Statement by Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, president of the Republic of Cuba for the Online Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in response to COVID-19.
Your Excellencies, Esteemed President Ilham Aliyev, Distinguished Heads of State and Government, I thank Azerbaijan, the Chairman of the Non-Aligned Movement, for calling to this meeting to exchange on the urgent and needed efforts which allow us to face COVID-19. I avail myself of this occasion to congratulate Uganda, which shall assume the NAM Chairmanship in the year of 2022. While assuring it Cuba´s full support, we wish Uganda success in the performance of such duty. Due to its seriousness, I must denounce the terrorist attack with an assault rifle and over 30 rounds that hit our embassy in Washington on April 30 last and demand from the United States government a thorough and swift investigation, harsh sanctions and security measures and guarantees for our diplomatic missions in its territory, as it must do under the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. Your Excellencies, NAM has shown its relevance in the present situation. That is attested by the Communiqués that have been adopted in support of the World Health Organization and concerning COVID-19 and which call for global unity and international solidarity and cooperation and also for putting aside political differences and eliminating unilateral coercive measures which violate International Law and the United Nations Charter and limit the capacity of States to deal with the pandemic efficiently.
Online Summit level Meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement Contact Group in response to Covid-19
DECLARATION 4 May 2020 We, the Heads of State and Government, having met through video conference at the Online Summit level Meeting of the NAM Contact Group in response to Covid-19, under the theme of “United against COVID-19 pandemic” on 4 May 2020, upon the initiative of H.E. Mr. Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan and Chair of the Non-Aligned Movement, with a view to making an effective contribution to the global efforts in tackling the unprecedented effects of COVID-19 pandemic,
Infographic map update. 23 “Henry Reeve” Medical Brigades in 22 nations to face the new Covid-19 pandemic
One thousand 466 Cuban health professionals, integrated into 23 "Henry Reeve" medical brigades, have left for 22 nations in Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa and the Middle East, in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, to help contain those affected territories the spread of a virus, which we already know, will be won only with cooperation and solidarity.
President Díaz-Canel to attend NAM´s Online Summit
Havana, 2 May 2020. The President of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, will participate in the Online Summit entitled "We stand together against COVID-19", convened by Azerbaijan in its capacity as Chair of the Non-Aligned Movement, in the format of a Contact Group, which comprises representatives from various regions making up the Movement.
The event, which will be held via videoconference on Monday, 4 May at 7 a.m. (Cuban local time), will be chaired by Azerbaijan´s President, Ilham Aliyev.
International Workers' Day or May Day yesterday and today
In a world hit by an exceptional pandemic, workers around the world miss the celebration of May Day or International Workers' Day. Historically it has been celebrated in many places, and bloody manifestations of claiming their rights in other places.
In Cuba, only after the triumph of the revolution on January 1, 1959, the workers fully achieved all their rights and May day became a source of national joy, with millions of people parading up defending the socialist revolution.