Havana, May 16 (RHC-PL) --  The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is presenting its considerations today in Cuba on consumer protection during a forum attended by almost 600 domestic and foreign experts.

Consumers' rights, good business practices and challenges associated with the digital economy are among the issues the UN agency will be discussing, said the organizing committee of the event that opened yesterday in the Conference Center in Havana.

Teresa Moreira, head of competition and consumer protection policies, of the Division on International Trade in Goods, Services and Commodities, will speak for UNCTAD.

Convened by the Ministry of Internal Trade (MINCIN), the First Convention on Trade in Cuba aims to examine challenges and prospects for sustainable development, this according to the agency's executives.

The event will foster dialogue among officials, business leaders and academicians on the transformation of trade and services in response to the updating of the economic-social model in the country, the organizing committee said.