CubaMinrex. Sitio del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Cuba

 

Cuban Parliament Demands Total Disarmament and Global Cooperation

GENEVA, July 20, 2010.- Cuban National Assembly President Ricardo Alarcon demanded on Monday the implementation of the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs), general and complete disarmament, and international cooperation for development.

During the 3rd World Conference of Speakers of Parliament, which will be in session in Geneva until Wednesday, Alarcon said that the ideals of the UN Charter and the resolutions of the General Assembly should not remain dead letters.

Alarcon also demanded an end to harassment and threats against Iran and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, justice for the Palestinian people and their inalienable right to independence, and the end of the colonial occupation of Puerto Rico and Western Sahara.

Alarcon also called for the immediate and unconditional release of the Cuban Five, imprisoned in US jails for nearly 12 years for opposing the terrorism that Washington promotes against Cuba.

Alarcon demanded the democratization of relations between states
and within them, and the programs supposedly designed to alleviate the economic crisis be not agreed in secret among those responsible for it, but that they be discussed openly and agreed with their victims, workers and peoples.

We must improve our work in parliaments, and open their doors and windows, looking to the people, unions, youths and farmers, so they can give their opinions, legislate and decide, Alarcon urged.

The world is facing a profound crisis, in which all aspects of reality are inclusive, wars are spreading, destruction of the environment is accelerating, and the number of people suffering hunger, ignorance and preventable diseases is increasing, recalled Alarcon.

All this is a result of an unjust international system subjected to the greed and selfishness of a few, highlighted Alarcon.

The only salvation possible, our last resource, is democracy, he concluded. (Cubaminrex-RHC)

 

<< Back