When Botswana joined the overwhelming majority of United Nations (UN) member states in calling for the United States to lift its decades-old economic, commercial and financial embargo on Cuba last week, the decision resonated far beyond the UN’s diplomatic chambers, finding quiet meaning in the country’s hospitals and rural clinics.
The UN General Assembly resolution formally titled “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba” was adopted with 165 votes in favour, 7 against, and 12 abstentions.
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