UN Calls for End to US Embargo on Cuba

The UN General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a resolution urging the United States to lift its long-standing economic embargo on Cuba. The resolution passed with 187 countries in favor, while the US and Israel opposed, and Moldova abstained. Established in response to Cuba’s 1960 nationalization of US companies and enforced fully since 1962, the embargo has been upheld by 13 successive US administrations, despite a 2000 adjustment allowing food and humanitarian aid. The embargo remains a major barrier to US-Cuba trade.