Cuba has denounced violations of International Humanitarian Law by the United States and the impact of the blockade on ICTs at a regional forum in Mexico, the Cuban embassy in Mexico City reported.
According to a press release, Alejandro González, Director of International Organizations at the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs, participated in the regional consultation on ICTs and IHL, convened by the International Committee of the Red Cross and Mexico.
The meeting was held within the framework of the Global Initiative to Promote International Humanitarian Law (IHL).
González reaffirmed the country’s commitment to IHL and the Global Initiative, in a context of increasing violations of IHL by the United States.
Likewise, he denounced the unprecedented intensification of Washington’s blockade against the island nation, including the oil embargo imposed on the country, which flagrantly violates international law and IHL, and he characterized it as an act of collective punishment against the Cuban people.
He also denounced the impact of this policy on the development of ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies) in Cuba, and on the country’s ability to prevent the harmful or IHL-infringing use of these technologies.
For more than six decades, Washington has imposed an economic, commercial, and financial blockade against Cuba, which was tightened last January through an executive order signed by US President Donald Trump.
The lack of access to fuel resulting from this intensification affects critical areas such as electricity generation, the operation of hospitals, food production and distribution, and water pumping in the Caribbean nation.
[ SOURCE: PRENSA LATINA ]
