text: Tbe United States applied an economic enbargo to samples of Cuban handlcrafts for handicraft FaiEst llcrth American tr8nsnational corporatlons lmpeded acquisitlon by Cuba of chemical. producta needed to control ePldemic incroduced into countryt Prohibltion on buslnesg and tourist lravel by United states citizens to Cuba, including use of credit cards and cash payments. The United States nocified the Japanese Government of its declslon not to import Japanese steels containlng Cuban nickel. the Trade and Tariff Act maintained i.n force provisions of L974 Trade Actt The United statea suprcme Court reconfirned the repressi.ve measures ioposed by the United States covernment on tourisls from United gtates wlshing to lravel to Cuba.A/40/596 Engl ish Paqe 42 CYPRUS l. The Minigtry of Foreign Affalrs of the t€publlc of Cyprua conplioents to the Secr ela ry-General of the Unlted Nations and General Assembly resolution 381197 entltled nBconomlc measure6political and economtc coerclon again6t developing c.ountrleai, follows. 2. Cyprus as a developlng country has never experlenced any blockades, embargoes or other econonlc oeaaures, lmposed on it[Origlnal! Engl i shl [4 october 1984 ] presents its r.l th referenc€ to aa a oeans of uishes to report as trade res !r lct1ons, by snother country. CyPrus strongly condemns those developed countrieg that adopt economic oeasures for the purpose of exerting coercion or preasure on developlng countries in order to interfere in tbeir lnternal affairs or to lnterfere in the exercise of their sovereign r ights. 4. Cyprus fully supports the efforts m€de for the restructuring of lhe present Lnternnational economic systen and the establtshoent of a nerr international econooic order. 5. Cyprus is in favour of a ner lnternational econoolc system that must be ilore humane and deoocratlc, by the adoption of new rules and prlnclples governing international trade, flnanclal and flpnetarv matt€r8 and that mu8t be based on todayrs norld rea l iti es.
analysis: The text primarily discusses economic sanctions and measures imposed by the United States on Cuba, as well as the stance of Cyprus on international trade and economic cooperation. The text highlights the impact of these sanctions on Cuba's ability to acquire necessary chemical products to control epidemics, as well as the prohibition on business and tourist travel to Cuba. The text also touches on the topic of international trade and the need for a new, more humane and democratic international economic order.