Statement by Mr. Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, at the Ministerial Meeting on the Elimination of racism, xenophobia and discrimination. 18 February, 2021
Mister President,
This year we commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the historic World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, but the goals established in the Durban Plan and Programme of Action are yet to be achieved. We are no way near the materialization of the 2030 Agenda either.
Twenty years after the Durban Programme of Action, the situation of racism and discrimination in the world is still alarming
New York, 18 February 2021. “The COVID-19 pandemic and the crises it has exacerbated further expose the unjust international order that for decades has turned the poor, Afro-descendants or migrants into targets of all kinds of discrimination," said Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla today, speaking at the virtual ministerial meeting commemorating the 20th anniversary of the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance.
Cuba: a land of mixed race people (mestizos) which values equality and fights against racial discrimination
New York, 18 February 2020. Don Fernando Ortiz, recognized as the third discoverer of Cuba for his contributions to the Cuban social sciences and culture, as well as for his concept of Cubanness (cubanidad), would explain as early as 1940 that "The image of the creole ajiaco (stew) symbolizes well the formation of the Cuban people. (...) That is Cuba, the island, the pot set on the fire of the tropics (...). A singular casserole that of our land, like that of our ajiaco, which needs to be made of clay and be very open.
Cuba denounces negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the fight against COVID-19
New York, 17 February 2021.Cuba declared today at the Open Debate of the Security Council on “Maintenance of international peace and security: implementation of resolution 2532” that: “Seven months after the Security Council adopted resolution 2532 (2020), the COVID-19 pandemic continues to be a global challenge that has sparked a crisis of manifold and ravaging effects, not only for health, but also for the econ
Cuba reiterates support for the leading role of the General Assembly
New York, 16 February 2021. Today, at the opening session of the Special Committee on the Charter, Ambassador Ana Silvia Rodríguez Abascal, Deputy Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations, declared her country´s support for the strengthening of the leading role of the General Assembly as the chief regulatory, deliberative, policy-making and representative organ of the United Nations.