Cuba condemns U.S. manipulation
of human rights

UNITED NATIONS, February 20.—Cuba today warned that it would not be an accomplice or silent spectator in the face of what it called the "evident pretension of imposing the creation of a Human Rights Council under the conditions of the United States and its allies."

The Cuban warning, contained in a press communiqué from the Cuban mission to the United Nations, takes place on the eve of the presentation of a draft resolution for the creation of such a council, Prensa Latina reports.

The document states that there has been a lot of pressure in recent weeks to create this agency in line with the imperial interests proclaimed in the so-called Project for a New American Century, Washington’s plan to dominate the world.

"Cuba will defend truth and reason to the final consequences and work to vindicate the right of the nations of this planet to have a Human Rights Council that will respond to their interests and expectations of a better future," it affirms.

The United States and the European Union have exerted pressure to introduce exclusive criteria at the hour of selecting the members of this new UN mechanism, intended to replace the current Human Rights Commission (HRC) in Geneva.

"Nobody should expect Cuba to be a silent spectator in the face of this abominable ruse being consummated," the note affirms.