Paris, October 11, 2024. As part of her program of activities in Paris, the Deputy Minister of Culture of Cuba, Lillitsy Hernández Oliva, met with the Assistant Director General for the Education Sector, Ms. Stephania Giannini, in which they exchanged views on the development of Cultural and Artistic Education. The Cuban Ambassador to UNESCO, María del Carmen Herrera Caseiro, also participated in the meeting.
Paris, October 11, 2024. During the debate on the reports on the application of UNESCO's normative instruments, within the framework of the meeting of the Committee on Conventions and Recommendations, which is meeting this week at UNESCO headquarters, the Representative of Cuba to the Executive Board, Dulce Buergo Rodríguez, president of the Cuban National Commission for UNESCO, denounced the negative impact of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the US government more than 60 years ago.
Paris, October 2024. Within the framework of her visit to Paris to participate in the event for the 30th anniversary of the UNESCO program on the Route of Enslaved People, the Vice Minister of Culture of Cuba, Lillitsy Hernández Oliva, held a fruitful exchange with the Assistant Director General for the Culture Sector, Mr. Ernesto Ottone and his team. The Ambassador of the Island to UNESCO María del Carmen Herrera Caseiro also participated.
At the meeting, the senior official of the Organization and his companions recognized Cuba's development and commitment in the areas of attention of the Sector, despite the repercussions of the blockade and the sanctions imposed against the Island.
Paris, 10 October 2024. The celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Enslaved Persons' Route Programme provided a propitious setting for the exchange between the Cuban Deputy Minister of Culture, Lillitsy Hernández Oliva, and the UNESCO Assistant Director-General for the Social and Human Sciences Sector, Ms. Gabriela Ramos, to which was also attended by the Cuban Ambassador to UNESCO María del Carmen Herrera Caseiro.
Paris, October 9, 2024. On October 9 and 10, UNESCO hosted a day of reflection, on the occasion of the commemoration this year of the 30th anniversary of its program of the Routes of Enslaved People.
Cuba was represented at the event by the Vice Minister of Culture, Lillitsy Hernández Oliva, who participated in the ministerial round table, together with representatives from Panama, Saint Lucia, Benin, Senegal, Canada, the United States, among others, who agreed on the importance of carrying out this type of awareness-raising actions, on one of the most regrettable pages in the History of Humanity.