Cuban News Agency
HAVANA, Cuba, Oct 5 (ACN) The condemnation of the US blockade against Cuba was one of the five most mentioned topics during the recent debates at the UN General Assembly, highlighted on Tuesday Cuba’s representatives at the United Nations.
A press release issued by the diplomatic mission underlined that a large number of states criticized that absurd policy maintained by Washington against the Caribbean island.
The text points out that all the top dignitaries that referred to this topic agreed that the unilateral economic, commercial and financial blockade against Cuba lacks justification, Prensa Latina news agency reported.
All of them called the current US administration to immediately put an end to that
irrational policy, continues the communique.
In addition, it underlines that these statements join the increasingly broader
international condemnation of the blockade against Cuba and the voices that around the world and in the US itself demand its immediate and definitive lifting.
Likewise, it highlights that expressions of appreciation towards Cuban cooperation in various parts of the world were also heard as well as demands for the release of the five Cuban antiterrorists imprisoned in US jails.
Gerardo Hernandez, Ramon Labañino, Antonio Guerrero, Fernando Gonzalez and Rene Gonzalez were arrested in 1998 for monitoring the activities of Florida-based anti-Cuban groups, in order to prevent the people about their criminal actions.
The Cuban people and government are deeply grateful for these expressions of firm support and solidarity on the part of the international community, the note of the Cuban permanent mission at the United Nations concludes.
The general debate of the 65th ordinary period of sessions of the top organ of the UN ended on Wednesday, and was attended by some 150 heads of state and government, foreign ministers and top level officials.
On October 26, the General Assembly will vote, for the 19th year in a row, a resolution that condemns the US blockade of Cuba.
In 2009, 187 countries declared themselves to be against the US measure, in the highest voting registered on this matter since 1991, with only three votes against (the United States, Israel and Palau) and two abstentions (the Marshall Islands and Micronesia).
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JG: MAKE THE PLEDGE! I urge all the Cuba Journal readers NOT to vote for Barack Obama on November 2012. He has continued the Cuba blockade. I just voted NOTA (none of the above) for the U.S. Senate seat from Florida. Meek, Rubio and Crist are all supporters of the blockade. DO NOT PATRONIZE U.S.POLITICIANS WHO SUPPORT THE BLOCKADE!
2 comments:
The problem with not voting for Obama means a vote for the worst option in the American two-party dictatorship. While Obama has been a huge disappointment, the Republicans are far worse, in all policy matters, not just Cuba.
Keith: I am sick an tired of the choices that the two major capitalist political parties are giving us voters.
The race for the U.S. Senate seat for the state of Florida is a case in point.
I refuse to vote anymore for the lesser of two evils, in this case the Democrat.
From now on, I will be writing-in NOTA (None Of The Above) more frequently. The three professional politicians running in Florida (Rubio, Meek, Crist) all support the Cuba blockade. I wrote-in NOTA in my absentee ballot.
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