Cuba used the UN Security Council to warn against the use of hunger as a weapon due to US economic restrictions.
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Cuba used the UN Security Council to warn against the use of hunger as a weapon due to US economic restrictions.
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Newest first. Tap a step to see who reported it.- A Cuban mission championed a resolution in Geneva regarding the food crisis blamed on the US embargo.Sub-event
Cuba raised the issue of US economic restrictions and resulting hunger at the UNSC.1 source
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Cuba
sovereign state situated on an island in the Caribbean Sea
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United Nations Security Council
one of the six principal organs of the UN, charged with the maintenance of international peace and security
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