Press release on the 3rd Round of the Human Rights Dialogue between Cuba and the European Union
This Friday, February 26, 2021, the Third Round of the Dialogue on Human Rights between Cuba and the European Union met virtually, within the framework of the Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement between the Caribbean country and the European bloc. The respective delegations were chaired by Mr. Eamon Gilmore, special representative of the European Union for Human Rights, and María del Carmen Herrera Caseiro, acting director general of Multilateral Affairs and International Law of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba.
At the meeting, which took place in a respectful and constructive atmosphere, issues related to civil and political rights, and economic, social and cultural rights were discussed; as well as multilateral cooperation and with the United Nations human rights mechanisms. The dialogue was guided by the mutual interest to exchange regarding the different realities and positions in relation to human rights issues.
Marino Murillo exchanged with the Diplomatic Corps accredited in Cuba on the Ordering Task
Havana, February 25, 2021.- Marino Murillo Jorge, head of the Permanent Commission for the Implementation and Development of the Ordering Task, exchanged this Thursday on its main aspects with representatives of the Diplomatic Corps accredited in Cuba.
Murillo Jorge explained that this process has been implemented in a very complex economic moment, with many limitations due to the impact of the intensification of the United States blockade; the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic; the world economic situation and the restriction of foreign exchange earnings to the country.
Cuba participates in the 10th Edition of the Meeting “Strategic Triangle: Latin America-Europe-Africa”.
Havana, February 24, 2021.- The Deputy Minister of Foreign Relations of Cuba, Anayansi Rodríguez Camejo, participated this Wednesday in the panel “The Health Industry at the Service of the Populations”, which was held virtually as part of the event "Strategic Triangle: Latin America-Europe-Africa", sponsored by the Institute for the Promotion of Latin America and the Caribbean and the Ibero-American General Secretariat.
Achievements Greek initiative to request the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize for the Henry Reeve contingent of Cuban doctors.
Athens, February 25, 2021. Velissarios Kossybakis, coordinator of the Greek initiative for the Nobel Prize for the Henry Reeve brigade, thanks Cuba for its internationalist and humanist work and reports that 231,000 signatures of support were achieved in Greece as of 01/31/ 2021.
The emergence of the initiative in Greece was officially on March 28, 2020 on a personal page of Velissarios Kossybakis and 30 other pages on Facebook, which belong to him and the film distribution company that he manages, New Star Art Cinema
Statement of Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs in the 46th Session of the Human Rights Council.
Madame Chair, The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the grave problems and colossal challenges human kind was already faced with and exposed new threats, including the frailty of health care systems. The promotion, protection and respect of the right to health are particularly relevant in the current context. In Cuba, the existence of a free-of-charge, high-quality and universal-coverage health care system guarantees the right to health of all Cubans and has allowed us to tackle the pandemic with positive results. Nowadays we have four vaccine candidates against COVID-19, each at a different phase of clinical trials, which are the result of the development of Cuban science and the hard work of our scientists. We expect to be able to immunize the entire Cuban population this year.