HAVANA, Cuba, Dec 1 (ACN) Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, spoke today at the World Summit on Climate Action in the context of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP-28) taking place in Expo City,
venue of the mega event that brings together in the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), more than 70 thousand participants from around the world.
Due to its importance, we publish below the speech published on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba.
Madam President, Excellencies:
I thank the Emirati government and people for the warm welcome, hospitality and organization of this summit.
Allow me to begin by recalling that, a little more than 2,000 kilometers from here, in Gaza, genocide is taking place. On behalf of Cuba, we categorically condemn the escalation of violence and terror unleashed against the inhabitants of that strip of land in occupied Palestine; peace is necessary to save the planet.
This COP must be a space for serious and ambitious commitments. We welcome the decision taken to operationalize the Loss and Damage Fund. We welcome the commitments announced to start capitalizing it, but we warn that they are still insufficient for the needs of develop
