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2y ago

General Assembly votes overwhelmingly against US Cuba embargo

The two against and one abstention is very telling…

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damn the concept of a global government where international conflicts are resolved democratically by all nations and peoples of earth sounds so cool. i wish we had one of those
- Works on paper but not in practice
And ghouls get mad when we mention these 2 puppet states lmao.
- People on Twitter are pissed when someone mentions Ukraine’s abstention: “they’re a bit busy right now!” As if other countries aren’t dealing with violent conflicts.
  
  Some lemmy lib said "they are being invaded" as explanation. When i asked "By Cuba?" they got slightly rustled.
  
  I mean, it's not even about other countries' conflicts. Ukrainian diplomatic corps isn't in the fucking trenches and I'm sure Ze can find two minutes between his lines of coke to chime in.
US, Israel, Ukraine, the actual axis of evil.
For which consecutive year has the UN overwhelmingly voted against the US embargo on Cuba now? 23rd?
- This happens every year and yet nothing is done about it. That veto power is amazing
  
  This is the GA, no veto power there. It's just the entire UN going "this is against the UN charter, other resolutions of the UN, etc." and the U.S. going "ok"
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  It would have dissolved otherwise.
- 31 is what I heard on democracy now
- Plurality since the first one (1992), Majority since 1994, 90% since 2002, according to this:
  https://www.ecured.cu/Bloqueo_econ%C3%B3mico_de_Estados_Unidos_contra_Cuba#Oposici.C3.B3n_al_Bloqueo
LMAO
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-ninth session the item entitled "Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba".
Cuba has been submitting the same document year after year since 1992.
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- And it has won the vote every single time.
  https://www.ecured.cu/Bloqueo_econ%C3%B3mico_de_Estados_Unidos_contra_Cuba#Oposici.C3.B3n_al_Bloqueo
- For real. 70 of their employees have been killed by Israel so far and they are like 🤷🤷🤷
Every country in the world except two voted Yes. Final result: No.
Truly democtatic.
US: Look at all those "rogue states!"
- It's always projection
What is the point of these? Seriously, I’m not trying to be dick; I don’t see the point in holding these if the embargo stays.

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