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Rivero Rosario

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2017-01-17
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2019-10-28
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  1. “The withdrawal of the United States from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on the Iranian nuclear programme, the increase in the number of unilateral sanctions and the military threat against the Islamic Republic of Iran have all led to greater instability in the Middle East. We condemn the attacks on two oil facilities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. We call for restraint and moderation so as to prevent instability and conflict in the Middle East. We demand that this organ fulfil its responsibility under the Charter of the United Nations for the maintenance of international peace and security.”

    2019-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8648 (2019) · source

  2. “We reiterate our strong condemnation of the decision by the United States Government to recognize the occupied Syrian Golan as Israeli territory, which is a grave and flagrant violation of the Charter of the United Nations, international law and the relevant resolutions of the Security Council, in particular 497 (1981). We will continue to support the demands of the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic to recover the Golan Heights, and again call for Israel's total and unconditional withdrawal from the Syrian Golan and all occupied Arab territories. We express our firm rejection of the application of new, arbitrary and unjust unilateral coercive economic measures announced by the Government of the United States against the Islamic Republic of Iran.”

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  3. “We reiterate our rejection of the so-called deal of the century drawn up by the current United States Government, which does not envision the creation of a State of Palestine and ignores the two-State solution, which has received the historical support of the United Nations, NAM, the League of Arab States, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and other international stakeholders. We call for respect for multilateralism and an end to the use of double standards and to interference in domestic affairs, foreign aggression, illicit arms trafficking and the sponsorship of terrorist groups in the region.”

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  4. “We reject the unilateral action by the United States Government in recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and establishing its diplomatic representation in that city, without regard to its historical status. We condemn the cutting off of financial support to United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, as well as all unilateral measures aimed at undermining the two-State solution, which is the only viable and realistic solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.”

    2019-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8648 (2019) · source

  5. “International peace and security must be safeguarded, and we must ensure compliance by Israel with international law, including humanitarian law and international human rights law, and with all the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and of the Council, particularly the aforementioned resolution 2334 (2016). We reiterate our unconditional support for a just, comprehensive and lasting solution to the Israeli- Palestinian conflict that will make it possible for the Palestinian people to exercise their right to self- determination and live in an independent, sovereign State, within pre-1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital, and that guarantees the right of return of refugees.”

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  6. “We call once again upon the Security Council to demand an immediate end to the occupation of Palestinian territory and to Israel's aggressive and colonization policies, in accordance with the resolutions adopted on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, particularity resolution 2334 (2016). It is unacceptable that the Security Council has not even condemned the escalation of violence or the tragic events in the Gaza Strip since 30 March 2018. The repeated obstruction of the United States, which is complicit with Israel's occupation and aggression, is a discredit to this body. The international community cannot remain silent.”

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  7. “Cuba condemns the Israeli occupation ofPalestinian territory and all illegal and colonization policies, practices and measures, including the construction and expansion of Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territory, punitive demolitions, seizures of Palestinian structures by the Israeli authorities, the forced displacement of hundreds of Palestinian civilians, the blockade of the Gaza Strip and the increased violence and use of indiscriminate and disproportionate force against Palestinian civilians, in flagrant violation of the Charter of the United Nations and international humanitarian law.”

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  8. “Since the previous quarterly open debate on the Middle East, including the situation in Palestine (see S/PV.8583), far from taking measures to immediately and completely put an end to the illegal Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory, Israel has with impunity continued to expand settlements in occupied areas and has threatened to annex the Palestinian territories of the Jordan Valley in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. These fresh actions are serious and troubling.”

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  9. “Mr. Rivero Rosario (Cuba) (Spoke in Spanish): I wish to begin by expressing our delegation's gratitude for South Africa's exemplary leadership of the work of the Security Council as President of the Council for the month of October. We take this opportunity to welcome the presence of Mrs. Pandor, Minister for International Relations and Cooperation of the Republic of South Africa. We welcome also the Secretary of State of the Federal Foreign Office of Germany. We align ourselves the statement made by the representative of the Republic of Azerbaijan on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries (NAM).”

    2019-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8648 (2019) · source

  10. “The Council must promote international assistance and cooperation for the creation and strengthening of national capacities for States that request it, as well as the exchange of experiences in the fight against terrorism and organized crime, based on mutual respect. We firmly reject the double standards, political selectivity and unilateral acts of certain States in seeking to corroborate conduct and draw up politically motivated lists that run contrary to international law, as well as in waving the banner of a supposed fight against terrorism and organized crime to commit acts of aggression, undermine national sovereignty and interfere in the internal affairs of other States.”

    2019-07-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8569 (2019) · source

  11. “The fight against the scourge of terrorism and organized crime must take place in accordance with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and international law. The Security Council must not undermine the mandate, functions and prerogatives of other organs in the United Nations system, which have the capacity to provide effective and coordinated responses to those scourges. In order to prevent and combat terrorism and organized crime in all its forms and manifestations, the Council should first and foremost fulfil its responsibility to maintain international peace and security by addressing the root causes of conflicts.”

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  12. “It ignores our country's zero-tolerance policy on human trafficking and hides the outcomes of the exchanges that took place between both countries for five consecutive years to share information and cooperate on those issues. As has been shown, the defamatory campaigns against Cuba, which have uncontrollably superimposed each other, serve to justify the hostility of the current Government of the United States against Cuba and the ever-increasing unilateral measures of blockade and economic coercion aimed at deteriorating the standards of living of our people, limiting financial flows into the country, hindering supplies, undermining our production processes and damaging our social services. All of that forms part of the relentless economic war that has been imposed on us over the past 60 years.”

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  13. “We reject in the most absolute terms our being included in the worst category in the 2019 Traficking in Persons Report of the United States Department of State. It is well known that that unilateral report, without any legitimacy or international recognition, aims to fulfil an objective ofpolitical manipulation as a weapon to apply pressure against other States and, devoid of respect, consideration or any attachment to international efforts to combat trafficking in persons. It deliberately disregards the exemplary and comprehensive work carried out by Cuba in the prevention and tackling of, and the response to, that scourge.”

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  14. “Two other operations were neutralized within our national waters, with a further four foreign drug traffickers being captured. We also neutralized 49 operations organized by criminal networks attempting to introduce drugs across our airspace border. In respect of trafficking in persons, Cuba has in place a national action plan for the prevention and tackling of trafficking in persons and the protection of victims for the period 2017 to 2020. The incidence ofthat scourge in our country is very low thanks to our social achievements and citizen security, equal opportunities, policies and programmes aimed at the empowerment of women, as well as the political will and prioritized level of care from the State and the Cuban Government in preventing and tackling this scourge in all of its manifestations with a view to protecting the victims.”

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  15. “Cuba works hard to avoid its national territory being used as a site for the storage, stockpiling, transit or destination of illicit drugs, implementing a strategy of prevention and combating the illegal use and trafficking of drugs, while strengthening the level of coordination among our national institutions with the active participation of communities and civil society organizations. As a result ofthose efforts, in 2018 Cuba seized 2,438 kilograms of drugs, the majority of which were seized at maritime ports as part of international drug trafficking operations and were not destined for our island. Two attempts to introduce drugs into the country by speedboat were uncovered and thwarted, resulting in four people being detained.”

    2019-07-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8569 (2019) · source

  16. “As a result, it has been recognized at the international level that the work of our country is "substantially effective" in the areas of supervision, people and legal structures, confiscation, investigation and prosecution of terrorist financing, financial sanctions and preventive measures of terrorism financing. With regard to the various manifestations of organized crime, Cuba has also adopted a firm, principled position and a zero-tolerance policy, particularly in relation to the production, consumption and trafficking of drugs as well as human trafficking, preventing and sanctioning all those illegal activities in accordance with our national legislation and thereby preventing, through the adopted measures I mentioned, the financing of terrorism.”

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  17. “We have developed a specific criminal standard to address criminal acts of a terrorist nature - Law 93 against acts of terrorism e as well as criminal legislation that criminalizes offences of money-laundering and terrorism financing. Cuba's determination and institutional capacity to prevent money-laundering and terrorism financing has been recognized by the Financial Action Task Force of Latin America (GAFILAT) on several occasions. The Mutual Evaluation Report of the Republic of Cuba, which was carried out within the framework of GAFILAT, points out that the general risk of money- laundering in the country is low. It also highlighted the inter-institutional coordination and cooperation existing at all levels in Cuba and the updated legal framework to combat this scourge.”

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  18. “Our country - for decades a victim of State-sponsored terrorism from abroad - condemns all terrorist acts, methods and practices in all forms and manifestations, whatever their motivation. The revolutionary Government of Cuba has reiterated that it has never allowed, or will it ever allow, its national territory to be used for the realization, planning or financing of acts of terrorism against any other State, without exception. As proof of that stance, Cuba has committed to 18 international conventions on terrorism. We have put into effect legislative, institutional, administrative and other measures to prevent and punish all terrorist acts and activities.”

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  19. “Mr. Rivero Rosario (Cuba) (spoke in Spanish): The achievements of the Cuban revolution and our country's commitment to preventing and confronting terrorism, as well as preventing and combating the various manifestations of transnational organized crime that may contribute to terrorism financing, have succeeded in making Cuba an unappealing place for such activity. The nature and scope of the terrorism-crime nexus, which has been recognized by the Council and may serve as a source of funding or logistical support for terrorism, varies according to context. In the case of Cuba, that nexus does not bear a significant reflection as in other countries and regions around the world.”

    2019-07-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8569 (2019) · source

  20. “Peace in Syria can be achieved only through respect for the right of the Syrian people to decide their own fate without foreign interference and impositions. We support the Syrian people and their aspirations to live in peace and choose their own destiny. To conclude, we reiterate our support for a comprehensive, just and lasting solution to the conflicts in the Middle East, which will make it possible to safeguard the sovereignty, security and territorial integrity of all States in the region.”

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  21. “We condemn all of the acts of Violence against the civilian population in Syria. We call for a halt to the violations of Syrian sovereignty and the foreign military presence that are not subject to the consent of and coordination of operations by the Syrian Government, the only legitimately elected authority in Syria. A political solution - reached through dialogue and negotiations and without preconditions - is the only Viable way out of the conflict in Syria. In that vein, we welcome the adoption by the Security Council on 31 December 2016 ofresolution 2336 (2016), negotiated by Russia and Turkey, which supports the ceasefire in Syria, as well as the re-opening of direct political negotiations between the Syrian Government and the armed opposition, which will take place at the end of January in Astana.”

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  22. “It cannot be overlooked that those who urge the General Assembly to pronounce itself on alleged and unrecognized crimes committed in Syria do not urge the Assembly to rule on the inclusion of the State of Palestine as a full-fledged Member of the United Nations or to review the crimes committed against the Palestinian people. Those who have fuelled the conflict in Syria - by providing weapons and financing and sponsorship to terrorist groups from the outside - are responsible for the thousands of civilians who have fallen victim to the conflict and the humanitarian situation. We reject the promotion of an interventionist agenda as a means of solving the crisis in Syria. Cuba deeply deplores and mourns the loss of innocent lives as a consequence of the situation.”

    2017-01-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7863 (2017) · source

  23. “We also support the admission of Palestine as a full-fledged Member of the Organization. We reiterate our call to the Security Council to take action to that end. That would undoubtedly be another step on the right path. If it is not done, the General Assembly should act with full determination to decide on the case. As on other occasions, we reiterate our condemnation of the politicization of the Syrian crisis and the manipulation of the humanitarian situation and of the suffering of the Syrian people, which suits the dominating geopolitical interests of countries thatpursue the declared objective of imposing a regime change in Syria. We also condemn the double standard. It cannot be repeated often enough that those who speak against Syria all too often forget the major humanitarian needs of the besieged Gaza Strip.”

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  24. “Until the Security Council takes on its responsibility and implements not only resolution 2334 (2016) but also additional concrete actions that contribute to the search for effective solutions to the conflict, Israel will continue to entrench the occupation, making the two-State solution inviable and preventing a fair and peaceful solution to it. We call again on the international community to take a firm and principled stand that will address all the illegal actions of Israel against the Palestinian people and its property, before it is too late. We reiterate that the only possible solution to the question of Palestine is the peaceful coexistence of two independent States, with the establishment of an independent, sovereign and viable State of Palestine, with its capital in East Jerusalem and respecting the pre-1967 borders.”

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  25. “We call once again on the Security Council to adopt the necessary decisions and demand that Israel put an immediate end to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory and other Arab territories; an end to the blockade of the Gaza Strip, which has gone on for more than 10 years and where 2 million Palestinians are being collectively punished and besieged, threatened and exposed to extreme deprivation and isolation, which has resulted in a serious humanitarian crisis; an end to the building and expansion of Israeli settlements and the separation wall in occupied Palestinian territory; an end to the destruction and confiscation of Palestinian lands and property; and an end to the forced displacement and the transfer of settlers to occupied Palestinian territory, among other violations of international law, international humanitarian law, human rights, the rights of the Palestinian people and United Nations resolutions.”

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  26. “That resolution reaffirmed, inter alia, the illegality of Israeli settlement activities and reiterated the call for Israel to immediately and fully cease from all settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, in accordance with international law. However, while the resolution is a step in the right direction, it is still not enough. This year is the fiftieth anniversary of the Israeli occupation of Palestine, which marks 50 years of systematic abuses, acts of aggression, killings and human rights violations. As an international community we owe a debt to the Palestinian people. It is time to break the silence and the stalemate that have led to the suffering of the Palestinian people of abuse and to put an end to the impunity of Israel's criminal actions against Palestine.”

    2017-01-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7863 (2017) · source

  27. “Mr. Rivero Rosario (Cuba) (spoke in Spanish): The situation in the Middle East continues to be very complex and to be marked by instability and insecurity. The Palestinian people continue to suffer the illegal foreign occupation of Israel and suffer under Israeli policies and practices, in serious violation of international law, including international humanitarian law and human rights. We welcome the adoption of resolution 2334 (2016), in accordance with the Security Council's primary role in the maintaining international peace and security, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations.”

    2017-01-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7863 (2017) · source