New York, June 15, 2024.- The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and the Group of 77 and China, through their Joint Coordinating Committee, demanded the immediate exclusion of Cuba from the unilateral list of countries that allegedly sponsor terrorism.
In the statement, issued this Friday, June 14, both the NAM and the G-77 and China denounce that the inclusion of Cuba in the aforementioned list of the US State Department is an unjust and unfounded accusation that serves as a pretext for imposing additional unilateral coercive measures against the Greater of Antilles and that has strengthened to unprecedented levels the economic, commercial and financial blockade against the Cuban people.
The text calls on the US government to “end the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed on the sister nation of Cuba for more than six decades and which constitutes a major impediment for its full development.”
Likewise, the NAM and the G-77 and China urge strict compliance with the 31 resolutions adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on the necessity of ending the blockade against Cuba.
The Group of 77 and China is made up of 134 States of the international community, while the Non-Aligned Movement brings together 121 member States and 18 Observers.
Below, the text of the declaration:
Declaration of the NAM-G77 and China Joint Coordinating Committee demanding the exclusion of Cuba from the unilateral list of countries that allegedly sponsor terrorism and the lifting of all unilateral coercive measures against the Cuban people
Recently, the government of the United States announced the removal of Cuba from the list of countries that do not fully cooperate with the United States anti-terrorist efforts.
Nonetheless, the State Department keeps Cuba in the unilateral list of States that allegedly sponsor terrorism. That unjust and unfounded accusation serves as a pretext for imposing additional unilateral coercive measures against Cuba, and has strengthened to unprecedent levels the economic, commercial and financial blockade against the Cuban people. The Joint Coordinating Committee of the NAM and G77 and China urges the immediate removal of Cuba from that unilateral list.
The Joint Coordinating Committee reiterates its call to the Government of the United States to put an end to the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed on that sisterly nation for more than six decades that constitutes the major impediment for its full development. The Joint Coordinating Committee also reiterates its firm rejection to the imposition of laws and regulations with extraterritorial impact and all other forms of coercive measures, including unilateral sanctions, against developing countries and reiterates the urgent need to eliminate them immediately.
The Joint Coordinating Committee of the Non-Aligned Movement and the G77 and China urges strict compliance with the 31 resolutions adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on the “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba”.
(Cubaminrex – Permanent Mission of Cuba to the United Nations)
