>X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Unverified) >subject: Granma:Cuba Heads G77 group. Fidel-To US Youth. Varadero > © Copyright. 1996-2000. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. GRANMA INTERNATIONAL/ >ONLINE EDITION - December 20, 2000 > > Cuba to head G-77 Group at the FAO > >ROME, December 19.- At a plenary session of the Group of 77 (G-77) >today, Cuba was elected by acclamation to preside over the group in >forthcoming negotiations with the United Nations Food and Agriculture >Organization (FAO). The G-77 group is made up of more than 100 >underdeveloped countries. > >The proposal, presented by the Latin American and Caribbean >countries, met with prolonged applause from delegates. Cuban >ambassador Juan Nuiry Sánchez is assigned to the position. > >The delegates present, representing 83 Asian, African, Middle >Eastern, Latin American and Caribbean countries, considered the >island's election as an acknowledgement of the Cuban >representative's cooperative labors in defense of the group's >interests. > >They also expressed confidence in the success of Cuba's leadership of >the group during 2001, a highly significant period given a further >Summit of Heads of State and Government scheduled for next November, >coinciding with the next FAO Conference. > > > ********** > >from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >subject: Fidel speaks to 772 US students, academics > © Copyright. 1996-2000. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. GRANMA INTERNATIONAL/ >ONLINE EDITION - December 20, 2000 > >Fidel -If there is a group of young people who need to know about the >world, it is those of the United States > > >President Fidel Castro spoke at length on Tuesday, December 19, on >Tuesday, December 19, with a group made up of 772 students, >professors and academic authorities representing dozens of U.S. >universities, during a meeting at the International Conference Center >in Havana. > >The visitors were passengers on the SS Universe Explorer, an academic >exchange project organized by the University of Pittsburgh, in >Pennsylvania. It is the third time that the ship has docked in Cuba >since 1999 in an itinerary that includes 10 stops at ports around >the world. > >Fidel told the visitors that they had arrived in a country of >universities and suggested that they not restrict themselves to what >their country's mass media have to say. He went on to speak about the >efforts that Cuba is making to promote a general integral culture >that is within everybody's reach. > >He said that if there is a group of young people who need to know >about the world, it is those of the United States, given the enormous >U.S. influence on the planet's destiny as a result of its economic, >technological, political, cultural and military power. > >In response to questions about the future of relations between the >United States and Cuba, Fidel said that "the future belongs to >optimists." Another student asked him whether he had favored Bush or >Gore during the U.S. elections, to which Fidel answered: "We have had >the good sense and prudence to remain absolutely impartial: we have >been opposed to both of them." > > > > ********** > >from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >subject: Granma: Varadero Hotel >© Copyright. 1996-2000. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. GRANMA INTERNATIONAL/ >ONLINE EDITION - December 21, 2000 > >Meliá Varadero Hotel: first to receive national environmental >certification > >THE Meliá Varadero Hotel, a Cuban-Spanish joint venture, has become >the first on the island to receive national certification in the >category of environmentally responsible tourism, an award established >last February by the Ministry of Science, Technology and the > >Environment (CITMA). > >During the presentation, CITMA Minister Rosa Elena Simeón emphasized >the tourism industry's tremendous significance within the country's >economic development and confirmed that the introduction of this >award will encourage the attainment of economic and social objectives >on sustainable bases. She also observed that the award would >contribute to improving the image and marketed products of companies >awarded it. > >The minister also praised the hotel management's decision to have >voluntarily accepted a detailed review of its overall functioning to >ensure that Cuban environmental legislation is fully complied with. > >After congratulating the hotel on becoming the only establishment to >be presented with the award during the 20th century, Tourism Minister >Ibrahim Ferradaz emphasized that the distinction implies a great >responsibility not only for the Meliá Varadero, but for all other > >installations in their commitment to nature conservation. > >The certification, which is aimed principally at the industrial, >farming, forestry, tourism, scientific and service industries, is >designed to provide incentives with regard to production and >environmental performance. JC > > > > > > _______________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. 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