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At the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, the Ambassador of Cuba Maria del Carmen Herrera Caseiro met with the Assistant Director General of UNESCO for Natural Sciences, Ms. Lidia Brito, on which occasion they exchanged widely on the close relations between the Island and the international Organization, especially in the area of ​​science. In the cordial meeting, Mrs. Brito recognized the development of science and scientific work in Cuba, a context in which the Cuban diplomat recalled the words of the leader of the Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro Ruz, when on January 15, 1960 in the speech delivered at the Academy of Sciences he expressed that the future of Cuba had to necessarily be a future of men of science.

This afternoon, the Assistant Director General for Education of UNESCO Ms. Stefania Giannini, received the Ambassador of Cuba to the Organization María del Carmen Herrera Caseiro. In the cordial meeting, the Cuban diplomat reaffirmed Cuba's commitment to UNESCO, especially in the sphere of education. In this sense, she highlighted the priority that the island's government gives to this sector and to the promotion of quality, inclusive and universal education as a fundamental human right. She referred to the progress made by Cuba in this field, despite the persistence of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed against the country by the United States government for more than 60 years.