"(...) we must strive for peace and we must strive for disarmament, because one fifth of what the world is spending in weapons could be used to promote development."
“Today we should fight off the risk of unipolar hegemonism and work for the only viable, endurable and acceptable way to survive, that is, for a multilateral world to prevail where peace, freedom, development and progress can be realized by all.”.
“We are not in favour of war, but in favour of peace among all the peoples.”
“Now the people have the sort of peace they wanted: peace without dictatorship, peace without censorship, peace without persecution”.
“Only peace and cooperation among peoples will save humanity from the threat of death posed by the route of plunder, exploitation, wars, and the destruction of conditions for life on the planet.”
“(…) saving peace with dignity, with independence and without a war is the cornerstone of the struggle that we should wage together for a truly just world of free peoples.”.
“We want a peace which benefits to an equal degree the great and the small, the powerful and the weak, which covers all spheres in the world and reaches all of its citizens.”
"El mundo será conquistado por las ideas y no por la fuerza, cuyo poder para sojuzgar y dominar a la humanidad será cada vez menor. Sólo la paz y la cooperación entre los pueblos serán capaces de preservar a la humanidad de la muerte con que la amenazan por la vía del saqueo, la explotación, las guerras y la destrucción de las condiciones de vida del planeta."
"Cuba is no enemy to peace, nor is it reluctant to exchanges or cooperation between countries with different political systems, but it has been and will be uncompromising in its defense of its principles.".
“We are witnesses to the contempt and arrogance with which the dominant superpower is breaking agreements and treaties that are vital not only to the peace and security of all the peoples of the world, but also to the hopes for sustainable development and the preservation of the ecological balance, resources and natural conditions without which life would be impossible on this planet, as we all know”.