There is another aspect of the Senators views on Cuba that give me some concern. That is that what he proposes is clearly illegal. a clear and direct violation of our obligations under the Charter of the Organization of American States. I commend to the Senator article 15 of the OAS charter. which clearly prohibits the kind of U.S.-sponsored refugee action that he advocates. Article 15 reads as follows: No state or group of states has the right to intervene. directly or indirectly. for any reason whatever. in the internal or external affairs of any other state. The foregoing principle prohibits not only armed forces but also any other form of interference or attempted threat against the personality of. the state or against its political. economic and cultural elements.