If the real intention of the Responsibility to Protect doctrine is to prevent and confront serious crimes, why is it not invoked in the face of the genocide against the Palestinian people?
Will the Responsibility to Protect be applied against the United States on the occasion of the genocidal blockade against Cuba?
Cuba reaffirms its commitment to religious freedom and multiculturalism, strongly opposing intolerance, stigmatisation, violence, and any form of discrimination against individuals based on their religion or beliefs.
Cuba reiterates its firm rejection of all forms of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. These practices are proscribed by the Constitution and severely sanctioned by our laws, as they are considered criminal offences against human dignity.
No country is without its challenges, and none has the authority to consider itself a paradigm, much less to use human rights as a pretext to stigmatize other sovereign States.
Attempts to turn the Council into a tribunal against countries that refuse to bow to the geopolitical interests of those controlling the finance, markets, media, and arms are unacceptable.
We demand respect for the sovereignty of Nicaragua and the immediate cessation of the arbitrary and illegal unilateral coercive measures applied against that country. Nicaragua has the right to live in peace.