From A/62/3 Report of the Economic and Social Council for 2007

July 24, 2007

                                 
                                 Voting Record on the Resolution on the Situation of and assistance to Palestinian women


	At the same meeting, the Council adopted the draft resolution entitled “Situation of and assistance to Palestinian women”, recommended by the Commission (see E/2007/27, chap. I.B) by a roll-call vote of 38 to 2, with 1 abstention. See Council resolution 2007/7. The voting was as follows:,
In favour:
	Algeria, Austria, Barbados, Belarus, Bolivia, Cape Verde, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, France, Germany, Greece, Guyana, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Japan, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Paraguay, Philippines, Portugal, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Sudan, Thailand, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Against:
	Canada, United States of America.
Abstaining:
	Angola.


	 	The delegations of Sri Lanka and Brazil subsequently indicated that, had they been present during the vote, they would have voted in favour of the draft resolution. 
	 	The delegation of Angola subsequently indicated that its vote should have been in favour of the draft resolution.