UN General Assembly Votes 185-2 To Condemn The U.S. Embargo Of Cuba For The 30th Year In A Row

The UN General Assembly, shown here in October, voted overwhelmingly to condemn the US embargo of Cuba, with only the US and Israel voting against [File: David 'Dee' Delgado/Reuters]  

Axios: UN votes to condemn U.S. embargo of Cuba 

The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday voted 185-2 to condemn the U.S. embargo of Cuba for the 30th year in a row.  

Why it matters: Although UN resolutions are non-binding and aren't legally enforceable, they carry political weight by illustrating the isolation of the U.S. position and the heft of global opinion against it.  

State of play: Only the U.S. and Israel voted to oppose the resolution, while Brazil and Ukraine abstained, AP reported. 

* Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla addressed the UNGA ahead of the vote, calling the embargo a "deliberate act of economic warfare with the purpose of preventing financial income to the country, destroying the government's ability to meet the needs of the population, causing the economy to collapse and creating a situation of ungovernability." 

* Since 2019, the U.S. has "escalated the siege against our country to an extreme dimension, more cruel and inhumane, to deliberately inflict the greatest possible damage to Cuban families," Rodríguez added.  

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WNU Editor: The U.S. and Israel were the two countries that voted against this UN resolution.

 UN General Assembly Voted 185-2 To Condemn The U.S. Embargo Of Cuba For The 30th Year In A Row  

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