UN General Assembly
1999

peace and security. It is only through a restructuring of the Council on these lines that this body can avoid selectivity in dealing with issues of international peace and security and sustainable development. The present unequal handling of the causes and management of conflicts is unacceptable since it indirectly allows some conflicts to drag on. My delegation believes that we can succeed in our collective effort to achieve peace and prosperity in the next century if we begin to speak out boldly against some of the injustices on the international scene. We therefore reiterate our concern over the continued non-compliance with key United Nations resolutions that call for an end to the commercial and financial embargo against Cuba. It is our sincere conviction that the economic blockade of more than three decades’ vintage against Cuba and the Helms-Burton and D’Amato legislation are a breach of international law and a violation of the principles of the United Nations Charter. Particularly, Ghana considers the extraterritorial effect of the Helms-Burton and D’Amato legislation an infringement on the territorial integrity of States and an