Opposition to the US blockade on Cuba Repeated at the UN General Assembly General Debate

Monday, 30 September 2019 10:13

Opposition to the US blockade on Cuba Repeated at the UN General Assembly General Debate

Written by RHC / Granma

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After a week of intense work, the General Assembly of the United Nations is resuming its general debate Monday with the last speakers on behalf of its 193 member states.

Insistent opposition to the blockade has been expressed by international bodies

United Nations.- More demands for the end of the US blockade against Cuba were conveyed Saturday by different countries.

The Nicaraguan Foreign Minister, Denis Moncada, not only used the forum to call for an end to the U.S. siege, but also condemned the recent acts of expulsion by the U.S. Government of two Cuban representatives to that multilateral organization.

Meanwhile, Mexico's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Marcelo Ebrad, said that his country opposes measures such as the blockade on Cuba or the imposition of sanctions, and advocates that differences can be resolved through dialogue and communication.

For his part, Grenada's foreign minister, Peter David, considered that the recent unilateral coercive measures against Cuba, such as the reduction of remittances and financial transactions, only serve to weaken Cuba's economic stability and severely affect the socio-economic conditions of its population.

Since 1992, the UN General Assembly, the majority of the international community, supports the end of the US blockade against Cuba, which has been in force for almost 60 years.

INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY CONDEMNS HOSTILE U.S. POLICY TOWARD CUBA

A few examples of the insistent opposition to the blockade expressed by international bodies this last year.

• September 27, 2018

Foreign Ministers of the Group of 77 plus China in their periodic Ministerial Declaration once again denounced the U.S. blockade of Cuba.

• October 15, 2018

Sandinista deputies in the National Assembly and the Central American Parliament issued a statement condemning the blockade.

• November 1, 2018

The United Nations General Assembly, for the 27th time, approved the resolution entitled "Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba," with 189 member states in favor.

• November 8, 2018

The National Parliament of South Africa, led by its president Baleka Mbete, passed a motion condemning the blockade of Cuba.

• February 11, 2019

Within the framework of the 32nd Session of the African Union Assembly, a resolution was approved calling for an end to the inhuman policy.

• March 29, 2019

At the VIII Summit of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS), held in Nicaragua, the Declaration of Managua was approved, in which the region's opposition to unilateral coercive measures was reiterated. (RHC / Granma)