Intervention of the First Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, Marcelino Medina, in the Extraordinary Meeting of the Ministerial Committee on Palestine of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries (NAM).
His Excellency Mr. Jeyhun Bayramov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan;
Dear Ministers and Heads of Delegations;
We appreciate the efforts of the Azeri Presidency to convene this extraordinary Meeting of the Ministerial Committee on Palestine of the Non-Aligned Movement.
Since its inception, the Movement has given the highest priority to defending the Palestinian cause and the inalienable rights of its people, violated by more than seven decades of occupation.
UNESCO releases report on the consequences of the U.S. blockade on Cuba
Paris, June 22-- The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) issued a report Tuesday on the consequences of the U.S. blockade against Cuba.
The Paris-based multilateral organization provided elements on the consequences of Washington's blockade for the report prepared by the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, in view of a new vote slated for Wednesday in the General Assembly on a draft resolution calling for a halt of the hostile measure.
How does the blockade affect the right of Cubans to health?
By: Randy Alonso Falcón, Dinella García Acosta, Karina Rodríguez Martínez
June 21, 2021 CUBADEBATE
Cuba has faced the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States government for almost six decades, and one of its greatest impacts is seen in the field of health. The largest of the Antilles is denied the right to acquire technologies, raw materials, reagents, diagnostic means, medicines, devices, equipment and spare parts, which have to be obtained in geographically distant markets or through a third country, with an increase in costs.
During the months of the pandemic, this policy, far from minimizing its impact, has intensified to unprecedented levels, hence 2020 was the year with the greatest impact both in number and in examples, due to the impact that the measures have had on combat. to COVID-19. To discuss this issue, directors of BioCubaFarma, FarmaCuba and MedSol appeared at the Round Table on Monday.
Abdala, with three doses, has an efficacy of 92.28%
The First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, attended the CIGB on Monday afternoon to congratulate, on behalf of Cuba, the researchers who in 13 months achieved a world milestone. "And we are going for more," declared the President of the Republic
Author: Leticia Martínez Hernández | internet@granma.cu
Author: René Tamayo León | internet@granma.cu
June 21, 2021 9:06:01 PM
After applying the three-dose formulation, the vaccine candidate Abdala has an efficacy of 92.28 percent, which places it well above the requirement of the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare a vaccine as such anti COVID-19, which must be at least 50 percent effective.
The European Union tells the UN Secretary General that the blockade affects its interests (+ Video)
Author: International Newsroom | internacional@granma.cu
June 21, 2021 11:06:22 PM
In a report sent to the UN Secretary General, António Guterres, the European Union (EU) asserted that the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba also affects its interests and, consequently, expressed its rejection of the extraterritorial nature of that policy, reported Prensa Latina.