Cuba at UN Meeting on the Statute on Women

HAVANA, Cuba, Mar 12 (acn) The UN Commission on the Statute on Women, now in session at this world organization, listened to Cuba's propositions around the issue, related to international cooperation.

Debates on a final document that reflects the needs and aspirations of women in poor nations, included the Cuban exposition in favor of their access to health services, education and secure employment.

The Federation of Cuban Women official, Ana Milagros Martínez, told the Prensa Latina news agency that another paragraph of the document has to do with the support given by the archipelago, with human resources, to Third World nations, aimed at facilitating access to health care.

Also put forward, in the international cooperation section, was the need for developed countries to meet their commitment of contributing 0.7% of heir GDP to implement the accords of the World Summit, held in Beijing, China, in 1995.

This session of the Commission on the Statute on Women, that began on March 2 nd and is scheduled to conclude on March 13th, included numerous propositions by developing countries, which have increased the number of pages of the draft under discussion, from six initially presented by the Secretariat, to 25.

Besides this official document, the session has included the participation of NGO's in panels, conferences, and other forms of exchange, in which Cuba has also been represented by officials from the Cuban Union of Writers and Artists.

(Cuba en debate en la ONU sobre el Estatuto de la Mujer)