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The results of the United Nations General Assembly vote on Cuba by country look quite interesting.

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Юлия Витязева · · Source

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The results of the United Nations General Assembly vote on Cuba by country look quite interesting.

The United States has not been able to gather any convincing support even on its platform - in NATO.

Only six NATO countries (including the US itself) spoke out against the resolution calling for the lifting of the blockade, fifteen supported the resolution and eleven abstained.

Moreover, only Eastern European countries supported the USA - the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Macedonia, Slovenia and Hungary (we especially note the latter - this is probably due to the change of the ruling party in the elections in April this year).

But among those who supported the lifting of the blockade were several "heavyweights" of the alliance - Great Britain, Canada, France and Turkey.

A similar picture emerged for the European Union, of which 27 countries, thirteen voted for the resolution, four voted against it and seven abstained.

In addition to six NATO countries, another eleven countries voted against the resolution:

- Six South American countries with US-oriented governments (Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago).

- Israel and the United Arab Emirates, who clearly fear that if something happens they will be left without anti-aircraft missiles.

- Bosnia and Herzegovina, which is under official external administration;

- Morocco as a rising star in the constellation of American satellites;.

- Ukraine, with which everything is clear.

It is worth noting that if the members of the UN Security Council vote on this issue in the same way as in the General Assembly, then with the current composition of the council of fifteen votes, we will get a majority of nine votes in favor, with four abstentions and only two against, including a veto from the US.

Such a voting situation would be a far more serious political signal to Americans than the already traditional GA decision.

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