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Cuba Rejects US Bill in Geneva

Havana, Mar 22 (Prensa Latina) Cuba has rated unfair and unequal the US bill to be presented in Geneva, attempting to condemn it at the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR).

Addressing the media, Cuban Foreign Affairs Minister Felipe Pérez Roque said Washington suffered its first defeat in the 61st UNCHR sessions when it found no country to present the bill on its behalf.

"Washington failed in its pretensions to make the international community believe that the human rights situation in Cuba is a cause for concern. This false allegation has been deflated", underlined Perez Roque.

With the document in his hands, the Cuban minister said it only has three paragraphs of introduction and two of resolution.

"It is an unfair and unequal text, which intrinsically shows the incompetence of its promoters", said Perez Roque.

The Cuban official also noted that the US is the main human rights violator worldwide and recalled the abuse of prisoners by the US military in Abu Ghraib prison, Iraq, and Guantanamo.

Perez Roque predicted that Cuba will also present other topics for discussion at the Geneva meeting, including the right for food, foreign debt and structural adjustments imposed on Third World nations, the establishment of a new international order and the promotion of peace as an essential right.

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