Cuban representative elected as Rapporteur for important World Health Organization program
Dr. Vivian Kourí, director of the Pedro Kourí Institute of Tropical Medicine, was elected today as Rapporteur for the 48th Meeting of the Joint Coordinating Board of the Special Program for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, being held in this Swiss city.
Ambassador Rodolfo Benítez Verson, Permanent Representative of Cuba, speaks at the UN Conference on Disarmament session on Israel's military attacks against the Islamic Republic of Iran
Cuba condemns Israel's aggression against the Islamic Republic of Iran, with the support of the United States. Our country reaffirms its solidarity with the people and government of Iran, and warns of the danger of a major conflagration.
Ambassador Rodolfo Benítez Verson speaks at the Interactive Dialogue with the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, including East Jerusalem, and we should meet and discuss the issue.
In the last 20 months, 55,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, most of them children. We pay tribute to the 463 humanitarian workers, including 319 UN workers, also killed.
This genocide must stop, without conditions or delay. It is a wound on the human conscience.
Cuban Ambassador in Geneva Holds Meeting with Secretary-General of the International Organization for Standardization
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.
AMBASSADOR RODOLFO BENÍTEZ VERSON, PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF CUBA, SPEAKS AT THE INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON ERITREA. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL.
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.