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A/RES/50/10 GA

Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba

50
Session
117
Yes
3
No
38
Abstentions
Draft symbol A/50/L.10
Adopted symbol A/RES/50/10
Category GEOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTORS
Voeten Topics ⓘ
Significance ★ Important vote US State Dept designation
P5 Positions
Russia ✓ United States ✗ United Kingdom ~ China ✓ France ✓
UN Document A/RES/50/10 ↗

Vote Recorded Vote — A/50/PV.48 Nov. 2, 1995

— Abstain (38)
✗ No (3)
Absent (27)
✓ Yes (117)
Speeches following this vote (9) may include explanations of vote
The Acting President
I shall now call on those representatives who wish to explain their vote. May I remind delegations that explanations of vote are limited to 10 minutes and should be made by delegations from their seats.
Mr. Cárdenas (Argentina)
In previous years, the delegation of Argentina abstained in votes on draft resolutions similar to that just adopted by the Assembly because it understood that the content created problems of a bilateral nature, between two Member States with which we have deep relations of friendship. We would like to point out that Cuba is introducing a series of major reforms in the economic sphere. These are …
Mr. Fukushima (Japan)
I have asked to speak in order to explain, for the record, Japan’s position in abstaining in the voting on the draft resolution contained in document A/50/L.10. Japan continues to have the doubts it has indicated in the past three years, as to whether a discussion at the General Assembly may actually be conducive to resolving, in a constructive way, the question of the United States embargo agai…
Mr. Vivas (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela)
In recent years, the international community has, through dialogue and direct negotiation, made significant progress with regard to economic and trading cooperation. It has also taken major steps towards universal peace and democracy and solidarity. Any discriminatory trading practice, any imposition of unilateral economic measures or extraterritorial application of domestic laws hampers this pr…
Mrs. Teo-Jacob (Singapore)
This year Singapore changed its vote on the resolution on this issue from one of abstention to one of support. In doing so, we take no position on the specific bilateral problems leading to the imposition of the embargo against Cuba many years ago. This is a matter for the two countries to settle bilaterally. However, our view is that international relations have evolved to the point where the p…
Mr. Malik (Iraq)
The delegation of Iraq regrets being unable to vote on the draft resolution just adopted because of the conditions of the embargo imposed upon it, which deprive Iraq of the right to vote. Had we had the opportunity, we would have voted in favour of the resolution. The embargo imposed against the Cuban people is a flagrant violation of the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, since it…
Mr. Fowler (Canada)
Canada once again supported the resolution on this issue. Canada has followed its own policy on Cuba, believing that engagement rather than isolation is the best means of encouraging reform in Cuba. Canada’s primary concern with respect to the embargo remains its intended extraterritorial reach — the way in which the laws and regulations governing the embargo seek to constrain the freedom of trad…
Mr. Jallow (Gambia)
My delegation voted in favour of the draft resolution contained in document A/50/L.10, which asserts some of the cherished principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, because it serves as a relevant reminder of the importance of the status quo of sovereign equality and interdependence of States, particularly States Members of the United Nations. Justification for continuing the em…
The Acting President
We have heard the last speaker in explanation of vote after the vote. May I take it that it is the wish of the Assembly to conclude its consideration of agenda item 27?
Full text of resolution OCR extract — may contain errors
UNITED UNITED A NATIONS NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/50/10 15 November 1995 Fiftieth session Agenda item 27 RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [without reference to a Main Committee (A/50/L.10)] 50/10. Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba The General Assembly, Determined to encourage strict compliance with the purposes and principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, Reaffirming, among other principles, the sovereign equality of States, non-intervention and non-interference in their internal affairs and freedom of international trade and navigation, which are also enshrined in many international legal instruments, Recalling the statements of the heads of State or Government at the Ibero-American Summits concerning the need to eliminate the unilateral application of economic and trade measures by one State against another which affect the free flow of international trade, Taking note of Decision 360 adopted on 13 July 1995 by the Twenty-first Council of the Latin American Economic System, held at the ministerial level at San Salvador, which urged that the economic, commercial and financial embargo against Cuba be lifted, Concerned about the continued promulgation and application by Member States of laws and regulations whose extraterritorial effects affect the sovereignty of other States and the legitimate interests of entities or persons under their jurisdiction, as well as the freedom of trade and navigation, /... 95-25676 A/RES/50/10 Page 2 Recalling its resolutions 47/19 of 24 November 1992, 48/16 of 3 November 1993 and 49/9 of 26 October 1994, Concerned that, since the adoption of its resolutions 47/19, 48/16 and 49/9, further measures of that nature aimed at strengthening and extending the economic, commercial and financial embargo against Cuba continue to be promulgated and applied, and concerned also about the adverse effects of such measures on the Cuban people and on Cuban nationals living in other countries, 1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General of 20 September 1995 on the implementation of resolution 49/9; 1/ 2. Reiterates its call to all States to refrain from promulgating and applying laws and measures of the kind referred to in the preamble to the present resolution in conformity with their obligations under the Charter of the United Nations and international law which, inter alia, reaffirm the freedom of trade and navigation; 3. Once again urges States that have and continue to apply such laws and measures to take the necessary steps to repeal or invalidate them as soon as possible in accordance with their legal regime; 4. Requests the Secretary-General, in consultation with the appropriate organs and agencies of the United Nations system, to prepare a report on the implementation of the present resolution in the light of the purposes and principles of the Charter and international law, and to submit it to the General Assembly at its fifty-first session; 5. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-first session the item entitled "Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba". 48th plenary meeting 2 November 1995 1/ A/50/401.
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