Yesterday, Cuba assumed the role of Coordinator Country of the Group of 21 (G-21) in Geneva, within the context of the United Nations Conference on Disarmament.
This was announced by Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, member of the Political Bureau and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, who added that the G-21 is the largest consultation group at the Conference.
Comprising 33 nations, the body advocates "nuclear disarmament as a top priority in this multilateral sphere," the Cuban Foreign Minister emphasized in X.
The Conference on Disarmament was recognized in 1978 by the Tenth Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly on Disarmament. It was conceived as the only multilateral forum for negotiation on disarmament in the international community.
The Conference was preceded by the Ten-Nation Disarmament Committee (1960), the Eighteen-Nation Disarmament Committee (1962-1968), and the Conference of the Disarmament Committee (1969-1978).
According to the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cuba will be in charge of leading the Group until August 15.
The forum and its predecessors have negotiated important multilateral arms limitation and disarmament agreements:
The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT),
The Biological Weapons Convention (BWC),
The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC),
The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT).
Source: United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
