbated an international scenario characterized by the fragility of health systems and the hoarding of scientific and technological breakthroughs in the pharmaceutical business and the commercialization of medicine, instead of one that prioritizes human lives and their well-being. The current international order, with its persistent and pronounced disparities among societies and nations, promotes the privileges of the rich while condemning the majority to poverty, food insecurity, underdevelopment and exclusion.”
2021-02-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/157 (2021) · source
“It is the duty of all States to uphold multilateralism and the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, including respect for the sovereign equality of States and their political independence, unity and territorial integrity; the peaceful resolution of conflicts; non-interference in the internal affairs of States and refraining from the use or threat of use of force in international relations.”
2021-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/91 (2021) · source
“We call for the immediate and unconditional end to those arbitrary and illegal measures imposed against sovereign States. Their application in the current juncture creates additional difficulties to confront the pandemic in the countries against which they are enacted. The defence of the right to peace continues to be a paramount priority for Cuba. We support the urgent call of the Secretary-General to put an end to armed conflicts, hostilities and the scourge of war and instead open up opportunities for diplomacy and cooperation. All wars, including unconventional wars and the so- called low-intensity warfare, must cease.”
2021-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/91 (2021) · source
“We support the search for a peaceful and negotiated solution to the situation imposed on Syria, without foreign involvement and with full respect for its sovereignty and territorial integrity. We reaffirm our strongest condemnation of the United States’ sanctions against Syria and the implementation of the Caesar Act, which hampers the reconstruction of that country, especially in the complex scenario of COVID-19, and blatantly violates the Charter of the United Nations, international law and the human rights of the Syrian people. It is inadmissible that some countries experience the application of unilateral coercive measures which violate the human rights of their peoples, international law and the Charter of the United Nations.”
2021-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/91 (2021) · source
“The unilateral decision of the United States Government to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, to establish its diplomatic mission in that city, disrespecting its historical status, as well as recognizing Israel’s sovereignty over the Syrian Golan, constitute serious violations of the Charter of the United Nations, international law and the relevant Security Council resolutions. We call, once again, for the total and unconditional withdrawal of Israel from the Syrian Golan and from all occupied Arab territories. We ratify our full support for the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action with Iran and our rejection of the United States’ withdrawal from the agreement, as well as its attempts to ignore the validity of resolution 2231 (2015), which endorsed the plan.”
2021-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/91 (2021) · source
“We regret the precarious situation in which the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East finds itself as a result of the withdrawal of the United States financial support. The aggressive, unilateral and unjustified actions of the United States in the Middle East severely undermine the legitimate interests of the Arab and Islamic nations and lead to a dangerous escalation in the region. We reiterate our rejection of the so-called deal of the century, drawn up by the previous United States Administration, which ignores the two-State solution, which has been historically supported by the United Nations, the Non-Aligned Movement, the League of Arab States, the Organization for Islamic Cooperation and other international actors.”
2021-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/91 (2021) · source
“We reaffirm our unrestricted support for a comprehensive, just and lasting solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which allows the Palestinian people to exercise their right to self-determination and to have an independent and sovereign State on the pre-1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital, and which guarantees the right of return for the refugees. We express our unwavering solidarity with the Palestinian people and Government and our support for the admission of the State of Palestine as a full member of the United Nations. We also support the Palestinian President’s initiative to hold an international peace conference.”
2021-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/91 (2021) · source