Cuba on Wednesday welcomed the UN General Assembly's adoption of
a resolution against Washington's sanctions on Cuba.
"The economic war unleashed by the US against Cuba, the longest
and most ruthless ever known, qualifies as an act of genocide and
constitutes a flagrant violation of international law and the
Charter of the United Nations," Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez
Roque told the Assembly after its voting, according to news
reaching Havan from the UN headquarters in New York.
He said the US blockade had caused an economic damage to Cuba of
over US$86 billion.
The Assembly earlier on Wednesday adopted the resolution with
183 in favor, four against and one abstention, calling on the
United States to end its economic, commercial and financial embargo
against Cuba, which began in 1962. Only Israel, Marshall Islands
and Palau joined the United States to vote against the
resolution.
Since 1992, it was the 15th consecutive year for the UN organ to
voice a similar concern about the unilateral sanctions imposed by
the United States on the Caribbean island country.
(Xinhua News Agency November 9, 2006)
