The United Nations General Assembly has adopted a resolution calling on the United States to lift economic, commercial, and financial sanctions against Cuba. The resolution was supported by 187 states, with only the United States and Israel voting against it. Ukraine abstained from the vote. The resolution comes as Cuba is facing its worst economic crisis in decades, with shortages of food, fuel, and medicine.
U.N. VOTES TO END US EMBARGO ON CUBA; US AND ISRAEL OPPOSE (Reuters) The U.N. called on the US to end its decades-long trade embargo against Cuba as the communist-run island suffers its worst economic crisis in decades, with shortages of food, fuel and medicine. https://t.co/2bdA2en279
The UN General Assembly voted almost unanimously to demand that the United States lift sanctions on Cuba. Only Israel objected, and Ukraine abstained. https://t.co/6GQAZrhTRf
The #UN General Assembly has once again called on the U.S. to lift its economic embargo on #Cuba The lifting of the US embargo was supported by 187 countries. The USA and Israel opposed it, while Ukraine abstained. https://t.co/cVc7puH7gu
Breaking: The United Nations just voted 187-2 for a resolution demanding the end to "the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba 🇨🇺". Voting against: 🇺🇸USA 🇮🇱Israel Abstaining: 🇺🇦 Ukraine https://t.co/IVYp3Bg3gk
Today, for the 31st time, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution calling on the United States to lift economic, commercial and financial sanctions against Cuba. The document was supported by 187 states. Only two countries - the United States and Israel - voted against, and… https://t.co/qNAW32RMKr
At the UN vote on the unblocking of Cuba, all countries in the world voted for, EXCEPT America and Israel, while Ukraine abstained. https://t.co/0NqkxQSXJO