Cuba in New York for UN
Victory
Cuban Foreign Minister
Felipe Perez Roque is to
start a full working
program at UN Monday, on
the eve of the annual
debate at the General
Assembly against the
US-imposed economic
blockade to that
Caribbean island.
His agenda includes a
meeting with the UN
General Assembly
President, former
Macedonian Foreign
Minister Srgjan Kerim,
as well as diplomatic
consultations with state
members.
According to the UN
program, the General
Assembly will meet today
(October 30) to vote on
a resolution entitled
"The Necessity to Put an
End to the Economic,
Financial and Commercial
Blockade Imposed by the
United States on Cuba."
That resolution has
circulated for days
among the 192 UN country
members, and its world
support is expected by
Cuban authorities in an
overwhelming victory.
The document is
supported in an annual
report by UN Secretary
General Ban Ki-Moon,
which includes
disagreement with that
measure expressed by
over 120 countries and
institutions, a record
figure compared with the
98 registered in 2006.
Since 1992 the General
Assembly has supported
that resolution , which
last year got 183 votes
for, four against and
one abstention.
Cuban diplomatic sources
hope the resolution will
receive this time for 16
consecutive years more
rousing support from the
world community. |
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