Attention to Developing Anti-Imperialist
Solidarity
Declaration of the XVIII Political Council of ALBA-TCP
The Ministers of Foreign Affairs and the Heads of
Delegations of the member countries of the Bolivarian Alliance
for the Peoples of Our America -- Peoples' Trade Treaty
(ALBA-TCP)[1], meeting in
Havana on the occasion of their XVIII Political Council;
Inspired by the independence ideals of Simón
Bolívar and José Martí, by the legacy of the
leaders of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro Ruz, and the
Bolivarian Revolution of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez
Frías, whose thinking and works confirm the full validity
of the struggle for the emancipation of the peoples, the
necessity of preserving the peace, of civilized coexistence and
of unity within diversity in the region;
1. We express our concern about the aggressive
escalation
against Our America, the actions against peace and regional
security, especially the threats of the use of force against the
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, which constitute dangers for
regional peace in opposition to the precepts contained in the
Proclamation of Latin America and the Caribbean as a Zone of
Peace signed by the Heads of State and/or Government at the
Second CELAC Summit held in Havana on January 28 and 29, 2014.
2. We emphasize the resistance of the Venezuelan
Government
and people against external interference and the unilateral
coercive measures against their country.
3. We renew our support for the Constitutional President
Nicolás Maduro Moros, the Bolivarian and Chavista Revolution and
the civilian-military union of its people.
4. We reject the violation of the
premises of diplomatic missions, in total violation of the Vienna
Convention on Diplomatic Relations.
5. We call for support for the Montevideo Mechanism
initiative
made up of Mexico, Uruguay, Bolivia and CARICOM which seeks to
preserve the peace in Venezuela, based on the principles of
non-intervention in domestic affairs, the sovereign equality of
States and the peaceful settlement of disputes.
6. We demand strict observance of the Purposes and
Principles
of the United Nations Charter and International Law, the peaceful
settlement of disputes, the prohibition of the use of force and
the threat of use of force, respect for self-determination,
sovereignty, territorial integrity, and the non-interference in
the domestic affairs of States.
7. We insist that the implementation of unilateral
coercive
measures, rejected by numerous resolutions of the United Nations
General Assembly, is contrary to the purposes and principles
enshrined in the Charter of that organization and in
International Law, violate the freedom of trade and navigation,
threaten international peace and security and restrict the
enjoyment of the human rights of the peoples of the States
against whom they are implemented.
8. We ratify our support for the process of dialogue and
negotiation of the Government of Reconciliation and National
Unity of Nicaragua in its decision to continue defending its
sovereignty, the peace, the notable social and economic advances,
and the security and national unity attained.
9. We reject the interventionist conduct of the
Government of
the United States which is once more using the [Organization of
American States] and its Secretary General in its interventionist
policy against the sovereignty, self-determination and
constitutional order of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, the
Republic of Nicaragua and the Republic of Cuba.
10. We repudiate the Monroe Doctrine, the old reflection
of
the hegemonic and imperialist ambitions of the United States upon
the lands and peoples of the Americas, which has been revived
today and which poses the most serious and urgent threat to the
peace of the hemisphere.
11. We reiterate the claims of the international
community to
lift, unconditionally, the economic, commercial and financial
blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba, which constitutes
a massive, flagrant and systematic violation of the human rights
of the Cuban people and whose extraterritorial nature affects all
States.
12. We reject the recent decision of the Government of
the
United States to activate Title III of the Helms-Burton Act,
legislation that reinforces the extraterritorial nature of the
blockade against Cuba and harms the international economic and
trade relations of Cuba and the trade relations of the
international community with Cuba.
13. We welcome the approval of the new Constitution of
the
Republic of Cuba which expresses its revolutionary commitment,
its solidarity and its integrationist conviction.
14. We reaffirm the need of strengthening the Community
of
Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) as a mechanism for
regional political coordination based on the strict observance
and defence of the principles of International Law, including the
peaceful settlement of disputes, prohibition of the use and the
threat of the use of force, respect for self-determination,
sovereignty, territorial integrity and non-interference in the
domestic affairs of States.
15. We support the pro tempore presidency of the
Plurinational
State of Bolivia of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean
States (CELAC).
16. We reaffirm our committed support for the people and
Government of Bolivia in their historic and just right to a
seaport with sovereignty.
17. We strongly reject the measures adopted against our
sister
countries in the Caribbean, considering them as non-cooperative
jurisdictions, at the same time as we urge a review of the
graduation criteria as "middle income countries," a condition
that makes it difficult for them to access loans and
international cooperation.
18. We reaffirm our ongoing support for the Caribbean
countries in their claims for compensation and reparatory justice
for the genocide of the native population and the horrors of the
slave trade and chattel slavery.
19. We reject the selective and politically motivated
utilization of the human rights issue for the purpose of creating
conditions to destabilize legitimate governments, justify
interference in internal affairs and impose regime changing
policies.
20. We welcome the XXV Forum of Sao Paulo to be held
July 25 to 28, 2019, as an event that will contribute
to the constant dialogue among the progressive political forces
and the social movements of the region.
21. We also welcome the Ministerial Meeting of the
Coordination Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement, to be held in
the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, from July 20 to 21 2019, under
the theme "Promotion and consolidation of
peace through respect of International Law."
22. We renew the commitment for political coordination,
cooperation and integration, and for the defence of unity to
confront political and economic interference and domination.
Havana, 21 May 2019
Note
1. Ten countries are
members of ALBA-TCP: Antigua and Barbuda, Bolivia, Cuba,
Dominica, Grenada, Nicaragua, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia,
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Venezuela. El Salvador and
Suriname, both observers, participated in the meeting as guests.
Haiti has the status of a permanent guest of the Alliance.
This article was published in
Volume 49 Number 19 - May 25, 2019
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