The High-Level Segment of the 80th session of the General Assembly is taking place at the headquarters of the multilateral organization from September 23 to this Monday.

These have been days with the presence of nearly 90 heads of State, 43 chiefs of Government, hundreds of meetings, and countless speeches in more than twenty languages.

The 80th anniversary of the UN amid great challenges, sanctions against Iran, the war in Ukraine, climate change, but above all, much about Gaza and the State of Palestine, was addressed this week.

This Monday, 16 speakers take the floor at the General Assembly. There is only a schedule for the morning session. Eritrea opens speeches, and the last speaker will be the representative of Timor-Leste.

In the case of Cuba, at least 38 mentions have been made so far to the need to lift the long-standing economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by the United States government on the Caribbean nation.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez, who leads his nation’s delegation to this segment, reiterated his support for Palestine in his speech on Saturday, denounced the threats looming over Venezuela due to the dangerous US military deployment in the Caribbean, and also the impact of the US blockade.

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