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Cuba Condemns US-Sponsored Resolution at UN Rights Body

Havana, Apr 15 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Foreign Affairs Minister Felipe Perez Roque asserted his country would neither accept nor cooperate with the illegitimate US-concocted-resolution at the UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR).

Washington imposed a European Union-cosponsored anti-Cuban resolution by 21 votes in favor, 17 against, with 15 abstentions.

"Cuba does not recognize the legitimacy of the resolution, much less will cooperate in any form with the spurious mandate it establishes," Felipe Perez Roque told the press.

"No-one should expect that the Caribbean island will move a millimeter from its stance or yield its principles," he added.

The Foreign Minister said the Havana Government considered the issue a scandalous, selective and discriminatory manipulation, because there were no just reasons to impose a resolution on his nation.

The Cuban Foreign Minister also referred to the enormous pressures, including blackmail and threats, the US put on UNCHR delegates.

The US proposal was supported by the EU, whom the Cuban delegate to the Geneva-based Commission described as "submissive, servile and incapable of articulating an independent policy."

The document extends the mandate of the representative of the High Commissioner for Cuba, which the Island strongly condemned because it stemmed from pressures exerted by "the world´s most obstinate and largest human rights violator."

 

 

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