United States were on Friday sharply criticized in the review of the Universal Periodic Review in the U.S. the UN Council on Human Rights. It was presented today at the Palais des Nations at a meeting of the UPR Working Group Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs Esther Brimmer, Deputy Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Michael Posner, underlining the commitment of the administration of President Barack Obama's idea of multilateralism and the rule of law.
The representatives of Brazil, Russia, France, Cuba, Iran, Spain and some other states urged Washington to conduct an objective investigation into cases of torture of prisoners and secret prisons the U.S. detention centers at Guantanamo Bay, a moratorium on the death penalty and to accede to international conventions. Ambassadors of Cuba and Venezuela demanded that the United States, among other things "to end the blockade of Cuba to release political prisoners, five of the Kuban, arbitrarily detained in the U.S. ... put an end to crimes of troops overseas. "The representative of Iran called on Americans to ban torture, close the secret prisons and stop the illegal military operations. Spanish ambassador, in turn, appealed to the U.S. delegation to the question "Will the U.S. government will soon close the prison at Guantanamo Bay as a President Obama." The French diplomat, in turn, welcomed the plans to close the said prison, expressing hope that "this promise will be fulfilled." In total, the three-hour interactive dialogue, representatives of 87 countries.
The representatives of Brazil, Russia, France, Cuba, Iran, Spain and some other states urged Washington to conduct an objective investigation into cases of torture of prisoners and secret prisons the U.S. detention centers at Guantanamo Bay, a moratorium on the death penalty and to accede to international conventions. Ambassadors of Cuba and Venezuela demanded that the United States, among other things "to end the blockade of Cuba to release political prisoners, five of the Kuban, arbitrarily detained in the U.S. ... put an end to crimes of troops overseas. "The representative of Iran called on Americans to ban torture, close the secret prisons and stop the illegal military operations. Spanish ambassador, in turn, appealed to the U.S. delegation to the question "Will the U.S. government will soon close the prison at Guantanamo Bay as a President Obama." The French diplomat, in turn, welcomed the plans to close the said prison, expressing hope that "this promise will be fulfilled." In total, the three-hour interactive dialogue, representatives of 87 countries.
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