Havana, June 30 (Prensa Latina) Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez announced today that Cuba has requested a UN session for July 7 against the US blockade and denounced Washington’s pressure to prevent the debate.
In a press conference, the Foreign Minister stressed that the United States’ multidimensional aggression against Cuba “is not a future danger or threat, it is a crime against humanity in full execution.”
Rodríguez denounced that the energy blockade and other measures of extreme intensification of the blockade constitute “an act of genocide also classified as a collective punishment and a massive, flagrant and systematic violation of the human rights of Cubans and of international humanitarian law.”
The foreign minister stated that Cuba is not and cannot be a threat to the United States, a great military and nuclear power.
“The blockade and the policy of aggression and hostility of the United States Government against Cuba is a threat to the existence and well-being of the Cuban people, to the exercise of their human rights,” he stressed.
The Cuban diplomat recalled that the blockade has been condemned 31 times by the General Assembly with the support of the vast majority of the international community, and expressed his certainty that this support will be maintained in the next session.
Rodríguez denounced that the US government has deployed “an inconceivable effort” to prevent the session, using pressure, blackmail and threats against governments and foreign ministries of other states.
“The permanent mission of the United States in New York is threatening to take legal action to prevent the General Assembly from meeting and deliberating on this issue,” he said.
The Cuban foreign minister revealed that the State Department’s diplomatic apparatus is trying to prevent the General Assembly from considering a matter of global interest, using pressure and threats to intimidate member states.
“They are trying to censor her voice and her right to speak out on a matter directly related to international peace and security and the well-being of an entire people,” he added.
Rodríguez expressed his confidence that the vast majority of the international community would support Cuba at the July 7 session, which he considered “upholding international law and the Charter of the United Nations.”
The chancellor recalled that “the General Assembly, the most democratic, universal and representative body of the United Nations, will be able to address this issue objectively and surely in accordance with the purposes and principles of the Charter.”
“This is an urgent situation because the multidimensional aggression of the United States government against Cuba is already underway and intensifying. Its humanitarian damage is growing, and the suffering and deprivation it inflicts on our people increases every day,” he concluded.
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