New York, June 12, 2023.- Chargé d´Affaires a.i at the Permanent Mission of Cuba to United Nations, Ambassador Yuri Gala López, ratified the compromise of the Greater of the Antilles with the efforts of the United Nations with the fight against HIV/AIDS, with the leadership of UNAIDS.
During his remarks at the debate on issue 10 of the agenda of the Assembly General entitled “Implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the Political Declarations on HIV/AIDS”, Gala López referred that 22 years after the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS, inequalities in access to health care, particularly with respect to this serious disease, still persist.
The impact of COVID-19 on the health systems and economies of all countries is evident, but this should not translate into neglecting efforts against HIV/AIDS. Urgent progress must be made in implementing the Declaration of Commitment and the political declarations on HIV/AIDS adopted by the General Assembly.
The Cuban diplomat referred, likewise that the real solution to HIV/AIDS and to many other diseases will depend on the common action, the international cooperation and the solidarity, and added that Cuba will continue defending the multilateralism as only way to solve the great challenges the international community has to endured.
Cuban Permanent Mission to United States