The 20 countries members of the Group of Friends in Defense of the Charter of the United Nations, issued a forceful statement today before the UN Human Rights Council, condemning the re-inclusion of Cuba in the unilateral list drawn up by the United States government of countries allegedly sponsoring terrorism.
No government should engage in a policy that causes hunger in other nations. Yet, the United States insists on depriving the Cuban people of their right to food.
Four months of the United States blockade cause Cuba losses amounting to USD 1.6 billion. That money could ensure a whole year's supply of the basic rationed food basket for our population.
The unjust international order perpetuates inequality and the financial gap between an opulent North and a South that is forced into debt due to the disparities that the system itself generates.
In such unfavourable conditions, the South will never be able to secure the necessary resources to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
Cuba applies a National Action Plan for the Care of Persons with Disabilities is being implemented with a multisectoral approach, aimed at improving their quality of life and ensuring their active participation in society, as well as the fullest possible development of their autonomy.
Our Family Code protects persons with disabilities, ensuring they can fully exercise their rights, and that their wills and preferences are respected.
The use of HeberFeron medication, manufactured by the Cuban biotechnology, improves the quality of life of the albino community in our country. This medication, to which all patients with early diagnosis have guaranteed and free access, reduces the proliferation of basal cell carcinomas, the most common type of skin cancer.