Cuba (O.N.U., Geneva)
Ambassador : Carlos Amat Fores
Age (1999) : 68.
Credentials presented: February 1997.
Spouse:
Julia-Elvira Rodriguez Garcia.
Education:
Ph.D. Law, University of Santiago de Cuba;
Studies of
Sociology and Technics, Sociological Investigation, University of Havana.
Professional background:
Dean, University of Havana;
Director,
Department of Latin America and Caribbean Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
Ambassador to Canada; Minister of Justice; President, Cuban Union of
Lawyers;
President, National Electoral Commission; President, Cuban
Commission on Drugs.
Languages: Spanish, English.
Cuba Membership: UN, WTO, WHO, ILO, Caribbean States Association, NAM, G-77,
UNCTAD.
Exports: Sugar and sugar products, nickel, tobacco, citrus, rum,
seafood, medical products.
Imports: Food, mineral fuels, fertilisers,
machinery and transport and telecom equipment.
Principal trading partners:
CIS, EU. GNP per capita: N/A. GNP: N/A.
Address: Chemin de Valérie 100, Case
postale 59; 1292 Chambésy.
Tel. 758.94.30. Fax. 758.94.31.
Email: mission.cuba@ties.itu.int
National day: January 1.
