After weeks of negotiations, the ongoing World Radiocommunication Conference in Geneva decided to second Cuban claims that American transmissions against the island country are illegal. From Media Network:

"Radio transmissions from an aircraft only toward the territory of another government, and without its consent, contravenes radio communication regulations," the conference decided. Diplomats interviewed by Prensa Latina said, "this is a firm rejection of measures implemented by the Bush government in the last years."

The plenary meeting also indicated that Washington has not stopped the prejudicial interference of Cuban broadcast services, despite several requests by the Radiocommunications Office. Regarding that, it urged the United States to adopt the necessary measures to resolve this and asked the International Telecommunications Union to inform on related progress in coming meetings.

After the remarks, the US delegation decided to withdraw from the agreement and, clearly challenging the meeting, said the illegal transmission policy toward Cuba will be maintained.

An interesting stand by the International Telecommunication Union (a United Nations agency for information and communication technologies) considering its mission is to promote "the ability to communicate freely" to ensure "a more equitable, prosperous and peaceful world".

Or maybe not... After all, the UN agencies are clubs for governments with no interest in liberty.