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Statement by Councillor Alejandro González Behmaras, Representative of Cuba, during the General Debate on agenda item 4 – “Human rights situations requiring the Council’s attention”. 60th Human Rights Council.

Mr. President,

Cuba reiterates its firm rejection of selective and politically motivated mandates against certain nations, which are always from the South.

The process of improving the efficiency of the Human Rights Council must begin with the rationalisation of these mandates, which cost millions of dollars and have not had, nor will they have, concrete results on the ground, as they do not have the consent of the States concerned and close the door to the necessary cooperation on their part.

Ambassador Rodolfo Benítez Verson, Permanent Representative of Cuba, speaks during the interactive dialogue with the Fact-Finding Mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. 60th Human Rights Council.

If there is a genuine desire to contribute to the cause of human rights in Venezuela, the inhumane and illegal unilateral coercive measures imposed on the Venezuelan people, which seek to subjugate them through economic and political means in the most cruel manner, must cease immediately. 

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