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Cuba elected to the UN Human Rights Council

Cuba elected to the UN Human Rights Council
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October 11 |

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Minrex) of Cuba announced Tuesday that the nation was elected for the sixth time to the Human Rights Council of the United Nations (UN).

The decision was made by secret, direct and individual vote by 146 member states, resulting in the nation with the highest number of votes from Latin America and the Caribbean.

Other nations of the region that will join Cuba in the period 2024-2026 as part of the Human Rights Council of the international organization are Brazil and the Dominican Republic.

The Foreign Ministry referred that the election of Cuba “has a special significance for the defense of the interests of developing countries and towards the achievement of a fair and equitable international order”, in a context where the island has served as president pro tempore of the Group of 77 (G77) and China.

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He also stressed that this ratifies the international community’s recognition of the nation’s significant advances in the promotion and protection of human rights for all Cubans.

“In Cuba, a broad, deep and comprehensive process of legislative reforms has taken place, which has included the strengthening of the legal and institutional framework for the promotion and protection of human rights,” the Minrex said.

Cuba is a constituent part of the Human Rights Council and has developed a hard work in international cooperation on the basis of respect and dialogue, and in the midst of the effects of unilateral coercive measures, the inclusion of the island evidences a recognition of the “creative resistance of the Cuban people in the face of the obstacles caused by such policy”.

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