Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez has described as resounding the victory his country achieved against the United States’ attempts to obstruct UN food aid.
Via social media, the Cuban foreign minister stated that despite the spurious attempts to deprive the Cuban people of this support, the US government was isolated in the Executive Board of the UN World Food Program (WFP), which on Friday approved — by a vote of 29 to 2 — maintaining cooperation.
The program, which will run until 2030, has a budget of $116 million U$D for food security, in a context marked by the unprecedented strengthening of the US blockade and energy embargo, noted the top Cuban diplomat.
According to Alejandro González, Director of International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, this new diplomatic victory for the Caribbean island in Rome, Italy (headquarters of the World Food Program), demonstrates Washington’s isolation in its aggressive policy against Cuba.
It also reveals that “the United States government is not in the least interested in the fate of the Cuban people,” he stated.
González explained that this is a humanitarian and sensitive program from an organization with which Cuba has a long history of working and cooperating, and which has maintained this aid in the current situation, as well as in other situations over decades, in response to the impact of extreme weather events.
The World Food Program (WFP) coordinates logistical support to deliver food to those most in need, based on the principle of upholding the human right to adequate food for an active and healthy life.
The United States’ opposition to the program, negotiated over months between Cuba, the WFP and the members of the Executive Board, contradicts international law and the UN Charter, and demonstrates a lack of genuine concern for the humanitarian situation of the Cuban people, González emphasized.
[ SOURCE: PRENSA LATINA ]
