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title: "UN R/53/157 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/53/157: Human rights. Adopted in 1998 — 93 in favour, 2 against, 57 abstaining. The Acting President: The statement by the representative of Albania will be reflected in the record. The Assembly has before it 10 draft resolutions recommended by the Third Committee in paragraph 55 of its report. I shall put the 10 draft resolutions to the GeneralAssembly one by one. After all decisions have been taken,representatives will again have the opportunity to explaintheir votes. 18 85th plenary meeting 9 December 1998 The Assembly will first turn to draft resolution I, entitled _Situation of human rights in Rwanda<d3>. The Third Committee adopted draft resolution I without a vote…"
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# R/53/157: nan

Voted 1998-12-09 · Human rights

Yes

93

61%

No

2

1%

Abstain

57

38%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

The Acting President: The statement by the representative of Albania will be reflected in the record. The Assembly has before it 10 draft resolutions recommended by the Third Committee in paragraph 55 of its report. I shall put the 10 draft resolutions to the GeneralAssembly one by one. After all decisions have been taken,representatives will again have the opportunity to explaintheir votes. 18 85th plenary meeting 9 December 1998 The Assembly will first turn to draft resolution I, entitled \_Situation of human rights in Rwanda\<d3>. The Third Committee adopted draft resolution I without a vote…

### Voted against

Libya, Sudan

### Notable abstentions

Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Bangladesh, Belarus, Benin, Brunei, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Colombia, Congo - Kinshasa, Cuba

## Primary sources

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

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