FRANCE, March 13, 2007. Cuba will observe the high level session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, at which Cuban Chancellor Felipe Perez Roque explained to Prensa Latina there are allies of the United States trying to draw out its formation. "Cuba was elected with 135 votes, while the United States refrained from submitting to a secret ballot. Even so, Washington and its friends wish to prolong the construction of the council refusing to debate with the current Directive Board or its members," he added. "They wish to return the HRC to its status of inquisitorial court to condemn nations of the Third World while looking the other way on issues like secret jails, torture in the Guantanamo Naval base and other instances," he added. Perez Roque, who again referred to the ties of NAM and UNESCO, will deliver his speech on Tuesday. Referring to relations of the European Union (EU) with Cuba, the diplomat pointed out that, "unfortunately there is no policy towards our country." The so-called Common Position imposed during the Aznar government in Spain "is a faithful copy of the policy of hostility of Washington towards Cuba," he explained, although some in the European bloc realize that it is not playing a role regarding Cuba. "We desire a broad and respectful relationship, but for that the EU must look towards Havana and not towards Washington or Miami," he stressed. He concluded that "Bush has no moral authority to dictate what we should do; we are an independent and sovereign state and in our land we do what we Cubans want." (Cubaminrex-PL)
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