On October 28, 2026, the United Nations General Assembly is convening a high-stakes scheduled session to deliberate and cast a formal vote on a landmark draft resolution demanding the immediate termination of the long-running U.S.-imposed economic, commercial, and financial blockade against Cuba. Ahead of the proceedings, official data released ahead of the debate confirms that over the 12-month window spanning March 1, 2025, to February 28, 2026, the cumulative economic harm inflicted on Cuban communities, public services, and national development by the blockade hit an unprecedented all-time high of $8,083,300,000 U.S. dollars. The formal debate segment leading up to the vote will kick off promptly at 10:00 a.m. local UN time, with a pre-published speaker lineup featuring 10 delegations holding speaking slots 27 through 37. The participating nations scheduled to deliver formal statements in sequence are Mexico, India, Cabo Verde, Zambia, Viet Nam, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Egypt, Belize, and closing the speaker list with a national address is the delegation of Cuba itself. Immediately after all 10 scheduled speakers deliver their remarks, the full General Assembly will move directly to the formal recorded vote on the anti-blockade resolution. Global audiences can access unfiltered, real-time live coverage of the entire debate and subsequent voting process directly through the official United Nations Webtv streaming platform hosted at https://webtv.un.org/. The announcement and procedural details are released by Cuban state international news outlet Granma International, as the 2026 iteration of the longstanding annual UN vote on ending the Cuba blockade unfolds.