Waris will develop an intense program in the Caribbean nation that includes meetings with various authorities and institutions of the country, the Cuban Foreign Ministry reported on its website.
According to the source, in these exchanges the independent expert will be able to verify the negative impact of the foreign debt and the blockade on the enjoyment of human rights by Cubans.
He will also meet with representatives of civil society to share experiences, good practices and lessons learned about the protection of human rights in Cuba, and in particular about how the external debt affects them.
Waris’ visit to the island is part of the cooperation that Cuba develops with the human rights machinery of the United Nations Organization and its institutions of universal and non-discriminatory application, the Foreign Ministry stated.
The Second International Congress on the need for a New International Economic Order has the purpose of promoting dialogue around the problems that hinder development and world peace, as a consequence of an unbalanced international economic, political, scientific-technological and military order. and with hegemonic preponderances.
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