Radio Cadena Agramonte emisiora de Camagüey
United Nations, Nov 2.- The resolution presented by Cuba to request the end of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States was approved today by the United Nations General Assembly with 187 votes in favor.
The text, supported for the thirty-first time, received two votes against (the United States and Israel) and one member state abstained (Ukraine).
The resolution recognizes the siege as the central element of United States policy towards Cuba for more than six decades.
Its effects have not ceased for a single day and are known by 80 percent of the island's population who only know a country with a blockade.
The damages caused by that policy between the 1st. March 2022 and February 28, 2023 amount to four thousand 867 million dollars.
This figure reflects the upsurge in Cuban exports, mainly in the tourism sector; the ruthless persecution of the country's banking-financial operations; the costs of geographical relocation of commerce; the effects on production and services to the population; as well as the obstacles to accessing advanced technologies.
In total, the economic damages based on current prices exceed 159,84.3 million dollars, already more than 1,337,000 billion taking into account the behavior of the dollar against the value of gold in the international market.
The effects of the compendium of measures exceed 405 million per month, which is equivalent to one million dollars every two hours.
The report presented to the General Assembly by the UN Secretary General, António Guterres, recognizes the continuation of this policy against Cuba and its inclusion in the list of state sponsors of terrorism as actions incompatible with an international system based on law.
The actions of the United States are a flagrant manifestation of the exercise of political and economic power in clear violation of human rights, including access to development.
The effects of these provisions are as obvious as they are inadmissible according to the Charter of the United Nations and the principles of international law, adds the text also made available to Member States.
According to the report, the situation in the Caribbean country only confirms the need to dismantle unilateral coercive measures, which undermine sovereign rights, the realization of human rights and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.
In this sense, the UN called on the countries that signed the resolution to maintain efforts to put an end to the unjust denial of Cuba's right to self-determination and development. (PL) (Photos: @CubaMINREX)
