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PRESS RELEASE New York, 31 March 2004. UNNATURAL PARENT ABANDONS MALFORMED CHILD. MAID WANTED TO NURSE AND MAKE THE CREATURE’S DEBUT IN SOCIETY. An orphan draft resolution wanders throughout the world in search of a surrogate mother. The creature’s parent does not have enough courage to acknowledge paternity. Thus, he is searching for someone to be left in charge of such monstrous creature, who will make his own début as the only one responsible before the world, seeking accomplices who help to conceal the shamefulness of such an action. As known, The United States has publicly stated that the adoption of the anti-Cuban resolution is one of its main priorities at the 60th session of the Commission on Human Rights, held currently in Geneva. Last Wednesday, 24 March, the US State Department summoned a group of member countries of the Commission to hand out to them the first draft of the text. The language used is aimed at confusing and disguising a tough content, which gathers the major elements of the amendment presented last year by Costa Rica, during the 59th session, to the anti-Cuban draft – overwhelmingly rejected by over 30 members of the Commission. An attempt is being made to legitimize as “political dissidents and journalists” the people tried and convicted in Cuba in March, 2003 for serving a foreign power. The actions taken by the Government of the Republic of Cuba, exercising its legitimate right to defend itself, have been regarded as a violation of fundamental freedoms, the freedom of speech and the right to due process. Cuba acted against a group of mercenaries dedicated to subverting the law and order under the false guise of reporters and human rights advocates. Besides, the current text contains in its wording one of the objectives of the so-called “Commission of Assistance to a Free Cuba”. For those who are not related with the anti-Cuban maneuvers which the US Administration is obsessed with, it would be necessary to explain that this is a governmental commission headed by Secretary of State Colin Powell, which has stated to have just two objectives: to expedite the end of the Cuban Government and materialize what they call the “transition towards democracy,” as listed under paragraph No. 2 of the text. Any careful reader may note it is a flagrant interference in Cuba’s internal affairs to suggest that the Government engage in a dialogue with what is labeled as “schools of thought and organized political groups” – which are really cliques put together and funded by the US Government or by the counterrevolutionary organizations based in Florida and whose main objective is to destroy the socio-economic and political system chosen in a sovereign manner by the overwhelming majority of the Cuban people in a legitimate exercise of its right to self-determination The text affirms that the promotion of the full development of the democratic institutions and the public freedoms must be based on the dialogue with the so-called “political opposition.” Thus, the democratic nature of Cuba’s existing institutions is being disregarded because these are part of a system of participatory democracy in which all citizens have the chance to engage actively in the decision-making process, endorsed by elections with over 96% of people’s involvement. Repeated mention is made of the obligation of the States to the principles and purposes of the UN Charter, but there is a high-handed disregard for the rights and freedoms enshrined in the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, which states under Article 29 that in no case, including the aforementioned individuals, will these rights and freedoms be exercised in opposition to the principles and purposes of the UN Charter, such as sovereignty, independence and a country’s territorial integrity, including Cuba. We shall remember that the mandate of the Representative of the High Commissioner stems from a selective and discriminatory exercise that can only be imposed through ruthless pressures exerted on an important group of members of the Commission. Her report to the 60th Session of the Commission on Human Rights reiterates all the slanders fabricated against Cuba for years and becomes a new instrument at the service of the aggressive policy of the US against Cuba. Cuba is the only country in the Western Hemisphere allegedly singled out with this type of practice, despite the fact that – as the text indicates – all the other sovereign States are equally committed to the respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It must be recalled that in the past Cuba already received the High Commissioner for Human Rights and two Rapporteurs from the Commission. Also, an invitation has been extended for a third Rapporteur to visit the country. In the still orphan text, an attempt is made to add legitimacy and the appearance of balance and non-selectivity to the draft resolution through a slight recognition of the actions taken by the Cuban Government to promote the freedom of religion and through repeated quotes of adverse international conditions and the obligation of all States to comply with the purposes and principles of the UN Charter. It may be said that it is a smooth text with little confrontation, where Cuba is not condemned. Notwithstanding, the condemnation lies in the very existence of the practice, in the double standards applied in the condemnation of Cuba and other Third World countries while there is disregard for the human rights violations committed by the industrialized nations within and outside their territories. The assertion that “...the exceptional international circumstances that prevail have compelled many States to intensify their security measures...” indicates that the draft resolution not only condemns Cuba but also, by extension, attempts to justify the human rights violations committed by the United States against the prisoners confined to the Naval Base in Guantánamo, as well as the human rights violations and the infringement on the fundamental freedoms committed in the United States and in the most industrialized nations against immigrants from all over the world under the pretext of the fight on terrorism The text born under an identity crisis and complex syntax is enclosed herewith: DRAFT RESOLUTION The Commission on Human Rights Taking into consideration its resolution 2003/12 of April 17, 2003 Considering that in the aforementioned resolution the Commission urged the Government of Cuba to receive the personal Representative of the High Commissioner of the United Nations for Human Rights and to afford all the necessary facilities so that she can fulfill the mandate established in the resolution 2002/18 of April 19, 2002, Conscious that compliance with human rights and fundamental liberties is an obligation inherent to all States in the framework of the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, 1. Expresses that the Government of Cuba like all sovereign States, independent of the prevailing exceptional international circumstances, which have obliged many States to intensify security measures, should avoid the adoption of measures which could threaten fundamental rights, freedom of expression and the right to due process of its citizens. In this regard, regrets the facts which occurred last year in Cuba in respect to sentencing of political dissidents and journalists, as has been reported by the international news media. 2. Expresses its hopes that the Government of Cuba will continue making an effort to strengthen religious freedom and that it will put into place measures with the objective of facilitating the transition toward the establishment of a fruitful dialogue with all the currents of thought and organized political groups in its society, despite the precarious international environment, with the objective of promoting the full development of democratic institutions and civil liberties. 3. Urges the Government of Cuba to cooperate, within the full exercise of its sovereignty, with the representative of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, facilitating the fulfillment of her mandate, as other sovereign States must do in compliance with the purposes and principles which govern the Charter of the United Nations. 4. Decides to give further consideration to this subject in the Sixty-first session, under the same agenda item. --------------------- - BACK TO INDEX - REPLY - QUOTE - EDIT - DELETE -

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