Press Release: Cuba reiterates its commitment with sustainable peace.
New York, 14 June 2017. At UNDP Annual Rule of Law Meeting: Strengthening the Rule of Law for Sustaining Peace and Fostering Development, Cuba pointed out that peace is much more than the absence of war, and called to solve the complex obstacles in terms of social and economic development affecting our nations, particularly those in the South.
Press Release: Cuba highlights the priority offered by the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, to the construction of an inclusive, supportive society, based on social justice.
New York, 13 June 2017. At the General Debate of the 10th session of the Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the Deputy Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations, Ambassador Ana Silvia Rodríguez Abascal, underlined that the protection and attention to the specific needs of persons with disabilities are an essential component of social development and a moral imperative to be resolved by the international community.
Press Release: Tribute of the Permanent Mission of Cuba to the United Nations to Nicaraguan Father Miguel D'Escoto.
New York, 13 June 2017. Headed by the Deputy Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations, Ambassador Ana Silvia Rodríguez Abascal, a numerous group of officials from the Cuban Mission visited the Permanent Mission of Nicaragua, to pay homage to the memory of Father Miguel D'Escoto and sign the condolence book which has been opened, within the diplomatic headquarters, on his recent decease.
Press Release: Cuba strengthens its efforts aimed at total disarmament.
New York, 13 June 2017. Cuba participated today in the meeting summoned by the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) to the United Nations with the presence of Ambassador Elayne White Gómez, Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the United Nations based in Geneva and Chair of the United Nations Conference to negotiate a legal binding instrument prohibiting nuclear weapons and conducting to its total elimination.
Press Release: Documentary ‘Gema de Cuba’ screened with the presence of filmmakers Estela and Ernesto Bravo.
New York, 13 June 2017. Members of the Permanent Mission of Cuba to the United Nations gathered this afternoon with the prestigious film director Estela Bravo and her husband Ernesto Bravo for the screening of her documentary “Gema de Cuba”.