Press Release: Cuba deposits instrument of ratification to “The Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety”.
New York, 26 April 2017. -The United Nations Organization headquarters hosted the ceremony for the deposit of the instrument of ratification of the Republic of Cuba to “The Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety”.
The deposit ceremony was held with the presence of the Director of the UN Treaty Division, Mr. Santiago Villalpando, who received this instrument and, on behalf of the Secretary-General, expressed appreciation for Cuba’s adherence to this treaty.
Press Release: “Cuba at the General Debate of the 39th session of the Committee on Information.”
New York, 25 April 2017. At the United Committee on Information, Cuba recognized the need and importance of designing relevant strategies in the treatment of information, which guarantee its preservation, access and sustainable management, as evidence of the Organization's work processes.
Press Release: Cuba celebrates the 10th Anniversary of the Adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
New York, 25 April 2017. Cuba participated today in the High Level Event of the United Nations General Assembly to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the Adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, as part of the 16th session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
Press Release: Cuba welcomes the 20th anniversary of the "Chemical Weapons Convention".
Cuba welcomes the 20th anniversary of the "Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction" (Convention on Chemical Weapons), whose full, effective and non-discriminatory application is strongly committed.
Cuba was one of the original signatories states of this instrument and ratified it on 29th April, 1997, the date of its entry into force.
Press Release: Cuba reiterates its firm support to the just claims of the indigenous peoples.
New York, 24 April 2017. As part of the 16th session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, the Deputy Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations, Ambassador Ana Silvia Rodríguez Abascal, expressed today that ten years after the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and despite the goals achieved, many indigenous communities around the world still face situations of violence, racism, marginalization, major economic and social disadvantages, extreme poverty and plunder of their lands.