New York, May 7, 2020. On 1 May, during a Virtual Briefing of the Alliance of Small Island Developing States, while reviewing the effects of COVID-19 and global actions for combating it, Amina J. Mohammed, the UN Deputy Secretary-General, acknowledged and praised Cuba for the valuable support provided by our doctors in the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
In the meeting with the Permanent Representatives of the Alliance, the senior United Nations official highlighted that this pandemic poses particular socioeconomic and healthcare challenges for small island developing states. Likewise, she emphasized the solidarity contribution of Cuba and its medical brigades that join the global efforts to combat the current healthcare crisis and safeguard the achievements of the United Nations and its Member States in the field of sustainable development.
After fifteen years of heroic anecdotes and humanitarian deeds, the Henry Reeve Medical Brigade is now present in 22 nations around the world, where approximately 1500 Cuban doctors fight to put an end to the COVID-19 pandemic. The new challenge of ending the COVID-19 pandemic and hoist the flag of solidarity and humanism which characterize our Revolution add to the list of humanitarian crises caused by hurricanes, earthquakes and flooding.
Mission of Cuba to the United Nations.