Cuba reaffirms its solidarity with Lebanon at meeting of UNESCO Committee for the Protection of Cultural Heritage in the event of Armed Conflict
Paris, November 2024. Within the framework of the extraordinary meeting of the Committee for the Protection of Cultural Heritage in the event of Armed Conflict, requested by Lebanon, Cuban Ambassador María del Carmen Herrera Caseiro expressed Cuba's unwavering solidarity with that Middle Eastern country, victim of Israel's indiscriminate attacks against its territory.
In her speech before the Committee, the Cuban diplomat condemned Israeli actions in Lebanon, causing numerous losses of human lives and destruction.
Cuba promotes strengthening of cooperation with UNESCO in documentary heritage
Paris, October 2024. The participation in the International Conference of the UNESCO Memory of the World Programme offered a favorable setting to enhance Cuba's cooperation with UNESCO in documentary heritage. At the important event, Cuba was represented by the Director of the Document Management Center of the Cuban Foreign Ministry, Saylin Sánchez Portero, who was accompanied by Maria del Carmen Herrera Caseiro, Cuban Ambassador to UNESCO, and Raysa Rodríguez Gómez, Specialist of the Center.
During her stay in Paris, the island's official held a fruitful exchange with the Assistant Director General of UNESCO for the Information and Communication Sector, Mr. Tawfik Jelassi,
Statement by Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, at the presentation of draft Resolution a/79/l.6 entitled “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States of Amer
Mr. President;
Distinguished Permanent Representatives;
Esteemed delegates;
Cuban Ambassador to UNESCO denounces crimes against the Palestinian people in Gaza
Paris, October 18, 2024. The Cuban Ambassador to UNESCO, María del Carmen Herrera Caseiro, today condemned at UNESCO the crimes committed by Israel against the people of Palestine.
During the consideration of the draft decision presented by the Arab Group “Consequences of the current situation in the Gaza Strip/Palestine in all aspects of UNESCO's mandate” at the UNESCO Executive Board, the Cuban Ambassador reiterated the condemnation of the genocide unleashed by Israel that has taken the lives of more than 42,000 people, including children, women and the elderly, in just one year, while the international community remained passive in the face of such an atrocity.
Cuba reiterates at UNESCO its denunciation of the blockade and unjust inclusion in the list of states that sponsor terrorism
Paris, October 14, 2024. This Monday, the general debate of the 220th session of the Executive Council, the main body of the organization, in which Cuba participates as a member, began at UNESCO headquarters.
During her speech, the Cuban Representative to this body, Ambassador Dulce Buergo Rodríguez, president of the Cuban National Commission for UNESCO, denounced the negative impact of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the US government more than 60 years ago.