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UN rejects coercive measures against
human rights violations
UNITED NATIONS (PL) —. The UN General Assembly this
Tuesday, November 21 rejected the use of coercive
measures as a tool for political or economic
pressure against any nation for impeding the
complete fulfillment of its citizens’ human rights.
Throughout an exhausting day at the 3rd Commission
of the General Assembly, 122 nations voted in favor
of a draft resolution presented by Cuba in the name
of the Non-Aligned Movement, which demands that
those measures be revoked “as soon as possible.”
The
resolution was opposed by 53 countries, led by the
United States, which for more than 40 years has
maintained an economic, commercial and financial
blockade against the island nation as a unilateral
coercive measure to try to crush its revolutionary
system.
The
resolution expresses the concern of the General
Assembly regarding the extraterritorial effects of
those measures, because they create new obstacles to
the full enjoyment of all human rights by the
peoples of other countries.
In
that sense, it urges all nations to abstain from
adopting or implementing unilateral coercive
measures that impede the full enjoyment of all
people to the right to food, medical attention and
necessary social services.
Diplomatic officials who participated in those
discussions noted that the resolution contains an
appeal to all nations to ensure that food and
medicine “are not used as a tool for political
pressure.”
Another resolution presented on behalf of the
Non-Aligned Movement calling for cooperation in
human rights was also passed in the 3rd Commission,
which attends to social, humanitarian and cultural
matters.
That
resolution, passed by consensus, calls on all
nations to cooperate in the area of human rights via
dialogue and without the obstacles of selectivity,
double standards and politicized approaches.
There was not enough time to begin discussions on a
third resolution that was also presented by the
Non-Aligned Movement on the right to development.
According to diplomatic sources consulted, that
motion will be considered by the 3rd Commission of
the General Assembly next Tuesday.
(Translated by Granma International) |
