The Non-Aligned Movement and the Group of 77 and China at UNESCO demand the exclusion of Cuba from the unilateral list of countries that supposedly sponsor terrorism.
Paris, July 16, 2024. The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and the Group of 77 and China UNESCO Chapters demanded the exclusion of Cuba from the unilateral list of countries that allegedly sponsor terrorism.
Through a Joint Communiqué, widely circulated at this headquarters, the G77 and China and the NAM UNESCO Chapters expressed their support for the Declaration of the Joint Coordination Committee (JCC), issued on June 14 in New York, which demands the withdrawal of Cuba from the aforementioned list and the lifting of all unilateral coercive measures against the Cuban people.
“The Group of 77 and China and the Non-Aligned Movement UNESCO Chapters express deep concern about the negative impact of Cuba's unjust permanence on the list of countries that allegedly sponsor terrorism, which worsens the effects of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed against the country for more than 60 years, affecting all sectors of the country's life, in particular the spheres of education, science, communication, information and culture; as well as the implementation of cooperation programs in these areas”.
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Paris, July 4, 2024. The visit to the headquarters of the Director of the UNESCO Regional Office in Havana, Mrs. Anne Lemaistre, offered an important space for a broad exchange with the Ambassador of Cuba Maria del Carmen Herrera Caseiro on the development of UNESCO cooperation programs in the Antillean country, the progress and obstacles to their implementation.
CUBA ADVOCATES FOR STRENGTHENING UNITY AND COOPERATION OF COUNTRIES OF THE SOUTH IN UNESCO
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