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Cuba: Reaffirmation of Cuban Dignity and Sovereignty Act

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

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Articles 1-14 [The Helms Burton Act is illegal; Cuba is willing to pay adequate and just compensation for expropriated property; such compensation will be denied to persons or corporations that invoke the Helms-Burton Act; currency regulations concerning Cubans living in the U.S.; procedure for filing claims for damages caused by the Batista dictatorship; the aim of Cuba is to block the application of the Helms-Burton Act.

Type
Legislation and Regulations
Information
International Legal Materials , Volume 36 , Issue 2 , March 1997 , pp. 472 - 476
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of International Law 1997

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References

* Reproduced from UN Document A/52/68, February 3, 1997, Annex.

[On November 12, 1996, the UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 51/17, on the Necessity of Ending the U.S. Embargo against Cuba, by a vote of 137 in favor to 3 against (Israel, United States, Uzbekistan), with 25 abstentions. The Resolution is very similar to Resolution 50/10, adopted November 2, 1995, which appears at 35 I.L.M. 483 (1996).

[The U.S. Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (Libertad) Act of 1996 (Helms-Burton Act), March 12, 1996, appears at 35 I.L.M. 357 (1996).

[The OAS Inter-American Juridical Committee Opinion Examining the U.S. Helms-Burton Act, with an Introductory Note by Seymour J. Rubin, appears at 35 I.L.M. 1322 (1996); the Canadian Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act Incorporating the Amendments Countering the U.S. Helms-Burton Act, with an Introductory Note by Douglas H. Forsythe, appears at 36 I.L.M. III (1997); the European Union Council Regulation (EC) No. 2271/96, blocking the Helms-Burton Act, appears at 36 I.L.M. 125 (1997); and the Mexican Act to Protect Trade and Investment from Foreign Norms that Contravene International Law, with an Introductory Note by Jorge A. Vargas, appears at 36 I.L.M. 133 (1997).]