Havana, September 8. (Agencies) Canadian Reverend Christopher Ferguson confirmed that the World Council of Churches approved this Thursday a resolution calling for Cuba to be excluded from the US list of countries that sponsor terrorism.
«We ask that Cuba be removed from the list that sponsors terrorism and that the churches are accompanied as prophetic voices of peace, hope, cooperation and mutual respect,» says the initiative presented by the Presbyterian Church of Cuba, supported by the Presbyterian Church of Colombia, the United States and Canada.
The resolution includes requests to eliminate the international sanctions imposed on Cuba -such as the economic, commercial and financial blockade by the United States-, Syria, Venezuela, Zimbabwe, and demands support for the execution, design and financing of projects in favor of the peace in Colombia.
The document presented at the 11th Assembly of that group of churches, the largest in the world, which speaks with moral and ethical authority in solidarity for peace and justice, emphasizes that these international sanctions affect human rights and the dignity of towns, Ferguson noted.
From Germany where the meeting takes place, in statements via whatsapp to Prensa Latina, the reverend explained that the resolution presented was supported by all and was part of a larger movement against international sanctions.
In other respects, through this initiative, member of churches of the World Council community are invited to reflect and debate within their institutions and among themselves on Christian principles and perspectives regarding the doctrine of nuclear deterrence.
It also urges all States that have not yet done so to sign and ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, especially the States under the protection of a nuclear umbrella and the States possessing nuclear weapons that are the origin of this global threat.
The resolution calls for full compliance with commitments made under other disarmament conventions and calls for world peace.
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