UN General Assembly
2012

collective security system. We believe that we must work on that proposal, study it, discuss it and decide on it together. Our country also calls for a comprehensive revitalization of the General Assembly. We propose that its role as the main depositary of global sovereignty be fully recognized within the United Nations system since it is only there that all members are represented. The General Assembly should therefore have the ability to discuss and take binding decisions on all significant issues on the international agenda, including international peace and security. An example of the imbalance and lack of democracy of the current United Nations system that clearly reflects the urgent need for its reform is the situation in which the abhorrent blockade on the sisterly Republic of Cuba continues because an economic and military Power is able to impose its will and political view despite the contrary decision of 186 countries. Then again, the United States cannot continue to include Cuba on its spurious list of countries that sponsor terrorism simply because of an ideological unwillingness to accept that