An appeal by the State Duma to the United Nations General Assembly, parliaments of UN member states and international parliamentary organizations on the need to end the economic, trade and financial blockade of the Republic of Cuba.
The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation addresses the participants of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly, the parliaments of the member states of the United Nations, international parliamentary organizations and the general world community with a call to end the economic, trade and financial blockade of the Republic of Cuba by the United States.
Deputies of the State Duma qualify the measures of the US sanctions policy against the Republic of Cuba as an unacceptable instrument of pressure on foreign policy. Its use causes significant damage to the lives of Cuban citizens, is destructive to the socio-economic situation of the country and undermines the socio-political situation in the region.
The economic, trade and financial blockade of the Republic of Cuba by the United States of America is a systematic violation of the main principles and norms of international law. This political move directly contradicts the spirit and letter of the UN Charter. Large-scale economic sanctions as a way to exert pressure on a sovereign state lack a legal basis.
The consequences of the blockade affect the basic socio-economic rights of the Cuban people, including the rights to development, food, health, access to medicine and medical equipment. Artificially created barriers to the supply of food, medicine and medical equipment lead to serious and sometimes tragic results.
In August 2026, the United States extended the embargo against Cuba that had been in effect since the early 1960s. The sanctions were tightened and affected the Cuban private sector.