Oslo, January 29, 2025. The young Norwegian Lars Øvergaard, who is a member of the youth organization of the Communist Party of Norway (NKP) and also of the Norway-Cuba Friendship Association, is one of the participants in the 6th International Conference for the Balance of the World, that started up yesterday in Havana.
Approximately 900 delegates from 93 nations are gathered at the Havana Convention Center for that important meeting, which focuses on fostering dialogue between civilizations and promoting a culture of peace. 
This forum, that will last until January 31, is open to writers, historians, journalists, artists, politicians, economists, scientists and intellectuals in general; to representatives of social and solidarity movements, trade union and religious leaders; members of NGOs and scientific, feminist, youth, rural workers’ and ecological organizations and all people of good will who care about the defense of social justice, evenhanded development, dialogue and peace; who share the finer feelings of solidarity and the desire to build a better world.
The event takes place in the year of the 130th anniversary of the death in combat of José Martí, Cuba´s National Heroe, and its opening coincided, this January 28, with the 172nd anniversary of his birth. (Embassy of Cuba in Norway)