Cuba proposes action by NAM on Gaza

A UN peacekeeping force in Gaza is required by the UN Charter

     The Nineteenth Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) was held in Kampala, Uganda on January 19-20, 2024.  See “The 19^th Summit of the NAM in Uganda: Deepening cooperation for shared global affluence,” January 20, 2024.

     The Cuban delegation to the Summit was headed by Cuban Vice-President Salvador Valdés Mesa.  In his discourse to the Summit, he pointed out that finding consensus in the midst of diverse points of view has always been the strength of the Non-Aligned Movement, which has enabled the Movement to put forth the Declaration for a New International Economic Order, to condemn aggression and the imposition of unjust sanctions and unilateral coercive measures, and to coordinate positions in defense of the aspirations and just demands of our peoples. 

Cuban VP Salvador Valdés Mesa, Vice-President of Cuba, addresses the Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement on January 19, 2024. (Source: Granma)

     In addition, Valdés Mesa expressed the following:

Cuba proposes that the NAM,…