Cuba e i diritti umani

["Nello Margiotta" <animarg@tin.it>]

 Cuba Vows to Counter U.S. Over Human Rights in Geneva
 2001.03.09 10:22:32


 HAVANA, March 8 (Xinhuanet) -- Cuba has vowed to launch a  political and
 diplomatic counterattack against the United States  in April over human
 rights in the U.N. Human Rights Commission in  Geneva.

 "In Geneva, we'll assert our concepts and viewpoints regarding  the human
 rights situation," said Foreign Minister Felipe Perez  Roque in a statement
 released Thursday.

 While admitting that the voting in Geneva will be hard, Perez  said: "We
 have our morals, truth and a spirit that means to wage a battle in defense
 of Cuba's dignity."

 In the year 2000, the U.N. Human Rights Commission approved a  resolution
 condemning Cuba over its human rights record.

 This year, Cuba will present several initiatives regarding the  human
rights
 issue, one of which is the right to nutrition, which  the United States has
 been opposing on several occasions, said the statement.

 Perez, who returned Wednesday evening from a two-week five- nation Asian
 tour, stressed that human rights have become a  political issue and
 frequently been used as a pretext for  developed countries, especially the
 United States, to interfere in other countries' internal affairs.