El Embajador Rodolfo Benítez Verson, Representante Permanente de Cuba ante la ONU en Ginebra, sostuvo un cordial encuentro con el Ing. Sergio Mujica, Secretario General de la Organización Internacional de Normalización (ISO), en la sede de la organización en esta ciudad suiza.
Geneva, June 16, 2025. Ambassador Rodolfo Benítez Verson, Permanent Representative of Cuba to the UN in Geneva, held a fraternal meeting with Ms. Pamela Coke-Hamilton, Executive Director of the International Trade Centre (ITC), at the organization's headquarters in Geneva.
During the exchange, the Cuban representative recognized the important work of the Centre, which acts as a development agency of the UN and the World Trade Organization, supporting trade for small and medium-sized enterprises in developing countries.
Cuba will continue to oppose any action contrary to the principles enshrined in the UN Charter and will always defend respect for sovereignty and non-interference in the internal affairs of States.
Ambassador Rodolfo Benítez Verson presented his credentials today as Permanent Representative of the Republic of Cuba to the Conference on Disarmament, in a ceremony held at the United Nations Palace.
Despite its geographic location and status as a Small Island Developing State, and in spite of being subjected to a tight economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by the United States Government for over six decades, Cuba has implemented a National Platform for disaster risk reduction management that is managed from the highest government level and implemented across various sectors of society with a forward-looking, corrective, and compensatory approach.