Cuba is set to submit a resolution against the US trade embargo at this year’s United Nations General Assembly in November.
Foreign Affairs Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla made this public, revealing that this would be the 30th time to present the resolution after more than 60 years of siege.
Parrilla stated that the resolution calling for an end to the embargo had consistently won the overwhelming support of UN members.
However, the United States “persists in ignoring the demands of the international community and has intensified the blockade to unprecedented levels,’’ Rodriguez said.
The Minister said it failed to subvert the constitutional order in Cuba, but caused unjustifiable shortages, pain and suffering for Cuban families by limiting basic necessities.
Official data show in the first 14 months of U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration alone, the embargo has caused Cuba economic losses of about 6.3 billion U.S. dollars.
First imposed in 1962, the embargo was tightened by Biden’s predecessor Donald Trump, who imposed more than 240 sanctions against the island.
In 2021, a total of 184 countries voted in favour of the resolution for the 29th year in a row, with only the U.S. and Israel voting against. (Xin