New York, 13 June 2017. Members of the Permanent Mission of Cuba to the United Nations gathered this afternoon with the prestigious film director Estela Bravo and her husband Ernesto Bravo for the screening of her documentary “Gema de Cuba”.
New York, 13 June 2017. During annual sessionof the UNICEF Executive Board, Cuba highlighted last year’s achievements despite the challenges still ahead to accomplish the welfare of those boys and girls, which constitute almost half of the 900 million people who live with less than 1,90 dollars a day.
New York, 12 June 2017. At the Session of the Committee on Decolonization devoted to the Question of Western Sahara, the Cuban Ambassador Humberto Rivero Rosario emphasized there has been virtually no progress in finding an effective solution to the conflict in Western Sahara, despite the continued efforts carried out.
New York, 9 June 2017. The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the Treasury Department levied a new fine upon American Honda Finance Corporation (AHFC), which amounts to $87,255 for violating the regulations of the U.S. blockade against Cuba.
OFAC claimed in this case that one of Canada's AHFC subsidiaries approved and financed 13 car lease arrangements between a Honda dealer and the Cuban Embassy in Ottawa between February 2011 and March 2014.
New York, 8 June 2017. Within theframework ofthe United Nations Ocean Conference, and as part of Dialogue 6: “Increasing scientific knowledge, developing research capabilities and transferring marine technology”, the Cuban Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and Environment, José Fidel Santana Núñez, explained that in Cuba there are, since 1999, working platforms for the conservation of biodiversity, as proof of the political will and interest of the State to protect biodiversity for the nation’s economic development.