A/HRC/10/26 page 9 (c) The Federation expressed its concern that the international community cannot achieve the Millennium Development Goals if due attention is not paid to economic, social and cultural rights, and particularly to the right to development. (d) To achieve a culture of tolerance and respect for diversity, it is necessary to eradicate the discriminatory practices that some Governments of the North impose on others, based on grounds such as gender, religion, culture, race, political opinion or juridical and philosophical concepts. The conditions to attain a culture of tolerance and respect for diversity also include the requirement that the international community not allow such Governments to impose their points of view and patterns on developing countries and that the international community respect the differences and particularities of each nation. Such is the road allowing for the building of a new international order, which denounces and rejects discrimination based on gender. (e) The Federation reminded all States of their duty to respect and fulfil their obligations assumed by means of international instruments, including those related to human rights to which they are parties. It especially called for the fulfilment of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, one of the most universal treaties on human rights that has not been signed or ratified by all States. (f) The Federation regretted that the human rights of thousands of millions of inhabitants are daily violated, especially those of women, who are victims of various forms of violence, economically or as the result of conflicts and wars. Cuban women will continue their struggle to denounce the cruel economic, financial and commercial blockade imposed by the Government of the United States, which constitutes a major form of violence, affecting them negatively for nearly half a century, although it has been rejected every year by the majority of the international community at the General Assembly. (g) The Federation pledged to plead and struggle, together with women’s movements, to achieve a more inclusive United Nations truly committed to the protection, promotion and full enjoyment of all human rights based on objectivity, impartiality and non-selectivity and guided strictly by the spirit of the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and where multilateralism will prevail. It also pledged to accompany women throughout the world in their struggle to reach peace and a fairer, more equal and democratic economic order, in which the human rights of all women and men, girls and boys of the world are respected, and in such a pursuit they will continue dialogue and cooperation. -----