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We demand an end to the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed on Cuba.

The embargo against Cuba is an act of economic war.

Cuba cannot remain isolated, dependent on Venezuelan petrodollars and penalized by America s ill conceived trade embargo.

The embargo imposed against Cuba has been with us too long.

The United States embargo against Cuba is cruel, anachronistic and counterproductive.

Consequently, the nationalizations cannot be used to justify the embargo against Cuba.

In view of the fact that the embargo has caused significant suffering on the part of the people of Cuba, we call on the United States Government to end the embargo and normalize its relations with Cuba, in the interests of all the people of Cuba and of the United States.

Bourne, Chairman of the Board of Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba (MEDICC) to the National Summit on Cuba, Tampa, Florida, 8 October 2004, quoted by Gail Reed in MEDICC, National Summit on Cuba Embargo Harms US People, Too.

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4. In this context they reaffirm the need to lift the embargo against Cuba.

Report of Cuba on United Nations General Assembly resolution 59 11 Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba

THE HISTORICAL TRUTH CONCERNING THE ILLEGAL ECONOMIC EMBARGO IMPOSED BY THE UNITED STATES AGAINST CUBA

The repercussions of this embargo in the life of the population of Cuba are enormous.

Paraguay lent its fullest support to the Rio Group apos s decisions, including its declaration on lifting the embargo against Cuba.

Despite the suffering caused by the embargo, Cuba had made considerable progress on crime prevention, criminal justice and the world drug problem.

South Africa consistently opposes all aspects of the embargo imposed by the United States against Cuba.

Lastly, in justifying the embargo, the representative of the United States has said on numerous occasions that the purpose of the embargo is to compel Cuba to promote democracy and human rights and to implement economic reforms because Cuba has made no substantial progress in those areas.

Myanmar wholeheartedly joins the call made by the international community on the United States to put an end to the embargo and sanctions on Cuba.

With regard to Cuba, we reaffirm our belief that the time has come for the economic, commercial and financial embargo against Cuba to be lifted.

Since 1991, the General Assembly has been discussing and adopting resolutions on ending the economic embargo imposed by the United States against Cuba.

Study prepared by a group of Cuban experts on the economic and social cost to Cuba of the embargo imposed by the Government

The embargo against Cuba is a burden that the people of Cuba should not have to endure, and it is an undertaking whose termination we support.

The Cuban leadership often cites the embargo as the reason for Cuba apos s increasing economic troubles.

The embargo dates from 20 October 1960, when then President Eisenhower announced an embargo against Cuba under the Trading with the Enemy Act and the Export Control Act.

The 40 year embargo and sanctions imposed by the United States against Cuba have jeopardized the interests of Cuba and other countries and severely obstructed international development.

In November 1992, Lincoln reported that it was unable to supply materials to Cuba because of the embargo laws prohibiting third country subsidiaries from trading with Cuba.

In addition, the United Nations system has provided information regarding the negative impact of the embargo on the United Nations development programmes in Cuba.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Furthermore, the United States has adopted new measures to strengthen the embargo against the sovereign State of Cuba.

Castro continues with his cynical and baseless claims that the embargo denies Cuba access to food and medicine.

NECESSITY OF ENDING THE ECONOMIC, COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL EMBARGO IMPOSED BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AGAINST CUBA

NECESSITY OF ENDING THE ECONOMIC, COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL EMBARGO IMPOSED BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AGAINST CUBA

First, it alleged that the embargo is a response the nationalizations carried out by Cuba 33 years ago.

NECESSITY OF ENDING THE ECONOMIC COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL EMBARGO IMPOSED BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AGAINST CUBA

NECESSITY OF ENDING THE ECONOMIC COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL EMBARGO IMPOSED BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AGAINST CUBA

The continuous embargo against the Cuban people is creating enormous economic difficulties and is putting serious constraints on Cuba apos s social and economic development.

Dr. Stern, Paula, The Impact on the U.S. Economy of Lifting the Food and Medical Embargo on Cuba , World Policy Institute, 2000, in http www.worldpolicy.org projects uscuba index.html.

The United States trade embargo against Cuba is a bilateral issue that should not come before the General Assembly.

Financing was granted to the other 12 projects chosen, but Cuba was overlooked as a result of the embargo.