UNITED NATIONS

Bruno Rodriguez:  Since the blockade is a unilateral policy, it must stop unilaterally.»

The UN General Assembly expressed its overwhelming rejection of the US economic blockade of Cuba by adopting the island’s resolution demanding the lifting of the US measure, with 188 votes in favor.»

The over-50-year US economic, commercial and financial blockade of Cuba will again be overwhelmingly condemned by the international community on Tuesday when the UN General Assembly votes a new Cuban resolution demanding the lifting of such a criminal policy.»

President Raul Castro talked with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon about the effects of Hurricane Sandy in this Caribbean country.»

Syria called on the UN today to urge an end to the supply of arms, funding, training and protection of terrorist groups in that country and put an end to violence.»

A strong presence of Latin American and Caribbean issues will mark today the second day of the UN General Assembly’s presidential debate, with speeches by eight heads of State of that region.»

Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff requested on Tuesday at the UN to put an end to the U.S. economic, financial and trade blockade against Cuba, that has been affecting this country for decades.»

Kofi Annan, special envoy of the United Nations (UN) and the Arab League (AL), on Monday arrived in the country to seek the implementation of effective steps for a peaceful resolution to the crisis of violence affecting the country.»

Cuba reaffirmed on Thursday its call to reinforce the UN Conference on Disarmament and said it is a responsibility of all states.»

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navy Pillay met in Geneva with Adriana Perez, the wife of Gerardo Hernandez, one of the five Cuban antiterrorists “internationally known as the Cuban Five” who were arrested and condemned in the United States more than a decade ago.»