December 6, 2018

U.N. General Assembly fails to adopt resolution put forward by the United States, "Activities of Hamas and other militant groups in Gaza"

Date
December 6, 2018
Title
U.N. General Assembly resolution put forward by the United States, “Activities of Hamas and other militant groups in Gaza,” A/73/L.42
Original Source
https://undocs.org/en/A/73/L.42
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Note
The U.N. General Assembly failed to adopt the resolution by the required 2/3 majority vote on December 6, 2018. The vote was rejected by a vote of 87 in favor, 57 against (Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bolivia, Botswana, Brunei-Darussalam, China, Comoros, Congo, Cuba, Djibouti, Egypt, Gambia, Guinea, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Laos People Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Suriname, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe), with 33 abstentions (Afghanistan, Angola, Armenia, Barbados, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cote D'Ivoire, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, India, Kenya, Mongolia, Nepal, Philippines, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Vanuatu)

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