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April 26, 2001



UN Cuban resolution result of pressure, promises

Czech Today, April 26, 2001.

MLADA BOLESLAV, Apr 26, 2001 -- (CTK - Czech News Agency) The USA succeeded in having the UN resolution on human rights violation in Cuba approved at the last moment by means of pressure and promises made particularly to African and Latin American countries, Cuban charge d'affaires David Paulovich said today.

Paulovich justified his claim saying that on the eve of the vote on the resolution a mere 20 states were in favor of it while 24 were against it. Eventually however the resolution was supported by 22 states and 20 were against it, Paulovich said at a meeting with citizens of Mlada Boleslav. The resolution was approved by the UN Human Rights Commission in Geneva one week ago.

It does not contain criticism of anti-Cuban economic sanctions which it originally contained. The criticism however displeased the USA. Paulovich said that the resolution had nothing in common with democracy, but it is approved on the demand of the USA which needs it to be able to continue applying an embargo and pressure against Cuba.

The fact that this resolution has been submitted for three years by the Czech Republic is a fundamental problem which hampers development of relations between the two countries, Paulovich said. He said that the lesson taught to opposition deputy Ivan Pilip and ex-student activist Jan Bubenik, who spent 25 days in prison in Cuba after they met dissidents, was a lesson to many countries of eastern Europe as well. Paulovich said that though various groups of persons from east European countries had visited Cuban dissidents, the activities of Pilip and Bubenik had probably been the last straw.

"If I visit a country, I must respect its laws, and if I am a deputy, I must respect them even more," Paulovich said. He said Cuba did not prevent any foreigner from meeting Cuban dissidents and from talking to them. But it will not allow anyone to provide dissidents with material support and to try to threaten the Cuban revolution.

According to Paulovich Cuba prevents no one to leave the country. At present some 400,000 Cubans are striving to leave for the USA. "We are not afraid of this. Even if all of them left, there will still be 10.5 million of us in Cuba," Paulovich said.

((c) 2001 CTK - Czech News Agency)

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