Greater political will to address the structural and moral failures of the international system that prevent progress towards a just future demanded the member of the Political Bureau of the Party and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, before the UN General Assembly.
In his speech at the Summit of the Future, the Cuban Foreign Minister reviewed the challenges facing developing nations and the need for truly profound reforms to eliminate them, Prensa Latina reported.
“The peoples need less interference and more solidarity; less unequal exchange and more equity; less politicization and double standards and more dialogue, cooperation and respect for their inalienable right to choose their political, economic, social and cultural system,” he said.
Rodríguez Parrilla reiterated that, for Cuba, the main obstacle to well-being and development is the criminal blockade of the United States and its infamous inclusion in the arbitrary and unilateral list of States that allegedly sponsor terrorism.
In his words, he stressed that “our futuristic debates are taking place while the genocide in Palestine continues, without an effective response from the international community, when even the institutions and workers of the United Nations are being targeted by Israel’s fire.”
He added that, for millions of people in the global South, the possibility of a dignified future is and will remain a utopia.
“It will be difficult to believe in that promised future as long as developed countries oppose deep reform of the international financial architecture, discussions of which should be centered at the United Nations,” he said.
If these claims have been watered down in the Pact for the Future, should we believe in the promises of greater access to the resources indispensable for our development? How can we trust in the promise of peace, non-interference and multilateralism while coercion, selfishness, domination and hegemonism grow and the UN Charter and international law are violated?, the senior diplomat questioned.
As part of his agenda in New York, the Cuban Foreign Minister also participated, last Saturday, in the 5th Meeting of Cubans living in the United States.
He thanked the work of a large group of Cuban nationals who maintain their public actions in support of the elimination of the blockade and the definitive withdrawal of Cuba from the list of countries sponsoring terrorism, policies that have a direct impact on the quality of life and the purchasing power of families. He also recognized the work of associations and Cubans living in that nation for their humanitarian projects.