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Feb

29

2024

Cuba and UNESCO highlight the role of sport in sustainable development

he Assistant Director-General of UNESCO, Gabriela Ramos, and the President of the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation of Cuba (Inder), Osvaldo Vento, valued here today the contribution of sport to sustainable development. At the UNESCO headquarters the head of the Social and Human Sciences Sector and the senior Cuban official gave continuity to their meeting hold just over a year ago in Havana, in which they had addressed the importance of the practice of sport and physical activity for a healthy life. They underlined the commitment of the parties to continue strengthening their cooperation in the sector, focused on contributing to the achievement of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable.

Feb

28

2024

Cuba participates in the 17th Session of UNESCO's Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions.

The Seventeenth Session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions will be held at UNESCO Headquarters from 27 February to 1 March 2024. Cuba participates as a Member State, following its election at the Assembly of States Parties to the 2005 Convention for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, in June 2021. The Cuban Delegation is headed by Yahima Esquivel Moynelo, Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Cuba to UNESCO and integrated also by Yailin Castro Loredo, Second Secretary of the Permanent Mission of Cuba to UNESCO.

Feb

26

2024

UNESCO chapter of the G77 and China recognize the work of the Cuban Ambassador.

This afternoon, the G77 and China chapter at UNESCO recognized the work of Ambassador Yahima Esquivel Moynelo and her contribution to the strengthening the Group in the Organization. At the plenary meeting of the Group of 77 and China, at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, the representatives of the member countries of the Group highlighted the work of the Cuban Ambassador in favor of unity and her role in reactivating the G77 chapter in UNESCO. The Ambassador of the State of Palestine to UNESCO, Munir Anastas, on behalf of the Group thanked the Cuban government for its leadership in promoting the interests of the countries of the South.

Feb

23

2024

Cuban ambassador’s work recognized at Unesco

Cuba's ambassador to UNESCO, Yahima Esquivel, received today the Simon Bolivar medal, awarded by the Group of Latin American and Caribbean countries (Grulac) in the multilateral organization, in recognition of her work. In the context of a Grulac-Unesco meeting at the organization’s headquarters in this capital, his colleagues highlighted the work carried out during the last four years at the head of the Permanent Mission of the island, a post from which she promoted regional unity and promoted education, science, culture and information as pillars of sustainable and inclusive development.

Feb

01

2024

UNESCO recognizes values of Cuba’s Heritage Village

On the 510th birthday of one of the most patrimonial Villas of Cuba, UNESCO today recognizes its bastions, crucial in the cultural evolution of the region. The celebrations for the Week of Culture of the city at the beginning of February are marked by the celebration of the International Symposium Challenges in the Management and Management of Cities. Anne Lemaistre, director of the Regional Office of Culture for Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Haiti, referred on the opening day of the event to the responsibility of the Cuban school in terms of preservation. With nine World Heritage Sites and five Historic Centers recognized by UNESCO itself, ‘Cuba is an example that is much talked about on a global scale in this task because it values heritage beyond the commercial or tourist aspects, but rather impacts every action with a social purpose’, she said.

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