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Cuba featured in UNESCO Virtual Museum with emblematic work on its National History

Cuba featured in UNESCO Virtual Museum with emblematic work on its National History

Paris, 2 October 2025 – The work Study for the mural “La Reconcentración”, by the renowned Cuban painter Leopoldo Romañach, has been included in UNESCO's innovative Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Goods, a pioneering tool in the global fight against illicit trafficking of heritage. The Cuban piece is, so far, the only one from a small island developing state in Latin America and the Caribbean featured on this platform, highlighting the universal value of its historical and artistic testimony.

The inclusion of this work underscores Cuba's active and ongoing collaboration with UNESCO in the protection of cultural heritage. It also represents an exceptional opportunity to present to the world a jewel of Cuban visual arts that, unfortunately, was removed from the holdings of the National Museum of Cuba.

The 222nd session of the UNESCO Executive Board opens

The 222nd session of the UNESCO Executive Board opens

Paris, 2 October 2025. -The 222nd session of the UNESCO Executive Board has opened at the Organization’s Headquarters in Paris, where it will be held from 1 to 16 October, in a context of particular significance for the future of UNESCO and the multilateral system.

The Cuban delegation to the Executive Board is headed by the Representative of Cuba to this body, Ms. Dulce María Buergo Rodríguez, President of the Cuban National Commission for UNESCO, and also includes the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Cuba to UNESCO, Ms. María del Carmen Herrera Caseiro, and the Third Secretary of the Delegation, Laura Alvarez Delgado.

Cuban Minister of Culture participates in MONDIACULT 2025

Cuban Minister of Culture participates in MONDIACULT 2025

Barcelona, 1 October 2025. The Minister of Culture of the Republic of Cuba, Alpidio Alonso Grau, headed the Cuban delegation participating in the Third UNESCO World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development (MONDIACULT 2025), held in the city of Barcelona, Spain.

During his intervention in the ministerial forum, the Cuban minister underscored the central role of culture as a foundation for peace, social justice and international cooperation, as well as the need to translate this political consensus into concrete actions that strengthen cultural exchange, the protection of identities and cultural diversity in the context of current global challenges. In this framework, he denounced the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States against Cuba, as well as the genocide against the Palestinian people and the aggressions against the sister Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

Cuba promotes at UNESCO the Strategy on Disability Inclusion

Cuba promotes at UNESCO the Strategy on Disability Inclusion

Paris, 26 September 2025. — Cuba reaffirmed its commitment to promoting the rights of persons with disabilities and strengthening inclusion across the various areas of UNESCO’s work, by actively participating in two important discussions convened in September as part of the preparations for the 222nd session of the UNESCO Executive Board.

On 17 September, the Permanent Delegation of Cuba to UNESCO took part in the information meeting organized by the Organization’s Secretariat to present the new Strategy on Disability Inclusion. Subsequently, the Delegation also participated in the meeting of the Group of Friends on Disability, chaired by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, held on the morning of 26 September.

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