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title: "UN R/57/232 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/57/232: Human rights. Adopted in 2002 — 83 in favour, 7 against, 81 abstaining. The Acting President: Draft resolution III is entitled \"Situation of human rights in Iraq\". Separate votes have been requested on operative paragraphs 4(a), 4(b), 4(e) and 4(f) of draft resolution III. Are there any objections to those requests? There are non. I shall put to the vote operative paragraph 4(a) of draft resolution III, on wihch a separate vote has been requested."
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# R/57/232: nan

Voted 2002-12-18 · Human rights

Yes

83

49%

No

7

4%

Abstain

81

47%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

The Acting President: Draft resolution III is entitled "Situation of human rights in Iraq". Separate votes have been requested on operative paragraphs 4(a), 4(b), 4(e) and 4(f) of draft resolution III. Are there any objections to those requests? There are non. I shall put to the vote operative paragraph 4(a) of draft resolution III, on wihch a separate vote has been requested.

### Voted against

China, Cuba, Libya, Russia, Sudan, Syria, Vietnam

### Notable abstentions

Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Botswana, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burundi

## Primary sources

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

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