A statement by the Board of Directors of the Latin American and Caribbean Parliament (PARLATINO), chaired by Cuban legislator Rolando Gonzalez Aparicio, recalls this condition was approved on January 28 and 29, 2014 in Havana, during the 2nd ECLAC Summit.
That forum of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (ECLAC), a comprehensive mechanism created in 2011, reaffirmed the purposes and principles enshrined within the Charter of the United Nations and International Law.
In that sense, it recognizes that “integration strengthens the vision of a fair international order, based on law and a culture of peace that excludes the use of force and non-legitimate means of defense, including weapons of mass destruction and, in particular, nuclear weapons,” the regional legislature recalled in its message.
It further points out the total coincidence with those values and their essential principles enshrined in the Treaty of Institutionalization, such as the defense of democracy, Latin American integration, non-intervention and self-determination of the peoples.
Likewise, it condemns the threat and use of force against the political independence and territorial integrity of the States, as well as advocates the peaceful, fair and negotiated solution of international controversies.
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