Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla-Foreign Minister of Cuba-Speech at General Assembly of United Nations 2024

Bruno Eduardo Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, addresses the General Debate of the 79th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations (New York, 24 - 30 September 2024).
BRUNO EDUARDO RODRÍGUEZ PARRILLA, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Cuba, quoting his President, said: “History will not forgive the indifferent. We will not be among them,” adding that the genocide against the Palestinian people must end unconditionally and without further delay. Israel and the United States have put the world in an imminent risk of conflict and aggressions against Lebanon, Syria and other countries in the region will have unpredictable consequences. Worse, as conflicts abound globally based on military doctrines of domination, “the risk of a nuclear catastrophe is real and imminent”. In 2023, military spending reached a record $2.44 trillion dollars, including for the creation of new nuclear weapons. Peace will be impossible without development, he said, recalling broken promises of official development assistance (ODA) from developed countries, figures representing just 0.37 per cent of their national incomes.
As the feasibility of the SDGs has vanished, the fortunes of the billionaires have ballooned, he continued, adding that, with a tax on billionaires, 2 billion people could be brought out of poverty. This structural problem is imposed by an imperialist system, but the answer is not to undermine the United Nations in promoting sustainable development for all. In a similar vein, if the unsustainable production and consumption of capitalism remains unchanged, a 1.5ºC increase in temperatures will be inevitable. “Responsibilities should be shared by all but not all should bear the same responsibilities,” he said. The Global North will have a new possibility to close the climate financing and pay their debts at the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference in Baku. The Global South will have a responsibility to guarantee development and social justice. The solution will inevitably include writing off foreign debt, already paid several times over. A new co-existence among nations based on solidarity and international cooperation must replace that which is based on dispossession, war, occupation or financial and military hegemony.
The United States’ blockade of Cuba continues to impact the lives of Cubans negatively and constitutes a violation of international law. Moreover, the inclusion of Cuba on a list of countries that allegedly sponsor terrorism is illegitimate given that country’s own State Department recognizing that Cuba is fully cooperative with anti-terror efforts. Anti-Cuban politicians who do not represent the majority of the United States population continue to influence policy. Nonetheless Cuba will advocate for constructive relations with the United States. Among other comments on global affairs, he called for a diplomatic solution to the war in Ukraine, voicing further support for Brazil and China’s efforts to that end.
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