Signify. Those against. Those against. Abstentions. May i give the floor to the secretariat. Thank you, mr. President. The General Assembly is now voting on draft resolution a 72 l2, entitled necessity of ending the economic, commercial, and financial embargo imposed by the United States of america against cuba. Will all delegations confirm that their votes are accurately reflected on the screen. The voting has now been completed. Please lock the machine. The result. May i just read the result of the vote. It is as follows. In favor, 191 votes. Against, 2. Abstentions, zero. Draft resolution a 72 l2 is adopted. [ applause ] now i would like to give the floor to the distinguished representative of the United States. Good morning. I first want to start by giving condolences from the United States to our brothers and sisters in argentina and belgium. They were some of the victims in the terrorist attack yesterday in new york city. And while our hearts are broken, our resolve is strong. This hit our city. This is where we all come together and we work together. But we have to always be Strong Enough to let them know, terrorism wont win. If we stand together, we will once and for all defeat the evil. But thank you very much for your condolences and the support. And all of the good wishes that you have sent our way, we certainly do appreciate it. For over 55 years, the cuban regime has used this debate in the United NationsGeneral Assembly as a shiny object to distract the worlds attention from the destruction it has inflicted on its own people and on others in the western hemisphere. Even during the cuban missile crisis, when the castro dictatorship allowed the soviet union to secretly install Nuclear Missiles in cuba, the cuban regime and its soviet allies claimed that the real threat to peace wasnt the missiles aimed at america. The real threat, they said, was the United States discovery of these missiles. At the time, the u. S. Ambassador to the United Nations, adlai stevenson, identified the cuban regimes habit of pointing fingers anywhere but at itself. He said, quote, this is the first time i have ever heard it said that the crime is not the burglar but the discovery of the burglar, and that the threat is not the clandestine missiles in cuba but their discovery and the limited measures taken to quarantine further infection. Today the crime is the cuban governments continued repression of its people and failure to meet even the minimum requirements of a free and just society. Our response has been to stand with the cuban people and their right to determine their own future. For this, each year, this assemblys time is wasted considering this resolution and the United States is subjected to all manner of ridiculous claims. Captioning performed by vitac