UN General Assembly
2022

Now, I am pleased to inform the Assembly that Solomon Islands has successfully deposited its instrument of ratification to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. We will be submitting our instrument of ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict within the coming weeks. We join the international community in reiterating the call for the lifting of the economic embargo imposed on Cuba. We commend Cuba’s resilience and urge the United States of America to take the initiative and normalize relations between those two close neighbours. I also wish to convey my deepest appreciation to Cuba for the training of our medical students. More than 100 Solomon Islands medical doctors have graduated from Cuban medical schools over the years.