Blockade: Massive, flagrant and systematic violation of the human rights of all Cubans.
The economic, commercial and financial blockade remains the central element that has defined the policy of the United States (U.S.) toward Cuba for more than six decades. It is an act of unilateral aggression, a permanent threat to the stability of the country and a massive, flagrant and systematic violation of the human rights of all Cubans.
The cruel impact of the US blockade on Cuban health care (I).
Free, universal and quality medical care for all the people has been one of the main conquests and priorities of the Cuban Revolution. In spite of this, the economic, commercial and financial blockade is increasingly affecting the health sector, seriously threatening the quality of life and well-being of the Cuban people.
Cuba presents its most recent report on the impacts of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States.
In compliance with the resolution adopted in November 2023 by the General Assembly on the lifting of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States against Cuba (A/RES/78/7), the Cuban authorities presented their contribution to the UN Secretary General´s report on this issue.
Permanent Representative of Cuba elected as vice president of the United Nations Committee for the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People.
The Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations was elected vice president of the UN Committee for the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. “We receive this responsibility as a commitment to continue fighting through our work in the Committee and in the United Nations in favor of a genuine peace process in that region of the world.