United Nations, March 11 (Prensa Latina) The Group of Friends in Defense of the UN Charter today condemned the unjustified re-inclusion of Cuba on the arbitrary list of states that allegedly sponsor terrorism, drawn up by the United States.
“This unacceptable action confirms the discredit and opaque nature of this list and demonstrates the intention to intensify the criminal economic siege against Cuba to hinder its financial and commercial operations and cause greater hardship for the Cuban people,” the group said in a statement.
He stressed that Cuba’s unfair inclusion reinforces the negative impact of the criminal economic, commercial, and financial blockade on the realization of the Cuban people’s human rights.
“The Group recalls the repeated calls made to the United States government by several special procedures mandate holders, numerous States, international organizations, civil society, and other actors to remove Cuba from the list and lift the embargo,” it states.
Likewise, it strongly rejects the political manipulation of the fight against terrorism and reaffirms its unwavering solidarity with the Cuban people and government, and urges the United States government to immediately and unconditionally end the blockade.
Furthermore, to comply with the 32 resolutions adopted in this regard by the UN General Assembly and to exclude Cuba from the list of states that allegedly sponsor terrorism.
Following this declaration, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez thanked the member countries of the Group of Friends of the UN Charter for their powerful statement delivered today before the Human Rights Council in Geneva.
The Group of Friends in Defense of the UN Charter is an initiative of a group of Member States whose main objective is to protect and promote the fundamental principles set forth in the UN Charter.
It is made up of Algeria, Belarus, Bolivia, China, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Cuba, Eritrea, Equatorial Guinea, Iran, Laos, Mali, Nicaragua, Palestine, Russia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Syria, Uganda, Venezuela and Zimbabwe.
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