Join us for an engaging discussion with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations, H.E. Mr. Pedro Luis Pedroso Cuesta
Bio:
Pedroso Cuesta is a graduate of the Higher Institute of International Relations "Raul Roa Garcia" (1987); and Master in National Defense.
Ambassador Cuesta has been a member of Cuban delegations to different sessions of the United Nations General Assembly, to multiple meetings and international conferences, including the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development and on Small Island Developing States, as well as a wide participation in the negotiations on climate change.
Ambassador Cuesta has also served as Deputy Director of Multilateral Affairs and as Director General of Multilateral Affairs and International Law at the Cuban Foreign Ministry.
He has served as Cuba's Ambassador to the Republic of Kenya and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Environment Programme and UN-HABITAT.
At the time of his appointmentto the UN, he was the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Cuba to the United Nations Office in Geneva and other international organizations, with the rank of Ambassador.
This event co-sponsored with: City of New Haven Peace Commission, Unidad Latina en Accion, New Haven Peoples Center, Greater New Haven Peace Council
AGE GROUP: | Teens (13-17) | Adults (18+) |
EVENT TYPE: | Literature, Arts, and Culture | Education and Lifelong Learning | Economic Development and Nonprofits | Civic and Community Engagement |
TAGS: | Literacy | Entrepreneurs | Community | Black History | African history | Adult Learning | activism |
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