“These sanctions constitute an affront to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Cuba. They are completely at odds with the charter of the United Nations.” Ahead of the UN General Assembly’s annual vote condemning the US blockade on Cuba, Ghana’s deputy representative to the UN Ben Dotsei Malor called for the immediate lifting of sanctions and for an end to the “undue burdens” Washington’s continued energy blockade places on third countries in stopping the delivery of fuel and other humanitarian essentials to Cuban ports. On Tuesday the Assembly voted 130 to 17 to adopt Cuba’s resolution that calls on the US to stop its six decades-long regime of coercive measures targeting the island’s economic, commercial and financial sectors. Twenty-five countries abstained.

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