Non Aligned Movement demands independence for Puerto Rico
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| Published on Wednesday, June 11, 2008 |
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HAVANA, Cuba (ACN): The Cuban ambassador to the United Nations Rodrigo Malmierca, has presented a petition to the UN General Assembly's Special Committee on Decolonization demanding the independence of Puerto Rico, on behalf of the Non Aligned Movement (NAM).
As president of the NAM Coordination Bureau, Malmierca requested that the Committee fully evaluates the colonial situation of Puerto Rico, under the rule of the United States for 110 years.
The case of Puerto Rico was debated in the UN General Assembly until 1953, when Washington managed to take it off the list of Non-Self-Governing Territories by alleging autonomy under the status of Associated Free State granted in 1952. The Special Committee on Decolonization has approved 25 resolutions on the subject.
The declaration of NAM reiterates the right of Puerto Ricans to self determination and independence, a position already taken by the 118 country members in the final declaration of the 14th NAM Summit held in 2006 in Havana.
NAM also called on the United States to expedite a Puerto Rican self-determination process.
Representatives of the independence movement in Puerto Rico took the floor before the Decolonization Committee to denounce the increasing interference of Washington in their island. | | | | Reads : 108 |
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