New York, October 13, 2017. Ambassador Humberto Rivero Rosario, representative of Cuba to the United Nations, spoke on behalf of the island during the General Debate of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee under Agenda Item 52: “International Cooperation in the Use of Outer Space for Peaceful Purposes”.
New York, October 13, 2017.During her statement on item 17 of the agenda of the UN Second Commission on Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for Development, the Deputy Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations, Ambassador Ana Silvia Rodriguez Abascal, stated that progress in connectivity, innovation and access to ICTs do not reach everyone equally, with a large digital divide remaining among and within count
New York, October 13, 2017. Since the triumph of the Cuban Revolution in 1959, ensuring free medical care for the entire population of the country has been an inviolable principle for the Cuban state and government, for which the health of its citizens is essential. Therefore, the purpose of subjugating the Cuban people through starvation and disease as a way of violating their right to self-determination has not been effective.
Belize, October 13th, 2017. Andria Rosado a representative of “The Coastal Zone Management Authority & Institute of Belize” will be attendingthe Training Workshop “Disaster Risk Management and Adaption to Climate Change to enhance resilience in communities and ecosystems in the Caribbean region”. The training event will take place in Havana from October 16th to October 20th, 2017 and is part of the Cuba-CARICOM cooperation.
New York, October 13, 2017. During her statement on Item 138 of the agenda of the United Nations Fifth Committee, entitled “Improving the Financial Situation of the United Nations”, Cuban Ambassador Ana Silvia Rodriguez Abascal, Cuba’s Deputy Permanent Representative to that institution, thanked the recognition received --together with other 30 countries-- for having fulfilled all their financial obligations to the Organization.
THE BAHAMAS, 11 October 2017.-The Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The Bahamas, Sharon Brennen-Haylock, received the Ambassador of Cuba to The Bahamas, Ismara Vargas Walter, at the Ministry’s headquarters.
The Cuban representative expressed her gratitude for the call by the Bahamian Foreign Minister during the general debate at the UN General Assembly to lifting the blockade.
The Ambassador of Cuba, Mr. Pedro Luis Despaigne González received the visit of Mr. Johnson Kwadwo Asiedu Nketia, General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), the country's main opposition party.
New York, October 12, 2017. During the Thematic Debate on Nuclear Weapons of the First Committee of the 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly, Cuban Ambassador Anayansi Rodriguez Camejo, warned that the intentional or accidental detonation of a tiny part of the almost 15,000 existing nuclear weapons would have disastrous consequences for our planet and the future of humanity.
New York, October 12, 2017.During his statement at the Debate on item 70 a): “Rights of Indigenous Peoples”, of the Third Committee of the 72nd Session of the UN General Assembly, Counsellor Alejandro Castillo Santana, Representative of Cuba, recalled that historically the indigenous peoples have been subjected to serious violations of their rights, to brutal practices of discrimination, to the plundering of their resources and to genocid
