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1. “Africa spends more money on debt servicing than on health and education combined - this in a world in which official development assistance represents only 0.22 per cent of gross national product, the lowest level in the last 10 years. We reiterate that the foreign debt of African countries must be canceled, without conditions or demands. That debt has already been paid off more than once. Another serious threat to sustainable development in Africa is HIV/AIDS. Two out of three people infected with HIV/AIDS, and nine out of 10 people who die of AIDS in the world, live in Africa. There are as many deaths due to AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa as would result from the dropping in that region of more than 70 nuclear bombs such as the ones used against Hiroshima and Nagasaki.”

   2002-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4460Resumption1 (2002) · source

2. “Africa has an illiteracy rate of 41 per cent - the highest in the world. It has only 1.8 per cent of the world's telephones, 1.3 per cent of its computers and 0.6 per cent of its Internet users- and half of the latter are concentrated in a single country. How could one expect that, in such a situation, the continent would be able effectively to face the challenges posed by a global economy which is increasingly knowledge- based? Africa is the only region in the world with declining school attendance; 100 million African children never go to school. In addition, Africa's debt accounts for 110 per cent of its gross national product. Indeed, since 1985 the International Monetary Fund has received more funds from sub-Saharan Africa than it has lent to it, and that trend continues to intensify.”

   2002-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4460Resumption1 (2002) · source

3. “It is an indisputable fact that there are more armed conflicts in Africa than in any other continent. Twenty per cent of Africans live in countries severely affected by conflicts. More than a half of the deaths caused by war in the world take place in Africa, where there are also millions of refugees and displaced persons. The proportion of people living in extreme poverty continues to grow in Africa, with nearly 50 per cent of its population living on less than a dollar per day. Thirty-four of the 49 least developed countries are located on the continent. While Africa accounts for 18.5 per cent of the world's population and has vast natural resources, its share of the world's gross national product is merely 1 per cent, and its share of global trade is only 2 per cent.”

   2002-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4460Resumption1 (2002) · source

4. “The quest for peace and security requires development and the elimination of poverty. There can be no peace without development and no development without peace. Nor do the current working methods and composition of the Security Council - a body in which the developing countries, including the African nations, are severely underrepresented - contribute to giving effective attention to the African problems. How can it be explained that Africa, whose conflicts occupy most of the Council's agenda, does not have a single representative among its permanent members? That is one of the reasons why we insist on a thorough and urgent reform of the Security Council. The report of the Secretary-General to the Millennium Summit states that most of today's wars take place in the developing world.”

   2002-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4460Resumption1 (2002) · source

5. “We appreciate the recent attempts of the Security Council to gain a better understanding of conflicts in Africa. More debates on this issue are taking place, more missions are being sent to the field, and direct contacts are being held more often with the main protagonists of the conflicts, through private or public meetings. Furthermore, African conflict-settlement mechanisms have been developing in recent years, and, though it is still insufficient, cooperation has increased among the United Nations, the OAU and subregional organizations in Africa. However, much remains to be done. It is a cause for concern that, despite what is reiterated in debates and stated in resolutions, the emphasis continues to be placed on reaction to conflicts, not prevention.”

   2002-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4460Resumption1 (2002) · source

6. “What it requires are not recipes or adjustment programmes, but rather financial resources, official development assistance, debt forgiveness and the support of the United Nations. Debates such as the one we are holding today are undoubtedly valuable. At the same time, it is clear that the attention given to the situation in Africa goes well beyond the exclusive jurisdiction of the Security Council and extends to other bodies both inside and outside the United Nations. The Presidents of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council should be permanently invited to take part in these debates, since both bodies include attention to the situation in Africa as an important item on their agendas. We would also like to welcome the presence of Ambassador Ivan Simonovie, President of the Economic and Social Council, at this meeting.”

   2002-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4460Resumption1 (2002) · source

7. “Mr. Rodriguez Parrilla (Cuba) (spoke in Spanish): We feel very honoured by your presence among us, Mr. President, and extend to you our warmest welcome. I would like to take this opportunity to commend Ambassador J agdish Koonjul and his team for the excellent way in which they have led the work of the Security Council over the month. In addition, we would like to thank the Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), Amara Essy, for his participation and valuable presentation at the beginning of this debate. There is much wisdom and experience among the leaders and representatives of Africa. No one knows their problems better than they, and no one is in a better position to determine the best solutions. Africa does not need lessons; rather, it needs economic development.”

   2002-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4460Resumption1 (2002) · source

8. “The very least the Council can do tonight, given the extreme gravity of the current circumstances, is to adopt the draft resolution submitted by Tunisia and Egypt. As has been said, veto number 24 will be exercised this morning. Cuba reaffirms its solidarity with Palestine in its struggle to establish an independent and sovereign State, with East Jerusalem as its capital, and for the return of all occupied Arab territories.”

   2001-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4438 (2001) · source

9. “However, these acts must not be used as a pretext to question the legitimacy of the struggle of the Palestinian people against foreign occupation. Israel must comply with all Security Council and General Assembly resolutions on the question of Palestine and the situation in the Middle East, including Security Council resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973). Israel must forthwith shoulder its obligations and responsibilities under the Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War. Israel must immediately resume negotiations with the Palestinian Authority. The Security Council must urgently deploy an international observer force to protect Palestinian civilians and the United Nations must assume a real and effective role in ensuring impartiality in the negotiations.”

   2001-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4438 (2001) · source

10. “The war against Palestinian civilians and the unbridled State terrorism carried out by Israel, including extrajudicial executions, must cease immediately. The flagrant, massive and systematic violation of the human rights of the Palestinian people, including their right to life, and of international humanitarian law must be halted. Repression, torture and the destruction of homes must stop. The illegal occupation of the Palestinian territories must end. Innocent Israeli civilians are also the unfortunate victims of this spiral of violence and terror brought on by the policies of their Government. Once again, we energetically condemn the suicide bombings, as well as any terrorist act in any form, wherever and by whomever it may be committed.”

    2001-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4438 (2001) · source

11. “Without the United States' financial support and provision of the aircraft, helicopters and missiles with which Palestinian civilians are being killed, this war would not be taking place. Without the tragic paradox by which a permanent member of the Council can, through its veto, prevent the Security Council from acting to stop this war, end the occupation that underlies it and protect the Palestinian people through the deployment of an international force, this meeting would not be taking place. The recent history of the Middle East would be different without the 23 public vetoes that have been exercised by the United States, its numerous threats to use the veto with which it has paralysed the Council and the intense pressure it exerts in this area.”

    2001-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4438 (2001) · source

12. “Mr. Rodriguez Parrilla (Cuba) (spoke in Spanish): Once again, the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories has brought us to the Security Council. This is a real war in which an occupying army, equipped with weapons of the latest technology, is decimating a heroic and defenceless people. The root cause of this situation is to be found in Israel's ongoing challenge of and non-compliance with the numerous resolutions of the General Assembly, this Council and other United Nations bodies, aimed at achieving a definitive, just and lasting solution to the Palestinian question and, by extension, that of the entire Middle East. The reason why this disdain can be expressed with absolute impunity lies in the active support of the United States for Israel's policy.”

    2001-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4438 (2001) · source

13. “The least that the Security Council could do today in the critical circumstances in the Middle East is to adopt the draft resolution that has been prepared.”

    2001-08-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4357Resumption2 (2001) · source

14. “Moreover, tanks, missiles, aircraft and all kinds of weapons are provided by the United States to Israel, means that are then used for action against innocent Palestinian people. Accordingly, a permanent member has become a de facto accomplice to the escalation of violence and killing in the world's most massive, flagrant and systematic violation of human rights today, which is occurring in the occupied Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem, without that member's suffering any consequences whatsoever. There is no justification for the continued delay in the establishment by the United Nations of a protection force or other similar impartial machinery that could protect innocent Palestinian people and monitor the situation on the ground.”

    2001-08-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4357Resumption2 (2001) · source

15. “The most recent example occurred on 27 March, when after countless delaying tactics, the United States vetoed a draft resolution submitted by the Non-Aligned Movement caucus in the Council, which, among other things, called for an immediate cessation of violence and the return to the positions and agreements existing before September 2000 and presented a formula that would eventually make it possible to establish some machinery to protect Palestinian civilians. But there are many other examples. A total of 23 vetoes have been imposed by the United States on draft resolutions submitted in the Security Council on the question of Palestine since 1973, and everything suggests that the list will continue to grow.”

    2001-08-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4357Resumption2 (2001) · source

16. “Despite the fact that debates in the Council have made it very clear that it is the wish of the international community that this body assume its responsibilities under the Charter of the United Nations, the Council has virtually taken no practical steps - although in other situations it acts surprisingly fast. While innocent civilians, including children, die, are wounded and oppressed on a daily basis and the provisions of the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War are violated, the United States has blocked every effort that has been made to send an international force to protect Palestinian civilians.”

    2001-08-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4357Resumption2 (2001) · source

17. “Cuba considers the heroic struggle of the Palestinian people against Israel's occupation and aggression to be legitimate and unquestionable. We heartily support the intifada. We condemn suicide bomb attacks against innocent Israeli civilians, acts which have clearly been rejected by the Palestinian National Authority. At the same time, we oppose the manipulation of such isolated acts to question the exercise of self-defence by the Palestinian people. The resolutions that the Security Council has managed to adopt on this issue- the most recent being resolution 1322 (2000), which was adopted on 7 October 2000 - have been flagrantly ignored by Israel, without the Council taking any action.”

    2001-08-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4357Resumption2 (2001) · source

18. “It is increasingly clear that the causes of the current escalation are to be found in the ongoing occupation by Israel of Palestinian territory and in the non-compliance with the agreements adopted as part of the peace process, including resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973). As long as this situation persists, the cycle of Violence will inevitably continue. The recent occupation of Orient House and the incursion of troops and equipment into the town of Jenin, among other examples, are also serious actions that run contrary to the Oslo agreements. Despite the widespread condemnation of the international community, Israel continues to carry out so-called extrajudicial killings as a matter of policy, in violation of the most fundamental norms of international law.”

    2001-08-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4357Resumption2 (2001) · source

19. “Mr. Rodriguez Parrilla (Cuba) (spoke in Spanish): Yesterday, I had the opportunity to greet you, Mr. President, in my capacity as the Acting Chairman of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. It is now my pleasure to greet you once again, on behalf of Cuba. This is the fifth time that the Security Council has held a public debate on the escalation of violence in the occupied Palestinian territories - including East Jerusalem - since the provocative visit by the Israeli Prime Minister to Al-Haram Al-Sharif on 28 September 2000.”

    2001-08-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4357Resumption2 (2001) · source

20. “Today, we call again upon the Government of Israel to respect and live up to the principles of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, and the provisions of all relevant Security Council and General Assembly resolutions. The Committee has repeatedly put forward its position with respect to the situation on the ground and the threat it poses to international peace and security, and with respect to the stalemate in the peace negotiations, the deteriorating humanitarian situation and the deplorable state of the Palestinian economy. I would like to conclude by urging the members of the Council to face the challenges before us and come up swiftly with concrete and decisive steps aimed at addressing the present crisis in the Middle East.”

    2001-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4357Resumption1 (2001) · source

21. “The Committee is of the view that a permanent-status agreement, long overdue, should be finally reached on the basis of Security Council resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973). Only once there is a sovereign Palestinian State, with guaranteed and safe borders, will there be peace. Only then will the two neighbouring peoples - the Israelis and the Palestinians - be able to enjoy security and prosperity and embark on building their relationship for the future. For over a quarter of a century now, our Committee has been reiterating that the core of the problem has been the continuing illegal occupation by Israel of the Palestinian territory.”

    2001-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4357Resumption1 (2001) · source

22. “They need the assistance of the international community and this Council, which has been given the primary responsibility in the area of international peace and security. Although all the elements are present, the Council has on numerous occasions failed to take any tangible action. We believe that the Mitchell Committee report and its recommendations should be implemented in their entirety. A framework for their implementation should be established within a reasonable time span and with international community monitoring the compliance of both parties. Negotiations on security, as well as consideration of the interim and permanent status issues, should be revived as a matter of urgency.”

    2001-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4357Resumption1 (2001) · source

23. “However, the unrealistic proposition that all violence cease before the cooling-off period starts and negotiations resume has brought us to the current critical situation. The recent violations by Israel of international law and provisions of its agreements with the Palestinian side prove again that it has not been able to embrace fully and unequivocally the fundamental principle of "land for peace" and apply in practice the commitments and obligations it made at Madrid and Oslo. For some time, we have been discussing ways of helping the parties out of the maze of the present crisis. Obviously, the two sides - already left to their own devices for too long - cannot achieve a breakthrough now.”

    2001-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4357Resumption1 (2001) · source

24. “What we hear as an excuse, obviously unacceptable, is that these measures are taken in response to the continuing violence on the part of the Palestinians, including suicide bombings in Israeli cities. We are certainly strongly opposed to any actions resulting in the loss of life - Israeli or Palestinian. After 34 years of occupation and with no prospect for a better future, with promises for a peace settlement shattered, the Palestinian people are left completely defenceless and vulnerable to arbitrary and excessively harsh actions by the Israeli military. Only a couple of months ago, the recommendations made by the Mitchell Committee seemed to offer a way out of the impasse.”

    2001-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4357Resumption1 (2001) · source

25. “Three days later, in a massive offensive-like operation involving tanks, armoured personnel carriers and bulldozers, supported by helicopter gunships, the Israeli Defence Forces invaded the West Bank town of Jenin and is now apparently set to do the same in Beit Jalla and Bethlehem - all "A" areas under full Palestinian control. Israel continues to use sophisticated weapons, such as missiles and helicopter gunships, in the extrajudicial killing of suspected Palestinian militants. The death toll is rising - now totalling more than 700 people, some 550 of them Palestinian. The Palestinian economy is decimated and the infrastructure of the occupied Palestinian territory has been further eroded.”

    2001-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4357Resumption1 (2001) · source

26. “From what we have witnessed in the past several days, it appears that Israel has no intentions of abiding by agreements signed with the Palestinian side and has firmly decided on wide-scale military operations in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, as well as in areas under full control of the Palestinian Authority. The latest and most striking incidents include the takeover of Orient House and other Palestinian institutions in East Jerusalem and Abu Dis. Besides being a blatant provocation, the Israeli flag triumphantly hoisted on the roof of this Palestinian institution was a vivid example of this policy.”

    2001-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4357Resumption1 (2001) · source

27. “President, as well as to other members of the Council, for having given me the opportunity in my capacity as Acting Chairman of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People to participate in this important debate on the critical escalation of violence in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem. The Committee is extremely worried by the latest dramatic escalation of tensions and violence in and around East Jerusalem and in areas under full Palestinian control.”

    2001-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4357Resumption1 (2001) · source

28. “First, I wish to congratulate you warmly, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of August. I am confident that under your able leadership, the work of the Council will be carried out in a constructive and an efficient manner. I also take this opportunity to congratulate your predecessor, Ambassador Wang Yingfan, Permanent Representative of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations, on the exemplary manner in which he steered the work of the Council during the month of July. I am grateful to you, Mr.”

    2001-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4357Resumption1 (2001) · source

29. “Cuba commends the position held by the Security Council members who are also members of the Non- Aligned Movement, as well as of the other Council members who have been making sincere efforts to try to have this Council fulfil its duties. Cuba calls on the Security Council to act without further delay and in accordance with the seriousness of this crisis and its serious responsibilities. This body must immediately establish an observer force to protect the civilian Palestinian population. It must urge Israel to immediately cease its use of force and to implement the many resolutions on the question of the Middle East adopted by the Security Council and the General Assembly. This is the only path to a just and lasting peace.”

    2001-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295Resumption2 (2001) · source

30. “Hypocrisy and double standards continue to prevail, sheltered by the anachronistic and antidemocratic privilege of the veto. As long as the United Nations does not assume the direct and irreplaceable responsibility assigned to it by the Charter and by the will of the international community, and as long as it is hegemonic and narrow domestic policy objectives that determine the course of negotiations, there will not be peace. Nor will there be peace if the Israeli Government does not change its policy of colonial occupation and its flagrant, massive and systematic violation of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, and if it refuses to continue the negotiation process and to fulfil the commitments undertaken.”

    2001-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295Resumption2 (2001) · source

31. “It is striking how some Council members, so ready to promote the idea of deploying humanitarian intervention, with or without Security Council authorization, when they decide that human rights situations must be remedied, in this case work to avoid enabling the Council or the General Assembly to act in exercise of the powers conferred on them by the Charter. Nothing could better illustrate what interests are actually served by the calls for humanitarian intervention. We all know why a different standard is applied in the case of Israel. This is the typical case of what happens when the United States, a permanent member of the Security Council and an ally of Israel, looking after its national interests, arbitrarily uses its privileges.”

    2001-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295Resumption2 (2001) · source

32. “A just and lasting peace cannot be achieved in the Middle East until the Palestinian people exercise their legitimate right to establish an independent State with East Jerusalem as its capital, until all the occupied Arab territories are returned, and until Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and the Syrian Golan to the 4 June 1967 border. There will not be a lasting peace until the provocations in southern Lebanon end, until all Arabs arbitrarily and unjustly imprisoned, detained and frequently tortured in Israeli prisons are released, and until the illegal Israeli settlements are dismantled pursuant to Security Council resolution 465 (1980).”

    2001-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295Resumption2 (2001) · source

33. “At the Security Council meeting held on 10 November, the President of the Palestinian National Authority described in detail the deterioration of the situation and clearly explained the reasons for which an observer mission of protection should be immediately deployed. My delegation wishes to reiterate once again the need to deploy the observer force as soon as possible. The Israeli policies and practices that deny the legitimate needs and aspirations of the Palestinian people will never be compatible with a legitimate peace process, based on Security Council resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973).”

    2001-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295Resumption2 (2001) · source

34. “Over 400 dead and several thousand injured, the large majority being innocent Palestinian civilians, clearly reflect the tragic human cost of these almost six months of violence, begun as a result of the provocative visit of 28 September to Al- Haram al-Sharif. The border closures of the Palestinian territories and other acts with serious economic consequences are also flagrant violations of the human rights of the Palestinian population, which should be severely condemned. The Palestinian National Authority requires the urgent assistance of the international community to avoid economic collapse. If Israel had complied with the many Security Council resolutions on the question of Palestine, the critical situation we are witnessing today in occupied territories would not be taking place now.”

    2001-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295Resumption2 (2001) · source

35. “The Economic and Social Council adopted a resolution on Palestine, which is contained in the report of the Human Rights Commission. Furthermore, the Secretary-General has also continued his tireless efforts in the search for solutions to the present crisis. Nonetheless, it is very frustrating to acknowledge the fact that despite all these efforts, Israeli aggression continues. The Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 continues to be trampled; the excessive and indiscriminate use of force does not stop; and every day new Palestinian victims increase the martyrology of that suffering people.”

    2001-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295Resumption2 (2001) · source

36. “Mr. Rodriguez Parrilla (Cuba) (spoke in Spanish): I wish to congratulate Ukraine and you, Mr. President, and to wish you every success in your presidency. I also wish to recognize the efficient presidency of Tunisia. We are discussing one of the most complicated and recurrent items on the Security Council agenda. Dozens of resolutions have been adopted that clearly establish the will of the majority of Member States to move towards a definitive and just solution of the item. Just recently, to mention a few examples, Security Council resolution 1322 (2000) and General Assembly resolution ES-10/7 were adopted, which condemned the excessive use of force by the Israeli armed forces and called for the implementation of resolution 1322 (2000). The Human Rights Commission adopted a resolution in this regard on 19 October 2000.”

    2001-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295Resumption2 (2001) · source

37. “Hypocrisy and double standards reign, protected by the obsolete and anti-democratic privilege of the veto. Cuba supports the position of Council members that are also members of the Non-Aligned Movement and of other members of the Security Council that have been making sincere efforts to ensure that the Council shoulder its responsibilities. Cuba calls upon the Security Council to act without further delay, in a way commensurate with the situation and with its lofty responsibilities. The Council should immediately set up an observer force to protect Palestinian civilians. It should demand that Israel halt its acts of force and implement the many Security Council and General Assembly resolutions on the question of the Middle East. That is the only path leading to a just and lasting peace.”

    2000-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4231 (2000) · source

38. “It is interesting to note how some Council members - so eager to promote the notion of carrying out "humanitarian intervention" with or without Security Council authorization whenever they decide that there is a worrying human rights situation to be remedied - have lost all their enthusiasm in this case and are manoeuvring to stop the Security Council and the General Assembly from using their powers under the Charter. There could be no better illustration of the interests that so-called humanitarian interventions really serve. Everybody knows that a different standard applies to Israel. This is a typical case of what happens when the United States, a permanent member of the Security Council and Israel's ally, seeks to further its national interests by making arbitrary use of its powers and prerogatives.”

    2000-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4231 (2000) · source

39. “There will be no lasting peace until provocations in southern Lebanon cease, until Arab prisoners and detainees are released from Israeli jails, and until Israeli settlements are removed in conformity with resolution 465 (1980). I shall now make a statement in my capacity as representative of the Republic of Cuba. We hail the President of the Security Council for the month of October, the representative of Namibia, for the effective manner in which he guided the important work of the Council during his presidency.”

    2000-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4231 (2000) · source

40. “At the private meeting of the Security Council held on 10 November, the President of the Palestinian Authority described in detail the deteriorating situation on the ground and clearly set out the reasons why a protection force of observers needed to be deployed immediately. Israeli practices and policies denying the legitimate needs and aspirations of the Palestinian people will never be compatible with a legitimate peace process based on resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973). There can be no just and lasting peace in the Middle East until the Palestinian people exercise their legitimate right to establish an independent State with its capital in East Jerusalem, until all the occupied Arab territories are returned, and until Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and the Syrian Golan, to the lines of 4 June 1967.”

    2000-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4231 (2000) · source

41. “Serious violations of the Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, continue. In earlier Council debates on this item, many delegations spoke of the shocking images seen by all of the murder of the child Mohammed Al-Durra. Since then, many other children and other innocent civilians have died. In the two months of violence that resulted from the provocative visit to Al-Haram Al-Sharif on 28 September, there have been more than 270 deaths and 7,000 casualties, the vast majority of them Palestinians. Had Israel implemented the many Security Council and General Assembly resolutions on the question of Palestine, we would not now be witnessing the current critical situation in the occupied territories.”

    2000-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4231 (2000) · source

42. “Inter alia, the Assembly condemned the excessive use of force by the Israeli forces and called upon the members of the Security Council to follow the situation closely, including the implementation of resolution 1322 (2000). Furthermore, the Economic and Social Council voted today to endorse the 9 October decision of the Commission on Human Rights. The Secretary-General too has played and continues to play a very important role in the search for a solution to the crisis. The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People hails his efforts and urges that they continue. Yet the use of force has increased rather than declining. In recent days, Israeli occupation forces have stepped up their activities against the Palestinian population, launching massive air, sea and land attacks.”

    2000-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4231 (2000) · source

43. “Mr. Rodriguez Parrilla (Cuba) (spoke in Spanish): I shall speak first in my capacity as Acting Chairman of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. Dozens of resolutions have been adopted, clearly reflecting the will of the majority. Recent examples include the Council's own resolution 1322 (2000) and General Assembly resolution ES-10/7. The Arab summit held in Egypt on 21 and 22 October 2000 expressed itself on this matter, and on 19 October the Commission on Human Rights adopted its resolutions S-5/1 on the subject. There was no alternative but to resume the tenth emergency special session of the General Assembly, which adopted its resolution ES-10/7 on 20 October.”

    2000-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4231 (2000) · source

44. “If humankind's conscience is reflected in actions by Governments, if other international protagonists participate responsibly, if developed countries act altruistically, if it is understood that there will be no peace or development without peace and development in Africa and that in a globalized world the only future that can be built is a common one, then the fight against AIDS will be possible.”

    2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source

45. “The Cuban AIDS-vaccine project, now in the phase of clinical testing in humans, is among the most advanced worldwide. May our experience, which we humbly and modestly present, serve as an opportunity to demonstrate that this effort is feasible. The United Nations has to act. The General Assembly should define policies and mandates for an urgent and integrated effort in Africa, either through the special session proposed today or otherwise. The World Health Organization (WHO), the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and other agencies, funds and programmes must take immediate action. The Economic and Social Council should consider ways to provide effective coordination.”

    2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source

46. “Since 1986 through 31 December 1999, 2,676 seropositive persons, 1,001 AIDS patients and 691 AIDS- related deaths have been reported. The epidemic has grown slowly and is considered to be a low-transmission one. Only 0.03 per cent of the population between the ages of 15 and 49 is infected. All AIDS-infected Cubans enjoy thorough care; broad medical coverage, understanding and human solidarity; the right to confidentiality; and full respect for their private life. They are not discriminated against; they are guaranteed their right to work, social security and health care, generally through modern out-patient treatment. Their legal status is respected and the enjoyment and exercise of their human rights are ensured. Health-related education is effective and universal.”

    2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source

47. “All the necessary college scholarships will be provided free of charge to the Caribbean countries. Hundreds of African youths are studying in Cuba, where close to 27,000 professionals and technicians have graduated and more than 5,000 have been trained. As physicians and dentists alone, 1,165 have graduated. More than 80,000 Cuban civilian participants have served in Africa, nearly 25,000 of them in health care. With political will and effective social programmes, the exploitation of resources, the creation of effective and comprehensive health and education systems for the whole population, as well as equity in the distribution of wealth, a small, poor and blockaded country like Cuba can point to successful experience in AIDS treatment and control.”

    2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source

48. “The Cuban people, with the same feelings that cause them to shudder today and struggle for the fate of just one of their children illegally and arbitrarily held in the United States, will provide the doctor. This effort is feasible and will not require many resources. Cuba has been undertaking it on its own, to the extent of its capacities, and currently has 43 medical teams in 11 countries, providing health care to over 10 million people. The expansion of this cooperation is currently under way. A Latin American University of Medical Sciences has been set up with a prospective enrolment of 6,000 students. Steps are being taken to establish medical schools with Cuban professors in two African countries. A vaccination campaign is being waged in Haiti.”

    2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source

49. “Cuba reiterates its proposal to establish a collaboration project through the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, the World Health Organization and other agencies and funds for sub- Saharan Africa, the Caribbean and Central America to confront AIDS, among other health problems, to which Cuba is ready to contribute medical personnel free of charge. Cuba also reiterates its proposal to provide, free of charge, all the medical personnel required to launch an integrated and emergency health campaign in northern sub- Saharan Africa. We propose that the United Nations agencies, funds and programmes and the developed countries provide thereto the minimum indispensable resources, mainly medicines and medical equipment. With one doctor and oral hydration salts, which cost just a few cents, a child's life can be saved.”

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50. “Development will be impossible and there will be no structural or lasting solutions to the AIDS problem in Africa unless the unjust and unsustainable world order that we are suffering under today changes. It is imperative that palliatives be found to the epidemic by means of the integrated efforts of the international community. The required resources can be contributed only by the developed countries, which control 86 per cent of the world's gross domestic product, 82 per cent of exports, 68 per cent of investments and 74 per cent of telephones. AIDS in Africa, like hunger, is a problem of underdevelopment, not of security. It is necessary to move on to facts.”

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