Press Release: The blockade violates the right to health and food of the Cuban people
New York, October 13, 2017. Since the triumph of the Cuban Revolution in 1959, ensuring free medical care for the entire population of the country has been an inviolable principle for the Cuban state and government, for which the health of its citizens is essential. Therefore, the purpose of subjugating the Cuban people through starvation and disease as a way of violating their right to self-determination has not been effective.
Press Release: Progress has been made in connectivity, innovation and access to ICTs, but not for all.
New York, October 13, 2017.During her statement on item 17 of the agenda of the UN Second Commission on Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for Development, the Deputy Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations, Ambassador Ana Silvia Rodriguez Abascal, stated that progress in connectivity, innovation and access to ICTs do not reach everyone equally, with a large digital divide remaining among and within count
Press Release: Cuba supports peaceful and rational use of outer space.
New York, October 13, 2017. Ambassador Humberto Rivero Rosario, representative of Cuba to the United Nations, spoke on behalf of the island during the General Debate of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee under Agenda Item 52: “International Cooperation in the Use of Outer Space for Peaceful Purposes”.
Press Release: Cuba calls for the implementation and respect of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
New York, October 12, 2017.During his statement at the Debate on item 70 a): “Rights of Indigenous Peoples”, of the Third Committee of the 72nd Session of the UN General Assembly, Counsellor Alejandro Castillo Santana, Representative of Cuba, recalled that historically the indigenous peoples have been subjected to serious violations of their rights, to brutal practices of discrimination, to the plundering of their resources and to genocid