Perhaps none of you, gentlemen delegates, who bring, not the individual representation of anyone, but rather that of your respective countries and for which reason, the matters which refer to each of you should concern you for what each of you represent; perhaps none of you, I say, upon your arrival in the City of New York has had to suffer the personal mistreatment, the physically humiliating treatment, as that which was meted out to the President of the Cuban delegation. I am not trying to arouse anyone in this Assembly. I am merely stating the truth. It was time for us to take the floor and to speak. Much has been said about us. For many days we have been a bone of contention. The newspapers have referred to us, but we have held our peace. We cannot defend ourselves against attacks in this country, but our day to tell the truth has dawned and, therefore, we will speak the truth. As I have said, we had to undergo degrading and humiliating treatment including eviction from the hotel in which we were living and efforts at extortion. We headed towards another hotel, without any upsets on our part, and we did all in our power to avoid difficulties. We refrained from leaving our hotel rooms and we went nowhere except to this assembly hall of the United Nations on the few times that we have come to the General Assembly. We also accepted an invitation to a reception at the Soviet Embassy, but we have curtailed our movements in order to avoid difficulties and problems. Yet, this did not suffice, this did not mean that we were left in peace.🏁

Perhaps none of you, gentlemen delegates, who bring, not the individual representation of anyone, but rather that of your respective countries and for which reason, the matters which refer to each of you should concern you for what each of you represent; perhaps none of you, I say, upon your arrival in the City of New York has had to suffer the personal mistreatment, the physically humiliating treatment, as that which was meted out to the President of the Cuban delegation. I am not trying to arouse anyone in this Assembly. I am merely stating the truth. It was time for us to take the floor and to speak. Much has been said about us. For many days we have been a bone of contention. The newspapers have referred to us, but we have held our peace. We cannot defend ourselves against attacks in this country, but our day to tell the truth has dawned and, therefore, we will speak the truth. As I have said, we had to undergo degrading and humiliating treatment including eviction from the hotel in which we were living and efforts at extortion. We headed towards another hotel, without any upsets on our part, and we did all in our power to avoid difficulties. We refrained from leaving our hotel rooms and we went nowhere except to this assembly hall of the United Nations on the few times that we have come to the General Assembly. We also accepted an invitation to a reception at the Soviet Embassy, but we have curtailed our movements in order to avoid difficulties and problems. Yet, this did not suffice, this did not mean that we were left in peace.🏁