V International Conference for World Balance... with all and for the good of all

Call

We call upon all people of goodwill: intellectuals, artists, politicians, and activists, as well as educators, writers, journalists, fighters for social justice, political, trade-union and religious leaders, members of the scientific, feminist, young, farmer, and environmental non-governmental organizations, etc. driven by principles of justice and equity. We intend to make this plural and multidisciplinary thinking forum a platform for raising awareness across the international public opinion of the ills afflicting humankind and endangering the very existence of our species.

In the previous edition, about a thousand delegates from 63 countries attended this Conference from January 28-31st, 2019 in Havana, Cuba. This time, the Fifth International Conference FOR THE BALANCE OF THE WORLD "With all and for the good of all" is dedicated to commemorate the 169th Anniversary of José Martí’s birth, a great universal thinker of deep humanist, anti-imperialist, ethical, and social justice convictions. It will also address the most pressing global problems currently affecting Humankind.

This International Conference remains an extension of the debates of the World Congress on Humanities held in August 2017 in Liege, Belgium, sponsored by UNESCO and the International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies.

A wide range of topics will be covered during keynote lectures, special remarks, commissions, panels, workshops, a youth forum, and other forms of reflection, as it is appropriate for a plural and multidisciplinary forum of this kind and size. As usual, the event will have a broad agenda that will include the following topics:

  • Experiences resulting from the COVID-19 Pandemic
  • Dialogue and cultural diversity
  • Role and challenges of social movements
  • Need for solidarity
  • The imperative struggle for peace and nuclear disarmament
  • The problem of water in all its aspects Risks and hopes generated by the new information technologies (ICT)
  • Fake news, ethics and social media
  • Responsibilities of journalism in the current situation
  • The ecosystem and its protection
  • Cultural policies and national identity
  • Arts and letters, particularly poetry to foster spirituality and a culture of resistance
  • Multilateralism as an indispensable mechanism for world balance
  • Integration as a need to face the challenges of the modern world
  • Sustainable development and social equity
  • Hunger and food security
  • Education and human rights in the 21st century
  • The struggle against all forms of discrimination
  • Gender equality in its true and real expression
  • Trade unions in the light of neoliberal globalization
  • Religious diversity, ecumenism and spirituality
  • The problem of drug consumption and drug trafficking
  • The role of youth and new generations: present and future
  • The fight against terrorism in all its forms, including state terrorism
  • Building a participatory and effective democracy
  • Justice as the beacon of the moral world
  • Contributions of Latin-American thinking from Simón Bolívar and José Martí to the most relevant modern thinkers 
Categoría
Bloqueo
Comunidad cubana
Cooperación
Eventos
Multilaterales
Relaciones Bilaterales
Situaciones Excepcionales
Solidaridad
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