The United Nations General Assembly held an additional debate on Tuesday in New York on Agenda Item 38, “Necessity of ending the commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba,” following the affirmative vote of 136 states on the motion of censure presented by the United States delegation.
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, in his motion of order, asserted that “it is surprising that the Assembly presidency did not call for order, given that the US diplomat was making an intervention that was not procedural in nature.”
“On what basis, under what rule is a substantive debate being held without the General Assembly having agreed to it?” questioned the Cuban foreign minister.
He also questioned: “On what procedural rules is the United States’ inappropriate conduct based, and on what basis does the Assembly allow it?”
The multilateral body examined Havana’s request for an exchange on the humanitarian and regional security consequences of the tightening of the U.S. embargo.
The proposal received the support of 136 member states, while nine voted against and 30 abstained, thus authorizing the debate to take place in the General Assembly plenary.
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[ SOURCE: AGENCIA CUBANA DE NOTICIAS ]
