From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
Subject: CUBA: CALLS FOR CASTRO TO HOLD TALKS WITH OPPOSITION
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Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 09:23:59 GMT

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Subject: CENTRAL AMERICA: CALLS FOR CASTRO T

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Reference: Human Rights
Title: CENTRAL AMERICA: CALLS FOR CASTRO TO HOLD TALKS WITH OPPOSITION

san jose, apr 4 (ips) -- central american parliamentary leaders
attending a two-day meeting in san jose agreed saturday to call
on fidel castro to ''respect human rights and initiate a dialogue
with groups that oppose his regime.''

the parliamentary leaders also backed a proposal by the
president of costa rica's legislative assembly, miguel angel
rodriguez, to accuse cuba of human rights violations before the
latin american parliamentary commission.

according to a document issued at the end of the meeting, the
parliamentary leaders ''decided to call on other latin american
parliaments to pronounce on cases of human rights violations and
inform the international community of their positions on the
matter.''

at the same time, the delegates reiterated their support to
''haiti's constitutional government, led by president jean
bertrand aristide.''

the document also expresdlsupport for ''the washington
protocol, achieved through the mediation of the organisation of
american states (oas), signed february 23, which calls for the
formation of a government of national unity in haiti and the
promulgation of an amnesty for members of the military involved
in the coup d'etat.''

aristide was ousted by a military coup, led by general raoul
cedras, on september 30.

referring to el salvador, the document expresses the leaders'
''firm and unconditional supportzto the peace process'' and
condemns any ''action that undermines peace or disregards the
(peace) accords.''

the parliamentary leaders also supported an initiative to
award the 1992 nobel peace prize to the salvadorean people, in
the person of president alfredo cristiani.

the document urges both sides in the guatemalan conflict to
make every effort to achieve peace through a negotiated
settlement.

it also supports a costa rican proposal, tabled at last
december's central american presidents' summit in honduras, to
create an ''planet earth council'' to monitor agreements reached
at the june ''earth summit'' in rio de janeiro.

the parliamentary leaders called for the drafting of a
regional convention banning the disposal of toxic wastes in
central american countries, to be presented at the forthcoming
foreign ministers meeting, prior to the regional presidential
summit in june. (more-ips)
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central america: calls (2)

on the issue of drug-trafficking, the leaders agreed to
coordinate joint actions between regional anti-drugs squads and
agencies, and to provide these with a htdern communications
network as well as to introduce common anti-drug policies and
legislation.

finally, the parliamentary leaders called on central american
presidents to discusx the creation of a central american court of
justice at their next summit.

the document was signed by the parliamentary leaders of costa
rica, el salvador, guatemala, nicaragua, honduras, panama and
belize, as well as by roberto carpio, president of the central
american parliament.

the next meeting of regional parliamentary leaders will be
held in belize on october 22-24.(ends/ips/trd/ug/in/cg/92)
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