Press Release by the Permanent Mission of Cuba to UN: USA violates its obligations under the Headquarters Agreement and prevents the presence of the Cuban Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade in the Regional Dialogue on South-South Cooperation at UNHQ.
Today, the United Nations is the venue for the Regional Interactive Dialogue of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on the priorities of the region with a view to holding the Second High-level United Nations Conference on South-South Cooperation, to be presided over by Cuba. At the same time, Cuba is the President Pro Tempore of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) for the biennium 2018-2020.
Cuba presides over Regional Dialogue on South-South Cooperation at the United Nations.
New York, 29 November 2018. Today, Cuba presided over the Regional Interactive Dialogue of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on the priorities of the region with a view to holding the Second High-level United Nations Conference on South-South Cooperation, held at the premises of the global organization.
Cuba presents at the United Nations its positive experiences of South-South cooperation in the field of health.
New York, 29 November. Cuba maintains its active participation in the Global Exhibition on South-South Cooperation (SSC) for Development 2018, which is being held at the United Nations from 28 to 30 November.
Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba: The US State Department uses the granting of visas to affect diplomatic relations with Cuba.
During the past few months, the US State Department has been concocting a new pretext to affect bilateral diplomatic relations, associated to the granting of the diplomatic and official visas required by the staff of the respective embassies in Washington and Havana to perform their duties. The maneuver consists in claiming that Cuba is hindering the granting of visas for designated officials at the US embassy in Cuba, which allegedly hinders the work of that diplomatic mission.
Cuba was invited to the Global South-South Development (GSSD) Expo 2018 of the United Nations.
New York, November 28, 2018. The Director of International Relations of the Ministry of Public Health of Cuba (MINSAP, Spanish abbreviation), Dr. Néstor Marimón, attended today the opening ceremony of the Global South-South Development (GSSD) Expo 2018 to be held at the United Nations between November 28 and 30.