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Cuba criticizes attempts to
legitimize the use of force during
Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly
Geneva.— The Cuban delegation attending the 131st
Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly
participated widely in the debates taking place at
the legislative conference in Geneva.
In depth discussions were held between delegations
from developed countries and those from the
developing nations in the sessions of the Standing
Committee on Democracy and Human Rights, with
complex negotiations regarding a draft resolution
for the Assembly on international law and its
relationship with national sovereignty and
non-intervention in the internal affairs of States.
During the day, in which 34 legislators intervened,
the Cuban delegation headed by Yolanda Ferrer,
President of the Commission of International
Relations of the Cuban Parliament, condemned the
ambitions of certain States who aim to legitimize
the use of force and limit the sovereignty of States
through initiatives that seek to advance a selective
vision of human rights and democracy, whilst
attempting to amend
the rules of international
law through their doctrines.
Examples of
these double standards
are the
wars of conquest waged
against Afghanistan,
Iraq, Libya and Syria,
the
massacre that the Palestinian people have endured
and the destabilizing
actions against popular
political processes
in Latin America, the
Cuban representatives
added.
The
Standing Committee
on Peace and International
Security
focused its efforts on the
role of parliaments
in achieving
a balance between
national security, human
security and individual freedoms.
Cuba
noted that
concepts such as
"responsibility to protect"
and "humanitarian intervention" are
intended to be
used in the above context in order
to legitimize
aggressive policies
and military interventions,
an approach that is
not shared nor
accepted by the Cuban
Parliament.
The
Cuban
delegation argued that
there can be no
human security
as long as the
unsustainable model of production
and consumption in the
developed countries,
restrictions on technology
transfer and food insecurity
continue to exist and unless the
right to development is
promoted as a priority.
The
delegation added that the brutal
blockade imposed by
the United States against
Cuba
contradicts any
paradigm
of human security.
The
Cuban
member of parliament, Yolanda
Ferrer, also participated
in the meetings of the Executive
Committee of
the organization,
in which
the inclusion of an
emergency item on the
Assembly agenda was approved, regarding
the role
of the
IPU and
national parliaments
in supporting
the fight against the
Ebola
epidemic in Africa.
Ferrer also
held
brief bilateral meetings
with presidents
of the parliaments of
Uganda, the
Maldives and
Bangladesh.
(SE)
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