Havana, Cuba.-The United Nations Special Rapporteur, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, continues her official visit to Cuba today, where she develops a program of activities to confirm the work in the fight against human trafficking.

Yesterday, the UN official on the human rights of human trafficking victims, especially women and children, spoke with the head of the Ministry of Justice (Minjus), María Esther Reus, about the feasibility of the Cuban program against that scourge that affects the world.

Following the meeting, Reus said that the Special Rapporteur recognized Cuba’s political will in confronting human trafficking, as well as the viability of the action plan it carries out for that purpose.

‘This program focuses on three fundamental pillars, prevention, confrontation and attention to victims,’ said the Cuban minister.

According to Reus, the rapporteur recognized that this initiative has an adequate conception, a permanence, and sustainability thanks to the Cuban political system, which allows the joint work of government structures and civil society, she emphasized.

In addition, she said that there is a commission to follow up and comply with this plan of action, and it involves the state structures with the community and the family.

‘This puts us in a more advantageous position to face this phenomenon and to achieve the results that are expected in this issue that is affecting the world so much,’ the Minister of Justice said.

Giammarinaro is visiting Cuba from last Monday until April 14 in compliance with an invitation from the Cuban government.

The program of her stay included a meeting with President of the Cuban Parliament, Esteban Lazo, who ratified the policy of this Caribbean nation of zero tolerance against any manifestation of human trafficking.

The leader of the Parliament also reiterated the country’s willingness to cooperate internationally in confronting this serious crime.