Intervención de la Excma. Sra. Ana Silvia Rodríguez Abascal, Representante Permanente Alterna, Encargada de Negocios a.i., en el debate general del Tema 26: Adelanto de la Mujer

Statement by H.E. Ms. Ana Silvia Rodríguez Abascal, Deputy Permanent Representative, Chargé d'Affaires a.i., at the General Debate on Item 26: Advancement of Women

The Deputy Permanent Representative and Chargé d'Affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of Cuba to the United Nations, Ambassador Ana Silvia Rodríguez Abascal, highlighted today in the general debate on Item 26: Advancement of Women, that the island is proud to show tangible results in the advancement and empowerment of women and girls, having been the first country to sign and the second to ratify the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.

Ich möchte den Inseln der Bahamas mein herzliches Beileid für die Verluste an Leben und die schreckliche Zerstörung durch den Hurrikan Dorian aussprechen. Ich rufe die internationale Staatengemeinschaft auf, Ressourcen zu mobilisieren und zu helfen.   

In her statement at the 43rd Ministerial Meeting of the Group of 77 and China, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, Anayansi Rodríguez Camejo, stressed the need to maintain unity and cohesion within the Group, as well as to defend its role as the main negotiation and consultation forum among developing countries, at a time when the current imperialist neoliberal fundamentalism has placed humanity in a highly complex and dangerous international scenario.