The African Union (AU) once again condemned the economic, financial and commercial blockade imposed by the US government against Cuba, on the last day of the 36th summit of the regional organization.
The adoption of the text entitled "Resolution on the lifting of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed on the Republic of Cuba by the United States of America", ratified Africa's solidarity with the Caribbean archipelago and reiterated its support for the demand presented by Cuba every year at the United Nations.
The Cuban government deeply thanked its brother African peoples and leaders for their solidarity and unwavering support for the lifting of this illegal fence.
RESOLUTION ON THE LIFTING OF THE ECONOMIC, COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL BLOCKADE IMPOSED ON THE REPUBLIC OF CUBA BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
The Assembly,
- EXPRESSES serious concern about the continuous and illegal economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed on the Cuban government and people;
- REAFFIRMS its full support to the resolution of the UNGA “Necessity to end the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States of America against Cuba”;
- REGRETS the regression in the bilateral relations between Cuba and the United States and once again, calls upon the Government of the United States of America to lift the long standing and unjustifiable economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed on the Cuban people;
- ALSO REGRETS the measures implemented by the Government of the United States since 9th November 2017, which strengthen the blockade and expresses deep concern over the widening of the extraterritorial nature of the blockade, including the full implementation of Chapter III of the Helms-Burton Act (based on paragraph 300 of the G-77 Ministerial Declaration of 2022, which maintains the same language agreed in 2021);
- ACKNOWLEDGES that the negative impact of the blockade is aggravated and even crueler in the current context, when Cuba is facing the economic and social effects of the COVID-19 pandemic;
- ALSO ACKNOWLEDGES that the blockade is the main obstacle for Cuba’s implementation of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and shares this concern due to the importance that the African Union attaches to the achievements of the objectives on the said agenda;
- ALSO REAFFIRMS its solidarity with the people of Cuba.