[NYTr] Upcoming at UN: Another Blow to Bush for Blockading Cuba Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:43:14 -0500 (CDT) Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit Agencia Cubana de Noticias (ACN) - Oct 29, 2007 http://ainch.ain.cu/mailman/listinfo/ingles Another Blow to Bush for Blockading Cuba By Angel RodrC-guez Alvarez AIN Special Service On Tuesday the UN General Assembly will discuss and vote, for the 16th consecutive time, on a resolution regarding Washington's economic blockade against Cuba. Over the last 15 years, starting in 1992 when Cuba first presented a draft resolution demanding an end to the genocidal policy, the international community has gradually increased its condemnation of the irrational and criminal practice. The 2006 vote could not have been more stunning as 183 nations voted in favor of the Cuban resolution demanding an end to the US attempts to strangle the island economically, representing 95 per cent of the world body's member nations. After the White House's closest allies were among those that voted against Washington's anti-Cuba policy, never before has the powerful empire been so isolated. The crushing condemnation refutes Washington's idea that this is a bilateral issue. The US economic war against the island includes extraterritorial clauses which affect third nations doing business with Cuba. The US conduct, which violates international law, ratifies the traditional opposition Washington has had against the United Nations each time the world body makes decisions not to the liking of the White House. For any sensible government, unlike the US which is ruled by arrogance and hate and committed to right wing sectors in Miami, the results of the UN vote would be more than enough to change its policy. * ================================================================= NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us Our main website: http://www.blythe.org List Archives: http://blythe-systems.com/pipermail/nytr/ Subscribe: http://blythe-systems.com/mailman/listinfo/nytr =================================================================