On 11-14 February 2026, a Committee Delegation visited Havana, Cuba to engage in discussions on regional and international political actions in support of the rights of the Palestinian people.
The Delegation consisted of Amb. Coly Seck (Chair, Permanent Representative of Senegal), Amb. Penda A. Naanda (Vice-Chair, Permanent Representative of Namibia), Min. Riyad Mansour (Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine), Amb. Daylenis Moreno Guerra (Deputy Permanent Representative of Cuba) and Amb. Eleane Pichardo Urbina (Deputy Permanent Representative of Nicaragua).
The delegation held meetings with President Miguel D¨ªaz-Canel Berm¨²dez and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodr¨ªguez Parrilla, with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Anayansi Rodr¨ªguez Camejo, and with prominent Members of Parliament (Mr. Juan Esteban Lazo Hern¨¢ndez, President of the National Assembly of People¡¯s Power and Council of State; Ms. Ana Mar¨ªa Mari Machado, Vice President of the National Assembly of People¡¯s Power and Vice President of the Council of State; Mr. Alberto Eduardo Nu?ez Betancourt, President of the National Assembly of People¡¯s Power Foreign Relations Committee, Ms. Tamara V¨¢lido Ben¨ªtez, President of the Cuba-Palestine Friendship Parliamentary Group). The delegation also met with Palestinian students in Cuba and civil society representatives.
Cuban counterparts reaffirmed their continued support to achieve a solution for the question of Palestine based on international law and relevant UN resolutions.