CUBAN HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AND THE FAILURE OF THE UNITED NATIONS TO PLACE CUBA ON ITS HUMAN RIGHTS AGENDA.

SEC. 1211. CUBAN HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AND THE FAILURE OF THE UNITED NATIONS TO PLACE CUBA ON ITS HUMAN RIGHTS AGENDA. (a) Findings.— The Congress finds that— (1) the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was adopted and proclaimed by the General Assembly of the United Nations, states in paragraph 2 of Article 13 that “Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country”; (2) the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states in Article 19 that “Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive, and impart information and ideas through any media regardless of frontiers”; (3) the Government of Cuba has violated the Cuban people’s internationally recognized human rights, including freedom of movement, emigration, opinion, and expression; (4) Cuban human rights violations are a major obstacle to improved United States-Cuban relations; and (5) the United Nations Human Rights Commission has acted selectively in addressing human rights violations in various countries and has failed to place Cuba on its agenda despite overwhelming evidence of the continuing disregard and systematic abuse of internationally recognized human rights by the Government of Cuba. (b) Sense of Congress.— It is the sense of the Congress that— 101 STAT. 1413 (1) the Government of Cuba should respect internationally recognized human rights, including freedom of movement, emigration, opinion, and expression; and (2) the United States delegation to the United Nations should continue its commendable efforts to bring this issue before the attention of the United Nations and to place Cuban human rights abuses on the agenda of the United Nations Human Rights Commission. (c) Distribution of Text to U.N. Members.— The Secretary of State shall cause the text of this section to be circulated by the United States among the members of the United Nations in order to highlight Cuba’s behavior in violation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.