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Cuba hails UN resolution against
U.S. embargo
Cuba on Wednesday welcomed the
UN General Assembly's adoption
of a resolution against
Washington's sanctions on Cuba.
"The economic war unleashed by
the U.S. against Cuba, the
longest and most ruthless ever
known, qualifies as an act of
genocide and constitutes a
flagrant violation of
international law and the
Charter of the United Nations,"
Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe
Perez Roque told the Assembly
after its voting, according to
news reaching here from the UN
headquarters in New York.
He said the U.S. blockade had
caused an economic damage to
Cuba of over 86 billion U.S.
dollars.
The Assembly earlier on
Wednesday adopted the resolution
with 183 in favor, four against
and one abstention, calling on
the United States to end its
economic, commercial and
financial embargo against Cuba,
which began in 1962. Only
Israel, Marshall Islands and
Palau joined the United States
to vote against the resolution.
Since 1992, it was the 15th
consecutive year for the UN
organ
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