Cuba demanded at UN for political will for a just future

HAVANA, Cuba, Sep 23 (ACN) Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez called today before the UN General Assembly for greater political will to address the structural and moral failures of the international system that prevent progress towards a just future, Prensa Latina reported.

Speaking during the Summit of the Future, Cuban diplomat reviewed the challenges faced by developing nations and the need for truly profound reforms to eliminate them.

“The people need less meddling 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 demanded.

Rodriguez recalled the challenges posed to his country by the hostile policy imposed by the U.S. government, including the inclusion in the arbitrary and unilateral list of states that allegedly sponsor terrorism.
That, he insisted, is the main obstacle to the well-being and development of the Caribbean nation.

At the same time, the planet is suffering the effects of climate change without the opulent societies putting a stop to the consumerism that generates it and without sufficient political will to channel the necessary funds for the Sustainable Development Goals or real debt relief.

The minister insisted that for millions of people in the Global South, the possibility of a decent 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 stated.

If those claims have been dissolved in the Pact for the Future, should we believe in the promises of greater access to the resources indispensable for our development, questioned the head of Cuban diplomacy.

The top diplomat was speaking on the opening day of the Summit, which opened its doors on Sunday morning with the approval of the Pact for the Future, an ambitious UN project for a reform of global governance.

Despite the optimism surrounding the text, the main voices of the organization assure that the real change will come with the actions and political will of the states, particularly the most powerful ones.