Cuba
Assistance offer
| Type(s)of Assistance: | Expertise | Scope: | Implementation |
| Regions: | Latin America and Caribbean |
| Subject(s): | Nuclear, Chemical, Biological |
Cuba is prepared to contribute its expertise to the implementation of State Systems of Accounting for and Control of Nuclear Material in countries, basically in the Latin America and Caribbean region, that so request in the legal sphere or other areas relevant to the system.
Cuba has, on various occasions, expressed its willingness to contribute its expertise to the implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention in those countries, basically in the Latin American and Caribbean region, that so request not only in the legal sphere, but also in other areas relevant to the Convention, such as verification, declarations, assistance and protection.
Cuba, through the CITMA National Biosafety Centre, is prepared to contribute to exchanges of experience in the implementation of the Biological Weapons Convention by means of courses, seminars, workshops and other activities, basically in the Latin American and Caribbean region.
Cuba is willing to contribute its experience in the implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction and State systems of accounting for and control of nuclear material in Latin American and Caribbean countries.
Assistance through International Organizations
Cuba has, on various occasions, expressed its willingness to contribute its expertise to the implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention in those countries, basically in the Latin American and Caribbean region, that so request not only in the legal sphere, but also in other areas relevant to the Convention, such as verification, declarations, assistance and protection.
In the context of this cooperation provision, information on Cuban experts who may be used for this purpose and on the way in which specialists from the region may be trained in our country has been transmitted to the Technical Secretariat of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).
The Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment, in coordination with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has provided legislative assistance for the drafting of a comprehensive national nuclear law in several countries in the region. Additionally, in September 2019, a course on notification, authorization, inspection and coercion will be held as part of an IAEA technical cooperation project entitled "Establishing and Strengthening Sustainable National Regulatory Infrastructures for the Control of Radiation Sources".