iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — For 25 years, the United States has always voted “no” on a United Nations General Assembly resolution denouncing the country’s embargo on Cuba. But this year, for the first time ever, the U.S. will abstain.
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power explained the vote change on Wednesday: “Instead of isolating Cuba, as President Obama has repeatedly said, our policy isolated the United States.”
Power made clear that the U.S. rejects language in the resolution that questions the embargo’s legality and said the U.S. is still “profoundly concerned” about human rights violations in Cuba.
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