Laos urges immediate, unconditional lifting of embargo on Cuba at UNGA
September 26, 2026 | United Nations, International
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In his address, Tong Sawan Pompeia criticized unilateral coercive measures and specifically urged the international community to end the embargo on Cuba.
"We call for the immediate and unconditioned lifting the of these sanctions, including logistic and energy blockades and removal of Cuba from the list of state sponsored of terrorism," Pompeia said, characterizing the embargo as inflicting hardship on the Cuban people and framing its removal as a humanitarian step and a matter of international law.
The statement reiterated Laos's principal position against unilateral coercive measures; no specific multilateral mechanism or timetable for delisting was proposed in the address.
"We call for the immediate and unconditioned lifting the of these sanctions, including logistic and energy blockades and removal of Cuba from the list of state sponsored of terrorism," Pompeia said, characterizing the embargo as inflicting hardship on the Cuban people and framing its removal as a humanitarian step and a matter of international law.
The statement reiterated Laos's principal position against unilateral coercive measures; no specific multilateral mechanism or timetable for delisting was proposed in the address.
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