STATEMENT BY THE FIRST DEPUTY MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF CUBA, GERARDO PEÑALVER PORTAL, AT THE HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT OF THE 55TH SESSION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL.
Mr. President,
As inequalities and the gap between a minority of developed nations and a majority of developing nations increase, the need for a just, democratic and equitable international order becomes increasingly clear.
The promotion and protection of human rights is a common goal, which can only be achieved through a genuine spirit of respect and constructive dialogue.
Cuba will participate in the 13th WTO Ministerial Conference, from February 26 to 29, in Abu Dhabi.
Geneva, February 22, 2024.- Cuba will be present at the XIII WTO Ministerial Conference, which will be held from February 26 to 29 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Esteban Lazo travels to Kenya in search for cooperation and clarification
Comrade Esteban Lazo Hernández, Speaker of the National People’s Power Assembly and President of the Council of State of Cuba has travelled to the Republic of Kenya as High Level Special Envoy in order to engage in urgent procedures with the top authorities of that country, searching for cooperation and clarification, in the light of the recent news published about the possible non-confirmed death of doctors Assel Herrera Correa and Landy Rodríguez Hernández, who were kidnapped in that country on April 12, 2019.
Cuba stresses the importance of closing the digital divide through the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) and the implementation of its results.
On the eve, while participating in the preparatory open consultation organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) for the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum, the Permanent Mission of Cuba in Geneva emphasized the importance and priority that should be given to this process, first in recognizing the so-called "digital divide" as a new dimension of economic and social divisions between countries, which impacts universal and equal access to knowledge and information.
The Forum will be held from May 27 to 31, 2024, at this multilateral venue. The event will be the occasion for a new general review of the implementation of the Summit outcomes 20 years after its first phase (WSIS+20).
Cuba denounces at UNCTAD the impact of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the US.
Geneva, 14 February 2024 - The Permanent Mission of Cuba to the United Nations Office at Geneva and other international organizations in Switzerland actively participated in the 75th executive session of the Trade and Development Board of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), which took place from February 12 to 14.
During the meeting, the Cuban delegation denounced the persistence and strengthening of unilateral coercive measures against countries, such as the economic, commercial and financial blockade that the U.S. administration has maintained against the Caribbean island for more than six decades. Measures of this nature hinder the full development of nations and threaten the quality of life of their populations, the Cuban delegation emphasized.