(VOVworld) - 188 over 193 members of the UN General Assembly voted on Tuesday for a resolution condemning the decades-long US economic sanctions against Cuba. This has been the 23rd time UN members overwhelmingly back the resolution titled "Necessity of Ending the Economic, Commercial and Financial Embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba, submitted by the Cuban government every year. The only countries that voted against the declaration were the US and Israel while the Pacific island nations of Palau, Marshall Islands, and Micronesia abstained. The General Assembly's non-biding vote reflects UN members’ view over the matter so Washington still remains its sanctions against Havan. 

Cuba's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla addresses the 69th United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York. (Photo: Reuters)

US’ sanctions against Cuba are opposed internationally and domestically. In a poll conducted in February, 56% of US respondents nationwide favored changing US policy toward Cuba. In Florida which is densely populated by the Cubans, the number of supporters to US-Cuba relation normalization reached 63%.