Statement by Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, president of the Republic of Cuba, at the United Nations High Level Meeting to celebrate and promote the international day for the complete elimination of nuclear weapons. New York, September 26, 2018.
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Ms. President;
Mr. Secretary General;
Distinguished Heads of Delegations;
Delegates all;
This morning, Grupo de las Industrias Biotecnológica y Farmacéutica, Biocubafarma (a Group from the Biotechnological and Pharmaceutical Industry) announced the establishment of the first U.S.-Cuba biotechnological company under the name of Innovative Immunotherapy Alliance S.A., which will be based in Mariel Special Development Zone.
September 26th is celebrated as a day dedicated to raising awareness, education and public knowledge about the threat that nuclear weapons represent for humanity. Various activities are carried out with the objective of prohibiting them and eliminating them completely.
It was instituted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2013, mobilizing international efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons.