Putting the UN vote in context

On 28 October 2026 the United Nations General Assembly adopted, for the 34th time since 1992, a resolution calling for an end to the US embargo against Cuba¹². This page presents the figures, compares them with previous years and shows how differently it was reported. It does not judge.

The figures since 1992

In 1992, 59 states voted in favour and 71 abstained. The peak of 191 came in 2015 and 2017; in 2016 the US abstained for the first time¹. Compared with 2025, support fell by 35 votes, no votes rose from 7 to 17 and abstentions from 12 to 25¹⁴.

No votes 2026

• Argentina
• Bosnia and Herzegovina new
• Colombia new
• Costa Rica new
• Czechia new
• Ecuador new
• Hungary
• Israel
• Lithuania new
• Morocco new
• North Macedonia
• Paraguay
• Slovenia new
• Trinidad and Tobago new
• Ukraine
• United Arab Emirates new
• United States

Abstentions 2026

• Albania
• Bahrain new
• Bulgaria new
• Chile new
• Croatia new
• Dominican Republic new
• Estonia
• Germany new
• Greece new
• Guyana new
• Haiti new
• Honduras new
• Italy new
• Jamaica new
• Latvia
• Montenegro new
• Netherlands new
• Palau new
• Peru new
• Poland
• Qatar new
• Republic of Korea new
• Republic of Moldova
• Romania
• Solomon Islands new

“new” means: not in this group in 2025. ^{5 4}

The EU member states

Of the 27 member states, four voted against in 2026 and ten abstained; the remaining 13 appear in neither list⁵. In 2024 all member states had voted in favour⁶; in 2025 Hungary voted against and six abstained⁴.

What those involved say

Before the vote the US lobbied for no votes and abstentions; Reuters reports that several countries therefore opposed or abstained for the first time in years⁷. Ambassador Mike Waltz said in the debate: “There is no blockade.”¹

Cuba’s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla said: “What Cuba demands is to be left in peace” (English rendering by UN News)¹. President Miguel Díaz-Canel thanked the states that voted in favour⁸.

In 2025 Poland, also for Czechia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, referred in its explanation to “the selective application of the UN Charter”; Romania stated that foreign involvement in an illegal war of aggression violates the UN Charter⁴. Explanations by individual states for 2026 were not available to us verbatim when accessed.

How it was reported

The same figures, different headlines. The table gives headlines in the original and describes the focus; it does not rate the reports.

What the vote means and what it does not

General Assembly resolutions are recommendations and not legally binding. The vote shows how states position themselves; it does not measure the effect of the embargo or the human rights situation in Cuba. The topic sheets deal with both.

Figures marked “according to information given to” are not the cited body’s own measurements but information presented to it.

This page is information, not legal advice. It reports what authorities, courts, governments and organisations decide and say; the views of the side imposing measures and of the side affected stand side by side. “Helfen statt Blockieren” is non-partisan. Please report errors to info@aciel-martinez-poll.com.

Sources

1. UN News, “Backing for UN call to end Cuba embargo falls to 20-year low”, 28 Oct 2026. https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/10/1168694
2. UNI, “UN General Assembly votes for 34th consecutive year to end US embargo on Cuba”, 29 Oct 2026. https://www.uniindia.com/world/un-general-assembly-votes-for-34th-consecutive-year-to-end-us-embargo-on-cuba/229783
3. Wikipedia, Article United States embargo against Cuba, table of UN votes, 3 Nov 2026. Secondary source as accessed; year-by-year primary check pending, see column pruefstatus in the CSV. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_embargo_against_Cuba
4. UN Geneva, “Amid shifting alliances, General Assembly demands end to US embargo on Cuba”, 29 Oct 2025. https://www.ungeneva.org/en/news-media/news/2025/10/112275/amid-shifting-alliances-general-assembly-demands-end-us-embargo-cuba
5. CiberCuba, “The resolution against the embargo loses momentum at the UN: 35 fewer votes and more than double in opposition”, 28 Oct 2026. https://en.cibercuba.com/noticias/2026-10-28-u1-e74-s27061-nid344063-resolucion-contra-embargo-pierde-fuerza-onu-35-votos
6. European External Action Service, Delegation to the UN in New York, “EU Explanation of Vote: UN General Assembly: Embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba”, 30 Oct 2024. https://www.eeas.europa.eu/delegations/un-new-york/eu-explanation-vote-%E2%80%93-un-general-assembly-embargo-imposed-united-states-america-against-cuba_en
7. Reuters (Antoni Slodkowski), republished by GV Wire, “US Gets More Countries to Oppose UN Resolution Condemning Its Cuba Embargo”, 28 Oct 2026. https://gvwire.com/2026/10/28/us-gets-more-countries-to-oppose-un-resolution-condemning-its-cuba-embargo/
8. teleSUR, “Cuba agradece a los 130 países que votaron contra el bloqueo estadounidense en la ONU”, 30 Oct 2026. https://www.telesurtv.net/cuba-agradecepaises-bloqueo-onu/
9. Al Jazeera, “UN votes to condemn embargo of Cuba despite US lobbying push”, 28 Oct 2026. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/28/un-votes-to-condemn-embargo-of-cuba-despite-us-lobbying-push
10. Xinhua, “UN votes overwhelmingly against U.S. embargo on Cuba”, 29 Oct 2026. https://english.news.cn/20261029/738029a58a074c22acaf74cfc9c28b05/c.html

All online sources accessed on 3 November 2026.

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