The instrumentalization of the Security Council as a tool for political pressure against sovereign States must end, says Cuba.
New York, 12 September 2019. In her statement at the presentation of the Annual Report of the United Nations Security Council, Ambassador Ana Silvia Rodríguez Abascal, Deputy Permanent Representative and Chargé d'Affaires a.i. of Cuba to the international organization, expressed her concern about the unjustified expansion of the Security Council’s agenda in recent years.
The United States tightens its blockade policy against Cuba.
New York, 9 September 2019. The economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the government of the United States of America against Cuba for almost six decades is the most unjust, severe and prolonged system of unilateral sanctions that has been imposed to any country. It is the main obstacle for the development of the Cuban economy, the implementation of the National Economic and Social Development Plan of the country, as well as for the achievement of the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals.
Cuba denounces the use of cyberspace as a conflict scenario.
New York, 9 September 2019.In his statement at the First Substantive Session of the Open-ended Working Group of the UNGA on Developments in the Field of Information and Telecommunications in the Context of International Security, the Cuban representative Miguel Gutiérrez Rodríguez, General Director for Information Technology of the Ministry of Communications of Cuba, warned that the growing development of cyber-offensive capabilities and operations could turn cyberspace into a new conflict scenario, for this reason, the international community must pay s
Returning to Fidel as the Amazon burns.
Havana, September 6, 2019. June 12, 1992, in Río de Janeiro, Brazil, Fidel Castro presented a brief but masterful speech during the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development. Those present applauded, including a few heads of state who weren’t too happy with what he had to say, but recognized the validity of his words.
Declaration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Cuba condemns interference in China’s internal affairs.
Over the last few weeks we have noted with concern the succession of violent demonstrations and acts of vandalism in the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong, encouraged from abroad, attempting to disrupt the political, economic and social order, and create insecurity in the People’s Republic of China.
Hong Kong’s return to Chinese sovereignty in 1997 was an act of historical justice and an expression of the peaceful spirit of the People’s Republic of China, despite having been victim of the imposition of unequal treaties by imperialist powers.