UN human rights expert calls on the United States to lift sanctions imposed on Cuba | world

Alina DohanThe UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights said that US sanctions on Cuba “do not comply with a large number of international legal standards.”

Invitation Trade embargoThe lockdown, she said, “has greatly worsened the situation.” Humanitarian situation In Cuba… it was designed to prevent Cuba from obtaining any economic income, especially in hard currency.”

Dohan’s comments in Havana on Friday echoed those of most UN member states, which last month called for an end to the US economic embargo on Cuba.

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The vote at the United Nations carries global political weight, but only the US Congress is able to lift the embargo imposed since the Cold War.

Spokesperson Ministry of Foreign Affairs America said that sanctions are not responsible for Cuba’s problems Communist government It caused its economic problems of its own.

“The embargo does not prevent Cuba from accessing global markets or trading with third countries. US law explicitly allows the export of food, medicines and medical equipment to Cuba,” the spokesman said.

Dohan, who has been visiting the island since last week, told reporters that he met with representatives of the public and private sectors in Cuba to assess the effects of the embargo.

His visit coincides with a severe economic crisis that has drained the public treasury, destroyed tourism, and led to severe shortages of food, fuel, and medicine, sparking a wave of protests. Displacement record From the island.

President Donald Trump’s administration has intensified sanctions against its longtime enemy, returning Cuba to the list of state sponsors of terrorism, tightening rules on remittances and ending immigration programs under Biden.