The Minister of Foreign Affair of Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, announced in Geneva the candidacy of the island for the Human Rights Council in the period 2021-2023.
In his speech in the high-level segment of the 43rd Session of the Council, Rodríguez reiterated the support of Cuba to the 47 member states of Council, which are elected by the UN General Assembly through an equitable geographical distribution.
'I can assure you that Cuba will continue to conduct itself in this forum with its own constructive voice, with its experience of a developing country, defender of dialogue and cooperation, contrary to punitive approaches and selectivity, and in favor of all human rights for all' he stressed.
The foreign minister warned in his speech at the Geneva Palace of Nations that after 75 years of the heinous nuclear bombings against Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the defeat of fascism, the defense of multilateralism, International Law and the UN Charter kept full validity.
Created in 2006 to replace the Human Rights Commission, criticized for manipulation and double standards against the countries of the South, the Council has members who serve for a term of three years and are not eligible for immediate re-election after two consecutive terms.
Cuba is a founding member of the specialized body, which it integrated into two consecutive periods until December 2012 and then in the 2014-2016 and 2017-2019 stages, despite the pressures and maneuvers of the United States to prevent it.
Taking from LATIN PRESS
Translate by the Embassy of Cuba in Dominica