The VI International Conference for the Balance of the World «With all and for the good of all» will begin today at the Convention Palace in the capital with a keynote speech by Frei Betto, Brazilian theologian and intellectual, who will speak on «Justice as the path to Peace and Balance in the World».
According to Héctor Hernández Pardo, coordinator of the Organising Committee and president of the International Preparatory Committee, more than 900 foreign delegates from 93 countries have so far confirmed their attendance at this biennial event.
Hernández Pardo said that the conference will bring together in Havana important political and academic figures from the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Greece, Guyana, Colombia, Spain, Costa Rica, Brazil, Iran, Italy, Mexico and India, among others.
Senators, parliamentarians and professors will be present to exchange and debate issues such as solidarity and peace, the international economic order and current challenges, he said.
He stressed that the idea of world balance is not alien to José Martí, an essential figure in this macro-event, but that Cuba’s National Hero warned of the dangers and problems facing the world today because they formed part of his political project beyond the borders of the largest of the Antilles.
The Conference will include panels on social networks, artificial intelligence and cultural identities, as well as working commissions dedicated to open science for equity, the thought of Martí in Fidel whose birth centenary will be in 2026, he noted.
The also deputy director general of the Martí Programme Office informed that other events will take place such as the Youth Forum «With all and for the good of all», the XXI International Meeting of Martí Chairs, the Workshop on the New International Economic Order, the Inter-Parliamentary Forum for Peace and Democracy and the Forum of United Nations Associations.
From the arts there will be a World Congress of Poets for Peace in defence of life and a play back theatre workshop to build empathy and unity collectively.
In this forum, one of the most representative in the world and which delves into Marti’s ideology from all spheres of development, a message is expected from Pope Francis to its participants, regarding the sense of peace and equity that the event pursues, said Hernández Pardo.
Each day will be broadcast live on the event’s YouTube channel and the proceedings will be available on the website https://n9.cl/equilibrioforo_memorias_v.
The 6th International Conference for the Balance of the World will end on 31 January.
