October 26, 2015
Photo: Bill Hackwell
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez is in New York for the UN General Assembly vote on the Cuban-sponsored resolution on the necessity to end economic, commercial and financial blockade that Washington has maintains against the island.
Rodriguez, who arrived Sunday in New York, will speak tomorrow, Tuesday, at the plenary session before representatives of 193 UN member states, Prensa Latina news agency reported.
The draft resolution to be submitted to the UN General Assembly demands the lifting of U.S. sanctions, which have inflicted damage to Cuba estimated at over 833.7 billion dollars, bearing in mind the devaluation of the U.S. dollar.
The vote, scheduled for Tuesday, will take place in an unprecedented scenario following the re-establishment on July 20th of diplomat relations between Washington and Havana, which does not imply the end of U.S. unilateral and extraterritorial sanctions against Cuba.
The overwhelming majority of UN member states have backed the Cuban resolution over the past 23 years, with the exception of the United States and Israel, which have remained isolated as they maintained their negative vote.
Source: Radio Habana Cuba