Illegal US sanctions, particularly the Tittle III of the Helms-Burton Law are main hurdles for Cuba to meet the 2030 agenda for sustainable development , said Mozambique’s representative, on behalf of the African Union, at the UN General Assembly on Wednesday.

The Caribbean Community –Caricom—calls on the US administration to end the blockade against the Cuban people, so that they can advance towards their goals of development, said The Bahamas representative at the United Nations Stan Smith on behalf of the regional Caribbean organization.

Cuban President and Communist Party Leader thanked former presidents and heads of government from Latin American and Caribbean nations for having addressed a letter to US President Joe Biden urging him to lift the over-60-year US economic, commercial and financial blockade of Cuba.

The world can no longer ignore the injustice represented by the blockade imposed by the U.S. administration against the Cuban people, the representative of Colombia stressed today at the United Nations headquarters.

Once again, the international community demanded today the end of the economic, commercial and financial blockade maintained by the United States against Cuba, at the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), which is in session in New York.

The People's Republic of China, through its representative at the United Nations headquarters, expressed its opposition to the blockade policy designed to undermine the right to subsistence and development of the Cuban people, which is why it should end as soon as possible.

 The cessation of the blockade against Cuba under the current conditions constitutes an act of adherence to the principles of solidarity and respect for the founding principles of the United Nations Charter, said today from the headquarters of that international body the representative of Azerbaijan, on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).

The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) supports the Cuban resolution for the end of the blockade imposed by the U.S. government, reaffirmed today from the United Nations headquarters the representative of Argentina, on behalf of the regional integration organization.

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) began today in New York City the debate on the need to put an end to the economic, commercial and financial blockade of the United States against Cuba.

Doctor of Science Juan Ruiz Quintana, General Director of Mining of the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MINEM) and Ariel Lorenzo Rodríguez, Cuban ambassador to Australia, are attending the International Mining and Resources Conference (IMARC-2022), the largest mining event in the Asia-Pacific region, which begins today in Sydney.

Sacha Llorenti, executive secretary of the Bolivarian Alliance for the People of Our America-People's Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP), described as illegal and illegitimate the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed on Cuba by the United States for more than 60 years.

Manuel Guerra Velasquez, Secretary General of the Communist Party of Peru ( patria roja) is one of the many convinced that the U.S. economic, financial and commercial blockade against Cuba is an excessive act of revenge.

Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel spoke with the newly elected president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva over the phone to congratulate him on his victory at the elctions.

Cuban Parliament President Esteban Lazo and European lawmaker Massimiliano Smeriglio ratified in Havana their willingness to expand and deepen bilateral inter-parliamentary relations.