Cuba USA
- Message Of The Network In Defense Of Humanity In The Eve Of Cop 21 Paris, 2015
“The solution cannot be to put off the development of those who need it most. The truth is that everything that today contributes to underdevelopment and poverty is tantamount to a flagrant attack on the ecology(…)A better distribution of wealth and...
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- Raúl Castro Speech During 70th Session Of The Un General Assembly,
Esteemed heads of state and government, Distinguished heads of delegations, Mr. Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr. President, Seventy years ago, on behalf of their peoples, the member states of this organization signed the United Nations Charter....
- 13th Alba-tcp Summit In Havana Adopts Final Declaration
source escambray The 13th Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the peoples of Our America-Trade Treaty of the Peoples (ALBA-TCP) was concluded this Sunday in Havana, with the approval of a Final Declaration which was read by Nicolás Maduro, president...
- Evo Morales, President Of Bolivia´s Statement On Behalf Of The Group Of 77 And China, At The Climate Summit At The Un
Source: alianet Climate change is one of the most serious global challenges of our times. We underscore the fact that developing countries continue to suffer the most from the adverse impacts of climate change, the increasing frequency and intensity...
Cuba USA
Cuban Vice President Miguel Díaz Canel speech at COP21
President Francois Hollande
Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon;
Distinguished Heads of State and Government, delegates and guests;
Mr. President:
Allow me first and foremost to express the condolences of the people and government of Cuba to the people and government of France for the victims of the atrocious terrorist attacks in Paris.
Twenty-three years have passed since the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, where the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Comandante en Jefe Fidel Castro Ruz, warned that, and I quote, “An important biological species is in danger of disappearing given the rapid and progressive destruction of its natural habitat: humankind.” Already then, he foresaw that the only real and just solution would result from changing the patterns of production and consumption that emerged from the former colonial metropolises, imperial policies that led to backwardness and poverty for the vast majority of humanity, in addition to the promotion of a more just and equitable international economic order.
Today, this is still a prerequisite to stabilizing the global temperature in the range of 1.5°C, as we, the small island developing states, who are on the front line of the fight against global climate change, justifiably demand.
Cuba attends this Conference to advocate for an agreement based on more effective implementation of the Framework Convention of the United Nations. The Paris agreementmust entail a firm global commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, based on the principle of common but differentiated responsibility, and establishing a renewed framework for international cooperation to ensure the provision and increase of resources and technology transfer, in order that developing countries can comply with the provisions of the agreement.
The effects of climate change can not be fought by hindering the development of those who most need it, or national efforts to eradicate poverty and hunger in an extended area of our shared planet.
Mr. President:
Humanity has placed its hopes in the results of this Conference, which should lead to a fair and balanced agreement, without retreating from the commitment and leadership of developed countries, who should assume their historical responsibility with resolve and proportionality.
If 23 years ago it was almost too late to do what we should have done long ago, today it is immoral to continue postponing strengthened international action to address the effects of global climate change. We, the developing countries, with the required support, will do our part in this struggle, which is also our own.
Thank you.
- Message Of The Network In Defense Of Humanity In The Eve Of Cop 21 Paris, 2015
“The solution cannot be to put off the development of those who need it most. The truth is that everything that today contributes to underdevelopment and poverty is tantamount to a flagrant attack on the ecology(…)A better distribution of wealth and...
- Cuba Emphasizes The Importance Of Defending The Mother Earth
source: Granmatranslation Cuba-Network in Defense of Humanity A court was created to try environmental crimes. Cuban Foreign Affairs minister, Bruno Rodríguez, emphasized yesterday the active role of leaders Fidel Castro and Hugo Chávez in the fight...
- Raúl Castro Speech During 70th Session Of The Un General Assembly,
Esteemed heads of state and government, Distinguished heads of delegations, Mr. Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr. President, Seventy years ago, on behalf of their peoples, the member states of this organization signed the United Nations Charter....
- 13th Alba-tcp Summit In Havana Adopts Final Declaration
source escambray The 13th Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the peoples of Our America-Trade Treaty of the Peoples (ALBA-TCP) was concluded this Sunday in Havana, with the approval of a Final Declaration which was read by Nicolás Maduro, president...
- Evo Morales, President Of Bolivia´s Statement On Behalf Of The Group Of 77 And China, At The Climate Summit At The Un
Source: alianet Climate change is one of the most serious global challenges of our times. We underscore the fact that developing countries continue to suffer the most from the adverse impacts of climate change, the increasing frequency and intensity...