44TH UNHRC: ITEM 12: CONGRESSIONAL SUPPORT FOR CUBA RESOLUTION

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• Sequence Number: 46
• Publication Date: March 5, 1988
• Content Type: CABLE

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UNCLAS STATE 069212
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TAGS:. UNHRC-1, PHUM, CU, XM
SUBJECT: 44TH UNHRC: ITEM 12: CONGRESSIONAL SUPPORT
FOR CUBA RESOLUTION
REF: STATE 64577
1. THE FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF A LETTER TO THE
SECRETARY FROM CONGRESSMEN DANTE B. FASCELL AND WILLIAM
S. BROOMFIELD AND SIGNED BY 63 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. IT
DETAILS THE WIDESPREAD CONGRESSIONAL CONCERN ABOUT THE
EGREGIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN CUBA AND EXPRESSES
SUPPORT FOR U.S. EFFORTS TO RAISE THE ISSUE AT THE
CURRENT SESSION OF THE UNHRC IN GENEVA. LETTER.SHOULD BE
USED AS APPROPRIATE WHEN DEMARCHING HOST GOVERNMENTS TO
SUPPORT THIS. IMPORTANT INITIATIVE. DEPARTMENT NOTES THAT
OTHER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS HAVE WRITTEN TO FOREIGN
MISSIONS URGING SUPPORT FOR THE CUBA INITIATIVE. THE
TEXT OF ONE SUCH LETTER IS CONTAINED REFTEL.
2. BEGIN TEXT:
FEBRUARY 17, 1988
DEAR MR. SECRETARY:
AS MEMBERS OF CONGRESS GREATLY CONCERNED ABOUT HUMAN
RIGHTS VIOLATIONS WHEREVER THEY MAY OCCUR, WE HAVE
WELCOMED THE EFFORTS OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO
BRING THE ISSUE OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN CUBA BEFORE THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY. WE WERE EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED
WHEN THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION REFUSED
LAST YEAR TO EVEN VOTE ON THE MERITS OF A RESOLUTION ON
CUBA. THE WILLINGNESS OF LATIN AMERICAN DEMOCRACIES SUCH
AS ARGENTINA, COLOMBIA, VENEZUELA AND PERU TO VOTE WITH
CUBA WAS A MAJOR SETBACK TO.EFFORTS TO PROMOTE MORE
BALANCED TREATMENT BY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS OF
THESE IMPORTANT. ISSUES.
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THE APPOINTMENT OF ARMANDAO VALLADARES AS CHIEF U.S.
DELEGATE TO'THE CURRENT SESSION OF THE UNHRC HAS
CERTAINLY REINFORCED THE MORAL POSITION OF THE U.S. TO
RAISE THE ISSUE OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN CUBA. WE
HOPE THAT YOU WILL UNDERTAKE EVERY POSSIBLE EFFORT TO
ENSURE THAT SUFFICIENT POLITICAL SUPPORT IS FORTHCOMING
TO BRING ABOUT A DIFFERENT OUTCOME AT THE UNHRC THIS YEAR.
IN THIS REGARD, WE ASK THAT YOU ENSURE THAT APPROPRIATE
SENIOR GOVERNMENT.AND PARLIAMENTARY OFFICIALS'AMONG UNHRC
MEMBERS ARE AWARE OF THE STRONG FEELINGS OF THE U.S.
CONGRESS CONCERNING THIS ISSUE, AS OUTLINED IN SECTION
1211 OF THE FOREIGN RELATIONS AUTHORIZATION ACT ('P.L.
100-204), AND IN SECTION 1501 OF H.R. 3100, WHICH PASSED
THE HOUSE IN DECEMBER 1987. IN PARTICULAR, WE WOULD
REQUEST THAT APPROPRIATE SENIOR OFFICIALS IN THOSE LATIN
AMERICAN COUNTRIES WHICH VOTED LAST YEAR TO MAINTAIN THE
CURTAIN OF SILENCE.ON CUBAN HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES BE MADE
AWARE OF OUR CONCERN, AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY, OF OUR HOPE
AND EXPECTATION THAT ALL WESTERN DEMOCRACIES WILL TAKE A
COMMON STAND IN DEFENSE OF FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND
FREEDOM IN CUBA AT THE UNHRC THIS MARCH.
SINCERELY YOURS,
DANTE B. FASCELL, CHAIRMAN
WILLIAM S. BROOMFIELD, RANKING MINORITY MEMBER
GUS YATRON
CHAIRMAN, SUBCOMMITTEE ON
HUMAN RIGHTS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
GERALD B. SOLOMON
RANKING MINORITY MEMBER, SUBCOMMITTEE ON
HUMAN RIGHTS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
JIM.COURTER, M.C.
MARY ROSE OAKER, M.C.
FRANK.HORTON, M.C.
MICHAEL BILIRAKIS, M.C.
GARY L. ACKERMAN, M.C.
WAYNE OWENS, M.C.
NORMAN D. SHUMWAY, M.C.
CURT WELDON; M.C.
DON RITTER, M.C.
HENRY J. HYDE, M.C.
WILLIAM F. GOODLING, M.C.
JAMES H. BILBRAY, M.C.
HERBERT H. BATEMAN, M.C.
THOMAS C. MCMILLEN, M.C.
MICHAEL DEWINE, M.C.
TOM LEWIS, M.C.
JOHN EDWARD PORTER,.M.C.
JOSEPH M..MCDADE, M.C.
WILLIAM LEHMAN, M.C.
JIM LEACH, M.C.
BILL GREEN,?M.C.-
WILLIAM 0. LIPINSKI, M.C.
STEVE GUNDERSON, M.C.
ROY DYSON., M.C.
THOMAS J. BLILEY, JR., M.C.
SANDER M. LEVIN, M.C.
BUDDY MACKAY, M.C.
ROBERT J. MRAZEK, M.C.
DAVE?MCCURDY, M.C.
.TONY.ROTH, M.C.
JACK F. KEMP, M.C.
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