Therefore, The United Methodist Church requires all boards, commissions, agencies, employees, etc., at all levels to publicize, advocate and comply with, and petitions the Untied States government to:
1. Maintain the present economic embargo on Cuba, with exceptions for food and medicine distributed to individual Cubans by the donors; and
2. Expand the embargo to include individuals, companies, and nations who provide investments, materials, and personnel to Cuba; and
Until:
1. All Cubans in Cuba and in exile have free and fair elections for all adult Cubans guaranteed and the first election verified by observers from at least ten nations; and
2. All private property returned to Cuban families and/or heirs as it was before Fidel Castro's government confiscated it; and
3. All of the net profits earned by trade or services with Cuba by non-Cuban individuals, companies, and/or nations go to those individuals, companies, and nations whose properties were confiscated without compensation and whose loans were not paid by Fidel Castro's government until paid in full; and
4. The Cuban nuclear power plant not receive any nuclear ore or fuel, and any in Cuba be returned to the nation of origin; and
5. All nuclear weapons in Cuba be dis-assembled in the United States of America and random inspections be allowed everywhere in Cuba.
General Conference Webmaster: Susan Brumbaugh
PETS Creator: John Brawn
Petition Text: 22645-GM-NonDis-O
1996 United Methodist General Conference