A/RES/51/17

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 51
Date: 1996-11-12
Meeting record: A/51/PV.57
Draft: A/51/L.15
Agenda item(s): Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba.

Tally

Yes 137No 3Abstain 25Did not vote 20

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/51/17
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Albania	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Andorra	Yes
Angola	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Armenia	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belarus	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Belize	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Canada	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Congo	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Dominica	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Eritrea	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
Gambia	Yes
Germany	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Italy	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Kazakhstan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Yes
Liechtenstein	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Monaco	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Myanmar	Yes
Namibia	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Norway	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Romania	Yes
Russian Federation	Yes
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Yes
Saint Lucia	Yes
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Yes
Samoa	Yes
San Marino	Yes
Seychelles	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Slovakia	Yes
Slovenia	Yes
Solomon Islands	Yes
South Africa	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Uganda	Yes
Ukraine	Yes
United Kingdom	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
Israel	No
United States	No
Uzbekistan	No
Bhutan	Abstain
El Salvador	Abstain
Estonia	Abstain
Gabon	Abstain
Georgia	Abstain
Guatemala	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Jordan	Abstain
Kuwait	Abstain
Kyrgyzstan	Abstain
Latvia	Abstain
Liberia	Abstain
Lithuania	Abstain
Marshall Islands	Abstain
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Abstain
Morocco	Abstain
Nepal	Abstain
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)	Abstain
Oman	Abstain
Republic of Korea	Abstain
Republic of Moldova	Abstain
Rwanda	Abstain
Saudi Arabia	Abstain
Tajikistan	Abstain
United Arab Emirates	Abstain
Azerbaijan	Did not vote
Bahrain	Did not vote
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Did not vote
Cameroon	Did not vote
Central African Republic	Did not vote
Comoros	Did not vote
Croatia	Did not vote
Djibouti	Did not vote
Egypt	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Iraq	Did not vote
Malawi	Did not vote
Niger	Did not vote
Palau	Did not vote
Qatar	Did not vote
Sao Tome and Principe	Did not vote
Senegal	Did not vote
Somalia	Did not vote
Turkmenistan	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.