We are introducing
this resolution to the Baltimore
Conference.
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RESOLUTION ON
GLOBAL DAY OF ACTIONS AGAINST GUANTANAMO
(on or around February
23rd, 2018)
WhereasWHEREAS,
February 23, 2018 is the 115th
Anniversary of the seizure of Guantanamo
Bay, Cuba, by
the United States to
createas a
foreign Military Base,s, a
result of the U.S.
provoked Spanish-American War, and
further
WHEREASWhereas, the
United
States used its military
power to forced
force the
Cuban Constitutional Convention to acceptinclude the
seizure in its Constitution, and further
WHEREASWhereas,
upon the success of the Cuban
Revolution in 19561959, Cuba
demanded the repudiation of the Treaty, ceased cashing the aAnnual
U.S.
Payment of $4,085.00 and
called for the complete sovereignty of
the Bay by
the Cuban Government, and further
WHEREASWhereas, the
United States has refused to
return Guantanamo Bay
to the Cuban people,
citing the forcibly imposed Clause
in the Treaty that BOTH parties must agree to the cancellation of the Treaty,
and further
WHEREASWhereas, U.S. occupation
of Guantanamo Bay provides
United States military dominance in the Caribbean and South America and is
a threat to the
independence and sovereignty of the peoples in thatthe vast
area, and further
WHEREASWhereas,
under U.S.
control, Guantanamo Bay
has become a center of
torture
and abrogation of human rights,
violations of elementary U.S. and
international standards, that
are condemned
by the civilized world,
ThereforeTHEREFORE, BE
IT RESOLVED, that
tThe
Coalition Againstfor
No U.S.
Foreign Bases unanimously calls upon the global peace movement to organize, on or
around February 23, 2018,
Actions calling for the United States to promptly
withdraw all
its forces and
personnel from
Guantanamo Bay and immediately
declare ALL agreements
ceding CubanUS
control of Guantanamo
Bay to the U.S. ,
Cuba to
be null and void.