UN vote ·
R/63/240: nan
Voted 2008-12-24 · Disarmament
Summary
The President (spoke in Spanish): The Assembly will resume consideration of the report of the First Committee on agenda item 89, entitled _General and complete disarmament<d3> in order to take action on draft resolution XXV recommended by the First Committee in paragraph 86 of its report (A/63/389). The report of the Fifth Committee on the programme budget implications of draft resolution XXV is contained in document A/63/650. We will now take a decision on draft resolution XXV. Draft resolution XXV is entitled _Towards an arms trade treaty: establishing common international standards for the…
Voted against
United States
Notable abstentions
Bahrain, Belarus, China, Egypt, India, Iran, Israel, Kuwait, Libya, Myanmar (Burma), Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sudan