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title: "UN R/57/233 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/57/233: Human rights. Adopted in 2002 — 136 in favour, 1 against, 30 abstaining. The Acting President: Draft resolution IV is entitled _Situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo<d3>. A separate vote has been requested on sub- paragraph (i) of paragraph 1 of draft resolution IV. Is there any objection to that request? There is none. 37A/57/PV.77 I shall now put to the vote sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph 1 of draft resolution IV, on which a separatevote has been requested. A recorded vote has been requested. A"
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# R/57/233: nan

Voted 2002-12-18 · Human rights

Yes

136

81%

No

1

1%

Abstain

30

18%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

The Acting President: Draft resolution IV is entitled \_Situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo\<d3>. A separate vote has been requested on sub- paragraph (i) of paragraph 1 of draft resolution IV. Is there any objection to that request? There is none. 37A/57/PV.77 I shall now put to the vote sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph 1 of draft resolution IV, on which a separatevote has been requested. A recorded vote has been requested. A

### Voted against

United States

### Notable abstentions

Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Bhutan, Cameroon, Comoros, Dominica, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel

## Primary sources

- [Voeten, UN General Assembly Voting Data (Harvard Dataverse)](https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/LEJUQZ)

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