Soberón Guzmán asked to stop the forced displacement of Palestinians
of the land that, by right, belongs to them. Photo: CubaMINREX
Havana, May 22 (RHC) The Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs highlighted this Wednesday on its website that the country demanded before the United Nations (UN) Security Council the protection of Palestinian civilians in Gaza.
The permanent representative of the largest island of the Antilles before the international organization, Ernesto Soberón Guzmán called on the 15-member body not to remain inert in the face of the ongoing massacre, and on the international community not to stop its demand to stop the Israeli offensive.
When intervening in the open debate convened on the protection of civilians in armed conflicts, the Cuban ambassador reiterated his demand for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in the illegally occupied territories.
He insisted on the end of collective punishment, war crimes and crimes against humanity that are committed with impunity by Israel, with the complicity of the United States government.
Soberón Guzmán called for stopping the forced displacement of Palestinians from the land that, by right, belongs to them and guaranteeing the provision of urgent and sufficient humanitarian aid to the people.
The Caribbean representative urged support for the humanitarian work of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (Unrwa).
Likewise, he urged to consider the urgent sending to the Gaza Strip of an International Protection Mission, authorized by the UN General Assembly, to contribute to the security and protection of the civilian population and facilitate the delivery of emergency humanitarian aid. including water and food.
He considered it urgent for the Security Council to comply with its own resolutions to end the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, and to guarantee the exercise of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people to self-determination and to an independent and sovereign State. . (Source: ACN)
