“One Limited Step in the Right Direction” Declaration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba.
Havana, May 16, 2022. Today, the government of the United States announced several measures, which are positive but of a very limited scope, regarding Cuba associated to the granting of visas, regular migration, flights to Cuban provinces, remittances and adjustments to the regulations governing transactions with the non-state sector.
Statement by H.E. Ms. Anayansi Rodríguez Camejo, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba and Head of the Cuban Delegation at the submission of the III-VI Combined Report of Cuba to the Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Madam President, distinguished members of the Committee,
I would like to thank you, on behalf of our delegation, for the opportunity to submit the III-VI Combined Report of Cuba, concerning the fulfillment of its obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
STATEMENT BY JUAN ANTONIO QUINTANILLA ROMÁN, AMBASSADOR, PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF CUBA IN GENEVA, ON BEHALF OF THE HEAD OF THE DELEGATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF CUBA, AMBASSADOR RODOLFO BENÍTEZ VERSON.
STATEMENT BY JUAN ANTONIO QUINTANILLA ROMÁN, AMBASSADOR, PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF CUBA IN GENEVA, ON BEHALF OF THE HEAD OF THE DELEGATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF CUBA, AMBASSADOR RODOLFO BENÍTEZ VERSON, AT THE SUBMISSION OF CUBA'S REPORT UNDER THE CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT. Geneva, 21 April 2022.
Mr. President,
Distinguished members of the Committee,
Statement delivered by the delegation of Cuba on behalf of a group of Like Minded Countries at the 49th Session of the Human Rights Council General Debate of Agenda Item 5: Human Rights bodies and mechanisms.
Mister President,
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of a Like Minded Group of countries.
We have followed with interest the updates by special procedures mandate holders and the Coordinating Committee on the progress in the improvement of their working methods. We emphasize the need that all special procedures mandate holders discharge their duties within their mandates, and in an impartial and objective manner.
Statement by Ernesto Soberón Guzmán, Director General of the Division of Consular Affairs and Cubans Residents Abroad
During the last few weeks some of our fellow nationals have been facing difficulties when attempting to travel to countries of our region under the new requirement of obtaining a visa to visit to or travel in transit through some of them. This is a complex situation that is being closely followed by the Cuban government and has multiple causes.