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Rodriguez-Parrilla

lines on the record: 318
first: 1994-07-31
most recent: 2013-08-06
sittings or episodes: 37
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“Still fresh in our minds and in the institutional memory of this Organization is the denunciation reiterated by Cuba in 1992 before the Council with respect to the 1976 downing in mid-flight of a commercial Cubana de Aviacion airliner as a result of a terrorist attack in Barbados that took the lives of 73 people, in the face of the flexibility shown on the territory of a permanent member of the Security Council with regard to the self-confessed mastermind of that barbaric deed. On that occasion, the Council did not take a stand, and there was no shortage of statements by certain important permanent members urging that that denunciation not be considered because the incident has occurred many years previously.”
1998-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3864 (1998) · source
“However, for that same reason, we reject and always will reject the double standard and dual morality of those who insist on clarifying the causes of that incident while acting from positions that further their political interests, which are not always legitimate. Our country has been the victim of, and witness to, the lack of consistency in the actions and resolutions of the Security Council.”
1998-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3864 (1998) · source
“The sanctions imposed over all these years by the Security Council against Libya represent an example of the actions this body should be eschewing and one of the phenomena justifying the in-depth reform of this principal body of the United Nations. Cuba takes the view that the sanctions imposed against Libya must be lifted. We reject the imposition of sanctions that reflect political interests and that ignore the real means of peacefully resolving controversies among States, as stipulated by the Charter of the United Nations. Cuba agrees that the incident involving the Pan Am flight must be clarified in order to respond to the concerns and legitimate desire for justice of the international community as a whole.”
1998-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3864 (1998) · source
“One of them is the Council's failure to recognize either the solutions proposed by the Government of Libya or the efforts made by the various regional organizations, Governments, international figures and groups of States to shed light on the incident and to further the quest for a just solution acceptable to all parties. The lifting of the sanctions against Libya has been held hostage to decisions and unilateral conditions imposed by some permanent members of the Security Council, which have arrogated to themselves the right to determine that other sovereign States do not have the right to try their own nationals. And certain States, which perhaps consider themselves more sovereign than the rest, appear to enjoy competency enough to judge and try the citizens of any country of the world.”
1998-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3864 (1998) · source
“These jurisdictional Judgments place the dispute in its proper perspective. The Security Council and the sanctions Committee against Libya have periodically reviewed the sanctions regime imposed by resolution 748 (1992). However, at the conclusion of such analyses, both the Security Council and the sanctions Committee determined that there was no agreement to eliminate the sanctions regime imposed against that country. The interests of certain permanent members of the Security Council have prevailed, and as a result the sanctions regime imposed against Libya remains unchanged. The failure to resolve this dispute has many causes.”
1998-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3864 (1998) · source
“In the case of Libya, we are dealing with the request of a Member State which is the target of sanctions applied under a Council resolution the enforcement of which is being prolonged, resulting in serious consequences and having both economic and social impact on Libya as well as other Member States of the United Nations, which under the Charter have had to support the implementation of the sanctions adopted by the Council. We are also talking about the new situation emerging in the specific case of the sanctions imposed against Libya as a result of the recent Judgment handed down by the International Court of Justice. Cuba welcomes the two Judgments handed down by the Court, which confirmed the jurisdiction of the chief juridical body of the United Nations in the Lockerbie case, the tragic incident of the Pan Am aircraft in 1988.”
1998-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3864 (1998) · source
“It reflects a dimension which goes beyond the particular purpose for which it was convened, because it comprises a number of aspects each of which is valid and has its own merits. The request by Libya embodies the exercise of the right that all Member States of the United Nations have to request a formal meeting of the Security Council to consider matters they deem to be in their interest. It also reflects the discharging of the Council's duty to gather to hear the concerns of a Member State and to deal with the causes that warrant a request to hold a formal meeting of this body.”
1998-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3864 (1998) · source
“We began this meeting with a minute of silence. We interpret that to mean, above and beyond a way of honouring the memory of the victims of the case before us today - which we endorse - that we are also honouring the memory of all victims of terrorism, quite apart from who they were and whence they came. On this occasion Cuba endorses the support offered by the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries and the response given by the African Group and the Arab Group to the request submitted by Libya that the Security Council hold a formal meeting to consider all aspects of the enforcement of Council resolution 748 (1992), whereby a sanctions regime was established against that country. In the opinion of Cuba, the convening of this formal Council meeting, supported also by other countries, is of extraordinary importance.”
1998-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3864 (1998) · source
“Mr. Rodriguez Parrilla (Cuba) (interpretation from Spanish): Allow me to congratulate you, Sir, and to wish every measure of success for the very effective presidency of the Gambia. I should also like to acknowledge the important contribution made by Gabon and to hail the presence among us at this meeting of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. In times of change and reform, when principles such as transparency and democracy would appear to be the aim of the major negotiations taking place in this Organization, the holding of formal and open Security Council meetings to debate any item on its agenda should constitute a normal and daily practice. Therefore we are glad that the unjustified obstacles initially placed in the way of this meeting have indeed been overcome.”
1998-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3864 (1998) · source
“The Security Council, through successive resolutions, has made a commitment and assumed an unavoidable responsibility to the peace process in Angola. Cuba hopes that the Security Council will meet its responsibility by responding with decisive and energetic actions to the flagrant non-compliance of UNITA with those resolutions. Any delay, silence or omission would send the wrong message and place the credibility of the Security Council in question. Cuba hopes that, this time, it will act on the basis of a single standard.”
1996-10-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3702 (1996) · source
“Cuba supports the position expressed by the fraternal countries of Africa that this brief extension of UNAVEM III's mandate presupposes political contributions on UNITA's part. If these are not forthcoming, it is obvious that the international community must support whatever paths are taken by the legitimate and sovereign Government of the Republic of Angola in solving this domestic conflict. We share the concerns expressed by the Secretary- General in his most recent report on the current state of the peace process in Angola, particularly his recommendations on the position the international community should take vis- a-vis UNITA's position and on any future extension of the mandate of UNAVEM. III.”
1996-10-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3702 (1996) · source
“UNITA's lack of political will towards the peace process in Angola and its unacceptable non-compliance with the Lusaka Protocol - a bilateral instrument of international import and scope - must be condemned with all rigour by the international community. UNAVEM. III's mandate, which was extended until 11 October 1996 by Security Council resolution 1064 (1996) of 11 July 1996, must be reviewed with all due objectivity by this organ. The mandate of that peacekeeping operation will lose its significance if strict, immediate deadlines are not set. When UNITA continues irresponsibly to violate the peace process, UNAVEM. III' s mandate should not continue to be extended time and again.”
1996-10-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3702 (1996) · source
“Cuba wishes to reiterate its full support for the Angolan Government and to reaffirm that the sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence of Angola must be respected. The international community has met its responsibility with regard to the peace process in Angola. The United Nations Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM. III) is currently the largest United Nations peacekeeping operation in the world. Huge financial and human resources are devoted to this operation. However, one of the parties to the conflict, UNITA, has failed in its obligations under the Lusaka Protocol and continues to hamper and jeopardize the peace process.”
1996-10-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3702 (1996) · source
“The Angolan Government and UNITA have assumed - before Africa and the international community - the responsibility to promote and achieve national reconciliation in Angola. It is necessary and right to recognize the sustained and flexible efforts of the legitimate Government of Angola to achieve these objectives. After genuine elections and a clear victory by the Popular Liberation Movement of Angola, and after so much has been done to promote dialogue and negotiation, it has become clear that UNITA has totally failed to meet its responsibilities and obligations. Recent events have plainly demonstrated that the legitimate Government of Angola can in no way be placed on an equal footing with UNITA, not only because of that group's well- known past, but because of its current illegal activities, which merit clear condemnation.”
1996-10-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3702 (1996) · source
“Mudenge, and reaffirmed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Angola, His Excellency Mr. Venancio de Moura. Cuba shares the concern of the African continent and the international community over the critical situation in Angola: the deadlock in the peace process and UNITA's non-compliance with the provisions of the Lusaka Protocol. It is unfortunate that the head of UNITA, Mr. Savimbi, did not attend the meeting organized by the leaders of SADC. This constitutes further proof of the absence of political will in the leadership of that party to contribute to a negotiated solution to the conflict in accordance with the letter and spirit of the Lusaka Protocol and the relevant resolutions of the Security Council.”
1996-10-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3702 (1996) · source
“Mr. Rodriguez Parrilla (Cuba) (interpretation from Spanish): We are honoured and pleased that Honduras, a part of our America, is presiding over the Security Council. I would like to congratulate you, Sir, and to wish you success during your term of office. I would also like to thank Ambassador Alfredo Lopes Cabral for his contribution during his effective presidency last month. My delegation is participating in this debate, requested by the leaders of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) at its meeting held in Lusaka on 2 October 1996. The position of the ministerial group appointed by the 12 members of SADC to represent them was explained yesterday to the bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement by the chairman of the group, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Zimbabwe, His Excellency Mr. Stanislaus I. G.”
1996-10-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3702 (1996) · source
“If ending aggression is important, it is also important to achieve the approval of an integral programme of cooperation with Lebanon to provide its Government with the necessary resources to heal the wounds caused by the aggression. Furthermore, the Security Council should remain in session until this new and dangerous threat to international peace and security comes to a halt.”
1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3653 (1996) · source
“The Security Council must unequivocally condemn Israeli aggression against Lebanon, against its civilian population, its infrastructure and the archaeological sites that have been proclaimed the common heritage of mankind. It must take all necessary measures to halt this aggression. To fail to do so would be like decreeing impunity for Israeli actions against Lebanon, which would have a harmful effect not only on that country and on the security of its population, but also on international peace and security. It would set a precedent making it possible to launch attacks on and violate the sovereignty of a State, to kill and destroy with impunity if one has the right friends and if they wield enough power in the Security Council.”
1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3653 (1996) · source
“The attacks on Lebanon endanger the peace process in the Middle East as a whole and place one more obstacle in its way, especially when they are added to the actions taken against the Palestinian population, which were denounced in the Security Council earlier today. Only the withdrawal of Israel from the occupied territories can ensure the peace and security of the region. Cuba rejects terrorism in all its forms. The Cuban people have been victims of terrorist acts for over 35 years. These acts perpetrated by Israel, instead of ending the escalation of violence, will tend to provoke more violence. Instead of mitigating tension, they will exacerbate it. Instead of promoting confidence, they will inevitably magnify distrust.”
1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3653 (1996) · source
“We wonder whether these belligerent actions also represent an attempt to thwart Lebanese economic recovery, which was on the right track after years of war, or to terrorize the civilian population and create movements of refugees in order to create more difficulties for the Lebanese authorities in the process of rebuilding the country. Cuba considers that the actions unleashed today against Lebanon, which constitute an unacceptable violation of the sovereignty of that country, increase the corollary danger of an escalation that would be difficult to control and could have unforeseeable consequences for the region.”
1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3653 (1996) · source
“Life in southern Lebanon, already permanently affected by continued Israeli occupation, is becoming even more precarious under current conditions. More than 50 villages and cities have been evacuated; areas near the capital of Lebanon are being attacked, and the city of Tyre is threatened with bombardment - some of its archaeological zones have already been damaged by Israel's attacks. No part of the country has escaped these acts of aggression; even Palestinian camps in the north of the country have been bombed. The targets being bombed are civilian and of economic importance to Lebanon.”
1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3653 (1996) · source
“Mr. Rodriguez Parrilla (Cuba) (interpretation from Spanish): The aggression which Israel is perpetrating against Lebanon must be halted immediately and the occupied territories must be returned. The Security Council must reaffirm all the provisions of resolution 425 (1978) and take the measures necessary to bring about its implementation. The situation of acts of aggression against Lebanon is untenable. A growing loss of human life is being added to the material costs. Air-, sea- and land-based attacks on all parts of Lebanon, which violate international law and the Charter of the United Nations, are bringing new suffering to the Lebanese civilian population, which is most affected by these attacks. To the numerous civilian casualties an increase of more than 600,000 in the number of displaced persons has been added.”
1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3653 (1996) · source
“We hope that sanity will prevail and that the members of the Security Council will have the wisdom needed to put an end here and now to the unfair, inequitable and grossly manipulative proceedings initiated against my country.”
1996-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3634 (1996) · source
“Such behaviour has been lacking in this instance, and it is abundantly clear that the fact that the United States is presiding over the Council at this time has engendered a very particular dynamic and very particular features in the Council's work. I wish in conclusion to make it very clear to the Security Council that neither the presidential statement before it, if issued, nor any other action will be acceptable to Cuba if it does not include a clear, unequivocal condemnation of the acts of aggression against my country carried out from the territory of the United States, a clear condemnation of the flagrant violations of its air space and territorial waters and an explicit condemnation of the terrorist acts against Cuba and its people that have been and continue to be committed and brazenly planned.”
1996-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3634 (1996) · source
“Our people's spirit of struggle and victory remains staunch in the face of any threat." In view of the hour and of the fatigue of representatives, I shall not present in full the notes from my Ministry of Foreign Relations or the chronology of violations of Cuban airspace between 1994 and 1996; these can be made available to delegations in the form of official documents. On many occasions - and when serving on the Council my country was no exception - Presidents of the Security Council have invoked rule 20 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure to demonstrate clearly to the international community that, in line with basic ethical behaviour, they would not attempt to benefit from the prerogatives of their office.”
1996-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3634 (1996) · source
“Now, after the fact, laments are being heard for the loss of human life, but the bitter truth remains that, when pirate air raids could have been discouraged, prohibited and stopped by those who had the power to do so, repeated warnings were ignored, and some even applauded those reckless adventures. "These events are taking place as we approach the thirty-fifth anniversary of the Bay of Pigs victory, fully and unflinchingly determined to face and quash again other such attacks as circumstances require, on the basis of our constant will to wage a defensive war that will never end in triumph for the aggressors.”
1996-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3634 (1996) · source
“Cuba does not fear or accept threats. It has heard them in heaps for more than 35 years and has never trembled before them, not even when facing the possibility of nuclear destruction. This position was clearly laid out in the notes sent out recently by the Ministry of Foreign Relations and was reaffirmed yesterday at a press conference by the President of the National Assembly of People's Power, Ricardo Alarcen de Quesada. "Furthermore, the clear and unwavering position of our small country currently enjoys the solidarity of the most diverse organizations in various parts of the world.”
1996-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3634 (1996) · source
“The dispatch concluded by stating that spokesmen for groups of the extreme right, complaining that the United States has tied the exiles' hands, have called for war preparations. "Added to these howls from Florida are the aggressive statements made yesterday in El Salvador by Secretary of State Warren Christopher, in which he asserted that President Clinton had not included any military action against Cuba among his measures, but reserved the right to adopt such measures against the island: new threats, new measures against our economy, new actions to intensify the blockade, new laws to bring the people to their knees through hunger and illness. "The leaders of the United States and the miserable traitors in our country who try to collaborate with them should know: this is a struggle to the death for the fatherland.”
1996-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3634 (1996) · source
“The extreme right based in Miami and its gangs, acting at the margins of American law and having turned that Florida city into their private demesne, have brought their ideas to prevalence through blackmail and terror. The intolerance of these gangsters of the extreme right has become the prevailing norm of conduct there, recalling the worst days of the medieval Inquisition. "A cable sent out from Miami yesterday by the British news agency Reuters stated that the radio stations in that city continue today to be a forum for the most intransigent and virulent sectors, which have clamoured for embassies and agencies that organize travel to Cuba to be burned down, for aircraft flying to the island to be blown up, for President Fidel Castro to be assassinated or for another invasion to be launched.”
1996-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3634 (1996) · source
“What measures are to be taken against terrorist organizations that, from United States territory, plan and carry out armed actions and violations of the airspace of a sovereign nation? What measures are to be taken against the authorities of the United States, who have been warned more than once and whose duty it was to prevent these flights? "There is no reason whatsoever to impose sanctions on Cuba. However, the unfair and cruel measures announced by President Clinton seem meagre to the representatives of the extreme right of Cuban descent in the United States who, in calling for increasingly severe sanctions, only contribute to exacerbating the political climate in the United States with the aim of hamstringing the incumbent President in the 1996 elections.”
1996-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3634 (1996) · source
“"Another measure proposed - the suspension of travel to the island by Cuban-Americans - affects primarily many families living in the United States, mainly in Florida, as well as in our country. The proposal to raise funds to increase the broadcast capabilities of the misnamed Radio Marti is in clear contradiction of the position of some sectors in the United States that advocate cutting the costs incurred by such forms of interference. "Above and beyond the contradictions and absurdities of these measures, the greater injustice is that they are being taken against a country that is the victim of the blockade, of terrorist acts and of repeated and increasingly arrogant violations of Cuban airspace and maritime space.”
1996-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3634 (1996) · source
“William Clinton's words were intended, first, to reaffirm the main arguments used to condemn the events from some people's point of view and were therefore nothing new; and, secondly, to announce the measures to be applied against our country. "As a first step, the President promised agreement with the Congress of his country, with which he has had differences in this regard, in adopting the Helms-Burton bill, which is aimed at further strengthening the blockade of Cuba. He asked for the support of the Security Council in condemning and imposing sanctions on Cuba, a position that contradicts the General Assembly's condemnation, on four consecutive occasions, of the United States economic blockade against Cuba.”
1996-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3634 (1996) · source
“Its clauses set forth and determine the purposes for which the provisions of the treaty are to be applied - for example, so that "the future development of international civil aviation can make a vigorous contribution to the creation and preservation of friendship and understanding among the nations and the peoples of the world, whereas its misuse could constitute a threat to general security." I should like to draw attention to a note now being disseminated by the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Relations: "Yesterday, the President of the United States made a statement to the press in further reference to last Saturday's incident, in which two pirate aircraft, originating from a base in Florida, once again penetrated Cuba's maritime space and airspace and were shot down.”
1996-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3634 (1996) · source
“Thus, examples of incompatible purposes would be those that preclude or endanger the peaceful use of civil aircraft, that are incongruous with the harmonious coexistence of States or that violate a State's own air regulations or those of other States. The Chicago Convention is one of those treaties containing a preamble that constitutes a commitment by virtue of its structure.”
1996-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3634 (1996) · source
“We are amazed that due reference has not been made to the undue use of civil aviation in terms of article 4 of that instrument, which states: "Each contracting State shall agree not to use civil aviation for purposes which are incompatible with the purposes of this Convention." We are also amazed that in the flagrant manipulation being performed today no reference is made to subparagraph (d) of new paragraph 3 bis, which was incorporated into the treaty in 1984, and which clearly stipulates, "Each contracting State shall take appropriate measures to prohibit the undue use of civil aircraft registered in that State, or used by a user whose main office or permanent residence is in that State, for any purpose which is incompatible with the purposes of this Convention." In that regard, we can construe "incompatible purposes" as those that preclude the purposes contained in article 44 of the Chicago Convention.”
1996-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3634 (1996) · source
“The interfering attitude of the United States, in an attempt to legitimize a non-existent right to determine the future of Cuba, has created a provocative context for these organizations, which hope to be able to act with impunity, guaranteed the protection and encouragement of the Government of the United States. It is regrettable that certain provisions of the Convention on International Civil Aviation are subjected to partial and unilateral interpretation.”
1996-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3634 (1996) · source
“Instead of bringing the matter to the United Nations, it took it upon itself to guarantee the necessary economic and political resources for protecting the perpetrators. According to its own statements, Brothers to the Rescue has dedicated itself in recent months to provocative activities intended to subvert Cuba's constitutional order. Its leader, a participant in the events of 24 February, has publicly announced its recent contributions, amounting to thousands of dollars, to illegal organizations operating in Cuba in the service of a foreign Power.”
1996-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3634 (1996) · source
“That organization, both before and after the signing of the migration agreements between Cuba and the United States, has been engaged in the illegal transport of immigrants, in violation of Cuban and United States laws and of United Nations norms. The behaviour of the Government of the United States in attempting to unscrupulously manipulate this incident for political purposes, is fully in keeping with that Government's record of protecting and defending well-known international terrorists, such as Orlando Bosch, Luis Posada Carriles and Hernan Ricardo, all responsible for the murder of 72 persons through the sabotage of an airborne Cuban commercial aircraft in 1976. That genocidal act did not prompt the slightest denunciation by the United States.”
1996-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3634 (1996) · source
“He went on to point out that the funds for all of these activities originate essentially in the Cuban American National Foundation. He pointed out that the main purpose was to provoke incidents to heighten tension in relations between Cuba and the United States. Finally, he added that he had personally informed Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent Oscar Montoto, under the alias "The Slim Man", of all the operations undertaken by Brothers to the Rescue in violation of Cuban airspace. Violations of Cuban airspace have increased and become more provocative since the signing and implementation of the migration agreements between Cuba and the United States, the hindering of which is an avowed objective of the organization Brothers to the Rescue.”
1996-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3634 (1996) · source
“I can say that from November 1994 to April 1995 Basulto gave me instructions on anti-personnel pellet weapons that were to be introduced into the country for the purpose of carrying out attacks on persons, particularly attempts against the life of President Fidel Castro." There is also a plan by which Mr. Basulto wants to link even more closely the anti-revolutionary forces in Miami with elements that might support internal terrorist plans in Cuba. The pilot stated that Mr. Basulto had personally engineered the purchase of a Czech-made L-29 aircraft, Dolphin model, to train pilots in take-off and landing on various stretches of road and airstrips, with the goal of carrying out direct assaults against Cuban bases and military installations.”
1996-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3634 (1996) · source
“It included irrefutable proof of the links between that organization and the Cuban American National Foundation, which is known to engage in terrorist activity, and ultra-reactionary American Congressmen. The pilot testified that he had been instructed to carry explosives and explore Cuban roads and economic targets where they could be placed. The pilot's testimony says, "For example, in 1993 Jose Basulto, the President of the organization Brothers to the Rescue, asked me for information on specific stretches of road in the city of Cienfuegos where an aircraft could land and unload explosive charges, to be placed in high tension towers that would then be blown up, thereby affecting the national energy system.”
1996-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3634 (1996) · source
“Despite those warnings, which it publicly acknowledges on several occasions, the Government of the United States of America took no effective measures to prevent such flights from taking place in Cuban airspace. On many occasions, including very recently, Cuban territorial waters and airspace have been violated by organizations based in the United States that, in civilian guise, have committed innumerable terrorist acts, while no effective measures have been taken by the Government of that country to stop such actions originating in its territory. A few hours ago the testimony of Juan Pablo Roque, one of the pilots of the organization Brothers to the Rescue, was made public.”
1996-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3634 (1996) · source
“On that same day - 24 February - three aircraft originating in the United States had violated Cuban airspace in the morning hours. Two hours before being shot down, one of the pilots of the aircraft heading for Cuba was warned that defences had been activated in various areas north of Havana and of the risk they would run by entering those areas. He replied that he would fly there despite the prohibition. Cuba has repeatedly communicated, both publicly and officially to the Government of the United States - including to the Federal Aviation Administration - the dangers to aircraft that such unauthorized flights in our airspace entail.”
1996-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3634 (1996) · source
“International peace and security are not what is threatened today; it is the peace, sovereignty, territorial integrity and security of Cuba, which have been endangered for more than 35 years, precisely because of those who today, from a position of strength, are promoting actions against my country and trying to manipulate this Organization and this Council. During the past 20 months, 25 aircraft originating in United States territory have violated Cuban airspace. In every case this has been officially communicated to the United States interests section in Havana. The Government of the Republic of Cuba has irrefutable proof that the two aircraft in the present case were in Cuban airspace when they were shot down.”
1996-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3634 (1996) · source
“Mr. Rodriguez Parrilla (Cuba) (interpretation from Spanish): Thirty-five years ago, in this very Chamber, a United States Ambassador presented photographs and evidence of Cuban military aircraft alleged to have rebelled against our Government and bombed airports in Cuba. A few days later the President of the United States took it upon himself to refute this allegation and acknowledged his Government's responsibility for those actions, which preceded the Bay of Pigs invasion. Today similar slanders are coming from similar sources. Let us hope that honesty and courage will lead to their refutation. Meanwhile, this Council, frequently slow and negligent, is once again, with its actions today, rushing into a distortion of its mandate under the Charter to safeguard international peace and security.”
1996-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3634 (1996) · source
“The Security Council will be able to achieve this as long as its mandate and its actions take account of the provisions of the Charter which provide for equal participation by all Members of this Organization. It is only when the United Nations has a representative, democratic and transparent Security Council that makes proper use of the powers delegated to it by the Member States that we will have a truly effective Council - effective not only in the area of international peace and security but also able to take up the needs and challenges of the future.”
1995-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3611 (1995) · source
“However, it would be even better if the new mechanism were one with universal participation, through the presence as observers of Member States that do not contribute troops but are interested in the issue. In any event, it is very important for this future subsidiary organ to include all troop contributors at all of its meetings so that they can analyse all operations, some operations or just one particular operation. As our delegation sees it, there would be no point in having a mechanism which would analyse some peace-keeping operations or one specific one only with the participation of those who contribute troops to that or those particular operations.”
1995-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3611 (1995) · source
“The present international situation, which is constantly changing, requires - rather than traditional formulas - dynamic and transparent procedures for negotiation and for reaching agreement. Effective participation by all Member States in decision-making and adequate information on developments will show how transparent our procedures truly are. No mechanism for information or participation for a group of States can be a substitute for information or participation for all Member States, because the Security Council can only act on behalf of all members when it is carrying out its functions. We regard as positive the proposal for the possible establishment of a subsidiary organ of the Security Council, which would take up matters relating to consultations between troop contributors and the Council.”
1995-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3611 (1995) · source
“The procedure established by the presidential statement of 4 November 1994 on arrangements for holding consultations and for the exchange of information with troop-contributing countries, while a commendable initiative, is not enough. The negotiation and analysis of matters affecting the international community as a whole require more participatory and institutionalized modalities. Only timely, transparent and democratic discussions and decision-making, allowing for the participation of all Members of the United Nations that are involved or interested, directly or indirectly, in all or some peace- keeping operations will enable the Council and the Organization as a whole to take well-informed, proper decisions relating to the maintenance of international peace and security.”
1995-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3611 (1995) · source
“States that are not members of the Council continue to be deprived of any possibility of following those meetings, and documentation and information on what goes on in them continues to be handled with great reticence. Communication between members and non-members of the Council on decisions relating to peace-keeping operations is still a matter of particular importance to us. The increase in the number, diversity and complexity of those operations and their political and financial implications require their analysis on both an overall and case-by-case basis. But such analysis must above all be transparent, dynamic and timely, and have a practical impact on how the operations are carried out.”
1995-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3611 (1995) · source