---
title: "Ask your MP to keep SA backing Cuba"
summary: "Two minutes. Ask your MP to raise South Africa's UN position on the US embargo of Cuba with Parliament's international relations committee."
reviewed: 2026-10-29
canonical: "https://cuba.timothybrits.co.za/act/ask-your-mp-un-vote"
license: "CC BY 4.0"
---

# Ask your MP to keep SA backing Cuba

Two minutes. Ask your MP to raise South Africa's UN position on the US embargo of Cuba with Parliament's international relations committee.

- An email to your own Member of Parliament.
- Use the link above to find your MP's name and email address. You send the email yourself; the site cannot send it for you.
- The UN General Assembly voted on the embargo again on 28 October 2026, and support for the resolution fell to a 20-year low.

Goes to: Your Member of Parliament. Takes about 2 minutes.

You fill in the blanks, then send the message from your own email app or WhatsApp. The site never sees the message or who sends it.

Subject: A constituent's request on South Africa's position on the Cuba embargo

## Message template

```text
Dear {mp_name},

I am a constituent in {town}.

On 28 October 2026 the UN General Assembly voted again on a resolution calling for an end to the United States embargo on Cuba. It passed with 130 votes in favour, 17 against and 25 abstentions. UN records show South Africa voted in favour.

{personal_reason}

{my_point}

Please would you raise this with Parliament's Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation, and ask that South Africa keep voting for an end to the embargo? I would be glad to hear what you can do.

Thank you for your time.

Kind regards,
{name}
{town}
```

## Sources

1. Voting record, A/81/L.5: Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba (28 October 2026). United Nations Digital Library, 28 October 2026. https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/4131295 (United Nations)
2. Backing for UN call to end Cuba embargo falls to 20-year low. UN News, 28 October 2026. https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/10/1168694 (United Nations)