Sri Lanka backs vote against US embargo on Cuba

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka backed a resolution against the United States’ economic and trade embargo against Cuba.

On Thursday (2), the United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly against the embargo.

The resolution’s full title is the “necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba”.

A total of 187 States voted for the resolution put forward each year against the embargo with only the US and Israel voting against and Ukraine abstaining.

The General Assembly reiterated its call for all States to refrain from promulgating and applying such restrictive laws and measures, in line with their obligations under the UN Charter and international law.