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.
Cuba leads debate in Human Rights Council on new actions to confront unilateral coercive measures
Geneva, 22 September 2025 — In the context of the current session of the Human Rights Council, the Permanent Mission of Cuba to the United Nations in Geneva organised an event, attended by numerous nations and representatives of civil society, to discuss possible new actions to be promoted in the Council to address unilateral coercive measures, given their growing impact on the violation of the human rights of millions of people around the world.
Cuba condemns the political use of human rights to justify aggression and interference against Venezuela
‘If there is a genuine desire to contribute to the cause of human rights in Venezuela, there must be an immediate demand for an end to 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,’
Statement by Ambassador Rodolfo Benítez Verson, Permanent Representative of Cuba, at the General Debate under agenda item 3. 60th Human Rights Council.
The inhumane and criminal economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the Government of the United States against Cuba, as has been emphasized by several Rapporteurs of the Human Rights Council, constitutes a massive, flagrant and systematic violation of the human rights of the entire Cuban population.