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Havana Historian Receives UN-Habitat Award

Havana Historian Eusebio Leal Spengler has been granted the UN-Habitat international award in recognition to the Cuban efforts in the recovery and preservation works in Old Havana.

The Scroll of Honor of UN-Habitat 2007 was granted by an international committee that chose Leal among a long list of candidates and praised his work and leadership ahead of the Old Havana Restoration and Preservation Office.

In an interview granted to the Opus Habana magazine, the Historian of the Cuban capital noted that this award recognizes the priority given by the island's government to the preservation of Old Havana, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

Leal is the Historian of Havana since 1967. He is also a member of the Cuban Parliament and a UN Good-Will Ambassador.

The Scroll of Honor UN-Habitat was created in 1989 and it is regarded as one of the most important awards relating to human habitat.

According to Opus Habana, the award, granted on an annual basis, on this occasion will be presented to Leal on World Habitat Day 2007, on October 5 in Monterrey, Mexico, in the context of the International Conference on Safe Cities.
Read entire article at Cuba News