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Insulza said the OAS countries rejected U.S. sanctions to Cuba
Miami (USA), April 22 (EFE) .- The secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS) Jose Miguel Insulza, said today in Miami that the member countries do not share the number of sanctions imposed by United States to Cuba.
OAS lifted sanctions on Cuba in 1975 (…) and member countries do not share the U.S. sanctions maintains against Cuba, Insulza said at a luncheon organized by the Center for Hemispheric Policy at the University of Miami (UM).
In this connection, Insulza explained that this organization may make a statement or suggestion, but that the decision to lift the embargo for example (commercial) to Cuba strictly to United States.
Do not hesitate to describe as obsolete resolution 1962 which suspended its membership of Cuba to the OAS, the product then, said of the cold war.
What interests me, he stressed, is the repeal of Resolution 1962 to understand that the decisions that member countries agree to do next is something to be decided in due course.
As to whether the signing of the Inter-American Democratic Charter does not oblige Cuba to make changes in its political system, Insulza noted that this document is a declaration, not a treaty.
In this regard, he expressed his doubts about the requirement that Cuba must sign this document for joining the OAS, and said to expect the outcome of a legal report.
In the interest of the Cuban government by returning to this organization, interest, denied by Fidel and Raul Castro, ventured that the Cuban government will not say anything except refuse, until they repeal the decision to exclude it.
He said that Cuba was suspended from the OAS, not expelled, and will request a legal review of the situation.
In this context, he expressed support for Cuba to return to the OAS, yes, he explained, in conditions as the members agree.
I just have a proposition: to repeal the 1962 resolution, and the members agree on the conditions later, he said.
avoided commenting on the statement by Fidel Castro on the U.S. president, Barack Obama, who said that misinterpreted the statements by the Cuban president, Raul Castro, his brother.
I prefer not to comment on such statements by any party, he said in reference to the article by Raul Castro in which they discussed the possibility of releasing prisoners dissidents on the island in exchange for five Cuban prisoners in U.S.. UU. for espionage, something that was answered today by Fidel Castro.
Insulza expressed his desire to address the issues within the OAS and the Inter-American Democratic Charter and the human rights convention and stressed the importance of a legal committee of the agency report to the General Assembly by June 2.
Insulza noted that the V Summit of the Americas, held last weekend in Port-au-Prince ( Trinidad and Tobago) was a success and stressed that there was a very fruitful dialogue between heads of state and presidents of the region.
So the statement of principles on Obama summit, which crystallized in the phrase you'll do with politics, not for you, Latin America has returned to much of the lost confidence in United States, he said.
People think that and hopes that, stressed the Secretary General of the OAS.
Also, a very positive influence on the assessment of the new occupant of the White House that Obama expressed his commitment not only in matters of strategy and business but a humanitarian one, said Insulza.