Refleksi: Setahu saya Indonesia pernah menjadi anggota dan duduk dalam pimpinan OSPAAAL, apakah sekarang tidak lagi menjadi anggota? Ada yang tahu?
http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2009/febrero/juev5/07respaldo-i.html Havana. February 5, 2009 Support for Cuban NGOs at Geneva panel Fausto Triana, special correspondent GENEVA, February 4. - Some 100 people participated in a forum on the report Cuba is to present Thursday at the fourth session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) working group of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC). Fifty-two other countries have already undergone this review. The forum was sponsored by four Cuban non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and took place in this city's Palais des Nations; its speakers received the support of colleagues and diplomats from different countries. Lourdes Cervantes, of the Organization of Solidarity with the peoples of Asia, Africa and Latin America (OSPAAAL), emphasized Cuba's ongoing commitment to developing countries. For her part, Esther Aguilera, vice president of the Cuban Economists Association, gave an extensive presentation referring to the direct impact of the U.S. blockade on the country's development. Carolina Amador, of the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC), explained the positive repercussions of the Revolution's social project in making equal rights for women a reality. During the forum, a multimedia disc was made available to participants containing documents and speeches on Cuba's progress in all aspects of human rights, along with a documentary by Argentine director Carolina Silvestre. This Thursday, Cuban Justice Minister María Esther Reus is to present a summary of the report and listen to comments from delegates participating in the discussion. Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Cuban first deputy foreign minister, is also part of the Cuban delegation here, along with Deputy Attorney Rafael Pino Bécquer; Boris Moreno, deputy minister of communications; and Marcia Enríquez, deputy minister of labor. Translated by Granma International
