DECLARATION OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE BROTHERLY PEOPLE OF ECUADOR, IN ITS JUST CAUSE AGAINST THE AGGRESSION BY CHEVRON-TEXACO IN THE ECUADORIAN AMAZONIA The members of the Working Group coordinated by the Cuban Association of the United Nations on the issue of the Chevron-Texaco transnational in the Republic of Ecuador, made up by institutions, organizations of the Cuban civil society and international organizations established in Cuba, as well as personalities of science, culture, academics and the media, gathered on January 27 in Havana, Republic of Cuba, agreed to issue the following Declaration: 1. Express their strong condemnation of the actions carried out by Chevron-Texaco in the Ecuadorian Amazonia, as well as their support in solidarity with the just cause of the brotherly people of Ecuador. 2. Repudiate the irresponsible, neocolonial, practices of transnational enterprises that have operated in territories of countries from the South and have attempted against the human rights of our populations and against our national riches in search of unlimited profits. 3. Demand from Chevron-Texaco a responsible and effective answer to the unlimited damage caused, both to the environment and to the population, as well as demand the transnational’s obligation to assume the cost of the drainage and environmental restoration of the impaired ecosystems, compensation for the damage caused to the national and local economy, answering for the crimes caused to human health, sources of drinkable water, among other substantial resources and values such as the destruction of communities. 4. Denounce the maneuvers of Chevron-Texaco to mislead, confuse the international public opinion, accuse the government and inhabitants of Ecuador to be responsible for that damage, as well as to alert on the need to clarify the truth in the face of the media campaign organized by the transnational in different ways, making use of the arrogance and hegemony of the great mass media controlled by the power elites to evade a historical sentence that acknowledges the right of the affected communities in the Amazonia to receive compensation for the damage caused. 5. Highlight the crucial importance for international justice that the arbitration courts act impartially and according to International Law in their competence, as well as pass their judgments based on the sentences already pronounced by the courts of Ecuador. 6. Join voices and support the actions of the numerous international organizations and entities that call upon the international solidarity with the people and government of Ecuador. 7. Coordinate and carry out actions to denounce the impunity of the Chevron-Texaco transnational in the Ecuadorian Amazonia, open spaces and communication channels to disseminate the truth, and support the adoption of initiatives in the sphere of the United Nations, committing themselves to carry out the necessary actions to circulate the present Declaration as official document of the 68th Ordinary Period of Sessions of the United Nations General Assembly. 8. Reiterate to the brotherly people and government of the Republic of Ecuador their total solidarity, as well as their full support to this campaign in defense of their sovereignty and self-determination. MEMBERS OF THE WORKING GROUP: 1. Asociación Cubana de Naciones Unidas (ACNU y sus Comisiones de Prensa, Economía, Salud, Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible) 2. Instituto Cubano de Amistad con los Pueblos (ICAP) 3. Movimiento Cubano por la Paz y la Soberanía de los Pueblos 4. Asociación Nacional de Economistas y Contadores de Cuba 5. Unión Nacional de Juristas de Cuba 6. Organización de Solidaridad de los Pueblos de África, Asia y América Latina (OSPAAAL) 7. Asociación Cubana de Producción Animal 8. Asociación Nacional de Agricultores Pequeños 9. Sociedad Cubana para la Protección del Medio Ambiente (Pro-naturaleza) 10. Sociedad Cubana de Geología 11. Sociedad Cubana de Ciencias del Suelo 12. Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País 13. Unión de Arquitectos e Ingenieros de la Construcción de Cuba 14. Sociedad Cubana de Antropología biológica 15. Brigadas Técnicas Juveniles 16. Unión de Jóvenes Comunistas 17. Movimiento Juvenil Martiano 18. MUNDO LATINO 19. Centro Félix Varela 20. Centro de Investigaciones de la Economía Mundial (CIEM) 21. Centro Memorial Martin Luther King Jr.
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