UN Member States to Vote Against US Blockade on Cuba

United Nations Member States will vote on October 29 on a resolution demanding the lifting of the economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba.

Carlos Rafael Fernández de Cossío Domínguez, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, stated on his official social media profile that the international community will reaffirm its commitment to the UN Charter and the principles of sovereign equality, non-intervention, and freedom of trade and navigation.

The diplomat specified that the vote will reflect the rejection of the application of laws such as Helms-Burton, which reinforce the blockade, and emphasized that every state has the right to establish economic and commercial ties with Cuba without external interference.

Fernández de Cossío noted that countries consider it unacceptable for the United States to restrict travel by citizens of any nation to Cuba or to impose extraterritorial sanctions affecting third parties.

The Vice Minister underscored that support for the resolution stems from the interest in preventing a superpower from conditioning the international relations of UN Member States.

He recalled that the international community acknowledges Cuba's record in peace, solidarity, and cooperation, as well as its efforts to sustain its development despite coercive measures.

Since 1992, the UN General Assembly has consecutively approved resolutions calling for an end to the economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by the United States against Cuba.

In the most recent vote, held on October 30, 2024, 187 Member States supported the resolution, while only two countries—the United States and Israel—voted against it, and one abstained.

These results reaffirmed the near-unanimous position of the international community in rejecting this unilateral policy, deemed contrary to the UN Charter and international law.