10-27-07, 9:47 am

United Nations, Oct 26 (Prensa Latina) The UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Swiss academician Jean Ziegler, Friday called Cuba's rejection to divert crops for the production of biofuels strong and very good.

'If food production is destined to create fuel in a world where more than 100,000 persons die daily due to famine or its consequences, then there would be a massacre,' Ziegler told Prensa Latina news agency.

The UN expert in that human rights sector presented a report to the UN General Assembly in which he emphasizes his serious concern about the continuous growth of global famine levels.

In that sense, Ziegler praised the work Cuba does to guarantee the right of all its citizens to food, despite restrictions from the over 50-year US economic blockade on the Caribbean country.

The UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food is scheduled to visit Cuba from October 28 to November 9, heading a five-member delegation to collect information to include in a special report on the right to food in Cuba.

'We are very happy with the invitation of the Cuban authorities, which we consider an important gesture,' said the also professor of sociology at Geneva University .

From Prensa Latina