UN General Assembly
1963

189. The Revolutionary Government of Cuba supports all efforts being made to create a system of world security, but thinks that the validity of such a system depends on there being no exceptions or privileges favouring any particular country. 190. This, then, is the position of the Cuban Government. We appreciate the good faith behind the proposal and we are prepared to discuss it, but our unalterable condition for supporting it is a pledge by the United States Government in regard to the territories under its jurisdiction such as the Panama Canal Zone and Puerto Rico and the abolition and evacuation of United States military bases in Latin America, especially the Guantanamo Naval Base in our country.