International Conference
Cuba will mark the 170th birthday anniversary of National Hero José Martí with a broad program of activities, both national and international, which begins this month and runs through January, 2023.
Héctor Hernández Pardo, deputy president of the José Martí Cultural Society, said the aim is to promote the legacy of Martí, assess the validity of his thinking and resort to him in the quest of solutions to pressing problems affecting humanity today.
The program of activities will begin with a solemn ceremony on January 28th --Martí’s actual birth day-- at the Memorial bearing his name at Havana’s Revolution Square, and another one at the headquarters of the José Martí Studies Center.
The twelve-month commemoration program concludes with the 5th International Conference ‘FOR WORLD BALANCE: With all and for the good of all’, set for January 24th through January 28th, 2023, at Havana’s Conventions Center.
The program of actions on the 170th birthday anniversary of the Cuban National Hero is sponsored by the José Martí Office, the José Martí Cultural Society and the World Council of the José Martí Project for International Solidarity, created in 2003 with support from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Organization of Ibero-American States for Education, Science and Culture (OEI), among other international organizations.
The Havana Conference ‘For World Balance’ will be a follow up of the World Congress on Humanities held in August 2017 in Belgium, sponsored by UNESCO and the International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies.
As in previous editions, participants will debate a wide range of topics, from Experiences resulting from the COVID-19 Pandemic to Dialogue and cultural diversity, Role and challenges of social movements, world solidarity, world peace and nuclear disarmament, the water issue, new information and communications technologies, Fake news, ethics and social Media, Responsible journalism in today’s world, ecosystems protection, Cultural policies and national identity, culture of resistance, Multilateralism as an indispensable mechanism for world balance, Integration as a need to face the challenges of modern world, Sustainable development and social equity, Hunger and food security, Education and human rights in the 21st century, The struggle against all forms of discrimination, Gender equality, Trade unions and neoliberal globalization, Religious diversity, ecumenism and spirituality, drug consumption and drug trafficking, The role of youth and new generations: present and future, The fight against terrorism in all its forms, including state terrorism, Building a participatory and effective democracy, Justice as the beacon of the moral world, Contributions of Latin-American thinking from Simón Bolívar and José Martí to the most relevant modern thinkers.
Delegates, who wish to participate as Speakers in the 5th International Conference ‘FOR WORLD BALANCE’ must send their papers to the Organizing Committee before November 30, 2022.
