With the commitment to accompany the country in implementing economic and social transformations, the representatives of the United Nations System in Cuba commemorate today the 81st anniversary of that global organization.

Francisco Pichón, United Nations resident coordinator in the largest of the Antilles, expressed recently in Havana — during the closing of the international project aimed at promoting green jobs in the sugar sector — that there is nothing more important for that institution than supporting the country in this process.

Aware that the transformations are being undertaken in a difficult scenario in which to maneuver, he stated that they want to and can mobilize technical capacities to support.

Cuba's challenges are also those of the United Nations System — he affirmed — therefore, they are willing to act and support, as well as to participate in strategic discussions to better understand the national strategy and accompany the next steps of a complex and important process.

That willingness is in line with the cooperation framework signed in November 2025, when they defined four areas of results, in correspondence with the national plans: productive transformations and international insertion, effective government, human development with equity, and sustainability and risk management.

All the agencies of the United Nations System in Cuba have the mission of contributing to the fulfillment of those priorities, he stressed.

The purpose is to provide broad support and, in particular, to the sectors essential for progress, for which they seek to efficiently use the capacities that the structures of the international organization have in Cuba.

In line with the priorities and based on Cuban experiences, they also offer their support to work on reducing the likely impacts of the reforms on vulnerable groups, considering that they could generate inequalities and that the most sensitive population must be protected.

The United Nations resident coordinator in Cuba urged taking advantage of the framework for the execution of projects that provide financing for development and create spaces for exchange and joint work among entities with common objectives.

He highlighted that Cuba has limitations in accessing many institutions that provide capital for development, but it has the backing of the Green Climate Fund, which is an important source of climate financing, therefore, the country must remain prepared to take advantage of that opportunity.

During his intervention he praised the work with young people, who constitute the center of the productive transformations.

In 1947, October 24 was declared United Nations Day, with the aim of making known the purpose and activities of that organization, committed through the 2030 Agenda to creating a fairer, more sustainable and inclusive future for all humanity.

More than eight decades after its emergence, the United Nations Organization (UN) — made up of 193 countries — faces new global challenges and works to renew itself and strengthen international cooperation.