UNITED NATIONS, New York.- The need to end the U.S. blockade against Cuba was a call several times repeated in the high-level segment of the UN General Assembly, at its 74th session.

Costa Rica’s President Carlos Alvarado expressed the need to end the American blockade, and Namibian President Hage Geingob lamented the regression in the thawing of relations between Cuba and the United States.

Chad’s President Idriss Deby, speaking at the United Nations, also advocated for the lifting of this policy unfairly imposed on Cuba and that harms the people.

Another condemnation of Washington’s reprisals and coercive measures was that of Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani, who recalled that since 1992, the General Assembly has passed 27 resolutions demanding the cessation of the imperialist blockade.

High-level Dialogue on Sustainable Development

The high-level meeting on financing for development brings together representatives of governments and different sectors at the United Nations, in an attempt to unlock resources needed to achieve the 2030 Agenda.

None of the Sustainable Development Goals can be achieved without money, so raising enough to fund them is one of the big challenges, according to reports presented at the United Nations.

Increased debt risks and trade-restrictive measures mean that critical investments for the 2030 Agenda remain without the necessary funds, the report adds.

According to UN estimates, between $5 and $7 trillion per year is needed in all sectors to implement plans to achieve adequate levels of health, the well-being of all and that of the planet.