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Source: United Nations – United Nations –
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October 29, 2025 Peace and security
On Wednesday, the UN General Assembly adopted for the 33rd time a resolution calling on the United States to end the economic, commercial, and financial embargo against Cuba. The resolution was approved by a majority vote: 165 countries voted in favor, 7 voted against, and 12 abstained.
Argentina, Hungary, Israel, North Macedonia, Paraguay, Ukraine, and the United States voted against. Those abstaining included Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Costa Rica, the Czech Republic, Ecuador, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Morocco, Poland, and Romania.
Resolutions with similar content accepted The General Assembly has adopted the resolution annually since 1992. Back then, 59 states supported the document, and in 2017, 191 did. Last year, 187 countries voted in favor of the resolution, two voted against (the United States and Israel), and one abstained (Moldova).
Poland, also speaking on behalf of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, explained its decision to abstain from voting by saying it reflected a "selective application of the UN Charter." The Polish representative cited Cuba's continued support for Russia amid its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, noting reports of Cuban citizens participating in the Russian forces.
Romania stated that it traditionally supported the resolution, but that "foreign participation in an illegal war of aggression is a flagrant violation of the UN Charter and international law," and called on Cuba to withdraw its support for the invasion.
Although the resolution is not binding, its adoption again reflects broad international disapproval unilateral coercive measures. The General Assembly decided to reinsert the question of the US embargo against Cuba on the provisional agenda of the next session.
The document reiterates its call on all states to refrain from applying punitive laws with extraterritorial effect, such as the 1996 Helms-Burton Act, which Cuba and a number of countries believe is contrary to international law and the UN Charter.
The General Assembly also noted the steps taken by the Obama administration in 2015–2016 to relax certain aspects of the embargo, "which contrast with steps taken since 2017 [under Donald Trump's first administration] to strengthen it." In 2016, the United States abstained for the first time, rather than voting against the draft resolution. However, in subsequent years, Washington returned to its previous position.
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