Vote on Amendment

The amendment to the draft resolution on intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women (document A/C.3/64/L.25*) was rejected by a recorded vote of 60 against to 52 in favour, with 40 abstentions, as follows:

Against:  Albania, Andorra, Angola, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Burundi, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Congo, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malawi, Malta, Micronesia (Federated States of), Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Moldova, Romania, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States.

In favour:  Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bolivia, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, China, Cuba, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Gambia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Malaysia, Mauritania, Morocco, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Singapore, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen, Zimbabwe.

Abstain:  Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Botswana, Cape Verde, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Dominica, Ethiopia, Grenada, Guinea, Guyana, Jamaica, Kenya, Liechtenstein, Maldives, Mali, Mexico, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of Korea, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Switzerland, Timor-Leste, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia.

Absent:  Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Liberia, Madagascar, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Togo, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu.

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