Cuban Ambassador to UNESCO highlights the continued relevance of the ideas of the Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz at tribute marking his Centennial
Paris, August 13, 2026.- As part of the commemorative activities marking the centennial of the birth of Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz, the Cuban State Mission in France and the Permanent Delegation of Cuba to UNESCO paid tribute, on August 13, to the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution.
The event included remarks by Ambassador María del Carmen Herrera Caseiro, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Cuba to UNESCO, who reflected on various facets of Fidel’s personality and thought, while underscoring the continuing relevance of his ideas for Cuba and the world.
The Cuban people’s determination to defend their independence and sovereignty was also reaffirmed. The Cuban people remain victims of a brutal economic, commercial and financial blockade, as well as an energy siege with alarming consequences for the human rights of an entire population. It was recalled that, in his historic 1995 speech before UNESCO, Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz had already denounced the unjust and anachronistic nature of a policy that was incompatible with the world moving toward the 21st century. Thirty years later, his words remain fully relevant in the face of the intensification of these coercive measures against Cuba.
Cuba Highlights the New Strategy for Small Island Developing States at the 48th Session of the World Heritage Committee and Denounces the Impact of the U.S. Blockade on Heritage Protection
Busan, 21 July 2026 – Cuba reaffirmed on Tuesday, during the 48th session of UNESCO's World Heritage Committee, its commitment to implementing the new Strategy for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the field of World Cultural and Natural Heritage protection, while denouncing the effects of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the Government of the United States on the country's capacities for heritage management and disaster resilience.
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.