Ambassador of Cuba to UNESCO exchanges with Assistant Director General of the Communication and Information Sector
As part of her introductory activities, the Ambassador of Cuba Maria del Carmen Herrera Caseiro met with the Assistant Director General of UNESCO for Communication and Information, Mr. Tawfik Jelassi, opportunity in which they exchanged widely on the objectives, programs and initiatives of the Sector; as well as on the spaces for cooperation with UNESCO in this area. The Cuban Representative recognized the work of the Sector in terms of media and information literacy, and its efforts to guarantee universal access to information and digital inclusion and digital transformation, highlighting the importance of continuing to strengthen training programs and, above all, the transfer of technologies. She referred to the policy for digital transformation in Cuba as part of the work system for the implementation of the National Development Plan until 2023, emphasizing the progress achieved despite the obstacles as a result of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States against the Island, which made it difficult to use new information and communication technologies, access to internet sites and the use of digital platforms.
Deputy Director General of UNESCO receives Ambassador of Cuba
The Deputy Director General of UNESCO, Mr. Xing Qu welcomed the Cuban ambassador to the Organization, Maria del Carmen Herrera Caseiro, in the framework of a cordial meeting in which both discussed at length the links between Cuba and the Organization. The Cuban diplomat took the opportunity to thank the senior official for UNESCO's support in the battle against the blockade, and elaborated on the damage caused to the Cuban people by the application of this policy, aggravated after the inclusion of Cuba in the unilateral list of countries supposedly sponsoring terrorism. Her counterpart acknowledged being aware of the difficulties and challenges that Cuba faced as a result of the blockade, and conveyed his admiration for the country's progress despite these obstacles.
Ambassador of Cuba exchanges with UNESCO Assistant Director General for Priority Africa and External Relations
In an atmosphere of cordiality, the Cuban Ambassador to UNESCO Maria del Carmen Herrera Caseiro exchanged with the Assistant Director General for Priority Africa and External Relations, Mr. Anthony Ohemeng-Boamah. At the meeting, the Cuban diplomat thanked UNESCO for its traditional support by promptly sending its contribution each year to the report of the UN Secretary General on the implementation of the General Assembly resolution that demands the end of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States government against Cuba.
Ambassador of Cuba meets with Assistant Director General of UNESCO for Natural Sciences
At the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, the Ambassador of Cuba Maria del Carmen Herrera Caseiro met with the Assistant Director General of UNESCO for Natural Sciences, Ms. Lidia Brito, on which occasion they exchanged widely on the close relations between the Island and the international Organization, especially in the area of science. In the cordial meeting, Mrs. Brito recognized the development of science and scientific work in Cuba, a context in which the Cuban diplomat recalled the words of the leader of the Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro Ruz, when on January 15, 1960 in the speech delivered at the Academy of Sciences he expressed that the future of Cuba had to necessarily be a future of men of science.
Ambassador of Cuba to UNESCO participated in the exchange with the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change,
The Ambassador of Cuba, Maria del Carmen Herrera Caseiro participated in the exchange with the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Mr. Simon Stiell, organized by the president of the Executive Board of UNESCO to discuss the issue of climate change and UNESCO's role in combating this global challenge. In her intervention, the Permanent Representative of Cuba referred to the need to undertake urgent actions and assume more ambitious commitments to confront the climate crisis, emphasizing the obligation of developed countries to take the lead by virtue of their historical responsibility and as established in the Convention and its Paris Agreement. “We all have a duty to contribute, but it is first and foremost up to developed nations to raise ambition, not only in terms of emissions reductions, but also in providing appropriate means of implementation to developing countries,” she reaffirmed.