Mr. President, Your Excellencies, Permanent Representatives, Distinguished Delegates:
Against Cuba, the United States government is waging a multidimensional, unconventional war that has lasted for almost seven decades and has become more brutal and ruthless in the last seven months.
Now, the energy blockade, equivalent to a naval blockade, has been added, which is an act of war. Access to fuel supplies to Cuba, both commercial and humanitarian, is being prevented through direct threats, unilateral coercive actions, and even the harassment or intimidation of tankers by U.S. naval forces.
There have been repeated threats of military aggression from the highest levels of the U.S. government, and public sources describe war options and preparations.
In addition to the economic, commercial, and financial blockade, unprecedented and extremely extraterritorial actions are being taken, such as the use of secondary sanctions that follow the macabre plan to provoke a humanitarian crisis in Cuba and the total destabilization of the country, paving the way for or forcing a presidential order for an imperialist military intervention that would cause a bloodbath and countless losses of Cuban and American lives.
When asked if economic pressure against Cuba would continue to intensify, President Donald Trump himself responded, and I quote: “I don’t think much more pressure can be exerted, short of going in and wrecking the place.”
In recent months, the humanitarian damage inflicted on our population has multiplied, with the deterioration of the quality of life, the reduction of livelihoods, the limitation of opportunities for personal, family, and social development, and the massive, flagrant, and systematic violation of the human rights of an entire people in an act of collective punishment.
These are all matters of high importance and urgency that deserve not only the attention but also the clearest pronouncement from the United Nations and its most universal and representative body, the General Assembly, by virtue of its mandate to preserve international peace and security and to ensure the enjoyment of human rights.
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In accordance with the consistent policy that the Cuban Revolution has defended throughout its history, led by Army General Raúl Castro Ruz as leader of the Revolution, and by the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez—and in collegial action with the highest structures of the Party, the State, and the Government—Cuban officials have recently held talks with representatives of the United States government.

President Díaz-Canel Bermúdez announced this from the headquarters of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, before members of the Political Bureau, the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, and the Executive Committee of the Council of Ministers.

The president stated that “these talks have been aimed at finding solutions, through dialogue, to the bilateral differences between our two nations. International factors,” he said, “have facilitated these exchanges.”

“The purpose of these talks,” the Head of State added, “is, first and foremost, to identify the bilateral problems that require solutions.”

As part of this purpose, the president explained, is also “to determine the willingness of both sides to take concrete actions for the benefit of the people of both countries. And in addition, to identify areas of cooperation to confront threats and guarantee the security and peace of both nations.”

Also included among the objectives, the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba reasoned, is working for the security and peace of the Latin American and Caribbean region.

In his remarks, Díaz-Canel emphasized: “It is important to remember that it has not been, nor is it now, the practice of the leadership of the Cuban Revolution to respond to speculative campaigns on this type of issue. This is a matter that is unfolding as part of a very sensitive process, which is being conducted with seriousness and responsibility, because it affects bilateral relations between the two nations and demands enormous and arduous efforts to find a solution and create spaces for understanding, allowing us to move forward and away from confrontation.”

The Head of State then said that “in the exchanges that have taken place, the Cuban side has expressed its willingness to carry out this process on the basis of equality and respect for the political systems of both states, for sovereignty, and for the self-determination of our governments.”

“And this has been proposed taking into account a sense of reciprocity and adherence to International Law,” the dignitary asserted during a meeting also attended by the President of the National Assembly of People’s Power and the Council of State, Esteban Lazo Hernández; the Prime Minister, Manuel Marrero Cruz; the Secretary of Organization of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, Roberto Morales Ojeda; and the Vice President of the Republic, Salvador Valdés Mesa—all members of the Political Bureau.

Later in his remarks, the Head of State reflected that whenever we have experienced tense moments, such as this confrontation with the United States government, individuals and institutions have emerged that have facilitated the establishment of channels for dialogue.

The president affirmed that, “in these moments of extreme tension, these possibilities have also arisen” for creating spaces for understanding.