Norma Goicochea, president of the Cuban Association of the United Nations (ACNU), told Prensa Latina that this hostile policy, imposed for more than 60 years, does not only affect the Cuban people’s social, economic, and cultural guarantees.

Since the first provisions were passed in 1962, the concept of why to implement the blockade made very clear the purpose of changing the Cuban system by provoking hunger, shortages, and discontent.

However, the 2019 constitutional referendum confirmed that more than 86 percent of Cuba’s inhabitants know what social, economic, and political system we want, Goicochea acknowledged.

Therefore, the blockade also violates our civil and political rights and is another dimension we must reveal, she stressed.

In this sense, the UN representative described the role of civil society organizations such as the ACNU as crucial in these efforts.

In 2022, a forum organized by that Association showed that Washington’s hostile policy violates UN resolutions on non-communicable diseases or humanitarian aid.

We will analyze at the forum against the US blockade how those measures also hinder the implementation of a group of Sustainable Development Goals, especially those with a humanitarian dimension, he added.

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