US Submits Anti-Cuban Resolution at UNCHR
Geneva (Prensa Latina) – The US has finally found some co-sponsors for its anti-Cuban motion at the UN Commission on Human Rights, and will continue its political maneuvering until the Commission votes on Thursday or Friday.
Havana has denounced the proposed resolution as a repeated maneuver for political purposes, and a double standard.
The list of co-sponsors so far include the European Union, Israel, Australia, Canada, Japan and Eastern European countries. El Salvador and Nicaragua also support the resolution but neither has a right to vote as they are both non-members. The list includes another 12 countries out of the 53-strong UNCHR.
The US has brought pressure against African countries, consisting of phone calls, proposals and threats, but none have given in.
Cuba has resisted over 45 years of US blockade and the country that tries to condemn the Island was the promoter of past military dictatorships in Latin America and champion of the global anti-terrorist campaign that made the world more insecure.
The US has no interest whatsoever in human rights in Cuba, which does not have a single case of disappearance, torture, or illegal executions, said Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque.
This is why, among other reasons, Cuba rejects the US-sponsored appointment of a UNCHR Rapporteur, since Cuba considers it the result of US "pressures, conditioning and coercion" at the UNCHR.
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UNCHR Resolution Against Cuba Is to Facilitate US Hostility
Havana (Prensa Latina) – Cuban Parliament President Ricardo Alarcón said Monday that the US fostering of a resolution against Cuba in the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) is designed to facilitate US aggressiveness towards the Caribbean island.
"Once again, the White House will make such an action in Geneva, with the only objective to harm Cuba"s foreign image, and facilitate its aggressive plans which the US government has kept against our country for more than 40 years," Alarcon stated.
He referred to such actions of the US government while presenting the third part of the book titled "Cuba y Los Derechos Humanos" (Cuba and Human Rights).
Alarcon also denounced the imminent legal return to Miami, Florida, of the Cuban-born terrorist Luis Posada Carriles, which he said makes no sense for the government of President George W. Bush, who assures he heads a global crusade against international terrorism.
Posada Carriles and three of his accomplices were arrested and sentenced in Panama, after Cuban President Fidel Castro presented evidence that these individuals prepared an attempt on his life when he was taking part in the 10th Ibero American Summit, in Panama in 2000.
These terrorists were pardoned by then Panamanian President Mireya Moscoso a few days before she left power, and this motivated a break in diplomatic relations between Havana and Panama.
In the presentation of the book, Alarcon said that in Cuba, there is a real democracy, in a state of constant perfection.
He highlighted the importance of the municipal elections of April 17, in which 8 million Cuban citizens will choose their representatives to the municipal assemblies (local governments) from more than 32,000 candidates.
Finally, he pointed out how important unity is for all Cuban citizens, and the need to be watching every movement to stop the actions of the US government, destined to break the independence of Cuba.
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