The United Nations Common Meeting voted overwhelmingly Thursday to sentence the American financial embargo of Cuba for a thirty first straight 12 months.
The vote on the decision within the 193-member Common Meeting tied the document for assist for the Caribbean island nation: The vote was 187 in favour, with the USA and Israel opposed, and Ukraine abstaining.
The “sure” vote was up from 185 final 12 months and 184 in 2021, and tied the 2019 vote of 187.
Cuban Overseas Minister Bruno Rodriguez urged the meeting earlier than the vote to assist “purpose and justice,” the UN Constitution and worldwide legislation, and declared: “Let Cuba reside with out the blockade!”
He mentioned the US embargo “constitutes against the law of genocide” and “an act of financial warfare throughout occasions of peace” aimed toward weakening Cuba’s financial life, leaving its folks hungry and determined, and overthrowing the federal government.
Common Meeting resolutions aren’t legally binding and are unenforceable, however they mirror world opinion and the vote has given Cuba an annual stage to show the isolation of the US in its decades-old efforts to isolate the Caribbean island nation.
The embargo was imposed in 1960 following the revolution led by Fidel Castro and the nationalisation of properties belonging to US residents and companies.
Two years later it was strengthened.
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