[NYTr] World Peace Council Condemns US Blockade of Cuba
 
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:12:34 -0600 (CST)

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World Peace Council Condemns US Blockade of Cuba

Havana, Nov 20 (acn) Members of the Executive Committee of the World 
Peace Council (WPC) ratified their solidarity with the Cuban people and 
demanded the immediate end of the US economic blockade of the island 
during a meeting of this organization in Hanoi, Viet Nam.

Delegates from 21 countries who are participating in this meeting 
demanded the end of this criminal economic policy that was almost 
unanimously condemned at the UN General Assembly less than three weeks 
ago.

According to Prensa Latina news agency, Souvanna Phouyavong, from the 
Peace Committee of Laos, said that Washington's economic hostility 
against Cuba is reprehensible, particularly in times when international 
cooperation is expanding and all regions are looking for their 
integration in a common interest.

Greek Thanasis Pafilis, General Secretary of the WPC, described as 
absurd the continuation of this policy of blockade, in spite of 
numerous resolutions approved by the General Assembly of the United 
Nations.

He reaffirmed their solidarity with Cuba and demanded the immediate 
implementation of the UN resolution that calls for the end of the 
blockade.

Representatives from regional peace organizations, committees and 
groups are meeting this week in Hanoi to check on the WPC actions this 
year and to analyze the ones it will carry out or sponsor in 2008.

The main action in 2008 will be the General Assembly and Peace 
Conference, scheduled for next April in Caracas, Venezuela.
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