MEDICC Review Journal publishes special issue dedicated to the Cuban Public Health System.
New York, 24 September 2019. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla was invited to participate today in the launching of the October issue of the MEDICC Review Journal. The issue was dedicated to Cuba's contributions to universal global health through South-South cooperation and was hosted by the Ford Foundation. The event took place one day after a High-Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage was held at the United Nations.
The Helms-Burton Act aims to suffocate the Cuban economy
New York, 23 September 2019. The main example of the implementation and tightening of the U.S. blockade against Cuba has been the decision of the U.S. Department of State, dated 17 April 2019, to permit the lawsuits conceived by Title III of the Helms-Burton Act, which came into force in 1996, also known as the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act. All this despite the opposition from members of Congress -including Republican members-, the business sector, different organizations, and U.S.
Statement by Mr. Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, High-Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage. 74 UNGA. New York, 23 September 2019.
Mr. President,
First and foremost, I would like to thank you and the Director-General of WHO for holding this meeting, the relevance of which is shown by the fact that almost half of the world's population does not have access to basic health care services.
Declaration of the19th ALBA-TCP Political Council. New York, September, 23, 2019.
The Foreign Affairs Ministers of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our Americas - Peoples’ Treaty of Commerce (ALBA-TCP), assembled at its 19th Political Council, in the context of the 74th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations Organization (UN), hereby convey the following agreements:
They deplored the expulsion of two diplomats from the sisterly Republic of Cuba to the UN by the authorities of the State Department of the United States of America (USA) on September 19, 2019.
Cuba has a universal health system, reaffirms the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba at the United Nations.
New York, 23 September 2019. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, who is in New York City, heading the Cuban delegation to the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly, participated today in the Plenary Session of the High-Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage, held within the framework of this momentous event.