The Republic of Cuba has urged the international community to intensify efforts to end the economic and financial embargo imposed on Cuba by the government of the United States of America, which stifled development in the Island country for decades.
This call was predicated on the U.N. General Assembly, which on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to condemn the US economic embargo of Cuba for a 33rd year, and for the lifting of the blockade.
A statement from the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the U.S. economic blockade against Cuba violates international law and undermines global sovereignty of nations and urged the international community not to succumb to the growing political pressure from the United States to abandon decades of global consensus, justice, and respect for national sovereignty.
“For 64 years, Cuba has endured one of the longest economic blockades in modern history—an act widely condemned as illegal under international law and morally indefensible.
“For 33 consecutive years, the UN General Assembly has overwhelmingly voted for the lifting of the blockade. Yet the United States, with the routine support of Israel, continues to defy world opinion and the UN Charter.”
The Cuban government decried that despite the global outcry against the blockade, the US government this year, has escalated its coercive tactics.
“The UN voted overwhelmingly against the blockade on October 28–29, 2025, giving member states another historic opportunity to stand for justice, multilateralism, and human dignity,” the statement said.
The Cuban government was particularly impressed with Africa, which always stands with Cuba as the African Union has repeatedly expressed its firm rejection of unilateral sanctions and coercive economic measures imposed outside the framework of the UN Charter.
The 38th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) had reiterated its strong opposition to the continued economic, commercial, and financial blockade causing incalculable damage to the Cuban people.
The AU approved, for the sixteenth consecutive time, a principle condemning the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed against Cuba, denouncing the extraterritorial nature of the sanctions imposed on Cuba, which affect not only the island, but also third countries and companies seeking to establish economic and commercial relations with Havana.
