UN General Assembly
1993

are indeed facing serious problems as a result of an inhuman blockade, but we nevertheless continue to hold a prominent place in the fields of health, education and social security, which are guaranteed for all even in the midst of all our difficulties. The results of these efforts have been recognized this year by the United Nations and by the United Nations Children’s Fund. Attempts are being made to crush this dream. The General Assembly, at its last session, adopted resolution 47/19, regarding the necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba. The resolution was welcomed by international public opinion. Since then, there has been an impressive rise in world-wide solidarity towards our country, from every part of the world, from the most diverse sectors and creeds, even in those wide swaths of the population of the aggressor country that reject the measures taken by their own Government. Sympathy has increased for a people that for more than three decades has managed