Cuba will present for the thirtieth time before the UN General Assembly a draft resolution to put an end to the embargo from the United States.
This was confirmed on Twitter by Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez, who assured that after more than 60 years of its establishment “this policy impacts today, as never before, Cuban families inside and outside the country.”
According to Rodriguez, aforementioned by the agency Latin Press (PL)Only in the first 14 months of the government of the current US president, Joe Biden, the embargo has caused damages to the Island worth 6,364 million dollars.
The presentation of the draft resolution, the report refers, is scheduled for November 2 and 3. Until now, the initiative has had a majority international support and the systematic opposition of the United States and Israel, except in 2016 when during the Obama presidency both countries abstained.
In this sense, the Cuban Foreign Minister lamented that Washington persists in ignoring “the international community’s claim” and has intensified sanctions “to unprecedented levels.”
On November 2 and 3, we will present before #UNGAfor the 30th time, the draft resolution vs blockade
After more than 60 years of siege, this policy impacts today, as never before, Cuban families inside and outside the country#Cuba have the right to live without lockdown#BestNoBlock pic.twitter.com/wVOjYUu0wQ
– Bruno Rodríguez P (@BrunoRguezP) September 15, 2022
In a video on his Twitter profile, Rodríguez assured that the embargo “has been a failed policy in the objective of subverting the constitutional order in Cuba,” the agency points out, for its part. EFEaccording to which the foreign minister also stressed that it has caused “unjustifiable shortages, pain and suffering to Cuban families by limiting access to food, medicine, fuel and other essential goods.”
The minister also described as “unilateral and fraudulent” the designation of Cuba as a “State sponsor of terrorism”, a measure that in his opinion “reinforces the dissuasive and intimidating impact” of the embargo.
The “marked extraterritorial nature” of this decision, he continued, “affects the legitimate ties established by governments, entities, banks and businessmen” with Cuba and the citizens of this country who reside abroad.
This set of economic, commercial and financial sanctions, which began six decades ago and have progressively tightened up to the last 234 measures established by Donald Trump, is one of the main reasons for the current crisis that Cuba is going through, as emphasized by the Island authorities.
Last year the vote was held in June, after not being able to be held in 2020 as a result of the pandemic. The result of the session He showed 184 votes in favor of ending the embargo on Cuba, three abstentions (Colombia, Ukraine and Brazil) and two votes against: the traditional ones from the United States and Israel.
