Date: December 18, 2007 Original Source: http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2007/ga10678.doc.htm Press release excerpts Sixty-second General Assembly Plenary 76th & 77th Meetings (AM & PM) GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS LANDMARK TEXT CALLING FOR MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTY Adopts 54 Resolutions, 12 Decisions Recommended by Third Committee …Draft resolution II, entitled Global efforts for the total elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and the comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, approved by a recorded vote of 119 in favour to 45 against, with 6 abstentions (Armenia, Japan, Liechtenstein, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland), as orally revised on 28 November, would have the Assembly express its “profound concern and unequivocal condemnation” at all forms of racism and racial discrimination.  The misuse of the media and the Internet to incite violence motivated by racial hatred would be condemned, with States called upon to combat that form of racism.  The central role of the Human Rights Council in monitoring the implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action would be reaffirmed.  (Press Release http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2007/gashc3912.doc.htm GA/SHC/3912) Draft resolution III on the Report of the Human Rights Council on the preparations for the Durban Review Conference, approved by a recorded vote 169 in favour to 2 against (Israel, United States), with 4 abstentions (Australia, Cambodia, Canada, Fiji), on 20 November, would have the Assembly welcome the report of the Preparatory Committee on its first session, particularly the decisions adopted by the organizational session of that Committee.  It would also endorse the decisions adopted by this session.  (Press Release http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2007/gashc3909.doc.htm GA/SHC/3909) The draft decision on the Report of the Secretary-General on global efforts for the total elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and the comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action would have the Assembly take note of this document… …Draft resolution II on “Global efforts for the total elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and the comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action” was postponed until a later date, to allow time for review of its programme budget implications. Draft resolution III on the “Report of the Human Rights Council on the preparations for the Durban Review Conference” was adopted by a recorded vote of 177 in favour to 3 against (Israel, Marshall Islands, United States), with 3 abstentions (Norway, Australia, Canada).  (See annex III) Adopting a draft decision without a vote, the Assembly took note of the report of the Secretary-General on global efforts for the total elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and the comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action... ANNEX III Vote on the Report of the Human Rights Council on the Preparations for the Durban Review Conference The draft resolution on the report of the Human Rights Council on the preparations for the Durban Review Conference (document A/62/437) was adopted by a recorded vote of 177 in favour to 3 against, with 3 abstentions, as follows: In favour:  Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Timor-Leste, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Against:  Israel, Marshall Islands, United States. Abstain:  Australia, Canada, Norway. Absent:  Dominica, Guinea-Bissau, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Micronesia (Federated States of), Nauru, Palau, Seychelles, Tonga.