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.
Plaque in honor of Martí will be unveiled on Mount Olympus
(taken from the Facebook of Oriol Marrero, counselor / consul Embacuba Grecia)
Athens. February 24, 2021. The day that marks the 126th anniversary of the restart of the wars for the independence of Cuba, of the necessary and “inevitable” war, as Martí called it, is a patriotic, libertarian and propitious date to express that -As soon as the weather conditions allow it-, a commemorative plaque will be unveiled on Mount Olympus, the highest point in Greece with almost three kilometers of altitude, in honor of the Cuban National Hero José Martí, soul and organizer of the War for the Independence of Cuba of 1895, who also as a great intellectual, writer and artist who was repeatedly mentioned Olympus in his brilliant and imperishable journalistic, literary and poetic work, his own work, highly recognized, universal, humanist, great and tangible.
Statement by Mr. Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, at the Conference on Disarmament.
Mr. President; The world’s situation is ever more dangerous and challenging. Now more than ever before, the very survival of the human species is at stake. International peace and security are being threatened by conflicts; predatory and non-conventional wars; acts of aggression and regime change attempts; and an arms race that is dilapidating enormous resources that are indispensable for the sustainable development of our peoples.
Meeting of Ministers of Education of the ALBA-TCP session
The meeting of Ministers of Education of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-Peoples' Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP) held virtual sessions on the afternoon of Monday, February 22.
Permanent commitment of Cuba for disarmament, non-proliferation and arms control.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, will speak in the High Level Segment of the Conference on Disarmament, to be held from February 22 to 26, 2021, in Geneva. Cuba's participation in this event corresponds to its commitment to the international disarmament, non-proliferation and arms control regime.