UN votes to condemn embargo of Cuba despite US lobbying push
The UN General Assembly has voted to condemn the long-standing US economic embargo against Cuba for the thirty-first consecutive year. Despite a US diplomatic campaign to increase abstentions, 130 countries supported the resolution while the US and Israel voted against it.
Why it matters
The vote highlights the persistent diplomatic isolation of the US regarding its Cuba policy and reflects ongoing global tensions over economic sanctions as a tool of foreign policy.
US points to increase in abstentions in General Assembly as evidence that push to isolate Cuba is slowly succeeding.
x whatsapp-stroke copylink google Add Al Jazeera on Google info United Nations member states voted to end the economic commercial and financial embargo imposed by the US on Cuba in the General Assembly in New York [File: Peter Foley/EPA] By Al Jazeera Staff and Reuters Published On 28 Oct 2026 28 Oct 2026 The United Nations General Assembly has again voted in favour of a resolution condemning the United States’s economic embargo of Cuba despite a push by US officials to peel off support.
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