Cuba welcomed the adoption on Monday by the UN Decolonization Committee of a resolution recognizing the inalienable right of Puerto Rico to self-determination and Independence.
The document was presented by Cuba and co-sponsored by Bolivia, Ecuador, Nicaragua and Venezuela. The permanent representative of the island at the UN body, Oscar Gonzalez, who submitted the draft resolution, said that this is the thirteenth occasion in a row that the UN Committee has adopted a similar document in favour of the Puerto Rican people and, this time in particular, all member nations expressed their support of the resolution.
The proposal was also backed by all 120 members of the Non Aligned Movement through a declaration issued during the Monday session.
Gonzalez noted the identical aboriginal origins of Cuba and Puerto Rico and he stressed the historic and unavoidable compromise of both island nations in the struggle for Puerto Rican independence. Commenting on the approved resolution, the Cuban diplomat said that some 114 years of colonial rule have not been enough to deprive the Puerto Rican people of their culture, identity and national sentiments.
The adoption of the resolution was also welcomed by Nicaragua, Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, Iran, Syria and other countries at the United Nations.
(ACN)
