Cuba highlights the role of the United Nations and multilateralism in supporting development of countries of the South
New York, 9 October 2020.“In a pandemic, unequal, asymmetrically interconnected and interdependent world, multilateralism and the role of the United Nations in promoting development have never been so relevant”, stated today Juan Miguel González Peña, Second Secretary at the Permanent Mission of Cuba to the United Nations, in the debate of Item 21: “Globalization and interdependence” by the Second Committee.
Non-Aligned Movement strongly rejects the application of unilateral coercive measures
New York, 9 October 2020. The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) held today its Ministerial Meeting, which usually takes place during the UN General Assembly High-Level Segment. The event was held online, as the United Nations has held all its activities since the inauguration of the 75th session on 15 September.
Human Rights in Cuba: a land of mixed race people (mestizos) which values equality and fights against racial discrimination
New York, 9 October 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.
Human Rights in Cuba: Cuba´s cooperation with the United Nations human rights machinery
New York, 8 October 2020. Cuba has a long history of cooperation with all human rights mechanisms that are applied on a universal and non-discriminatory basis; maintaining the willingness to exchange on human rights based on respect and sovereign equality, in accordance with principles, objectivity, impartiality and non-selectivity as an essential support for international cooperation in the field of human rights.
Cuba is a State Party to 44 international instruments on human rights, of a total of 61.
Cuban Ambassador to the United Nations denounces that Cuba has historically been a victim of terrorist attacks from the US territory
New York, 7 October 2020. Ambassador Ana Silvia Rodríguez Abascal, Deputy Permanent Representative and Chargé d´Affaires a.i. of Cuba to the United Nations participated today at the debate of Agenda Item 114 “Measures to eliminate international terrorism” of the Sixth Committee of the United Nations, where she recalled the many occasions on which the Caribbean island has been a victim of terrorist actions, carried out by individuals settled in the United States.