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description: "R/63/240: General Assembly recorded vote. Adopted in 2008 — 130 in favour, 1 against, 20 abstaining. The President (spoke in Spanish): I shall now put to the vote operative paragraph 5 of draft resolution XXV. A recorded vote has been requested. A"
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# R/63/240: nan

Voted 2008-12-24 · General Assembly recorded vote

Yes

130

86%

No

1

1%

Abstain

20

13%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

The President (spoke in Spanish): I shall now put to the vote operative paragraph 5 of draft resolution XXV. A recorded vote has been requested. A

### Voted against

United States

### Notable abstentions

Bahrain, Belarus, China, Egypt, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Kuwait, Libya, Myanmar (Burma), Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia

## Primary sources

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

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