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About the fight against racism

About the fight against racism

In Cuba, historically there have been important intellectuals who have fought against racism and have unraveled its true essence.

Twenty years after the Durban Programme of Action, the situation of racism and discrimination in the world is still alarming

Twenty years after the Durban Programme of Action, the situation of racism and discrimination in the world is still alarming

New York, 18 February 2021. “The COVID-19 pandemic and the crises it has exacerbated further expose the unjust international order that for decades has turned the poor, Afro-descendants or migrants into targets of all kinds of discrimination," said Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla today, speaking at the virtual ministerial meeting commemorating the 20th anniversary of the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance.

Statement by Mr. Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, at the Ministerial Meeting on the Elimination of racism, xenophobia and discrimination. 18 february, 2021

Statement by Mr. Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, at the Ministerial Meeting on the Elimination of racism, xenophobia and discrimination. 18 february, 2021

Mister President,
This year we commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the historic World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, but the goals established in the Durban Plan and Programme of Action are yet to be achieved. We are no way near the materialization of the 2030 Agenda either.

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