The UN General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly, for the 16th year in a row, in favour of lifting the 45-year-old US trade embargo against communist-ruled Cuba.
The vote by the 192-member assembly was carried by 184 in favour, four against and one abstention.
In a virtual repeat of last year's vote, the United States, Israel, Palau and the Marshall Islands voted against the resolution, while Micronesia abstained.
The vote came less than a week after US President George W Bush vowed the US economic sanctions against the Cuba would remain in place.
Mr Bush said that as long as the regime maintains its monopoly over the political and economic life of the Cuban people, the United States will keep the embargo in place.