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Cuba Demands More Solidarity with Haiti
Cuba demanded on Wednesday more solidarity with the people of Haiti saying that, in this case more than ever, the validity and strengthening of multilateralism have to prevail.
The United Nations should pay the main role when coordinating solidarity efforts.
Speaking at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, the Cuban Permanent Representative before this international body, Rodolfo Reyes, said that the United Nations should play the main role in the coordination of all solidarity efforts, Prensa Latina news agency reports.
Reyes also referred to Havana’s historic cooperation with Haiti in the health sector, which allowed the Cuban personnel to be in the front line immediately after a devastating earthquake hit Port-au-Prince on January 12.
The Cuban diplomat added that, since December 1998, this collaboration has included the participation of 6,094 Cuban workers. He added that when the earthquake hit the Haitian capital, there were nearly Cuban 400 doctors and other health specialists working in 127 out of Haiti’s 137municipalities.
“Today, there are more than 500 Cuban health professionals there and also 249 young Haitians who hold medical scholarships in Cuba”, Reyes noted.
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