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title: "UN R/58/157 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/58/157: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 2003 — 135 in favour, 8 against, 27 abstaining. The President: Draft resolution II is entitled _The girl child<d3>. The Third Committee adopted draft resolution II without a vote. May I take it that the Assembly wishes to do the same? Draft resolution II was adopted (resolution 58/156). The President: Draft resolution IV is entitled _Rights of the child<d3>. Separate votes have been requested on paragraph 26 (b) and on the words _corporal punishment<d3> in operative paragraph 41 (c) in draft resolution IV. Are there any objections to this request? There are none. I shall put to the vote operative paragraph 26 (b) of draft resolution IV on…"
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# R/58/157: nan

Voted 2003-12-22 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

135

79%

No

8

5%

Abstain

27

16%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

The President: Draft resolution II is entitled \_The girl child\<d3>. The Third Committee adopted draft resolution II without a vote. May I take it that the Assembly wishes to do the same? Draft resolution II was adopted (resolution 58/156). The President: Draft resolution IV is entitled \_Rights of the child\<d3>. Separate votes have been requested on paragraph 26 (b) and on the words \_corporal punishment\<d3> in operative paragraph 41 (c) in draft resolution IV. Are there any objections to this request? There are none. I shall put to the vote operative paragraph 26 (b) of draft resolution IV on…

### Voted against

Botswana, Guyana, Malaysia, Nigeria, Singapore, Tanzania, Tonga, United States

### Notable abstentions

Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Benin, Bhutan, Brunei, Congo - Kinshasa, Gambia, Guinea, India, Israel, Jamaica, Kenya

## Primary sources

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

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