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title: "UN R/59/261 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/59/261: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 2004 — 110 in favour, 26 against, 12 abstaining. The President (spoke in French): Draft resolution II is entitled: _Rights of the child<d3>. Separate votes have been requested on operative paragraph 9, operative paragraph 23 (b) and on the words _corporal punishment<d3> in operative paragraph 38 (b) of draft resolution II. In the absence of objection, I will first put to the vote operative paragraph 9 of draft resolution II, on which a separate vote has been requested. A recorded vote has been requested. A"
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# R/59/261: nan

Voted 2004-12-23 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

110

74%

No

26

18%

Abstain

12

8%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

The President (spoke in French): Draft resolution II is entitled: \_Rights of the child\<d3>. Separate votes have been requested on operative paragraph 9, operative paragraph 23 (b) and on the words \_corporal punishment\<d3> in operative paragraph 38 (b) of draft resolution II. In the absence of objection, I will first put to the vote operative paragraph 9 of draft resolution II, on which a separate vote has been requested. A recorded vote has been requested. A

### Voted against

Bahrain, Bangladesh, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Ghana, India, Iran, Japan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Niger, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, United States, Vietnam, Yemen

### Notable abstentions

Algeria, Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Belarus, Brunei, Jordan, Malaysia, Myanmar (Burma), Nigeria, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, Uganda

## Primary sources

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

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