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The Cuban Foreign Ministry welcomed the return of UN officials expelled by the United States and said that the move by the United States was intended to interfere in the voting of the UN General Assembly. Finally, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution by an overwhelming majority protesting the blockade of Cuba by the United States.
Cuba First Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Gerardo Peñalvar said on the 29th that he welcomes Cuban permanent residents who were recently expelled by the United States.united nations Richard Tur, the first secretary of the delegation, returned to Cuba.
According to the official website of the United Nations on the 27th, there was a heated debate between the US Permanent Representative to the UN Michael Waltz and Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla when the UN General Assembly was reviewing a draft resolution on “The US economic, commercial and financial embargo on Cuba should end.” Later, Waltz revealed in an interview with American media that the US Secretary of Staterubio (Marco Rubio) signed a document on the same day expelling the first secretary of Cuba’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations and giving him 24 hours to leave the country.
Penal Ver said on social media that Touré strongly opposed the “rudeness and provocation” of the US delegation to the UN and that the US action was aimed at preventing the UN General Assembly from voting on the resolution.
On the 28th, the United Nations General Assembly passed the resolution “The economic, commercial and financial embargo of the United States against Cuba should be ended”, with 130 votes in favor, 17 against, and 25 abstentions. Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said that day that even in the face of pressure and coercion from the United States, the world once again expressed its opposition to the blockade. This is a victory for the Cuban people. In the face of the economic blockade, threats and intimidation of the US government, the Cuban people will never give up.
After the victory of the Cuban Revolution in 1959, the US government adopted a hostile policy towards Cuba. In 1962, the United States imposed a comprehensive economic and financial blockade and trade embargo against Cuba. In March 1996, the United States enacted the Helms-Burton Act, which imposed severe sanctions on all foreign companies doing economic and trade deals with Cuba. Since 1992, the UN General Assembly has usually reviewed draft resolutions proposed by Cuba every year calling on the United States to lift the embargo, and the relevant resolutions have received overwhelming support for many years.
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Richard Touré, First Secretary of Cuba’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations, was expelled. The United States asked him to leave the country within 24 hours, and Cuba welcomed his return and said it would respond firmly to American provocations at the United Nations.
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Reports said the expulsion occurred during the United Nations General Assembly’s review of a resolution protesting the US blockade of Cuba. Cuba believed that the US move was an attempt to disrupt the voting. Cuban officials even reported that Touré was directly facing rudeness and provocation from the US delegation to the United Nations.
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On the 28th, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution with 130 votes in favor, 17 votes against, and 25 abstentions, calling for an end to the US economic, commercial and financial embargo against Cuba. Cuban leaders said this showed the world was overwhelmingly opposed to the blockade.
