The exhibition, entitled “The Strength of a Developing Country,” was unveiled on Monday marking International Day of Science, Technology, and Innovation for the South, a date approved earlier this year and promoted by the Cuban presidency of the G77+China.

These advances are essential for the nations of the South in the search for alternative solutions to the lack of resources, infrastructure, and funding that we need to promote the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Cuba’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ernesto Soberon, said during the exhibition’s opening ceremony.

Soberon noted that the government’s management system based on science, technology, and innovation is a significant strength in generating creative solutions to the problems that Cuba faces as a result of the US blockade imposed by the United States.

The poster exhibition covers some of Cuba’s most notable achievements, such as the development of its Covid-19 vaccines or the “Yo Si Puedo” (Yes, I Can) literacy method that helped more than ten million people in some 30 nations to learn how to read and write.

International Day of Science, Technology, and Innovation for the South acknowledges these advances as essential not only to achieving the SDGs but also to building a fairer, more participatory, and inclusive world.

The date was approved by the General Assembly a few months after the Summit of leaders of the G77+China held in Havana during the Cuban presidency of the largest bloc of countries within the United Nations system.

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