General Assembly Calls on U.S. to End Contra Aid
The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly called on the United States today to stop aiding the Nicaraguan contras , in compliance with a World Court judgment last June.
The United States vetoed a similar resolution in the Security Council last Tuesday. There is no veto in the 159-member assembly, where the vote was 94 to 3, with 47 abstentions.
Joining the United States today in voting against the Nicaraguan-sponsored draft were El Salvador and Israel.
Some of the United States’ friends and allies abstained, including Britain, France and West Germany, and two of Nicaragua’s neighbors, Costa Rica and Honduras.
But others voted for the resolution, including Australia, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Norway.
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