United Nations A/73/85 General Assembly Distr.: General 29 August 2018 English Original: Arabic/English/ French/Russian/Spanish Seventy-third session Item 43 of the provisional agenda* Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba Report of the Secretary-General Summary In its resolution 72/4, entitled “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba”, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to prepare, in consultation with the appropriate organs and agencies of the United Nations system, a report on the implementation of the resolution in the light of the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and international law and to submit it to the Assembly at its seventy-third session. The present report reproduces the replies of Governments and organs and agencies of the United Nations system to the request of the Secretary-General for information on the matter. * A/73/150. 18-08324 (E) 210918 161018 *1808324* A/73/85 Contents Page I. Introduction ................................................................... 8 II. Replies received from Governments ............................................... 8 Afghanistan ................................................................... 8 Albania ....................................................................... 8 Algeria ....................................................................... 8 Andorra ...................................................................... 9 Angola ....................................................................... 9 Antigua and Barbuda ............................................................ 10 Argentina ..................................................................... 10 Armenia ...................................................................... 11 Australia ...................................................................... 11 Azerbaijan .................................................................... 11 Bahamas ...................................................................... 12 Bahrain ....................................................................... 12 Bangladesh .................................................................... 12 Barbados ..................................................................... 12 Belarus ....................................................................... 13 Belize ........................................................................ 13 Benin ........................................................................ 14 Bhutan ....................................................................... 14 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) ................................................... 14 Bosnia and Herzegovina ......................................................... 19 Botswana ..................................................................... 20 Brazil ........................................................................ 20 Brunei Darussalam ............................................................. 20 Burkina Faso .................................................................. 20 Burundi....................................................................... 21 Cabo Verde .................................................................... 21 Cambodia ..................................................................... 21 Cameroon ..................................................................... 22 Canada ....................................................................... 22 Central African Republic ........................................................ 22 Chad ......................................................................... 23 Chile ......................................................................... 23 2/168 18-08324 A/73/85 China ........................................................................ 23 Colombia ..................................................................... 24 Comoros ...................................................................... 24 Congo ........................................................................ 25 Costa Rica .................................................................... 25 Côte d’Ivoire .................................................................. 26 Cuba ......................................................................... 27 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea ............................................ 54 Democratic Republic of the Congo ................................................ 55 Djibouti ...................................................................... 56 Dominica ..................................................................... 56 Dominican Republic ............................................................ 57 Ecuador ...................................................................... 57 Egypt ........................................................................ 57 El Salvador .................................................................... 58 Equatorial Guinea .............................................................. 59 Eritrea ........................................................................ 60 Eswatini ...................................................................... 60 Ethiopia ...................................................................... 60 European Union ................................................................ 61 Fiji .......................................................................... 61 Gabon ........................................................................ 62 Gambia ....................................................................... 62 Georgia ....................................................................... 63 Ghana ........................................................................ 63 Grenada ...................................................................... 63 Guatemala .................................................................... 64 Guinea ....................................................................... 64 Guinea-Bissau ................................................................. 65 Guyana ....................................................................... 65 Haiti ......................................................................... 66 Honduras ..................................................................... 66 Iceland ....................................................................... 67 India ......................................................................... 67 Indonesia ..................................................................... 67 Iran (Islamic Republic of) ........................................................ 68 18-08324 3/168 A/73/85 Iraq .......................................................................... 69 Jamaica ....................................................................... 69 Japan ......................................................................... 70 Jordan ........................................................................ 71 Kazakhstan .................................................................... 71 Kenya ........................................................................ 71 Kiribati ....................................................................... 72 Kuwait ....................................................................... 72 Kyrgyzstan .................................................................... 72 Lao People’s Democratic Republic ................................................ 73 Lebanon ...................................................................... 73 Lesotho ....................................................................... 73 Liberia ....................................................................... 73 Libya ........................................................................ 74 Liechtenstein .................................................................. 74 Madagascar ................................................................... 74 Malawi ....................................................................... 74 Malaysia ...................................................................... 75 Maldives ...................................................................... 75 Mali ......................................................................... 75 Mauritania .................................................................... 75 Mauritius ..................................................................... 76 Mexico ....................................................................... 76 Monaco ....................................................................... 78 Mongolia ..................................................................... 78 Montenegro ................................................................... 78 Morocco ...................................................................... 78 Mozambique .................................................................. 79 Myanmar ..................................................................... 79 Namibia ...................................................................... 79 Nauru .......................................................................