With 130 votes in favor, 17 against and 25 abstentions, a Cuban resolution calling for an end to the blockade was approved on Wednesday for the thirty-fourth consecutive time. This follows two days of debate, during which the international community expressed its overwhelming opposition to this policy.
The vast majority of the international community once again condemned the illegal and criminal U.S. blockade against Cuba at the United Nations General Assembly, despite the lies and pressure exerted by the U.S. government.
Miguel DÃaz-Canel, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, joined in celebrating this latest victory on X—the thirty-fourth consecutive time that the majority of the international community has expressed its rejection of this policy.
“This victory for #Cuba today at the United Nations General Assembly is a victory for the heroic Cuban people, who refuse to surrender in the face of economic strangulation, threats, and abuse from the U.S. government.”
Within this multilateral forum, the extraterritorial reach of the blockade was denounced; it was argued on several occasions that the issue transcends a bilateral matter between two states, posing a threat to freedom of trade, international law, and the right to self-determination of a member state of the organization.
[ SOURCE: AGENCIA CUBANA DE NOTICIAS ]
