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title: "UN R/59/207 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/59/207: Human rights. Adopted in 2004 — 96 in favour, 2 against, 66 abstaining. The President (spoke in French): Draft resolution IV is entitled _Situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo<d3>. A separate vote has been requested on the third preambular paragraph, the fourth preambular paragraph and operative paragraph 5 of draft resolution IV. As there is no objection to those requests we shall proceed accordingly. I now put to the vote the third preambular paragraph of draft resolution IV, on which a separate vote has been requested. A recorded vote has been requested. A"
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# R/59/207: nan

Voted 2004-12-20 · Human rights

Yes

96

59%

No

2

1%

Abstain

66

40%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

The President (spoke in French): Draft resolution IV is entitled \_Situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo\<d3>. A separate vote has been requested on the third preambular paragraph, the fourth preambular paragraph and operative paragraph 5 of draft resolution IV. As there is no objection to those requests we shall proceed accordingly. I now put to the vote the third preambular paragraph of draft resolution IV, on which a separate vote has been requested. A recorded vote has been requested. A

### Voted against

Rwanda, Uganda

### Notable abstentions

Algeria, Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Brazil, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Colombia, Cuba

## Primary sources

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

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