Cuba denounced on Monday at the organizational meeting of the 61st session of the Human Rights Council the unprecedented escalation of aggression by the United States against the Caribbean nation.
Cuba’s Representative, Roberto Cabañas, stated in his address that this aggression is “aimed at ruthlessly punishing our entire population, in flagrant violation of their human rights.”
The Cuban diplomat also stated that Washington is going so far as to threaten countries that supply oil to Cuba with trade tariffs. With this, he added, “they intend to make the international community complicit in an energy blockade against our nation.”
Roberto Cabañas further specified that they are using as a pretext the absurd assertion that Cuba constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security of the United States.
The diplomat exposed the true objective of this draconian unilateral coercive measure, which aims to paralyze the country’s economic and social activity and cause suffering to millions of Cubans.
In this regard, Cabañas urged those present that “The Human Rights Council cannot remain silent in the face of these criminal acts.”
The Cuban representative in Geneva also stated that the 61st session of the Human Rights Council will take place in a complex international context, as the multilateral system and its institutions are under direct attack.
The United States has withdrawn from this body and many others while “seeking to impose a new international order by replacing the rule of law with the rule of force,” he noted.
One example is the brutal military aggression against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores.
The Cuban Foreign Ministry’s website published the full text of the statement announcing that Cuba will present three draft resolutions at the 61st session of the Human Rights Council, scheduled for February 23 to April 2.
These resolutions address “The consequences of external debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights, in particular economic, social and cultural rights,” “The right to food,” and “Promotion of the enjoyment of cultural rights for all and respect for cultural diversity.”
[ SOURCE: PRENSA LATINA ]
