United Nations Security Council - Ambassador Stevenson on Cuba, Oct62

United Nations Security Council - Ambassador Stevenson on Cuba, Oct62 Stevenson SOF: “We still hope, we still pray that the worst may be avoided; that the Soviet leadership will call an end to this ominous adventure. Accordingly the President has initiated steps to quarantine Cuba against the further imports of offensive military equipment. Because the entire Inter-American system is challenged the President has last night called for an immediate meeting of the Organ of Consultation of the Organization of the American States to consider this threat to hemispheric security...they are meeting now...I have just been informed that the Organization...adopted a resolution by 19 affirmative votes...call for immediate dismantling & withdrawal from Cuba...” It goes on to ask UN to dispatch observers. 20:03:04 View from behind Cuban delegate. He speaks in Spanish. 20:05:45 President of Security Council, w/ simultaneous translation: “What is surprising is that Mr Stevenson has practically said nothing about the grounds: the political, legal & moral grounds based in the Charter of the United Nations for those aggressive acts that were undertaken by the Government of the United States over the past 24 hours against the small Cuban state. And this is not by accident since, in fact, the Government of the United State has nothing to say in defense of its aggressive position.” Cuban Missile Crisis; Oct62; Cold War;