Geneva, Switzerland, June 8, 2026. The Minister of Labor and Social Security, Jesús Otamendiz Campos, is leading the Cuban delegation to the 114th International Labour Conference, which is being held in this city until June 12.
The Conference meets annually. Representatives of governments, employers, and workers from the 187 Member States of the International Labour Organization (ILO) are participating to discuss issues related to the world of work, such as decent work in the platform economy, the transformative program to achieve gender equality in the workplace, and social dialogue and tripartism.
The Cuban delegation will denounce before the Conference the brutal impact on Cuban workers of the extreme intensification of the economic blockade imposed by the United States government, which is enforcing increasingly aggressive measures, including a ruthless energy embargo.
The Cuban delegation will share with the other delegations the progress and results of the employment policies implemented by Cuba, despite the tremendous challenges and obstacles posed by the blockade. They will also report on the upcoming approval by the National Assembly of People's Power of the new Labor Code, the result of an extensive consultation process with workplaces, which will provide greater rights and guarantees for all labor sectors in the country.
The ILO was created in 1919 by the Treaty of Versailles, which marked the end of the First World War. In 1945, it became the first specialized agency of the United Nations.
Cuba is a founding member of the ILO and is the Latin American and Caribbean country with the most ratified ILO conventions, totaling 90, including the 10 fundamental ILO conventions.
Our country participates actively and constructively in the work of the ILO and contributes to the development and adoption of international labor standards.