HAVANA, Sept 16 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) -- Cuba's Foreign Affairs Minister Felipe Pérez Roque called for Non Aligned member countries to take measures for making stronger and more determined their support of the Palestinian people.
After assuming the presidency of the NAM Ministerial Committee on Palestine, Perez Roque said that organization is more important than ever for solidarity with those countries, which suffer from human rights violations, including the right to life and self-determination.
The Cuban foreign minister recalled that a UN resolution, which establishes the creation of a sovereign, Palestinian State continues pending 59 years after it was declared.
He condemned the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories, in which Tel Aviv applies mass punishment, lifts walls, closes borders and deteriorates the conditions of living of the population.
"Israel's unpunished action is a result of the support given by the United States, which has used its veto power 40 times at the UN Security Council, and continues threatening to use it to preventing Tel Aviv's crimes from even being considered", stressed Perez Roque.
He added that US financial and military support, which includes weapons supply for the Israeli nuclear arsenal, is also another contribution to Tel Aviv's action.
Malaysia, leading the Non Aligned Movement until the current 14th Summit, has passed the presidency of the Committee on Palestine, formed by 12 States, to Cuba.