Cuba's representative, Celeste Sánchez González, a specialist from the Center for State Control of Medicines, Equipment and Medical Devices (CECMED), is participating in the meeting of the World Health Organization (WHO) Technical Advisory Group for the certification of Regulatory Authorities on the WHO List (WLA). This meeting will take place from June 23-25 at WHO headquarters.
Geneva, June 23, 2025. Cuba assumed today the responsibility of Coordinating Country of the Group of 21 (G-21) in the Conference on Disarmament, which operates at this UN headquarters.
The G-21 is the largest of the four coordination groups that comprise the Conference on Disarmament. The G-21 is made up of 33 developing countries, out of the total of 65 Member States currently in the Conference.
The two officials reviewed the international situation, the multilateral system, and the impact it has had on workers.
The ILO's expanded technical assistance was evaluated on issues such as updating the labor regulatory framework in line with the Sustainable Development Goals and the exchange of technical and good practices on youth employment, the informal economy, and the digital transformation of work, among other topics.
Representatives from numerous countries, international organizations, civil society organizations, and academic institutions held a packed event at the UN Palace in Geneva as part of the activities organized in the context of the 59th session of the Human Rights Council. The meeting focused on the contribution of international medical cooperation to the realization of the right to health.
The Cuban delegation to the Humanitarian Affairs Segment of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), which concluded today at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, responded strongly to manipulative and misleading statements by the United States delegation regarding the economic blockade imposed against the island.