General Assembly: 191 of 193 have spoken at UNGA 81

• 10🇨🇺CubaBruno Eduardo Rodríguez ParrillaHis Excellency · Minister for Foreign AffairsCuba slams United States multi-front aggression, warns against ‘law of the jungle’20 min · 2,314 wordsTrade, tariffs and sanctionsSovereignty and non-interferenceRule of law, ICJ and ICC+10 moreView speech

Issues raised

Countries Cuba mentioned

• 🇺🇸United States of America 17
• 🇻🇪Venezuela 1
• 🇮🇷Iran 1
• 🇳🇮Nicaragua 1
• 🇨🇳China 1

Organizations mentioned

• United Nations 6
• UN General Assembly 3

Leaders mentioned

• Fidel Castro Ruz 2

Top 10 Terms

• cuba 23
• government 13
• cuban 12
• international 12
• their 10
• economic 9
• law 8
• country 7
• nations 7
• solidarity 7

Speakers who mentioned Cuba · 45

1. 
   🇦🇴Angola · Day 1João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço

   • Ladies and gentlemen, we are concerned by the unjust manner and indicative of great human insensitivity in which Cuba has been treated. 6:25:24Copy
   • Cuba is not a terrorist state. 6:25:48Copy

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2. 
   🇹🇱Timor-Leste · Day 2José Ramos-Horta

   • The humanitarian situation in Cuba is heartbreaking. 3:10:24Copy
   • We understand that the US has provided 100 million in emergency humanitarian assistance to Cuba through Caritas. 3:10:27Copy

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3. 
   🇺🇸United States of America · Day 1Donald Trump

   • My administration is also seeking a fundamental change in the situation in Cuba, where the communist regime is under great pressure, the biggest pressure they've ever been under. 2:10:26Copy
   • He's deep into negotiations with Cuba. 2:10:49Copy

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4. 
   🇻🇳Viet Nam · Day 1To Lam

   • In the same spirit of peace and respect for people's right to development, Vietnam has always stood in solidarity with the state and people of Cuba. 9:32:33Copy
   • We call upon the US to end the unilateral embargo and sanctions and the energy blockade against Cuba and remove Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism. 9:32:40Copy

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5. 
   🇸🇷Suriname · Day 1Jennifer Geerlings-Simons

   • The people of Cuba, a Caribbean country, are adversely affected by the current situation in their country. 7:24:24Copy
   • We plead for continuing of negotiations in order to prevent further escalation and to reach a resolution that will benefit the people of Cuba. 7:24:47Copy

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6. 
   🇳🇦Namibia · Day 2Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah

   • We call for the lifting of the unjustified economic embargo against Cuba, which had far-reaching consequences for the Cuban economy and the well-being of its people, including access to essential goods and services. 7:28:58Copy
   • We call for the end to the energy siege on Cuba and her removal from the unilateral list of state allegedly sponsoring terrorism. 7:29:20Copy

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7. 
   🇬🇭Ghana · Day 3John Dramani Mahama

   • In that spirit of international legality-- in that same spirit, international legality and human solidarity, Ghana reiterates its call for the immediate lifting of the decades-long economic, commercial, and financial embargo that has been imposed on Cuba. 1:14:35Copy
   • The world must support Cuba's new economic and social program. 1:14:56Copy

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8. 
   🇧🇧Barbados · Day 3Mia Amor Mottley

   • In addition, Mr. President, we are deeply concerned by the worsening humanitarian pressures facing the people of Cuba. 8:35:10Copy
   • Barbados has each year opposed the use of the embargo and other unilateral coercive measures against Cuba. 8:35:35Copy

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9. 
   🇹🇻Tuvalu · Day 4Feleti Teo

   • At the same time, Tuvalu remains troubled by the longstanding unilateral economic measures imposed on Cuba. 3:25:57Copy
   • The continuation of those economic sanctions deprive Cuba of essential development partnership and support needed for recovery and future progress. 3:26:22Copy

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10. 
    🇱🇨Saint Lucia · Day 4Philip J. Pierre

    • It is a similar quest for trust and transformation that Saint Lucia believes there should be dialogue and the removal of all obstacles that hinder the true development of the people of Cuba. 4:31:57Copy
    • Cuba has long been celebrated for its continued contribution to health, education, and development across our region and beyond. 4:32:11Copy

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11. 
    🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Day 4Godwin Friday

    • Mister President, Cuba has long been a valued member of our Caribbean family. 8:17:00Copy
    • For more than three decades, this Assembly has said that the economic embargo imposed on Cuba must end. 8:17:07Copy

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12. 
    🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis · Day 4Geoffrey Hanley

    • Mr. President, we remain deeply concerned about the humanitarian situation in Cuba. 9:19:56Copy
    • We urge constructive dialogue between the Governments of Cuba and the United States, engagement Mutual respect and cooperation offers the best path improving the lives of the Cuban people and advancing peace and stability throughout our region. 9:20:25Copy

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13. 
    🇧🇿Belize · Day 5John Briceño

    • Belize also stands with Cuba. 1:07:02Copy
    • Belize renews its call for the lifting of the blockade and for Cuba's removal from the list of state sponsors of terrorism. 1:07:26Copy

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14. 
    🇱🇦Lao People’s Democratic Republic · Day 5Thongsavanh Phomvihane

    • The prolonged economic, commercial and financial embargo against the Republic of Cuba continue to inflict hardship on its people. 2:07:33Copy
    • We call for the immediate and unconditional lifting of these sanctions, including logistic and energy blockades and removal of Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism. 2:07:43Copy

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15. 
    🇷🇺Russian Federation · Day 5Sergey Lavrov

    • We need urgent measures to be taken to address the terrible humanitarian situation in Cuba, which is under extreme, unprecedented pressure on the part of its northern neighbor. 3:16:33Copy
    • We insist that the U.S. lift its siege on the island of freedom and lift all restrictions on trade with Cuba, striking it off the list of that vile list, list of state sponsors of terrorism. 3:16:49Copy

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16. 
    🇧🇫Burkina Faso · Day 6Karamoko Jean Marie Traoré

    • It is necessary to strengthen transparency, accountability, put an end to double standards, to adapt this body to geopolitical reality the Confederation reaffirms its support for the Essel we need consensus and the sets declaration the credibility of the organization will the credibility of the UN will depend on its ability to ensure that the Charter international law and the sovereign equality of states are fully respected with the same rigor without distinction in this regards the Confederation reiterates our appeal to lift all unilateral coercive actions that are against international law, including the embargo imposed against the Republic of Cuba. 1:10:20Copy
    • Burkina Faso also remains concerned by the consequence of unilateral coercive measures imposed against certain states like Cuba and Nicaragua, and the repercussions of these have a terrible effect on the populations. 1:16:56Copy

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17. 
    🇬🇩Grenada · Day 6Ingrid Jackson

    • This requires Cuba and the United States of America to address the very difficult but not insurmountable challenges of ending of sanctions, the removal of the embargo and blockade against the Cuban people. 5:10:06Copy
    • Let us allow cooperation with Cuba and with all nations to be guided by the interests and well-being of people. 5:20:58Copy

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18. 
    🇻🇺Vanuatu · Day 6Odo Tevi

    • Such measures are in violation with the principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations and adversely affect sustainable development outcomes of countries such as Cuba. 6:30:58Copy
    • In this respect, we consistently call for the uplift of the economic embargo on the Republic of Cuba. 6:31:08Copy

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19. 
    🇧🇷Brazil · Day 1Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva

    • In Cuba, the world watches in horror as collective punishment is imposed on 10 million people by an illegal economic and energy embargo. 1:28:36Copy

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20. 
    🇳🇷Naoero · Day 1David Ranibok Adeang

    • For 33 consecutive years, This Assembly has called for an end to the embargo against Cuba. 9:23:53Copy

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21. 
    🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania · Day 1Deogratius Ndejembi

    • As stated previously, Tanzania reaffirms its position to oppose the use of such coercive measures against any Member State and reaffirms its unwavering solidarity with Cuba, Zimbabwe and all other States that are subjected to such unjustifiable constraints. 9:51:37Copy

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22. 
    🇵🇾Paraguay · Day 2Santiago Peña Palacios

    • And what applies to Venezuela applies perhaps even more so to Nicaragua, Cuba and Haiti, countries that have lived for far too long in the darkness of authoritarianism, violence and sorrow. 1:50:34Copy

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23. 
    🇺🇦Ukraine · Day 2Volodymyr Zelenskyy

    • Ghana, Nepal, Tajikistan, India, Yemen, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Cuba, Belarus, Sudan, South Africa, and many, many others. 5:31:23Copy

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24. 
    🇲🇿Mozambique · Day 2Daniel Francisco Chapo

    • We thus reiterate our position in the support of ending of economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed against Cuba. 8:50:19Copy

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25. 
    🇬🇾Guyana · Day 3Mohamed Irfaan Ali

    • We reiterate our call for a viable solution for Cuba, one that is peaceful, people-centered, development-focused, and allows for the full aspiration of the Cuban people to be realized. 1:57:24Copy

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26. 
    🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea · Day 3Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue

    • Based on that position, we encourage the United States of America and the Republic of Cuba to continue to pursue paths of dialogue which will make it possible to end the blockade and build a relationship of mutual benefit. 4:27:03Copy

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27. 
    🇬🇲Gambia (Republic of The) · Day 3Mohammed Jallow

    • On Cuba, we reiterate our longstanding call for an end to the economic, commercial, and financial sanctions. 4:49:22Copy

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28. 
    🇿🇦South Africa · Day 3Ronald Ozzy Lamola

    • The designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism is similarly unfounded and should be removed from that list. 12:11:06Copy

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29. 
    🇱🇸Lesotho · Day 4Samuel Ntsokoane Matekane

    • Mr. President, my delegation continues to call for the lifting of long-standing sanctions on Cuba and Zimbabwe. 3:05:19Copy

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30. 
    🇳🇪Niger · Day 4Lamine Zeine Ali Mahaman

    • What can we say of the crimes committed in Libya, in Iraq, in Palestine, in Lebanon, in Cuba, in Venezuela? 5:58:00Copy

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31. 
    🇧🇸Bahamas (the) · Day 4Philip Edward Davis

    • Mr. President, in our own hemisphere, the Bahamas again calls for the lifting of the strengthened blockade against Cuba and an end to the fuel blockade and Cuba's removal from the unilateral list of alleged state sponsors of terrorism. 6:40:53Copy

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32. 
    🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau · Day 4Ilídio Vieira Té

    • Ladies and gentlemen, Guinea-Bissau follows with concerned humanitarian consequences of the measures imposed against Cuba. 7:37:30Copy

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33. 
    🇲🇽Mexico · Day 4Roberto Velasco Álvarez

    • Our regional vocation also explains Mexico's position, the position that we have had for more than six decades, and that solidarity with the people of Cuba, rejecting the embargo and any unilateral measure that is against the UN Charter. 11:01:48Copy

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34. 
    🇹🇩Chad · Day 4Abdelmadjid Abdelrahim Mahamat

    • As we do each year on this same occasion, we call once again for the lifting of the economic and trade embargo imposed on Cuba and on its people. 11:38:10Copy

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35. 
    🇨🇳China · Day 5Han Zheng

    • China urges the relevant country to immediately stop using threat of force against Cuba and immediately and completely lift the blockade and sanctions against Cuba. 23:50Copy

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36. 
    🇻🇦Holy See · Day 5Cardinal Pietro Parolin

    • The Holy See is closely monitoring the situation between Cuba and the United States, and calls upon those responsible to foster a sincere and effective dialogue so as to avoid any action that might increase the suffering of the beloved Cuban people. 1:59:25Copy

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37. 
    🇳🇮Nicaragua · Day 5Valdrack Ludwing Jaentschke Whitaker

    • In this context, we wish to express our unwavering solidarity with the heroic people of Cuba And we also recognize the principles and values expressed by the people and government of the People's Republic of China, in particular the one China principle, which is non-negotiable. 4:40:16Copy

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38. 
    🇧🇾Belarus · Day 5Maxim Ryzhenkov

    • Yugoslavia, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Venezuela, Cuba, Iran, Palestine. 5:17:49Copy

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39. 
    🇸🇲San Marino · Day 5Luca Beccari

    • We must also not overlook the devastating humanitarian and social and economic situation in Cuba. 6:41:03Copy

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40. 
    🇬🇦Gabon · Day 5Marie-Édith Tassyla-Ye-Doumbeneny

    • And, pursuant to this principle, Gabon here wishes to reaffirm its support for Cuba. 7:34:55Copy

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41. 
    🇯🇲Jamaica · Day 5Kamina Johnson Smith

    • We encourage domestic reform and greater integration of Cuba into the international economic system. 8:10:27Copy

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42. 
    🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe · Day 5Ilza Maria dos Santos Amado Vaz

    • We also follow with concern the persistence of the economic, commercial, and financial restrictions affecting Cuba. 8:28:41Copy

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43. 
    🇨🇬Congo · Day 6Constant Serge Bounda

    • We call for the stabilization of Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, return of the lasting peace in Sudan, continued reconciliation in Libya, lifting of the embargo against Cuba, restoring of peace and stability in the Sahel. 3:07:59Copy

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44. 
    🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda · Day 6Walton Alfonso Webson

    • Antigua and Barbuda call on our friends, the United States of America and Cuba to return to the table of diplomacy and work as good neighbors would towards resolving their long-standing dispute. 5:02:30Copy

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45. 
    🇨🇷Costa Rica · Day 6Boris Vasir Marchegiani Carrero

    • We also note the situation in Cuba with concern, and we once again hear appeal for the full respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms. 6:07:38Copy

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