• Submitted by: manso
• Arts and Culture
• 02 / 24 / 2011

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2011.02.24 - 12:52:55 / radiorebelde.HAVANA, CUBA.- The Director General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Irina Bokova, invited Cuban professor Jesus Guanche to join the International Scientific Committee of the Slave Route Project.

Guanche, who has a degree in Arts History and who is a Tenure Researcher of the Fernando Ortiz Foundation, has participated in more than 100 scientific events, in Cuba and abroad, on socio-cultural anthropology and history of culture.

According to sources from the Cuban Foreign Ministry, UNESCO’s decision not only recognizes Guanche’s work but also that of the Committee of the Slave Route Project in Cuba.

The Committee, created in September 1994, is a consultative body whose task is to advise UNESCO on the production of pedagogical materials, to ensure a consensual approach to Slave Route issues, and to create and promote partnerships.

The Committee was initially composed of 40 members. Further to its restructuring in 2005, it now counts 20 members appointed by the Director-General and representing various scientific fields (history, anthropology, archaeology, sociology, law, etc.) and the different regions of the world.(ACN)