The Human Rights Council convened a special Panel to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on the Right to Development. The event aimed to take stock of the achievements and obstacles encountered over the past four decades in implementing the Declaration and to identify a roadmap for operationalizing the right to development.
Statement by Ambassador Rodolfo Benítez Verson, Permanent Representative of Cuba, during the Interactive Dialogue with the Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries
Statement by Ambassador Rodolfo Benítez Verson, Permanent Representative of Cuba, during the Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery and Trafficking in Persons
Mr. President,
Cuba agrees with the Special Rapporteur on the need to promote the free and meaningful participation of individuals and communities in decision-making processes that affect their development.
Article 2.1 of the Declaration on the Right to Development clearly establishes that the human person is the central subject of development and should be the active participant in and beneficiary of this right.
Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla spoke today as the keynote speaker, via video link from Havana, at a special event held at the United Nations Office in Geneva, under the theme: “Suffocation as a Policy: The Human Cost of the Blockade against Cuba.”