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NAM Meeting Backs Up Cuban Proposal against Disarmament.

CUBA, May 23, 2011.- The 16th Ministerial Conference of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), underway since Monday in Bali, Indonesia, passed a proposal by Cuba for putting into practice actions against nuclear disarmament.

According to Prensa Latina news agency, diplomatic sources said that the proposal, which reflects some ideas by the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, on the danger of nuclear weapons for humankind, was very well-received among the participants.

The draft project was analyzed in the Commission of Political Affairs for top officials, held on Monday in a close-door session, where the participants discussed other topics dealt with during the negotiations of the Coordination Bureau in New York, from last February 7 to March 16.

The commission also approved the insertion of a paragraph on Cuba, which demands the lifting of the U.S. economic, financial, and commercial blockade imposed against Cuba for more than 50 years.

Cuba demanded as well the ending of illegal radio and television broadcastings, and the return of the Cuban territory, in the eastern province of Guantanamo, which is currently occupied by a US military base.

During this first meeting, the participants did not reached a consensus on topics such as the latest events in Libya and the aggression it has been subjected to by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and the disagreement between Nicaragua and Costa Rica on the jurisdiction of the San Juan River. (Cubaminrex-ACN)