HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 17 (ACN) Below is the full text of Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla’s speech at the Ministerial Committee Meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) on Palestine.
“His Excellency Mr. Jeyhun Bayramov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan:
Your Excellency General Odongo Jeje Abubakhar, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uganda:
Dear Ministers and Heads of Delegation:
Distinguished Delegates and Guests:
I appreciate the information presented by Minister Mansur.
The international community is witnessing the genocide being perpetrated against the Palestinian people.
Israel, the Occupying Power, is attacking the defenseless population in Gaza with bombs and missiles. With its “philosophy of dispossession”, Israel has caused a humanitarian catastrophe of extreme proportions in the Palestinian territory illegally occupied for 75 years.
Nothing can justify such barbarism. We demand an immediate and permanent ceasefire, as well as the delivery of unrestricted humanitarian aid to Gaza.
Cuba condemns in the strongest terms the assassinations of civilians, especially women, children and humanitarian workers of the United Nations system; the indiscriminate bombardments against the population in Gaza and the destruction of homes, hospitals and civilian infrastructure; as well as the deprivation of water, food, electricity and fuel services to the Palestinian population.
These actions considerably worsen the precarious humanitarian situation resulting from the blockade of the Gaza Stri
