Alberto Fernandez: “We must speak out to stop the North” War in Ukraine | President’s message to CELAC ministers

In front of the ministers of the Society of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), who is the leader of the pro-Argentine period, the President Alberto Fernandez questioned the “inaction” of the southern countries Determined actions in the North are “who only sees”. In the face of the war in Ukraine, the head of state has called on many countries to raise their voices against a conflict that “brings suffering” to other parts of the world.

Fernandez recalled a recent meeting in Berlin with the Minister of Education, Jaime Perzic, and the Argentine Ambassador to UNESCO, Marcela Losarto, at the San Martin Palace of the III Regional Meeting of the Ministers of Education of the CELAC. German Chancellor Olaf Scholes called him ” The war you see in the north brings misery to the south. ” In that sense, he said: “How much longer are we going to be complicit? I will not shut up anymore. I say what I am saying here in the North. My voice. “

After examining the social consequences of the epidemic, the President stressed the economic damage caused by the war in Europe to the countries of the South. “Wars erupt in the north and we suffer in the southHe pointed to and warned of an “increasingly dangerous diet”, he said, and then continued: “I wonder if the North will not unite the voices of‘ Stop ’.”.

In his speech, the Argentine president also criticized the US sanctions on Cuba and Venezuela. In this regard, he pointed out that “there is a country that has been economically barred for six decades and will survive as long as possible” and “a country that has been barred from the midst of the corona virus epidemic”. “We should be ashamed of what is happening on our continent.”By the time the president decides whether to attend the June 6-10 meeting in Los Angeles, Fernandez had confirmed a few hours before receiving Christopher Todd, the U.S. government’s special adviser on the IX summit.

Washington has already announced that it will not invite the Venezuelan and Nicaraguan governments to this multilateral meeting – Cuba is not yet defined – and has pushed Mexican President Andrs Lopez Obrador and other leaders to refuse to attend the conference. Yesterday, Gabriela Cerutti reiterated that Argentina had proposed The need for an “all-inclusive” summit Also, the Gaza Rosada will decide the arrival next week.

Education

On the topic of education promoting the forum held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Fernandez cited the impact of an epidemic “not over yet.” “It is unfortunately unique, marked by pain, grief, and death. The only thing we can do is isolate ourselves from others because we have no way to deal with that threat. In educational terms, it means deep damage,” he said.

Similarly, he considered “socialization” to be one of the most affected points of that period: “Boys and girls go to class to learn to live in a community where they learn the first rules and behaviors of a community.” “You do not steal because you know what the penal code says, you learned it in your family, in your class, in your club. You know that there are more rewards and penalties before you play football than you know the rules of your country. The epidemic has lost that process of socialization,” he added. Said.

When, He reiterated the need for states to be the guarantors of education He went on to point out that this was a “guiding cause” for all Latin American governments. Thus he called for “advancing education, science and technology, and having communities capable of integrating into a globalized world competing for knowledge.”

For his part, Minister Persik said: “Retaining and repairing the damage caused by the epidemic in our country is an incentive for Latin America” ​​and “unity in the quest to create and improve a path for the whole region.”

Also present at the meeting were Colombian Education Minister Maria Victoria Anglo Gonzalez; And UNESCO Deputy Director-General for Education, Stefania Giannini.

In addition, a message was broadcast from Sahle-Work Jude, President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, who stressed that the international crisis caused by the epidemic had “redefined communication with all the world,” while ensuring “education”. It is the “firm path to justice and stability”.

The III Regional Meeting of the Ministers of Education of Latin America and the Caribbean It is coordinated by the UNESCO Regional Office for Education and its mission is to guarantee the monitoring and achievement of the fourth objective of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which focuses on ensuring “inclusive, equitable and quality education”. Lifetime learning opportunities for all people. “

According to the report, during the meeting, a proposal to strengthen the regional education integration mechanism will be considered, which is incorporated in the blueprint for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goal 4-Education Agenda 2030 for the period 2022-2025.

The meeting, which runs until Friday, also fulfills promises made by the region’s higher education officials during the 2018 meeting of former ministers and ministers in Cochabamba, Bolivia.