DECLARATION International Seminar on Parliamentary Diplomacy National Capitol - Havana, Cuba 19th September, 2024
Academics, diplomats, officials, students and lawmakers from Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa, Asia and Europe, participating in the International Seminar on Parliamentary Diplomacy, which took place on September 18 and 19, 2024, in Havana, Cuba, have widely debated the role of parliamentarians in strengthening international law, promoting the principles and purposes of the Charter of the United Nations and building a better, fairer, more democratic and peaceful world.
The Annual National Assembly of the Sinn Féin Party of Ireland reiterates its support for Cuba.
Technological University of the Shannon Campus, in Atholne, Co. Westmeath (September 28, 2024). The participants in the Annual National Assembly of the Sinn Féin Party of Ireland (Ard Fheis), during the segment dedicated to international affairs, expressed their support for the battle that Cuba is waging for the lifting of the economic, commercial and financial blockade, which they have maintained for more than 62 years by the United States.
Nearly 600 parliamentarians from 73 countries call on the US to take Cuba off the “state-sponsor of terrorism” list
The US state-sponsor of terrorism designation, removed in 2015 following a thorough evaluation by the Obama Administration, was reapplied to Cuba on the very last days of the Trump presidency in 2021. Countries on the US list face extreme sanctions which hinder access to medicines and foods. The three other countries with the designation by the US government are Syria, since 1979, Iran, since 1984 and North Korea, since 2017. President Joe Biden has not removed the designation, despite promising a return to the Obama-era policy.
