Leonel Fernández Opens FUNGLODE and GFDD’s new office at UNESCO and Highlights the UN Agency’s Important Role in Support of Mankind

On Monday, the former President of the Dominican Republic and Honorary President of Global Foundation for Democracy and Development, and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), Dr. Leonel Fernández,  highlighted the successful role played by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in supporting mankind.

Fernández made this statement during the opening ceremony of FUNGLODE’ and GFDD””s new office at
the UNESCO headquarters, which is located in this city.

The former Dominican Head of State recalled that, as a result of the Second World War, much of the world was reduced to rubble. It then fell on to the Organization of the United Nations (UN), which was founded in the wake of the conflagration, to promote the values ​​of culture, science and education, which it carried out through UNESCO — one of its leading agencies.

He indicated that, since that time, and because of its great and effective achievements, UNESCO has become a reference agency at the global level in the promotion and preservation of the core values ​​of humanity.

During his remarks Fernández thanked those present for the
reception FUNGLODE and GFDD has received at UNESCO’s headquarters, and said that it constitutes a privilege for the institution he presides, as well as for the Dominican Republic in general.

"Therefore, we are extremely proud that FUNGLODE, a non-profit organization, has become the first institution of the civil society in the Dominican Republic to be welcomed as part of the UNESCO family," said the current President of the Dominican Liberation Party
(PLD).

For his part, FUNGLODE’s Executive Director, Marco Herrera, stressed the importance of the foundation’s joining UNESCO, since they have common goals.

"FUNGLODE was created with the purpose of ​​becoming the first center of strategic thinking in the Dominican Republic, in order to formulate innovative proposals of a strategic and critical nature on all the discussion issues that are important to the Dominican Republic,
Latin America and the Caribbean," Herrera pointed out. He also thanked the businessmen and other personalities, both Dominican and foreign, who traveled to this capital city to participate in the opening of FUNGLODE and GFDD headquarters at UNESCO.

The opening of this office is part of a strategic cooperation agreement between UNESCO and FUNGLODE and GFDD, and its objective is to serve as a liaison in the development of institutional relations among Dominican
academic and educational institutions and to promote intellectual and scientific exchanges between Dominican and European researchers.