Rebeca Hernández Toledano, Chargé d’affaires a.i. of Cuba, speaks during the interactive dialogue on the report of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights regarding the human rights situation in Sri Lanka. 60th session of the Human Righ
Cuba reiterates its firm rejection of punitive and biased mandates adopted contrary to the will of the State concerned.
This mechanism, moreover, is intrusive and harmful to Sri Lanka’s sovereignty, and has proven to be entirely irrelevant.
Ambassador Rodolfo Benítez Verson, Permanent Representative of Cuba, speaks at the plenary session of the Conference on Disarmament on the deployment of United States military forces in the Caribbean sea.
Madam President,
Cuba strongly rejects the current deployment of United States naval and air forces in the Caribbean Sea.
This dangerous act represents a grave threat to regional peace and security. It is an aggressive show of force that undermines the sovereignty and self-determination of the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean.
It also ignores the commitment of the 33 member countries of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States to proclaim the region a Zone of Peace.
Cuba Advocates for the Adoption of an International Protocol to Strengthen Children's Right to Education
Speaking at the inaugural session of the Working Group established by the Human Rights Council to examine the possibility of drafting an Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Ambassador Rodolfo Benítez Verson, Permanent Representative of Cuba to the UN in Geneva, emphasized that the universalization of the right to education is a priority for the Island.
STATEMENT BY AMBASSADOR RODOLFO BENÍTEZ VERSON, PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF CUBA, AT THE GENERAL DEBATE OF THE FIRST SESSION OF THE WORKING GROUP FOR THE PREPARATION OF AN OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD.
For Cuba, the full realization of the right to education is a priority.
Education is not only the driving force and transformer of economic and social development, but also contributes comprehensively to the promotion and protection of all human rights, including the right to development.
STATEMENT BY AMBASSADOR RODOLFO BENÍTEZ VERSON, PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF CUBA, AT THE ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING OF THE 60TH REGULAR SESSION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL.
The Human Rights Council appears to have failed to learn from the mistakes that led to the failure of the former Commission. Selective and punitive approaches continue to prevail instead of constructive dialogue and respectful, non-interference cooperation.