[NYTr] Cuba Hails International Human Rights Day

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Cuba Hails International Human Rights Day

Havana, Dec 10 (acn) Cuba celebrates on Monday the International Human 
Rights Day with an honorable and extensive record of  cooperation with 
a large number of countries around the world.

A note from the Cuban permanent mission at the United Nations 
Organization states that there are no violations in the island that 
justify the attention from the UN Human Rights Council or any other 
international body, reports Prensa Latina news agency.

The document also highlights the island's cooperation with other 
countries through universal and non-selective human rights mechanisms. 
Cuba has demonstrated with concrete facts, its unequivocal will to open 
dialogue in all issues, the text stresses.

The Cuban declaration also refers to the approval of a resolution in 
the Third Commission of the General Assembly on November 16 that 
ratified the construction of the Human Rights Council.

"Dignity and justice for everyone" will be the topic of the 
commemoration in 2008 for the anniversary of the Universal Declaration 
on Human Rights.

The aim is "to make use of basic values, human dignity, 
non-discrimination, equality, equity and universality applied to 
everyone, everywhere and every moment," UN Secretary General Ban Ki-mon 
recently stated.