Complaint by the Revolutionary Government of Cuba regarding the various plans of aggression and acts of intervention being executed by the Government of the United States of America against the Republic of Cuba, constituting a manifest violation of its territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence, and a clear threat to international peace and security

Publisher	UN General Assembly
Author	UN General Assembly
Publication Date	21 April 1961
Citation / Document Symbol	A/RES/1616
Reference	Fifteenth Session
Cite as	UN General Assembly, Complaint by the Revolutionary Government of Cuba regarding the various plans of aggression and acts of intervention being executed by the Government of the United States of America against the Republic of Cuba, constituting a manifest violation of its territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence, and a clear threat to international peace and security, 21 April 1961, A/RES/1616, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3b00f1cf5c.html [accessed 17 September 2023]

XV. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FIRST COMMITTEE
1616. Complaint by the Revolutionary Government of Cuba regarding the various plans of aggression and acts of intervention being executed by the Government of the United States of America against the Republic of Cuba, constituting a manifest violation of its territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence, and a clear threat to international peace and security

The General Assembly,

Having heard the statements made by the Minister for External Relations of Cuba, the representative of the United States of America and other representatives,

Deeply concerned over the situation disclose therein, which is disturbing world public opinion and the continuation of which could endanger world peace,

Recalling the last two paragraphs of the Security Council resolution of 19 July 1960[1] and the peaceful means of settlement established at the Seventh Meeting of Consultation of Foreign Ministers of the American Republics,

Considering that the States Members of the United Nations are under an obligation to settle their disputes by negotiation and other peaceful means in such a manner that international peace and security, and justice, are not endangered,

Exhorts all Member States to take such peaceful action as is open to them to remove existing tension.

995th plenary meeting,
21 April 1961.

[1] Official Records of the Security Council, Fifteenth Year, Supplement for July, August and September 1960, document S/4395.

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