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title: "UN R/59/261 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/59/261: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 2004 — 115 in favour, 3 against, 34 abstaining. The President (spoke in French): I shall next putto the vote the words _corporal punishment<d3> in operative paragraph 38 (b) 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

115

76%

No

3

2%

Abstain

34

22%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

The President (spoke in French): I shall next putto the vote the words \_corporal punishment\<d3> in operative paragraph 38 (b) of draft resolution II, on which a separate vote has been requested. A recorded vote has been requested. A

### Voted against

Malaysia, Singapore, Tanzania

### Notable abstentions

Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Bhutan, Brunei, Comoros, Congo - Brazzaville, Djibouti, Dominica, Guyana, India, Iran

## Primary sources

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

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