A/RES/48/16

Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 48
Date: 1993-11-03
Meeting record: A/48/PV.48
Draft: A/48/L.14/Rev.1
Agenda item(s): Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba.

Tally

Yes 88No 4Abstain 57Did not vote 35

Roll call

'Did not vote' combines members that were absent and members present that did not participate; the source does not distinguish them.

Roll call – A/RES/48/16
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Andorra	Yes
Angola	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Azerbaijan	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Belize	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Comoros	Yes
Congo	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Yes
Dominica	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
France	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Liechtenstein	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Mali	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Monaco	Yes
Myanmar	Yes
Namibia	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Norway	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Yes
Saint Lucia	Yes
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Yes
San Marino	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Togo	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Uganda	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Vanuatu	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Viet Nam	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Zimbabwe	Yes
Albania	No
Israel	No
Paraguay	No
United States	No
Antigua and Barbuda	Abstain
Argentina	Abstain
Armenia	Abstain
Bangladesh	Abstain
Belarus	Abstain
Bhutan	Abstain
Botswana	Abstain
Brunei Darussalam	Abstain
Bulgaria	Abstain
Canada	Abstain
Chad	Abstain
Côte d'Ivoire	Abstain
Cyprus	Abstain
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
Estonia	Abstain
Ethiopia	Abstain
Fiji	Abstain
Finland	Abstain
Germany	Abstain
Hungary	Abstain
Iceland	Abstain
Ireland	Abstain
Italy	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Kazakhstan	Abstain
Kuwait	Abstain
Latvia	Abstain
Luxembourg	Abstain
Malawi	Abstain
Maldives	Abstain
Malta	Abstain
Marshall Islands	Abstain
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Abstain
Mozambique	Abstain
Nepal	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
Nicaragua	Abstain
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)	Abstain
Panama	Abstain
Poland	Abstain
Portugal	Abstain
Republic of Korea	Abstain
Republic of Moldova	Abstain
Romania	Abstain
Russian Federation	Abstain
Rwanda	Abstain
Samoa	Abstain
Singapore	Abstain
Slovakia	Abstain
Slovenia	Abstain
Sri Lanka	Abstain
Suriname	Abstain
Thailand	Abstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Abstain
Ukraine	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
Bahrain	Did not vote
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Did not vote
Croatia	Did not vote
Djibouti	Did not vote
Egypt	Did not vote
El Salvador	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Eritrea	Did not vote
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Did not vote
Gabon	Did not vote
Gambia	Did not vote
Georgia	Did not vote
Grenada	Did not vote
Kyrgyzstan	Did not vote
Lebanon	Did not vote
Liberia	Did not vote
Lithuania	Did not vote
Mauritius	Did not vote
Mongolia	Did not vote
Morocco	Did not vote
Oman	Did not vote
Qatar	Did not vote
Sao Tome and Principe	Did not vote
Saudi Arabia	Did not vote
Senegal	Did not vote
Seychelles	Did not vote
Sierra Leone	Did not vote
Solomon Islands	Did not vote
Somalia	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote
Tajikistan	Did not vote
Turkmenistan	Did not vote
United Arab Emirates	Did not vote
Uzbekistan	Did not vote
Yugoslavia	Did not vote

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Topics

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Americas · r-am-1

UN subject headings (verbatim)

CUBA--UNITED STATES

Sources

Voting data: United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Library, Security Council Voting Data (Version 7, October 2026), https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/4055387, and General Assembly Voting Data (Version 6, October 2026), https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/4060887. Vetoes: UN Peace & Security Data Hub, Security Council Data – Vetoes Since 1946 (DPPA-SCVETOES). © United Nations; used for non-commercial purposes with attribution.