Cuba said Yes to the Family Code
Havana, 26 September, 2022. Cuba said Yes to the Family Code submitted to referendum this Sunday, the president of the National Electoral Council Alina Balseiro said.
With more than 6,251,000 people who participated in the vote, 74,1% of the base electoral list, the option in favor to the new law reached more than 66% of the valid votes, a trend that is irreversible, according to the authority.
Expansion will continue.
Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba
The Secretary-General met with H.E. Mr. Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba. They discussed the situation both in the region and globally, including challenges like inequality, climate change, development financing and the war in Ukraine. They exchanged views on developments in the region, among them the situation in Haiti and the peace process in Colombia. They further discussed about cooperation between the UN and Cuba and about the sanctions imposed by the United States.
New York, 26 September 2022
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Cubans to go to the polls for Family Code referendum
Havana, September 26, 2022. As of 7:00 am this Sunday, the referendum that will define whether or not the new Family Code will go into effect began.
Some eight million Cubans are expected to vote in more than 23 thousand polling stations hosting the transcendental event, which few equivalents in other countries.
Raúl votes in the popular referendum on the Family Code
Havana, 25 September 2022. The leader of the Cuban Revolution, Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, exercised his right to vote this Sunday in the popular referendum on the Family Code.
Early in the morning, he arrived at Polling Station 2, belonging to the 60th constituency, in the Siboney neighborhood, in the Havana municipality of Playa.
Statement by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, H.E. Mr. Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, at the Ministerial Meeting of the Coordinating Bureau of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries. New York, September 21, 2022.
Theme: “The role of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries in the global post-pandemic recovery: the way forward.”
His Excellency Mr. Jeyhun Bayramov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan;
Distinguished Ministers and Heads of Delegations;
Esteemed participants;
For six decades now, the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries has struggled in defense of our just vindications and the legitimate rights of our peoples.