On Wednesday, representatives of several countries and regions advanced their vote by calling for an end to this hostile policy towards Cuba
Today at 10:00 a.m., the United Nations General Assembly will vote for the thirtieth time on the Cuban resolution “Necessity to end the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed on Cuba by the United States of America”.
The debate on the text, which began on Wednesday, will continue this Thursday at the global organization’s headquarters in New York, where the intervention of Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla and other representatives of various countries and social and political organizations.
We appreciate the solidarity and support expressed on Day 1 of the debate #UNGA77 about the US blockade against #Cuba.
I firmly reject this illegal and criminal policy, the human cost of which is incalculable and has a negative impact on the country’s development.#BestNoBlock pic.twitter.com/I54yOPI7C0
— Bruno Rodríguez P (@BrunoRguezP) November 2, 2022
It was precisely in New York last night, on the eve of the vote at the United Nations, that the images against the US blockade of Cuba, which according to Cubadebate accompany this text, were projected.
The Caribbean nation’s authorities have warned that the US government has persisted in ignoring these findings and has tightened the siege, employing policies of economic suffocation to deliberately bring about the country’s collapse.
According to the report accompanying the document proposed for voting, the Greater Antilles recorded losses of $3,806.5 million just between August 2021 and February 2022, a figure that was exponentially higher than the previous period between January and July 2021 .
According to official figures, the impact caused by this policy reached $6,364 million in the first 14 months of the Joseph Biden administration, showing an unprecedented tightening of sanctions.
Cuban Foreign Minister, @BrunoRguezPis taking part in the vote on the US blockade resolution 🆚️ today #Cuba 🇨🇺, which will take place on #UNGA.
📌 For the thirtieth time in a row, the world 🌎 will unite their voices against this unjust and inhumane policy to raise their voice #BestNoBlock. pic.twitter.com/uEtInK7IzZ
— Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs (@CubaMINREX) November 3, 2022
This Wednesday, social and political organizations such as the Non-Aligned Movement, the African Union, the Organization for Islamic Cooperation, the Caribbean Community, the Group of 77 + China and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States.
In this sense, diplomatic representatives from countries such as Venezuela, Russia, China, Iran, Syria and Bolivia have rejected the blockade imposed on Cuba more than six decades ago and tightened in the context of the pandemic and the Great Depression.
I am deeply grateful to former Presidents and former Prime Ministers of Latin America and the Caribbean who are asking the President of the United States to be removed #Cuba off the terror list and lift blockade restrictions. It is an act of friendship and honesty that moves the Cuban people.#BestNoBlock pic.twitter.com/Pgkzlo385e
— Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez (@DiazCanelB) November 2, 2022
Since 1992, the Cuban resolution has received the repeated and majority support of the members that make up the global mechanism for conflict mediation and the promotion of sustainable development goals.
• Chronology The United Nations votes against the blockade against Cuba
→ 1991: Cuba presents the draft resolution against the blockade to the United Nations for the first time. A few days later, the Cuban delegation withdrew the document after Washington put pressure on most of the countries represented.
→ 1992: Cuba submits to the UN for the second time the draft resolution against the economic, financial and trade blockade imposed by the United States. The result of the vote was: Yes, 59; against, three; abstentions 71; Absences, 46. Countries that voted against: USA, Israel and Romania.
→ 1993: Yes, 88; against, four; abstentions 57; Absences, 35. Votes against: USA, Israel, Albania and Paraguay.
→ 1994: Yes, 101; against, two; abstentions 48; Absences, 33. Voted against: USA and Israel.
→ 1995: yes, 117; against, three; abstentions, 38; Absences, 27. Voted against: USA, Israel and Uzbekistan.
→ 1996: yes, 137; against: three; abstentions 25; Absences, 20. Voted against: USA, Israel and Uzbekistan.
→ 1997: Yes, 143; against, three; abstentions, 17; Absences, 22. Voted against: USA, Israel and Uzbekistan.
→ 1998: Yes, 157; against, two; 12 abstentions; Absences, 14. Voted against: USA and Israel.
→ 1999: Yes, 155; against, two; abstentions, eight; Absences, 23. Voted against: USA and Israel.
→ 2000: Yes, 167; against, three; abstentions, four; Absences, 15. Voted against: USA, Israel and Marshall Islands.
→ 2001: Yes, 167; against, three; abstentions, three; Absences, 16. Voted against: USA, Israel and Marshall Islands.
→ 2002: Yes, 173; against, three; abstentions, four; Absences, 11. Voted against: USA, Israel and Marshall Islands.
→ 2003: Yes, 179; against, three; abstentions, two; absences, seven. Voted against: USA, Israel and Marshall Islands.
→ 2004: Yes, 179; against, four; seven abstentions; absences, seven.
→ 2005: yes, 182; against, four; abstentions, one; absences, four. Voted against: USA, Israel, Palau and Marshall Islands.
→ 2006: yes, 183; against, four; Abstentions, one against: USA, Israel, Palau and Marshall Islands.
→ 2007: Yes, 184; against, four; Abstentions, one against: USA, Israel, Palau and Marshall Islands.
→ 2008: Yes, 185; against, three; abstentions, two. Voted against: USA, Israel and Palau.
→ 2009: Yes, 187; against, three; abstentions, two. Voted against: United States, Israel and Palau.
→ 2010: Yes, 187; against, two; abstentions, three. Voted against: United States and Israel.
→ 2011: Yes, 186; against, two; abstentions, three; Absenteeism, two voted against: United States and Israel.
→ 2012: Yes, 188; against, three; abstentions, two. Voted against: United States, Israel and Palau.
→ 2013: Yes, 188; against, two; abstentions, three. The United States, Israel voted against, and the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, and Palau abstained.
→ 2014: For, 188, against, two; abstentions, three. Voted against: United States and Israel; abstained: Palau, Micronesia and the Marshall Islands.
→ 2015: Yes, 191, two against: the United States and Israel, and no abstentions.
→ 2016: For, 191, no votes against; Abstentions, two: USA and Israel.
→ 2017: Yes, 191, two against: the United States and Israel, and no abstentions.
→ 2018: Yes, 189, two against: the United States and Israel, and no abstentions. Absent: Ukraine and Moldova.
→ 2019: Yes, 187 nations; against, three; 2. The United States, Brazil and Israel voted against, Colombia and Ukraine abstained.
→2020: Due to the epidemiological situation at the global level and in particular in the United States, including the city of New York, seat of the United Nations, changes have been made in the evolution of the work of the General Assembly in its 75-session sessions, so that the presentation of the report on the need to end the blockade was misplaced.
→2021: Yes, 184 countries; two against: the United States and Israel; and three countries abstained: Colombia, Ukraine and Brazil.
(With information from ACN and Cubadebate)