Cuba reaffirms need for nuclear disarmament

Havana, Jul 22 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez reaffirmed on Monday that nuclear disarmament is and must remain an international priority, due to the serious threat these weapons represent for humanity.

July 22, 2024
12:23

On his X profile, the head of Cuban diplomacy warned that there are 12,121 nuclear weapons in the world, 9,585 of which are ready to be used.

Such a position was expressed last April by Cuba’s permanent representative at the United Nations, Ernesto Soberón, during an exchange of opinions promoted by the UN Commission on the subject.

The States that possess those weapons must assume their primary responsibility to achieve nuclear disarmament in a transparent, verifiable and irreversible manner within a defined period, he said.

Cuba is part of the Treaties on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons; Non-Proliferation; Tlatelolco; and the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban and, like the United Nations, considers the need to eliminate these kinds of weapons as a matter of urgency.

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