Fruitful Meeting between the Director-General of UNESCO and Cuba's Minister of Science, Technology and Environment
Paris, 16 July 2026. – UNESCO Director-General Khaled El-Enany received Cuba's Minister of Science, Technology and Environment, Armando Rodríguez Batista, this afternoon on the sidelines of the Global Conference of the International Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development (2024–2033), currently taking place at UNESCO Headquarters.
The meeting also took place on the eve of the UNESCO-Cuba Carlos J. Finlay Prize for Microbiology Award Ceremony, a distinction established jointly by Cuba and UNESCO, which is approaching the 50th anniversary of its establishment.
During the cordial exchange, both sides discussed opportunities to further strengthen cooperation between Cuba and UNESCO in strategic areas such as science, water resources, biodiversity conservation, disaster risk reduction, and Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education, building upon Cuba's internationally recognized experience in biotechnology, medicine, science education, and the design and implementation of public policies for scientific and technological development.
Cuba, Science, Resilience and Eight Proposals for the International Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development
Paris, 15 July 2026. – With the participation of ministers, senior government officials, representatives of United Nations organizations, scientific institutions, universities, research centres and civil society organizations, the Global Conference of the International Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development (2024–2033) was officially inaugurated on Tuesday at UNESCO Headquarters.
Cuba's Minister of Science, Technology and Environment, Armando Rodríguez Batista, addressed the High-Level Ministerial Segment entitled "Science for Sustainable Development: From Commitment to Implementation."
Recalling Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz's conviction that "the future of our country must necessarily be a future of people of science," Minister Rodríguez Batista shared Cuba's experience in building a science, technology and innovation system conceived as a public policy serving national development. He presented eight proposals intended to guide science policy in support of sustainable development.
He explained that the most recent Executive Orders and unilateral coercive measures adopted by the current United States Administration have reinforced the extraterritorial nature of the blockade, hindering the country's access to international research projects, scientific platforms, technologies, financing, fuel and other essential resources required for development.
Cuba denounces at UNESCO the impact of the extreme tightening of the blockade, particularly the energy siege and measures aimed at obstructing the country's links with the world
Paris, 17 June 2026. – Cuba's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to UNESCO, María del Carmen Herrera Caseiro, denounced today before the 11th General Assembly of the States Parties to the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage the severe impacts caused by the unprecedented tightening of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the Government of the United States against Cuba for more than six decades.
The Cuban representative particularly emphasized the impact of the recent measures adopted in January and May of this year by the current U.S. administration, aimed at completely blocking fuel supplies to the country and obstructing Cuba's economic, commercial and financial relations with the rest of the world. She also denounced that these actions are taking place in a context of explicit threats of military aggression against her country.
Cuba denounces at UNESCO the impact of the intensification of the United States blockade on sport and physical education
Paris, 16 June 2026. – The Cuban delegation denounced at UNESCO the severe impacts caused by the unprecedented intensification of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the Government of the United States against Cuba on the development of sport, physical education and recreation in the country.
The denunciation took place during the meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for Physical Education and Sport (CIGEPS), a body that brings together governmental representatives responsible for promoting public policies in favour of inclusive, equitable and safe sport.
Colloquium Against the Blockade of Cuba at UNESCO
Paris, 4 June 2026 – Within the framework of UNESCO’s Latin America and the Caribbean Week 2026, the Permanent Delegation of the Republic of Cuba to UNESCO organized on Thursday the colloquium “Cuba for Peace: Defending the Values of UNESCO”, delivered by the Franco-Algerian professor, researcher and essayist Salim Lamrani.
During his lecture, Professor Salim Lamrani offered a detailed presentation on Cuba’s contributions to the promotion of peace, education, science, culture and international cooperation, as well as on the severe effects of the policy of maximum pressure imposed by the United States government against the Island.