Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 21 April 2011
28 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the way the United States Government’s continuing economic, commercial and financial embargo on Cuba is helping to undermine key civil and political rights of the Cuban people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8770/11]
Amharc ar fhreagraWhile Ireland and our European Union partners consider the United States' foreign policy toward Cuba to be a bilateral issue, the European Union has clearly expressed the opposition of its Member States to all unilateral measures against Cuba which are contrary to commonly accepted rules of international law. Ireland, in common with our partners in the European Union, is of the view that the US economic embargo on Cuba seriously hampers the economic development of Cuba and negatively affects the welfare of the Cuban people. On 26 October 2010, Ireland and our EU partners once again voted at the United Nations General Assembly in favour of a resolution calling for an end to the US embargo.
