THE 1st National Conference of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) discussed and analyzed a proposed central document focused on perfecting the Party's work during the current period and over the coming years, as the guarantor, alongside the people, of the continuity and irreversibility of Cuba's socialism.

The document was thoroughly analyzed by the rank and file in a democratic process, characterized by broad participation in all of the local units and leadership bodies of the Union of Young Communists (UJC). Numerous proposals led to the modification of the majority of the original objectives and the inclusion of an additional five. As formulated definitively, the Conference believes that the objectives serve to accomplish the following:

* Consecrate the fundamentals which govern the life of the Party, especially the principals of democratic centralism and collective leadership, as guarantors of unity in action, always irrevocably linked with the masses.

* Project the updating of the Party's methods and styles of work, structures, cadre development policy and ideological work, as well as its relationship with the UJC and other mass organizations, in order to exercise its responsibility to supervise, drive and demand the fulfillment of agreements made at the 6th Congress, above all those relevant to the updating of Cuba's economic model.

* Summarize basic guidelines for ideological work to ensure the defense of our society's values and national unity around the Party and the Revolution, encouraging the people's active participation in decision-making and the strengthening of socialist democracy.

* Define the responsibility and the role of the Party in the implementation of its cadre development policy, reaffirming the need to achieve better results in the promotion of women, Blacks, persons of mixed race and youth to leadership positions, based on their personal qualifications, training, experience and accomplishments.

* Prioritize the work of the Party in preventing and confronting corruption, illegal acts and indiscipline and in opposing any indications of impunity.

* Demand the definitive elimination of backward thinking, prejudice and discriminatory behavior of all kinds and consistently abide by the mandates of the Cuban Constitution, which prohibits discrimination based on race, skin color, gender, national origin, religious beliefs, or any other prejudicial attack on human dignity, and advocates education for all in the principles of equality among human beings.

* Update the basic concepts which should characterize relations between the Party and the UJC and other mass organizations. In particular, the objectives encourage the youth organization to assume, with greater rigor, its responsibility to educate younger generations.

* Identify the steps to be taken to eliminate Party methods and styles of work which supplant the functioning and decision-making of the state, the government and other administrative institutions. Establish that the Party will assume its responsibility to lead and supervise by confirming the fulfillment of 6th Congress agreements and those of superior bodies.

The Conference reaffirmed the responsibility of leadership bodies, local units of the Party and its members in the supervision and fulfillment of agreed upon objectives.

The 1st National Conference of the Communist Party of Cuba, resolves, once directives from the four commissions are evaluated, to:

- Approve the Party Work Objectives, with the modifications approved;

- Authorize the Central Committee to identify changes to be made in Party statutes to more accurately reflect the approved objectives;

- Charge the Political Bureau with the responsibility to follow Central Committee directives to approve and implement necessary modifications of Party structures and regulations.

- Charge the Political Bureau with the responsibility to implement the Party work objectives through actions by the Secretariat and Party structures at all levels.