美國預計在聯合國停止對古巴禁運決議上投反對票
The United States is expected to vote "no" when the U.N. General Assembly considers a resolution later Wednesday calling for an end to the U.S. economic embargo against Cuba.
In a similar vote last year, the U.S. abstained for the first time as former President Barack Obama sought to normalize ties with Havana. While the Trump administration still plans to remain engaged with Cuba and champion U.S. interests, it has rolled back some of the progress made under Obama.
"For far too long, Cuba has engaged in human rights abuses that perhaps past administrations have turned and looked the other way," State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said Tuesday. There has been no comment yet from Cuba on Wednesday's pending vote.
U.N. General Assembly resolutions are nonbinding. But the delegates overwhelmingly vote every year in favor of urging the U.S. Congress to lift the 57 year-old embargo against Cuba. The resolution passed 191 to nothing last year, with the U.S. and Israel abstaining.
President Donald Trump has blamed Cuba for the mysterious sonic attacks that injured 24 U.S. diplomats and others in Havana earlier this year. The Americans suffered hearing loss, headaches, and dizziness.
Fifteen Cuban diplomats were expelled from Washington in retaliation. Trump did not specifically say who he thinks is responsible and U.S. investigators still do not know exactly who and what caused the injuries.
Cuban investigators say allegations that someone placed a sonic device outside the diplomats' homes in Havana are "science fiction."聯合國大會星期三晚間將就敦促美國停止對古巴的經濟禁運舉行投票，美國預計將投反對票。
美國前總統奧巴馬曾尋求與哈瓦那建立正常化的關係。在去年聯合國一次類似的投票中，美國首次投了棄權。儘管川普政府仍計劃與古巴保持接觸並把美國利益放在首位，川普政府已然廢除了奧巴馬時代在與古巴改善關係上取得的一些進展。
美國國務院發言人努爾特星期二表示：“古巴長時間侵犯人權，可能過去的美國政府選擇視而不見。”古巴還沒有就聯合國星期三投票一事發表評論。
聯合國大會決議案並沒有約束力。但是聯合國代表每年都以壓倒性的多數票敦促美國國會廢除針對古巴持續57年的禁運。去年聯大以191比0的票數通過了決議案，美國和以色列投了棄權票。
今年早些時候美國駐古巴的24名外交官和工作人員因神祕的噪音攻擊而身體受損，有人出現聽力退化、頭痛和頭暈等情況。川普總統認爲古巴應對此負責。
美國驅逐了15名古巴駐美外交官以示報復。川普沒有明確說誰應該對此事負責，美國調查人員也尚不清楚這些狀況是由什麼人或什麼事物導致的。
古巴的調查人員表示，所謂有人在這些美國外交官的住所外放置了噪音設備的指控是“科幻小說”。
