Geneva, Switzerland, March 18 (Prensa Latina) Cuba today rejected the use of an interventionist mechanism in Venezuela’s internal affairs, imposed without its consent on a systematically attacked country, according to diplomatic sources at the Human Rights Council (HRC).
At a session of the 58th session of the Human Rights Commission (HRC), Cuba’s permanent representative to the body, Rodolfo Benítez Verson, stated that this mechanism responds to a political agenda that uses human rights as a pretext to intervene in Venezuelan internal affairs.
The defense of the South American country is not a problem exclusively for Venezuelans, the Caribbean diplomat emphasized, calling on all those who defend the UN Charter and the cause of human rights.
The Council cannot be an instrument of coercion and blackmail against the countries of the South, nor can it endorse attacks on Venezuela’s institutions and sovereignty, as this would cause irreparable damage to the defense of human rights, he stated.
Benítez Verson stated that the Human Rights Commission must demand the immediate cessation of unilateral coercive measures against the Venezuelan people, which they seek to subdue by the cruelest means.
We reject the unprecedented, falsely invoking by the United States government of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to escalate its policy of hostility against the government and people of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, the Cuban ambassador emphasized.
It is our obligation to encourage respectful dialogue and genuine cooperation with Venezuela, in accordance with the principles of impartiality, non-politicization, and non-interference, the diplomat stated.
Calls to disregard the election results in Venezuela are irresponsible and disrespectful of the will of the people. Venezuelans have the right to defend their revolution, and it is up to them alone to define their future; no one else, the island’s representative emphasized.
Cuba reiterates its strong support and solidarity with the legitimate government of Nicolás Maduro Moros and the Civic-Military Union of the Bolivarian and Chavista People, the official from the Caribbean state emphasized.
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