Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 25 October 2011  [without reference to a Main Committee (A/66/L.4)]  66/6. Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and  financial embargo imposed by the United States of  America against Cuba        The General Assembly,    Determined to encourage strict compliance with the purposes and principles  enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations,    Reaffirming, among other principles, the sovereign equality of States,  non-intervention and non-interference in their internal affairs and freedom of  international trade and navigation, which are also enshrined in many international  legal instruments,    Recalling the statements of the Heads of State or Government at the  Ibero-American Summits concerning the need to eliminate the unilateral application  of economic and trade measures by one State against another that affect the free  flow of international trade,    Concerned about the continued promulgation and application by Member  States of laws and regulations, such as that promulgated on 12 March 1996 known  as “the Helms-Burton Act”, the extraterritorial effects of which affect the  sovereignty of other States, the legitimate interests of entities or persons under their  jurisdiction and the freedom of trade and navigation,    Taking note of declarations and resolutions of different intergovernmental  forums, bodies and Governments that express the rejection by the international  community and public opinion of the promulgation and application of measures of  the kind referred to above,    Recalling its resolutions 47/19 of 24 November 1992, 48/16 of 3 November  1993, 49/9 of 26 October 1994, 50/10 of 2 November 1995, 51/17 of 12 November  1996, 52/10 of 5 November 1997, 53/4 of 14 October 1998, 54/21 of 9 November  1999, 55/20 of 9 November 2000, 56/9 of 27 November 2001, 57/11 of  12 November 2002, 58/7 of 4 November 2003, 59/11 of 28 October 2004, 60/12 of  8 November 2005, 61/11 of 8 November 2006, 62/3 of 30 October 2007, 63/7 of  29 October 2008, 64/6 of 28 October 2009 and 65/6 of 26 October 2010,   A/RES/66/6  2    Concerned that, since the adoption of its resolutions 47/19, 48/16, 49/9, 50/10,  51/17, 52/10, 53/4, 54/21, 55/20, 56/9, 57/11, 58/7, 59/11, 60/12, 61/11, 62/3, 63/7,  64/6 and 65/6, further measures of that nature aimed at strengthening and extending  the economic, commercial and financial embargo against Cuba continue to be  promulgated and applied, and concerned also about the adverse effects of such  measures on the Cuban people and on Cuban nationals living in other countries,    1.  Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation  of resolution 65/6;1    2.  Reiterates its call upon all States to refrain from promulgating and  applying laws and measures of the kind referred to in the preamble to the present  resolution, in conformity with their obligations under the Charter of the United  Nations and international law, which, inter alia, reaffirm the freedom of trade and  navigation;    3.  Once again urges States that have and continue to apply such laws and  measures to take the necessary steps to repeal or invalidate them as soon as possible  in accordance with their legal regime;    4.  Requests the Secretary-General, in consultation with the appropriate  organs and agencies of the United Nations system, to prepare a report on the  implementation of the present resolution in the light of the purposes and principles  of the Charter and international law and to submit it to the General Assembly at its  sixty-seventh session;    5.  Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session  the item entitled “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial  embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba”.    41st plenary meeting  25 October 2011  _______________  1 A/66/114.