Republic of Cuba
Ambassador Rodolfo Reyes Rodríguez
Cuba has a seat on the UN Human Rights Council that expires on December 31, 2012. Rodolfo Reyes Rodriguez is the Cuban representative to the Council. The following is excerpted from a statement by Ambassador Rodriguez during the Human Rights Council Special Session on Human Rights in Syria on April 29, 2011. Cuba condemns the hypocrisy and double standards on which the convocation of this special session is based. Human rights are not its genuine motive. The motive is the insatiable hegemonic appetites of a group of powers, led by the United States, that manipulate even human beings’ right…
