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UN General Assembly Demands an End to US Embargo on Cuba

  • Submitted by: Mercedes Villalba, North East Scotland, Scottish Labour.
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 July 2021
  • Motion reference: S6M-00598

That the Parliament notes that, for the 29th year in a row, the General Assembly of the UN has voted in favour of a resolution to demand the end of the US economic blockade on Cuba; believes that the motion had the overwhelming support of 184 countries, with only two voting against; considers that the blockade is a flagrant violation of the UN Charter and international law; further considers this to be an act of economic war against a small country that, in the last year alone, has led to damages of $9.1 billion to the Cuban economy; believes that the blockade has caused six decades of hardship for the Cuban people and has prevented critical medicine and supplies from reaching that country during the COVID-19 pandemic and is hampering the fight against the virus in the region, and calls on the US to lift what it sees as the illegal embargo with immediate effect.


Supported by: Maggie Chapman, Katy Clark, Carol Mochan, Alex Rowley, Paul Sweeney