With Landslide 189-2 UN Vote, International Community Once Again Rebukes US for Cuba Embargo
Published on
Friday, November 02, 2018
byCommon Dreams
In vote on resolution condemning nearly six-decade embargo, 189 member states vote in favor
byAndrea Germanos, staff writer
The United Staes once again displayed its near its near total outlier status on Thursday after the United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly voted in favor of a symbolic resolution denouncing the 58-year U.S. embargo against Cuba.
Following the trend of how the 193-member body voted over the previous 27 years on the resolution, 189 nations voted (pdf) in favor of the "Necessity of ending the economic, commercial, and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba" resolution, while just two—the United States and uber ally Israel—voted against it. There were no abstentions, though two members states, Ukraine and Moldova, did not vote.
The U.S. had offered up 8 amendments to the resolution. They overwhelmingly failed.
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In 2016, under the Obama administration, the United States for the first time abstained in the vote amid thawing relations between Washington and Havana.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/11/02/landslide-189-2-un-vote-international-community-once-again-rebukes-us-cuba-embargo
