Clinical trials and production of Cuban COVID vaccines advance simultaneously
Havana, 26 February 2021. Once expected approval by the Center for State Control of Medicines, Equipment and Medical Devices (Cecmed) is granted, in the first days of March phase III clinical trials will begin of Cuba’s Abdala (CIGB-66) and Soberana 02 candidate vaccines against COVID-19, which have proven to be safe and effective in producing a powerful immune response to the virus.
Human Rights in Cuba: A book from the heart
New York, 26 February 2021. Cuba is one of the current state members of the United Nations Human Rights Council for the period 2021-2023.
The island is proud to be among the countries whose governments have done much to achieve the widest possible enjoyment of all human rights to all their citizens.
In 2020, our Mission edited the book Human Rights in Cuba, which today we presented to you once again.
Permanent Mission of Cuba to the United Nations
The blockade directly affects Cuba´s right to development
New York, 25 February 2021. Between April 2019 and March 2020 there was a dramatic increase of the damages caused by the blockade in the manufacturing and service sectors, which amounted to 610.2 million dollars, a figure which exceeded the one recorded in the previous period.
This increase was mainly due to the unprecedented and aggressive measures by the US government aimed at suffocating the Cuban economy, particularly its efforts to hinder the arrival of fuel to the Island.
Statement of Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs in the 46th Session of the Human Rights Council.
Madame Chair,
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the grave problems and colossal challenges human kind was already faced with and exposed new threats, including the frailty of health care systems. The promotion, protection and respect of the right to health are particularly relevant in the current context.
Statement by Mr. Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, at the Conference on Disarmament.
Mr. President;
The world’s situation is ever more dangerous and challenging. Now more than ever before, the very survival of the human species is at stake. International peace and security are being threatened by conflicts; predatory and non-conventional wars; acts of aggression and regime change attempts; and an arms race that is dilapidating enormous resources that are indispensable for the sustainable development of our peoples.