Paris, 30 July 2025. The Permanent Delegation of Cuba to UNESCO participated today in the briefing convened by the Director-General of the Organization, Ms. Audrey Azoulay, to discuss the implications arising from the decision of the Government of the United States to once again withdraw from UNESCO.
Havana, July 16, 2025. The deputies of the National Assembly of the People’s Power of the Republic of Cuba reject and denounce the U.S. Presidential Memorandum of June 30, 2025, which reaffirms the responsibility of the United States government in the tightening of the economic, commercial, and financial war, as a means to achieve its imperialist and colonialist goal of seizing control of Cuba.
Paris, 11 July 2025. In the framework of the 47th Session of the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO, the Cuban delegation took part in a panel organized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), dedicated to discussing the potential of the Preliminary Assessment process for World Heritage nominations, which will become mandatory as of 2027.
Paris, 10 July 2025. Within the framework of the 47th Session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, representatives of the Permanent Delegation of Cuba to UNESCO took part in a workshop with focal points of the “Capacity Development on Climate Action for World Heritage” project, an initiative funded by the Government of the Netherlands.
Paris, 9 July 2025. The Permanent Delegation of Cuba to UNESCO denounced before the 47th Session of the World Heritage Committee the effects of the economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by the Government of the United States against Cuba, which constitutes a major obstacle to the management, conservation, and restoration of the country’s cultural and natural heritage.
During her intervention in the debate on global challenges to heritage protection, Laura Alvarez Delgado, Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of the Permanent Delegation of Cuba to UNESCO, emphasized that despite progress achieved in national policy frameworks, the blockade severely hampers the implementation of projects, the acquisition of specialized materials and technologies, and access to financing and international cooperation.