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Resources updated between Monday, December 16, 2013 and Sunday, December 22, 2013
December 20, 2013
Draft was adopted with 169 votes in favor, 6 against (Australia, Canada, Federated States of Micronesia, Israel, Palau, United States), and 4 abstentions (Cameroon, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Tonga).
General Assembly Resolution "Oil slick on Lebanese shores" Development
Draft was adopted with 168 votes in favor, 6 against (Canada, Federated States of Micronesia, Israel, Marshall Islands, Palau, United States), and 9 abstentions (Australia, Cameroon, Honduras, Kiribati, Malawi, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Tonga).
Draft was adopted without a vote.
General Assembly Resolution "Harmony with Nature" Development
December 19, 2013
More than two dozen U.S. Senate Democrats and Republicans introduced a bipartisan Senate bill (when was the last time we heard that phrase?) that would impose new sanctions on Iran if it violates last month's agreement. Obama's response? A veto threat. To the President, Congress is more of a threat than Iran.
December 18, 2013
Draft was adopted with 158 votes in favor, 4 against (Canada, Israel, United Kingdom, United States), and 28 abstentions.
General Assembly Resolution "The right to development", A/RES/68/158 Development
Draft was adopted without a vote.
General Assembly Resolution "Right to the truth", A/RES/68/165 Development
Draft was adopted with 132 votes in favor, 52 against, and 6 abstentions (Chile, Costa Rica, Mexico, Palau, Peru, Samoa).
General Assembly Resolution "Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order", A/RES/68/175 Development
Draft was adopted without a vote.
General Assembly Resolution "The right to privacy in the digital age", A/RES/68/167 Development
Draft was adopted with 94 votes in favor, 71 against, and 23 abstentions.
General Assembly Resolution "Report of the Human Rights Council", A/RES/68/144 Development
Draft was rejected with 83 votes against, 80 in favor, and 18 abstentions.
Amendment to "Report of the Human Rights Council", A/68/L.33 Development
Draft was adopted with 134 votes in favor, 11 against, and 46 abstentions.
Draft was adopted with 136 votes in favor, 54 against, and no abstentions.
General Assembly Resolution "Human rights and cultural diversity", A/RES/68/159 Development
Draft was adopted without a vote.
General Assembly Resolution "Freedom of religion or belief", A/RES/68/170 Development
Draft was adopted without a vote.
General Assembly Resolution "Protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism" Development
Draft was adopted with 178 votes in favor, 7 against (Canada, Federated States of Micronesia, Israel, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, United States), and 4 abstentions (Cameroon, Paraguay, Tonga, Vanuatu).
General Assembly Resolution "The right of the Palestinian people to self-determination", A/RES/68/154 Development
Draft was adopted with 86 votes in favor, 36 against, and 61 abstentions.
General Assembly Resolution "Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran", A/RES/68/184 Development
Draft was adopted without a vote.
Draft was adopted with 127 votes in favor, 13 against, and 47 abstentions.
General Assembly Resolution "Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic", A/RES/68/182 Development
December 17, 2013
Robert Serry, the UN's Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, briefed the UN Security Council. He repeated the UN threat against Israel, calling the year 2014 the "moment of truth" for the Middle East peace process. Among other things, he warned Israel not to respond to the recent killing of one of its soldiers by a member of the Lebanese army. At the UN, Israeli self-defense is only a theory.
December 16, 2013
UN asks for a record $6.5B to help the 16 million Syrians it says are affected by Assad's bloodbath - the cost of continuing the war while the world stands by. Where's John Kerry after all? Pounding Israel.
UN Makes Record Syria Appeal To Avert 'Greatest Humanitarian Crisis In Modern History' Article
Draft was adopted without a vote.
General Assembly Resolution "Measures to eliminate international terrorism", A/RES/68/119 Development
"A political and human rights activist in Saudi Arabia was sentenced to 300 lashes and four years in prison for defying the king and calling for democracy, a rights group said Sunday. Omar al-Saeed, a member of the Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association (ACPRA), was sentenced in the city of Buraidah on Dec. 12 and is the fourth of his group to be imprisoned this year. Adam Coogle, Middle East researcher for advocacy group Human Rights Watch, told NBC News that since Saudi Arabia has no formal penal code, the charges against al-Saeed and the other group members are arbitrary."
Saudi Political Activist Sentenced To 300 Lashes, 4 Years In Prison, Rights Group Says Human Rights Voices