09 June 2022 | For: Institutional Communication Department
"Cuba ratifies its commitment to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and shares the commitment to continue working for a more interconnected, inclusive, fair and equitable world" said the Deputy Minister of Communications, Ernesto Rodríguez Hernández during his speech in the high-speed segment. level of the World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC) to be held from June 6 to 16 in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda.
At another point in his speech, the deputy minister ratified the will of the highest leadership of the State and the Cuban Government to continue developing professional, scientific and innovative capacities in information and communication technologies (ICT) at the service of its people and based on your well being; issue that is aligned with the National Development Plan until 2030 and compliance with the Sustainable Development Goals.
He also recalled that the country is moving towards Digital Transformation, a stage that requires higher levels of organization, quality and efficiency of services. He stressed that Cuba's effort in this field is colossal, since it has carried out the process in a complex scenario, marked not only by the pandemic and the financial crisis but also by the intensification of the coercive and unilateral measures that the government of the The United States imposes on our country for more than 60 years; Despite this, it continues to support the implementation of policies that reduce the cultural, technological and access gap while increasing the participation of citizens as the center of the fundamental processes of society. Finally, he ratified his support for the mandate of the ITU, an organization that has the capacity, the tools, the actors and the will to advance in the development priorities in ICT matters.