HAVANA, Cuba, April 20 (acn) Latin American and European lawyers are attending the 5th International Meeting on Constitution, Democracy and Political Systems, inaugurated at the University of Havana on Tuesday.
Participants include representatives from professional organizations from Brazil, Cuba, the United States, Chile, Italy, Mexico and Norway, according to information provided to ACN by Cuba's National Association of Jurists (UNJC).
The processes of regional integration in Latin America, from a constitutional perspective, is one of the main issues to be tackled at the event, which will run until Thursday under the auspices of the UNJC's Cuban Society of Constitutional and Administrative Law.
The source added that another of the themes for debate, as part of the delegates' objective of continuing the analysis of issues of contemporary reality, will be the analysis of the social and political transformations in the continent and their expression of constituent will.
It recalled that this kind of assessment will be made taking doctrinal, scientific, legal, sociological and historical criteria, begun at previous meetings, held in 1993, 2003, 2005 and 2007 as a starting point.
The event's organizers are promoting the exchange of knowledge, information and experiences among jurists, journalists, sociologists, philosophers, political scientists and other professionals and students interested in the analysis and interpretation of different phenomena in
countries, regions, or in this globalized world.
Created in 1977, the UNJC has non-governmental and legal status. It draws together 12,000 jurists, who are professors, researchers, lawyers, judges, district attorneys, notaries, consultants and advisors, among other categories.
(Inaugurarán mañana encuentro internacional sobre legalidad Lino Luben
Pérez)
martes, 21 de abril de 2009
Cuba Calls for World Cooperation at Portugal´s Communications Forum
HAVANA, Cuba, April 21 (acn) Cuba is defending the setting up of preferential telephone tariffs for underdeveloped nations at the International Forum on Telecommunications, underway in Lisbon, Portugal.
The Cuban proposal is aimed at supporting Third World nations, particularly those affected by the global economic crisis, in their infrastructure modernization efforts on the basis of their own
telecommunications services.
During the meeting, public officials, leaders and experts in the sector will focus on ways to cushion the effects of the current financial situation.
Cuban representatives at the Lisbon gathering will also call for closing the gap standing between industrialized and underdeveloped nations as to the access to information technologies and databases.
Cuban delegation member to the forum, Juan Fernandez, said that his country will ask the International Telecommunications Union to demand that developed countries should meet their commitment of contributing 0,7 percent of their Gross Domestic Product to the Official Assistance for Development.
The assistance for development must be contributed without any conditioning and by respecting national priorities and strategies for development drawn up in each country, according to the Cuban proposal, which also adds that the international body must guarantee that favored
nations use part of the assistance for the development of communications, so crucial for modern life.
During the Lisbon meeting, which runs until next April 24, Cuba will denounce Washington’s discriminatory actions that ban the island Internet connection and access to public Websites, a measure linked to the nearly-50-year US economic, financial and commercial blockade of the
Caribbean nation.
Participants will hear the island´s demand for equality in Internet access for all nations and the proposal that the International Telecommunications Rules include the prohibition of discriminatory measures as a compulsory requirement for all states and enterprises
around the world, said Pedro Oliva, member of the Cuban delegation to the forum.
In statements to the Cuban News Agency, Oliva said that the International Telecommunications Union declared such proceedings as illicit, during a recent forum on standardization. Participants at that meeting adopted a resolution expressing that such a policy denies the right of the states
to using the Internet resources, which are practically essential in today´s world.
Studies published by the media explain that the Internet band width allowed to Cuba by the United States is only as large as any being used by a single enterprise, or even similar to those owned private users who count on that resource in other parts of the world.
Meanwhile, Cuba undergoes Internet access limitations imposed by the US, which include services so basic as Google applications like Google Toolbar, Google Desktop and others, as well as public software programs, and other resources. Downloading such programs or resources from Cuba would receive the permanent message reading: “Thanks for your interest,
but the product that you're trying to download is not available in your country.”
(Aboga Cuba por colaboración internacional en comunicaciones)
The Cuban proposal is aimed at supporting Third World nations, particularly those affected by the global economic crisis, in their infrastructure modernization efforts on the basis of their own
telecommunications services.
During the meeting, public officials, leaders and experts in the sector will focus on ways to cushion the effects of the current financial situation.
Cuban representatives at the Lisbon gathering will also call for closing the gap standing between industrialized and underdeveloped nations as to the access to information technologies and databases.
Cuban delegation member to the forum, Juan Fernandez, said that his country will ask the International Telecommunications Union to demand that developed countries should meet their commitment of contributing 0,7 percent of their Gross Domestic Product to the Official Assistance for Development.
The assistance for development must be contributed without any conditioning and by respecting national priorities and strategies for development drawn up in each country, according to the Cuban proposal, which also adds that the international body must guarantee that favored
nations use part of the assistance for the development of communications, so crucial for modern life.
During the Lisbon meeting, which runs until next April 24, Cuba will denounce Washington’s discriminatory actions that ban the island Internet connection and access to public Websites, a measure linked to the nearly-50-year US economic, financial and commercial blockade of the
Caribbean nation.
Participants will hear the island´s demand for equality in Internet access for all nations and the proposal that the International Telecommunications Rules include the prohibition of discriminatory measures as a compulsory requirement for all states and enterprises
around the world, said Pedro Oliva, member of the Cuban delegation to the forum.
In statements to the Cuban News Agency, Oliva said that the International Telecommunications Union declared such proceedings as illicit, during a recent forum on standardization. Participants at that meeting adopted a resolution expressing that such a policy denies the right of the states
to using the Internet resources, which are practically essential in today´s world.
Studies published by the media explain that the Internet band width allowed to Cuba by the United States is only as large as any being used by a single enterprise, or even similar to those owned private users who count on that resource in other parts of the world.
Meanwhile, Cuba undergoes Internet access limitations imposed by the US, which include services so basic as Google applications like Google Toolbar, Google Desktop and others, as well as public software programs, and other resources. Downloading such programs or resources from Cuba would receive the permanent message reading: “Thanks for your interest,
but the product that you're trying to download is not available in your country.”
(Aboga Cuba por colaboración internacional en comunicaciones)
Cuban Doctors Conclude Successful Medical Mission in Surinam
HAVANA, Cuba, April 21 (acn) A group of seven Cuban doctors, who are part of the medical mission assisting the people of Surinam, concluded with success their 2-year internationalist work in that sister South American nation.
During the farewell ceremony at Surinam´s Public Health Ministry, Dr. Celsius Waterberg minister of the sector thanked the government of Cuba and the doctors in particular for the outstanding work they have undertaken in his country. The Cuban doctors have won the
acknowledgement of the Surinamese population, said Dr. Waterberg.
The health minister gave the Cuban medical doctors diplomas in recognition of their work during two years in different zones of Surinam, including remote forest areas of the country, according to a press release by the Cuban diplomatic mission in that country.
Meanwhile, Cuba ambassador to Surinam Andres Gonzalez Garrido congratulated the doctors for their noble work, their commitment and sacrifice and he said that all Cuban doctors, the ones that concluded their mission and those who are still offering their assistance to the
Surinamese people, have dignified the prestige conquered by Cuban health professionals.
The rest of the medical brigade will continue to work in the South American nation, as another group of specialists is expected to soon join in order to replace the seven doctors that have concluded their mission.
The ceremony was also attended by directives of different health care institutions, where the Cuban doctors are offering their services.
The Cuban medical brigade in Surinam is implementing the Integral Health Care Program, which includes the free-eye surgery initiative known as “Operation Miracle” with the participation of ten eye specialists. The group also cooperates in the teaching of Spanish and the training of
Athletics.
(Finaliza misión en Suriname grupo de médicos cubanos)
During the farewell ceremony at Surinam´s Public Health Ministry, Dr. Celsius Waterberg minister of the sector thanked the government of Cuba and the doctors in particular for the outstanding work they have undertaken in his country. The Cuban doctors have won the
acknowledgement of the Surinamese population, said Dr. Waterberg.
The health minister gave the Cuban medical doctors diplomas in recognition of their work during two years in different zones of Surinam, including remote forest areas of the country, according to a press release by the Cuban diplomatic mission in that country.
Meanwhile, Cuba ambassador to Surinam Andres Gonzalez Garrido congratulated the doctors for their noble work, their commitment and sacrifice and he said that all Cuban doctors, the ones that concluded their mission and those who are still offering their assistance to the
Surinamese people, have dignified the prestige conquered by Cuban health professionals.
The rest of the medical brigade will continue to work in the South American nation, as another group of specialists is expected to soon join in order to replace the seven doctors that have concluded their mission.
The ceremony was also attended by directives of different health care institutions, where the Cuban doctors are offering their services.
The Cuban medical brigade in Surinam is implementing the Integral Health Care Program, which includes the free-eye surgery initiative known as “Operation Miracle” with the participation of ten eye specialists. The group also cooperates in the teaching of Spanish and the training of
Athletics.
(Finaliza misión en Suriname grupo de médicos cubanos)
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