Cuba joins UN nuke pact

Cuba joins UN nuke pact
June 18, 2009

UNITED NATIONS - CUBA on Wednesday became the 54th state to join the UN
International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism.

Cuba's UN representative Abelardo Moreno delivered the signed document
at United Nations headquarters on Wednesday, according his spokesman,
Alaim Pena.

'This sovereign decision of the Cuban government illustrates its
irrevocable commitment to the fight against terrorism under all its
forms,' a statement from the Cuban UN mission said.

While joining the convention, Cuba made clear that the US naval base at
Guantanamo Bay, where some 230 'war on terror' detainees are held, is
located on its territory against its will and that Havana bears no
responsibility if the United States 'deployed nuclear material or
nuclear arms in this illegally occupied territory.'

The convention, part of 13 existing UN instruments dealing with the
fight against terrorism, was adopted by the UN General Assembly on April
13, 2005.

It enjoins state parties to take 'all practicable measures, including,
if necessary, adapting their national law, to prevent and counter
preparations in their respective territories for the commission within
or outside their territories' of acts of nuclear terrorism. -- AFP

Cuba joins UN nuke pact (18 June 2009)
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