United States Department of State
Washington DC
28 October 2024
Press Briefing- Matthew Miller, Spokesperson

QUESTION: Tomorrow, as you may know, is the annual vote in the UN General Assembly condemning the U.S. embargo on Cuba. You were aware of that?

MR MILLER: I was not tracking this on my bingo card, so go right ahead.

QUESTION: I’m just wondering how the U.S. is going to vote this year.

MR MILLER: I doubt we’ll be voting to condemn ourselves, so —

QUESTION: Well, you abstained one year. The last year of Obama’s presidency, you guys abstained on it and it caused a bit of a ripple. But as you probably know, it’s basically the entire world votes to condemn it, and you and Israel – and in some cases, Palau or another Pacific Island nation joins in voting against. This year it’s most likely just going to be U.S. and Israel. So do you have anything to say about this —

MR MILLER: I don’t —

QUESTION: — yearly display of isolation on the international stage —

MR MILLER: I don’t.

QUESTION: — at least in terms of this one policy?

MR MILLER: I’m sure I will tomorrow – I’m sure I will tomorrow if the vote takes place, but no, not today. So —

QUESTION: Yeah? Okay. Thank you.

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