The Director of the Center for Demographic Studies (CEDEM), Antonio Aja Díaz, presented today in this capital the social policies implemented in Cuba to address the demographic dynamics, which evidenced the progress made by the largest of the Antilles in the Population and Development agenda.

The high-level meeting was attended by the regional director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for Latin America and the Caribbean, Mr. Harold Robinson Davis, Juan Carlos Alfonso Fraga, Deputy Head of the Center for Population and Development (ONEI) and Yanet Hernández Pérez, Deputy Governor of the capital, who presented the results of the Demographic Observatory of Havana.

As part of the event, Cuban Deputy Prime Minister Inés María Chapman acknowledged that despite the criminal U.S. blockade, the Cuban nation has prioritized attention to these issues.

According to Chapman, in spite of the complex national and international economic situation, work is being done with an inclusive vision to achieve the well-being of the people and their sustainable economic progress, under rational modalities of consumption and production, a better use of human, financial and material resources and development is guaranteed as a universal and inalienable right.

He stressed that the aging of Cubans has become one of the greatest challenges for the country, so the event proposed a working structure to address the issues of demographic dynamics.

In this regard, the regional director of the United Nations Population Fund for Latin America and the Caribbean highlighted the role played by Cuba in the adoption and formulation of strategies for the articulation of instruments within the UN system.

Also participating in the meeting were representatives of civil society organizations, the United Nations Population Fund, CEDEM and several ministries, who also exchanged on the policy for children and youth and the macro program for human development, equity and social justice.