Saturday, April 18, 2009
Text of draft ALBA declaration April 17, 2009
SUMMIT OF ALBA -- DRAFT DECLARATION OF THE 5TH EXTRAORDINARY
TCP
CUMANA, SUCRE STATE, APRIL 16-17, 2009
THE HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE BOLIVARIAN ALTERNATIVE FOR THE PEOPLES OF OUR AMERICA (ALBA - TCP), ON THE OCCASION OF ITS 5TH EXTRAORDINARY SUMMIT, MET IN THE CITY OF CUMANA, SUCRE STATE, BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA, ON APRIL 16 AND 17, 2009, UPHELD THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE PRINCIPLES SET FORTH IN THE JOINT DECLARATION DATED DECEMBER 14, 2004, ENTERED INTO BY THE PRESIDENTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF CUBA AND THE BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA.
THEY WELCOMED SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES AS FULL MEMBER OF ALBA-TCP AND CONGRATULATED THE GOVERNMENT OF THAT SISTER NATION AND ITS PRIME MINISTER RALPH GONCALVEZ FOR SUCH A HISTORICAL DECISION TO JOIN OUR ORGANIZATION.
THEY HAILED THE PRESENCE AS GUEST AT THE ALBA-TCP SUMMIT OF PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF PARAGUAY FERNANDO LUGO, ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE'S VOTE IN 2008, AS CLEAR, MAJORITY EXPRESSION OF THEIR WISH FOR POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN THAT SISTER NATION.
THE ALBA-TCP SUMMIT BACKED THE PARAGUAYAN PROPOSAL ON SPECIAL AND PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT FOR LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES WITHOUT SEASHORE, AND ALSO SUPPORTED ITS PROPOSAL TO MAKE HEADWAY WITH REGIONAL ENERGY INTEGRATION IN THE SOUTHERN CONE OF THE HEMISPHERE.
THEY ALSO THANKED THE MINISTERIAL DELEGATION OF ECUADOR, HEADED BY FOREIGN MINISTER FANDER FALCONI, FOR THEIR ATTENDANCE AS GUESTS.
THEY CONGRATULATED THE PEOPLE AND GOVERNMENT OF THE SISTER REPUBLIC OF BOLIVIA FOR GIVING A LESSON IN DIGNITY TO ALL THE LATIN AMERICAN PEOPLES AND MANAGING TO THWART THE LATEST ATTEMPT AT MANIPULATION BY DOMESTIC SECTORS AND THEIR FOREIGN ALLIES INTERESTED IN RETAINING THEIR OLD PRIVILEGES.
THEY VOICED SATISFACTION FOR THE ONGOING PROGRESSIVE CHANGES IN THE REGION, AS THE RESULT OF FAR-REACHING GRASSROOTS MOVEMENTS IN FAVOR OF JUSTICE AND AGAINST DEPENDENT AND EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL MODELS WHICH HAVE ENCOURAGED INEQUALITY AND INEQUITY AND CONFRONT US, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 21ST CENTURY, TO A GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS EMERGING FROM DEVELOPED COUNTRIES.
WITH REGARD TO THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS, THEY STRESSED AGAIN THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE+ ECONOMIES OF DEVELOPED COUNTRIES AND OF THE ECONOMIC POLICIES FOLLOWED AND PROMOTED BY THEIR GOVERNMENTS FOR THE ORIGIN AND DEPTH OF SUCH CRISIS.
THEY RECALLED THAT THE SOLUTIONS TO SUCH CRISIS SHOULD BE THE RESULT OF A COMPREHENSIVE, ALL-INCLUSIVE DISCUSSION AND DEEMED UNACCEPTABLE THE ATTEMPT AT IMPOSING SOLUTIONS TAKEN INSIDE EXCLUSIVE GROUPS, SUCH AS THE G-20, ASIDE FROM THE REST OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY.
THEY REASSERTED THEIR READINESS TO COOPERATE IN SOLIDARITY IN SEARCH OF SOLUTIONS FROM AND FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES WHICH TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE SPECIAL AND DIFFERENTIAL TREATMENT DESERVED BY THE MOST VULNERABLE ECONOMIES AND THE IMPACT OF THE CRISIS ON THE DOWNTRODDEN.
THEY UNDERSCORED THE NEED FOR A NEW INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ORDER BASED BOTH ON THE PRINCIPLES OF JUSTICE AND SOLIDARITY, AND ON DEEP RESTRUCTURING OF THE CURRENT INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL ARCHITECTURE.
THEY THANKED H.E. FATHER MIGUEL D'ESCOTO BROCKMANN, PRESIDENT OF THE 63RD SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY FOR HIS ATTENDANCE. MR. D'ESCOTO BRINGS AN INVITATION TO THE PRESIDENTS AND PRIME MINISTERS OF ALBA-TCP AND ITS FRIEND COUNTRIES TO THE ''HIGH-LEVEL CONFERENCE ON THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC CRISIS AND ITS IMPACTS ON DEVELOPMENT,'' WHICH WILL BE HELD IN NEW YORK CITY, ON JUNE 01-03, 2009.
THEY REITERATED THEIR FULL SUPPORT TO THE CALL TO THIS CONFERENCE, AND EMPHASIZED THAT THIS FORUM, DUE TO ITS UNIVERSAL, DEMOCRATIC NATURE, IS THE APPROPRIATE ROSTRUM TO DISCUSS SUCH A SIGNIFICANT SUBJECT MATTER. THEY URGED THE HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT THROUGHOUT THE WORLD TO ATTEND SUCH A TRANSCENDENT, HISTORICAL EVENT.
THEY REITERATED THEIR WILLINGNESS TO JOIN EFFORTS TOWARDS THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SOUND AND FAIR MONETARY AND FINANCIAL SYSTEM: GOVERNED BY A TRANSPARENT, OPEN DECISION-MAKING MECHANISM WHICH FAVORS THE PARTICIPATION OF ALL STATES ON EQUAL CONDITIONS; INDEPENDENT OF NEOLIBERAL STANDARDS AND THE PREVAILING INTERNATIONAL MODEL SINCE THE END OF WORLD WAR II, THE NATURE OF WHICH IS CO-RESPONSIBLE FOR CURRENT IMBALANCES.
THEY HAILED THE EXECUTION OF THE FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT FOR LAUNCHING OF THE SUCRE, WHEREBY SPECIFIC STEPS ARE SET TO ENFORCE IT OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
THEY WELCOMED WITH SATISFACTION THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS: ALBA CULTURAL FUND; ENERGY, GAS AND PETROLEUM GRAND-NATIONAL COMPANY, AND THE CREATION OF A REGULATORY CENTER RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ALBA SANITARY REGISTRY (ALBAMED). TODAY, ALL THESE PROJECTS ARE BEING ALLOTTED FUNDS BY THE ALBA BANK.
THEY COMMISSIONED THE ALBA-TCP MINISTERIAL COUNCIL, THROUGH THE ALBA BANK EXECUTIVE BOARD, TO PROMOTE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A TECHNICAL-INSTITUTIONAL COOPERATION FACILITY TOGETHER WITH THE IRANIAN-VENEZUELAN BANK.
THEY ALSO DIRECTED THE ALBA BANK TO MAKE CONTACTS WITH THE ECONOMIC COOPERATION ORGANIZATION (ECO) IN ORDER TO PROMOTE A TECHNICAL-INSTITUTIONAL COOPERATION FACILITY BETWEEN THEM.
THE PRESIDENTS OF ALBA-TCP, IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE EFFORT MADE BY THE HAITIAN GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE, AGREED TO ALLOCATE FIVE MILLION US DOLLARS (US$ 5,000,000.00) TO THE LITERACY PROGRAM, IN ADDITION TO NINE MILLION THREE HUNDRED FIFTEEN THOUSAND AND ONE HUNDRED NINETY-FOUR US DOLLARS (US$ 9,315,194.00) FOR AN AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN THE REGION.
FURTHER, THEY ENDORSED AN OUTLAY FOR THIRTEEN MILLION TWENTY-SIX THOUSAND AND NINETY-FOUR US DOLLARS (US$ 13,026,094.00) TO BE EXPENDED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF TEN AGRICULTURAL PROJECTS IN HONDURAS, SURINAME, GUYANA, JAMAICA, SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, NICARAGUA AND BELIZE.
THEY UNDERSCORED THE UNTOWARD EFFECTS OF THE CAPITALIST PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION MODEL ON THE ENVIRONMENT, WHICH HAS RESULTED IN INCREASING NATURAL DISASTERS, AS WELL AS ITS IMPACT ON OUR PEOPLES. IN THIS REGARD, THEY GAVE INSTRUCTIONS TO THE ALBA-TCP MINISTERIAL COUNCIL, THROUGH THE RESPECTIVE AGENCIES, TO CREATE THE ALBA INTERNATIONAL BRIGADE OF HUMANITARIAN AID, BASED IN LA GUAIRA, VARGAS STATE, BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA, WITH A CHAPTER IN EACH OF THE MEMBER STATES.
THEY DIRECTED THE ALBA-TCP MINISTERIAL COUNCIL, THROUGH THE APPROPRIATE AGENCIES, TO CREATE THE BICENTENNIAL HOST COMMISSION FOR THE COMMEMORATIVE EVENTS OF THE BEGINNING OF THE REVOLUTION OF INDEPENDENCE IN THE HEMISPHERE.
THEY WELCOMED THE BOLIVIAN PROPOSAL ON THE CREATION OF AN ALBA HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL, THE STUDY AND ASSESSMENT OF WHICH WAS ENTRUSTED TO THE ALBA MINISTERIAL COUNCIL.
THEY VOICED SATISFACTION FOR THE SUCCESSFUL LAUNCHING BY THE BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA OF THE SIMON BOLIVAR SATELLITE.
THIS INFRASTRUCTURE WILL HELP ADVANCE ON REGIONAL INTEGRATION AND REPRESENTS A FUNDAMENTAL TOOL TO TAKE INITIATIVES WITH A SOCIAL IMPACT ON THE ALBA PEOPLES. THEY REPORTED ON THE ONGOING DEFINITION OF THE SOCIAL PROGRAMS THAT WILL BE SHARED BY THE ALBA MEMBER STATES BY MEANS OF THE SATELLITE. THESE SOCIAL PROGRAMS WILL ENTER INTO FORCE IN 2010.
ON THIS VERY DATE, AN INTER-REGIONAL COMMISSION COORDINATED BY THE MINISTRY OF PEOPLE'S POWER FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OF THE BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA, INVOLVING MINISTERS OR OFFICIALS RESPONSIBLE IN THE AREA FOR EACH OF THE ALBA-TCP MEMBER STATES, WAS ORGANIZED FOR THE PURPOSES OF POLICY MAKING ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SOCIAL PROGRAMS AND IN ORDER TO SET A SCHEDULE FOR SUCH IMPLEMENTATION.
THEY RATIFIED THEIR ABSOLUTE CONDEMNATION TO THE US GENOCIDAL ECONOMIC, TRADE AND FINANCIAL BLOCKADE ON CUBA AND DEMANDED AGAIN ITS UNILATERAL, IMMEDIATE REMOVAL.
THEIR REAFFIRMED THEIR STRENUOUS CONDEMNATION TO TERRORISM IN ALL THEIR FORMS AND EXPRESSIONS, AS WELL AS ANY AND ALL ACTIONS, METHODS AND PRACTICES OF TERRORISM WHEREVER THEY ARE PERPETRATED, WHOEVER PERPETRATES THEM, AGAINST WHOEVER THEY ARE PERPETRATED, INCLUDING THOSE WHERE STATES ARE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY INVOLVED.
IN THIS CONTEXT, THEY REQUESTED AGAIN FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES THE EXTRADITION TO THE BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA OF NOTORIOUS TERRORIST AND FUGITIVE LUIS POSADA CARRILES. THEY ALSO DEMANDED THE RELEASE OF THE FIVE CUBAN HEROES WHO ARE SERVING UNFAIR SENTENCE IN US PRISONS FOR FIGHTING TERRORISM.
FROM CUMANA, THE BIRTHPLACE OF MARISCAL ANTONIO JOSE DE SUCRE; 50 YEARS AFTER THE TRIUMPH OF THE CUBAN REVOLUTION; 30 YEARS AFTER THE SANDINISTA REVOLUTION, AND IN THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BOLIVARIAN REVOLUTION, ALBA-TCP MEMBER STATES RATIFIED THEIR FIRM COMMITMENT TO CONTINUE PAVING THE WAY TOWARDS INDEPENDENCE AND INTEGRATION CLAIMED BY THE PEOPLES OF LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN.
TCP
CUMANA, SUCRE STATE, APRIL 16-17, 2009
THE HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE BOLIVARIAN ALTERNATIVE FOR THE PEOPLES OF OUR AMERICA (ALBA - TCP), ON THE OCCASION OF ITS 5TH EXTRAORDINARY SUMMIT, MET IN THE CITY OF CUMANA, SUCRE STATE, BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA, ON APRIL 16 AND 17, 2009, UPHELD THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE PRINCIPLES SET FORTH IN THE JOINT DECLARATION DATED DECEMBER 14, 2004, ENTERED INTO BY THE PRESIDENTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF CUBA AND THE BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA.
THEY WELCOMED SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES AS FULL MEMBER OF ALBA-TCP AND CONGRATULATED THE GOVERNMENT OF THAT SISTER NATION AND ITS PRIME MINISTER RALPH GONCALVEZ FOR SUCH A HISTORICAL DECISION TO JOIN OUR ORGANIZATION.
THEY HAILED THE PRESENCE AS GUEST AT THE ALBA-TCP SUMMIT OF PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF PARAGUAY FERNANDO LUGO, ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE'S VOTE IN 2008, AS CLEAR, MAJORITY EXPRESSION OF THEIR WISH FOR POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN THAT SISTER NATION.
THE ALBA-TCP SUMMIT BACKED THE PARAGUAYAN PROPOSAL ON SPECIAL AND PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT FOR LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES WITHOUT SEASHORE, AND ALSO SUPPORTED ITS PROPOSAL TO MAKE HEADWAY WITH REGIONAL ENERGY INTEGRATION IN THE SOUTHERN CONE OF THE HEMISPHERE.
THEY ALSO THANKED THE MINISTERIAL DELEGATION OF ECUADOR, HEADED BY FOREIGN MINISTER FANDER FALCONI, FOR THEIR ATTENDANCE AS GUESTS.
THEY CONGRATULATED THE PEOPLE AND GOVERNMENT OF THE SISTER REPUBLIC OF BOLIVIA FOR GIVING A LESSON IN DIGNITY TO ALL THE LATIN AMERICAN PEOPLES AND MANAGING TO THWART THE LATEST ATTEMPT AT MANIPULATION BY DOMESTIC SECTORS AND THEIR FOREIGN ALLIES INTERESTED IN RETAINING THEIR OLD PRIVILEGES.
THEY VOICED SATISFACTION FOR THE ONGOING PROGRESSIVE CHANGES IN THE REGION, AS THE RESULT OF FAR-REACHING GRASSROOTS MOVEMENTS IN FAVOR OF JUSTICE AND AGAINST DEPENDENT AND EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL MODELS WHICH HAVE ENCOURAGED INEQUALITY AND INEQUITY AND CONFRONT US, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 21ST CENTURY, TO A GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS EMERGING FROM DEVELOPED COUNTRIES.
WITH REGARD TO THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS, THEY STRESSED AGAIN THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE+ ECONOMIES OF DEVELOPED COUNTRIES AND OF THE ECONOMIC POLICIES FOLLOWED AND PROMOTED BY THEIR GOVERNMENTS FOR THE ORIGIN AND DEPTH OF SUCH CRISIS.
THEY RECALLED THAT THE SOLUTIONS TO SUCH CRISIS SHOULD BE THE RESULT OF A COMPREHENSIVE, ALL-INCLUSIVE DISCUSSION AND DEEMED UNACCEPTABLE THE ATTEMPT AT IMPOSING SOLUTIONS TAKEN INSIDE EXCLUSIVE GROUPS, SUCH AS THE G-20, ASIDE FROM THE REST OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY.
THEY REASSERTED THEIR READINESS TO COOPERATE IN SOLIDARITY IN SEARCH OF SOLUTIONS FROM AND FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES WHICH TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE SPECIAL AND DIFFERENTIAL TREATMENT DESERVED BY THE MOST VULNERABLE ECONOMIES AND THE IMPACT OF THE CRISIS ON THE DOWNTRODDEN.
THEY UNDERSCORED THE NEED FOR A NEW INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ORDER BASED BOTH ON THE PRINCIPLES OF JUSTICE AND SOLIDARITY, AND ON DEEP RESTRUCTURING OF THE CURRENT INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL ARCHITECTURE.
THEY THANKED H.E. FATHER MIGUEL D'ESCOTO BROCKMANN, PRESIDENT OF THE 63RD SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY FOR HIS ATTENDANCE. MR. D'ESCOTO BRINGS AN INVITATION TO THE PRESIDENTS AND PRIME MINISTERS OF ALBA-TCP AND ITS FRIEND COUNTRIES TO THE ''HIGH-LEVEL CONFERENCE ON THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC CRISIS AND ITS IMPACTS ON DEVELOPMENT,'' WHICH WILL BE HELD IN NEW YORK CITY, ON JUNE 01-03, 2009.
THEY REITERATED THEIR FULL SUPPORT TO THE CALL TO THIS CONFERENCE, AND EMPHASIZED THAT THIS FORUM, DUE TO ITS UNIVERSAL, DEMOCRATIC NATURE, IS THE APPROPRIATE ROSTRUM TO DISCUSS SUCH A SIGNIFICANT SUBJECT MATTER. THEY URGED THE HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT THROUGHOUT THE WORLD TO ATTEND SUCH A TRANSCENDENT, HISTORICAL EVENT.
THEY REITERATED THEIR WILLINGNESS TO JOIN EFFORTS TOWARDS THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SOUND AND FAIR MONETARY AND FINANCIAL SYSTEM: GOVERNED BY A TRANSPARENT, OPEN DECISION-MAKING MECHANISM WHICH FAVORS THE PARTICIPATION OF ALL STATES ON EQUAL CONDITIONS; INDEPENDENT OF NEOLIBERAL STANDARDS AND THE PREVAILING INTERNATIONAL MODEL SINCE THE END OF WORLD WAR II, THE NATURE OF WHICH IS CO-RESPONSIBLE FOR CURRENT IMBALANCES.
THEY HAILED THE EXECUTION OF THE FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT FOR LAUNCHING OF THE SUCRE, WHEREBY SPECIFIC STEPS ARE SET TO ENFORCE IT OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
THEY WELCOMED WITH SATISFACTION THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS: ALBA CULTURAL FUND; ENERGY, GAS AND PETROLEUM GRAND-NATIONAL COMPANY, AND THE CREATION OF A REGULATORY CENTER RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ALBA SANITARY REGISTRY (ALBAMED). TODAY, ALL THESE PROJECTS ARE BEING ALLOTTED FUNDS BY THE ALBA BANK.
THEY COMMISSIONED THE ALBA-TCP MINISTERIAL COUNCIL, THROUGH THE ALBA BANK EXECUTIVE BOARD, TO PROMOTE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A TECHNICAL-INSTITUTIONAL COOPERATION FACILITY TOGETHER WITH THE IRANIAN-VENEZUELAN BANK.
THEY ALSO DIRECTED THE ALBA BANK TO MAKE CONTACTS WITH THE ECONOMIC COOPERATION ORGANIZATION (ECO) IN ORDER TO PROMOTE A TECHNICAL-INSTITUTIONAL COOPERATION FACILITY BETWEEN THEM.
THE PRESIDENTS OF ALBA-TCP, IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE EFFORT MADE BY THE HAITIAN GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE, AGREED TO ALLOCATE FIVE MILLION US DOLLARS (US$ 5,000,000.00) TO THE LITERACY PROGRAM, IN ADDITION TO NINE MILLION THREE HUNDRED FIFTEEN THOUSAND AND ONE HUNDRED NINETY-FOUR US DOLLARS (US$ 9,315,194.00) FOR AN AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN THE REGION.
FURTHER, THEY ENDORSED AN OUTLAY FOR THIRTEEN MILLION TWENTY-SIX THOUSAND AND NINETY-FOUR US DOLLARS (US$ 13,026,094.00) TO BE EXPENDED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF TEN AGRICULTURAL PROJECTS IN HONDURAS, SURINAME, GUYANA, JAMAICA, SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, NICARAGUA AND BELIZE.
THEY UNDERSCORED THE UNTOWARD EFFECTS OF THE CAPITALIST PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION MODEL ON THE ENVIRONMENT, WHICH HAS RESULTED IN INCREASING NATURAL DISASTERS, AS WELL AS ITS IMPACT ON OUR PEOPLES. IN THIS REGARD, THEY GAVE INSTRUCTIONS TO THE ALBA-TCP MINISTERIAL COUNCIL, THROUGH THE RESPECTIVE AGENCIES, TO CREATE THE ALBA INTERNATIONAL BRIGADE OF HUMANITARIAN AID, BASED IN LA GUAIRA, VARGAS STATE, BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA, WITH A CHAPTER IN EACH OF THE MEMBER STATES.
THEY DIRECTED THE ALBA-TCP MINISTERIAL COUNCIL, THROUGH THE APPROPRIATE AGENCIES, TO CREATE THE BICENTENNIAL HOST COMMISSION FOR THE COMMEMORATIVE EVENTS OF THE BEGINNING OF THE REVOLUTION OF INDEPENDENCE IN THE HEMISPHERE.
THEY WELCOMED THE BOLIVIAN PROPOSAL ON THE CREATION OF AN ALBA HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL, THE STUDY AND ASSESSMENT OF WHICH WAS ENTRUSTED TO THE ALBA MINISTERIAL COUNCIL.
THEY VOICED SATISFACTION FOR THE SUCCESSFUL LAUNCHING BY THE BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA OF THE SIMON BOLIVAR SATELLITE.
THIS INFRASTRUCTURE WILL HELP ADVANCE ON REGIONAL INTEGRATION AND REPRESENTS A FUNDAMENTAL TOOL TO TAKE INITIATIVES WITH A SOCIAL IMPACT ON THE ALBA PEOPLES. THEY REPORTED ON THE ONGOING DEFINITION OF THE SOCIAL PROGRAMS THAT WILL BE SHARED BY THE ALBA MEMBER STATES BY MEANS OF THE SATELLITE. THESE SOCIAL PROGRAMS WILL ENTER INTO FORCE IN 2010.
ON THIS VERY DATE, AN INTER-REGIONAL COMMISSION COORDINATED BY THE MINISTRY OF PEOPLE'S POWER FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OF THE BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA, INVOLVING MINISTERS OR OFFICIALS RESPONSIBLE IN THE AREA FOR EACH OF THE ALBA-TCP MEMBER STATES, WAS ORGANIZED FOR THE PURPOSES OF POLICY MAKING ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SOCIAL PROGRAMS AND IN ORDER TO SET A SCHEDULE FOR SUCH IMPLEMENTATION.
THEY RATIFIED THEIR ABSOLUTE CONDEMNATION TO THE US GENOCIDAL ECONOMIC, TRADE AND FINANCIAL BLOCKADE ON CUBA AND DEMANDED AGAIN ITS UNILATERAL, IMMEDIATE REMOVAL.
THEIR REAFFIRMED THEIR STRENUOUS CONDEMNATION TO TERRORISM IN ALL THEIR FORMS AND EXPRESSIONS, AS WELL AS ANY AND ALL ACTIONS, METHODS AND PRACTICES OF TERRORISM WHEREVER THEY ARE PERPETRATED, WHOEVER PERPETRATES THEM, AGAINST WHOEVER THEY ARE PERPETRATED, INCLUDING THOSE WHERE STATES ARE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY INVOLVED.
IN THIS CONTEXT, THEY REQUESTED AGAIN FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES THE EXTRADITION TO THE BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA OF NOTORIOUS TERRORIST AND FUGITIVE LUIS POSADA CARRILES. THEY ALSO DEMANDED THE RELEASE OF THE FIVE CUBAN HEROES WHO ARE SERVING UNFAIR SENTENCE IN US PRISONS FOR FIGHTING TERRORISM.
FROM CUMANA, THE BIRTHPLACE OF MARISCAL ANTONIO JOSE DE SUCRE; 50 YEARS AFTER THE TRIUMPH OF THE CUBAN REVOLUTION; 30 YEARS AFTER THE SANDINISTA REVOLUTION, AND IN THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BOLIVARIAN REVOLUTION, ALBA-TCP MEMBER STATES RATIFIED THEIR FIRM COMMITMENT TO CONTINUE PAVING THE WAY TOWARDS INDEPENDENCE AND INTEGRATION CLAIMED BY THE PEOPLES OF LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN.
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