The Ministry of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment (MINCEX) reports that it is the governing body of the Central Administration of State, in charge of coordinating international aid. It is a well-structured process, which has been put into practice whenever the country has gone through natural disasters, adds the note.
2019 Jan 31st
Comrade President
ICAP, Havana
Cuba.
Dear Comrade,
New York, February 1, 2019. Cuba attended today the High-Level Event of the United Nations General Assembly to mark the launch of the International Year of Indigenous Languages.
New York, January 31, 2019. Cuba was included in the so-called Honor Roll of the United Nations, for having paid in full its regular budget assessments to the Organization, relevant to the year 2019. The island was Member State number 27 in contributing to the budget of the UN.
In addition, Cuba has completed the payment of most of its budget assessments for Peacekeeping Operations, among other financial commitments it has with the United Nations.
Namibia, January 31st, 2019- Cuban Ambassador, Sidenio Acosta Aday, was received by the Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of Namibia, H.E. Christine Hoebes, at the headquarters of that Ministry. This first meeting between them happened in the usual climate of brotherhood that characterizes the historical ties between the two countries.
The Embassy of Cuba in Austria provides more information to compatriots, solidary friends and businessmen who have expressed their readiness to send donations to the affected families, following the devastating tornado which hit Havana last Sunday, 27 January.
Offers of donations from Austria, Slovenia, and Croatia can be communicated to EMBACUBA Austria at: secembajador@ecuaustria.at
Turkish Airlines, the flagship airline of Turkey, on its flights from Baku-Istanbul- Havana, maintain a sustained flow of tourists to the Island.
During the meetings held between the general manager in Baku of Turkish Airlines Inc, Ilyas Seyfullah, and the Cuban ambassador, Alfredo Nieves Portuondo, it was highlighted that the company is satisfied to reach Cuba and transport hundreds of avid travelers to know their culture and his people.
Flights to Havana operate three times a week, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays in both directions.
On 27 January 2019 Havana was struck by a rare tornado. It was the first of his type to hit Cuba in many decades. More than 1,200 houses suffered damages, more than half of them completely destroyed. The meteorological event left four dead and about 200 injured.
The Honorable Alaina Lockhart, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Tourism, Official Languages and La Francophonie,
Assistant Deputy Minister for the Americas, Michael Grant,
The Honorable Senator Peter Boehm,
Distinguished senators, members of Parliament, representatives of the Canadian Government, ambassadors, high commissioners and colleagues from the Diplomatic Corps,
Fellow Cubans who live and work in Canada, que siempre llevan a Cuba y a su pueblo en el corazón.
The Minister for Health and Member of the Parliament of Ghana, Mr. Kwaku Agyeman Manu and the Ambassador of Cuba, Pedro Luis Despaigne González signed, in the conference room of the Ministry of Health, the new Health Cooperation Agreement between the two countries, which supports medical collaboration through the presence of a Cuban Medical Brigade.
