Deputy Prime Minister of Cuba, Inés María Chapman presides delegation to United Nations Water Conference.
The Cuban Deputy Prime Minister, Inés María Chapman, leads the delegation to the United Nations Conference on the comprehensive mid-term review of achieving the objectives of the International Decade for Action: "Water for Sustainable Development", which is taking place at the United Nations headquarters in New York until the 24th.
On behalf of Group 77 and China, Cuba calls to strengthen international cooperation for development
Cuba participated at the first session of the Development Cooperation Forum, scenario of great relevance to the global dialogue and the political recommendations on international cooperation for development, that takes place at the United Nations headquarters.
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Rodrigo Malmierca Díaz, Minister for Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment of the Republic of Cuba, at the General Debate of the Fifth United Nations Conference on Least Developed Countries.
The G77 and China reiterates its solidarity with the least developed countries and reaffirms its willingness to resolutely support the implementation of the Doha Programme of Action within the framework of the South-South Cooperation and as a supplement to the cooperation to be undertaken by our developed countries partners.
G77 and China supports dialogue on Financing for Development
Cuba addressed the first meeting on the preparatory process for the high level dialogue on Financing for Development of UNGA. During remarks, offered on behalf of G77 and China, by Chargé d´Affaires Yuri Gala Lopez, conveyed the Group’s confidence in the dialogue compromise to debate on the current context to discuss on the challenge of financing for development.
Statement by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, at the High Level Segment of the Disarmament Conference
Multilateralism is weakened and the United Nations disarmament machinery is increasingly eroded. Unconventional wars are intensifying and more and more is being spent on weapons. World military spending has been growing rapidly in the last seven years and already exceeds 2.1 trillion dollars, an alarming record.