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Subject: Fwd: Terrorist in US Delegation to Geneva
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 23:46:46 -0600
GRANMA INTERNATIONAL
Havana. April, 1 2004
Terrorist in the U.S. delegation to Geneva
A letter from the Cuban ambassador at the UN to Secretary General Kofi
Annan, reporting that an official U.S. delegate to the Human Rights
Commission participated in acts of terrorism
New York, March 27, 2004
Your Excellency:
I have the honor of directing myself to Your Excellency to denounce
before the United Nations the presence of a well-known terrorist of
Cuban origin, Luis Zu張ga Rey, on the official U.S. delegation to the
60th session of the
Human Rights Commission (HRC) presently convened in Geneva.
The attitude adopted by the U.S. government is paradoxical when the
images of the terrorist attacks perpetrated in Madrid last March 11,
costing the lives of more than 200 people, are still fresh.
For those who combating terrorism in an honorable way, it is a real
affront and a complete lack of respect to have - under the disguise of a
diplomat and delegation member to such a forum - an individual with a
long and well-known criminal history, as confirmed in a report by Mr.
Enrique Bernales Ballesteros, UN Special Rapporteur on mercenary
activities, which was presented precisely before the HRC in 1999.
In that report, the UN Special Rapporteur points to Luis Zu張ga Rey, of
Cuban origin and based in Miami, as a member of the underground security
of the so-called Cuban-American National Foundation (CANF), a
paramilitary structure.
According to Bernales Ballesteros' 1999 report, Zu張ga Rey recruited
Guatemalan citizen Percy Francisco Alvarado Godoy to study points in
Cuba that were vulnerable and susceptible to terrorist attacks, such as
hotels,
thermoelectric plants and oil refineries, among others.
It was possible to frustrate the actions promoted by Zu張ga Rey due to
the fact that Alvarado Godoy was a Cuban State Security agent.
The current occupant of a seat within the U.S. delegation left Cuba
illegally in 1973, by entering the Guant羧amo naval base and, on his
arrival in Miami, enrolled in a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
operation that consisted of a plan to infiltrate Cuban territory in
order commit sabotage and assassinate the country's main leaders.
That plan was neutralized by the Cuban authorities in August 1974.
Zu張ga Rey was arrested with explosives and weapons. After standing
trial by the due legal authorities, he was sentenced to 25 years'
imprisonment, of which he completed only 14, being released in 1988.
Upon his return to the United States he linked up with the CANF and was
directly or indirectly involved in planting explosive devices in Havana
hotels and Cuban hospitals.
The decision by the U.S. government to include Luis Zu張ga Rey as a
member of its official delegation to the Human Rights Commission
currently convened in Geneva is not only disrespectful to the United
Nations; at the same time, the presence of an individual with such a
record places the
security of this venue at risk, as well as that of all of the delegates
now participating in the labors of the 60th session of the Human Rights
Commission.
Of what value is the report presented in 1999 by Mr. Enrique Bernales
Ballesteros, the UN Special Rapporteur on mercenary activities to the
Human Rights Commission?
Is it possible that five years after its presentation to this forum the
report has become a dead letter and an object of mockery on the part of
a member state that proclaims to be a standard-bearer in the
international
struggle against international terrorism?
Is it possible to remain silent in face of an individual with such a
criminal and terrorist history in a body whose fundamental objective to
date has been for the full application of human rights?
Cuba hopes that the HRC's current president will adopt the appropriate
measures for dealing with an unsuitable delegate and act accordingly. If
the presence of Zu張ga Rey is accepted as a normal event, terrorism is
being blessed instead of combated, and an erroneous message of
complicity
and impunity is being sent to the convicted perpetrators of terrorist
acts.
Cuba's delegation is willing to offer more detailed information on this
notorious terrorist and his prior activities.
Based on the need to adequately report this repugnant fact and alert
member states to this felony, I have the honor of asking Your Excellency
to see fit to circulate this letter as a General Assembly document under
issue 119: "Questions related to human rights" and issue 156: "Measures
for the
elimination of international terrorism."
Orlando Requeijo Gual
Ambassador
Permanent Representative
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