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Stavros Lambrinidis

European Union Ambassador to the United Nations.

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Will the EU shift its Cuba stance amid Havana's tilt toward Russia and Ukraine votes?

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Acknowledged the embargo's humanitarian harm while criticising Cuba's Ukraine vote

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Who is Stavros Lambrinidis?
A Greek diplomat who is the EU's Ambassador to the United Nations, having previously served as EU Ambassador to the United States and EU Special Representative for Human Rights.
What did the EU say at the 2026 UN Cuba embargo debate?
EU Ambassador Stavros Lambrinidis acknowledged the embargo's humanitarian harm but criticised Cuba's Ukraine-Ceasefire vote and its use of Russian forces, announcing no new EU measures.Source: event
When did Stavros Lambrinidis become EU Ambassador to the United Nations?
He took up the post in January 2024, after serving as EU Ambassador to the United States from 2019 to 2023.

Background

Stavros Lambrinidis, a Greek diplomat and former politician, has spent over a decade in senior EU human-rights and diplomatic roles. A former MEP and briefly Greece's foreign minister in 2011, he served as the EU's Special Representative for Human Rights from 2012 to 2019, then as EU Ambassador to the United States from 2019 to 2023. He has been the EU's Ambassador to the United Nations since January 2024.

At the UN General Assembly's annual Cuba embargo debate on 7 July 2026, Lambrinidis delivered the EU's statement, acknowledging the embargo's humanitarian harm while criticising Havana's vote against a Ukraine Ceasefire resolution and its use of Russian forces, and announcing no new EU measures . His remarks placed the EU between its long-standing embargo criticism and unease over Cuba's foreign alignments.