Geneva, Mar 12 (Prensa Latina) Cuba termed positive the report by Jean Ziegler, UN Special Rapporteur on The Right to Food, on the situation in Cuba that he called an example of cooperation and dialogue.

Cuban Ambassador Juan Antonio Fernandez said Ziegler´s report after his 2007 visit to Cuba, "once more shows that there are different ways of doing things to promote human rights." Fernandez added that "pressure and impositions have never worked with a country willing to defend its sovereignty and principles." He namely extols the "political courage, power and proven independence" in an official of the Human Rights Council forced to elude pressures and deal with fabricated obstacles against its mandate.

The Cuban official thanked Ziegler for his recommendation to the US government to lift the illegal economic, commercial and financial blockade which the Bush Administration has braced at unthinkable levels.

The diplomat noted that in addition to providing the Rapporteur full cooperation, Cuba voiced its will to invite other Council officials.

He reminded that Cuba signed on Feb 28, 2008 at the UN the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

"We did it now, not before, because for principles and Constitutional mandate, Cuba has never nor will never act under pressure." Fernandez said Cuba is preparing a report to the Universal Periodic Review Mechanism, so it is consulting every sector to draft a national report