Vi kan f.eks. ikke acceptere, at en regering som den cubanske ønsker at betinge overholdelsen af de grundlæggende friheder af et ophør af den amerikanske embargo, akkurat ligesom vi ikke kan acceptere, at diktatoren i Ækvatorialguinea fortæller os, at traditionen med menneskerettigheder i hans land er anderledes end i Europa.
For example, we cannot allow a government such as the Cuban Government to impose certain conditions on the respect for human rights, such as the lifting of the present embargo by the United States. We also cannot allow, for instance, the dictator in Equatorial Guinea to tell us that the human rights tradition in his country is different to the tradition here in Europe.