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title: "UN R/73/175 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "R/73/175: Human rights. Adopted in 2018 — 121 in favour, 35 against, 32 abstaining. A/73/251 74b - Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms. - HUMAN RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT;A/73/251 74b[1] - CAPITAL PUNISHMENT"
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# R/73/175: Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Voted 2018-12-17 · Human rights

Yes

121

64%

No

35

19%

Abstain

32

17%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

A/73/251 74b - Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms. - HUMAN RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT;A/73/251 74b\[1] - CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

### Voted against

Afghanistan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Brunei, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, Grenada, India, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Japan, Kuwait, Maldives, Nauru, North Korea, Oman, Papua New Guinea, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Sudan, Syria, Trinidad & Tobago, United States, Yemen, Zimbabwe

### Notable abstentions

Antigua & Barbuda, Belarus, Cameroon, Comoros, Congo - Brazzaville, Congo - Kinshasa, Cuba, Djibouti, Ghana, Guinea, Guyana, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Laos

## Primary sources

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

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