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title: "UN R/58/157 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/58/157: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 2003 — 129 in favour, 4 against, 31 abstaining. The President: I shall now put to the vote the words _corporal punishment<d3> in operative paragraph 41 (c) of draft resolution IV, on which a separate vote has been requested. A recorded vote has been requested. A/58/PV.77 A"
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# R/58/157: nan

Voted 2003-12-22 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

129

79%

No

4

2%

Abstain

31

19%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

The President: I shall now put to the vote the words \_corporal punishment\<d3> in operative paragraph 41 (c) of draft resolution IV, on which a separate vote has been requested. A recorded vote has been requested. A/58/PV.77 A

### Voted against

Malaysia, Pakistan, Singapore, Tanzania

### Notable abstentions

Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Benin, Bhutan, Botswana, Brunei, Congo - Kinshasa, Dominica, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana

## Primary sources

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

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