The two delegations had therefore abstained in the vote.

For the reasons I have outlined, my delegation abstained in the voting.

Moreover, it fails to address the issue of international cooperation with States that have suffered from the proliferation of mines on their territories or the need to provide such States with assistance in mine clearance.

My delegation therefore abstained in the voting on draft resolution A C.1 60 L.56.

Mr. Wang Guangya (China) (spoke in Chinese) The Chinese delegation abstained in the voting on the resolution.

True to form, 20 MPs were absent, 49 MPs voted in favor of the proposed amendment, while 49 rejected it, and 2 abstained.

Sunni Kurds, unlike the overwhelming majority of their countrymen, abstained from voting to endorse the creation of an Islamic republic in April 1979.

Mr. Percaya (Indonesia) My delegation abstained in the voting on draft resolution A C.1 60 L.22.

My delegation abstained in the vote on draft resolution A C.1 60 L.22 because The Hague Code of Conduct is selective and discriminatory.

Since Kazakhstan is not a signatory to the Convention, my delegation has abstained in the voting on the draft resolution.

As at previous sessions, the delegation of Cuba abstained in the vote on the draft resolution on implementation of the Ottawa Convention on anti personnel mines.

Mr. Gala López (Cuba) (spoke in Spanish) As it did on a similar text last year, my delegation abstained in the vote on draft resolution A C.1 60 L.22.

Mr. Ben Shaban (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) (spoke in Arabic) The delegation of my country abstained in the vote on resolution XXVII, on implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti personnel Mines and on Their Destruction, because my country is not a party to the Convention.

The decisive moment came when the army abstained from suppressing the protests.

While the author was given an opportunity to mitigate the sentence by way of apology, he failed to do so.

It had abstained in the vote on the addition of an item on conflicts in the Black Sea South Caucasus region to the agenda of the General Assembly, taking the view that all conflict resolution mechanisms, including those already operating, must be given support.

Mr. Gala López (Cuba) (spoke in Spanish) With respect to draft resolution I, entitled Compliance with non proliferation, arms limitation and disarmament agreements , contained in the report of the First Committee (A 60 463), my delegation abstained for the following reasons.

44th meeting 12 April 2005 Adopted by a recorded vote of 48 to 2, with 2 abstentions.

Mr. Yáñez Barnuevo (Spain), emphasizing that his delegation understood the reasoning of the members of the GUAM group, said that it had nevertheless abstained in the vote because it was concerned that adding to the General Assembly agenda matters already under consideration in other forums would prove counterproductive.

(The new, gentler IMF has sworn off such harsh conditionality for Greece.)

The Commission s own internal culture of cautiousness and red tape is a constraint that nobody in Brussels much likes to talk about.

There would have been no need for that, had he refrained from making political statements in newspaper articles and interviews.

If the person fails to perform the duty to provide maintenance, the court will order maintenance to be paid as of the submission of the claim.

Netizen Oculus Dada tweeted about the timing of the vote

To that end, we abstained in the voting on the Declaration.

Members abstaining from voting shall be considered as not voting.

France, Portugal, and Spain have firmly declared that they will vote in favor of Palestine s status upgrade, while the Czech Republic opposes it, and Germany will abstain.

The Board usually makes decisions by consensus, but in a rare non consensus decision it adopted this resolution by vote, with 12 abstentions.

The President The result of the voting is as follows 11 votes in favour, none against and 4 abstentions.

Resolution adopted by a recorded vote of 32 votes to 2, with 19 abstentions, as follows

Members who abstain from voting are considered as not voting.

Representatives may make brief statements consisting solely of explanations of vote, before the voting has commenced, or after the voting has been completed.

Resolution adopted by a recorded vote of 38 votes to 1, with 14 abstentions, as follows

On the other hand, the Kremlin has refrained from international adventurism, and rather consistently supported the US in its war on terror.

Moreover, Murayama s statement referred vaguely to a certain period in the not too distant past, rather than to specific war years, and others have since resisted phrases for example, war of aggression or colonial rule that Japan s neighbors have not unreasonably sought.

She is educating the indigenous people of her country about what it means to be a democracy, about how you bring democracy to the country, about educating, about how to vote but that democracy is not just about voting it's about being an active citizen.

The resolution was adopted by 11 votes in favour and 4 abstentions.

The resolution was adopted by nine votes in favour and six abstentions.

My delegation was therefore constrained to abstain in the voting on the draft resolution.

Explanation of vote before the vote

Explanation of vote after the vote

This new government was invited by the Emperor to take part in the decision on the planned armistice with Italy, but refrained from this business.

Put on sackcloth and mourn, you priests! Wail, you ministers of the altar. Come, lie all night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God , for the meal offering and the drink offering are withheld from your God's house.

Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests howl, ye ministers of the altar come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.

12.31 Counsel observes that the Ombudsman declined to bring charges against any individuals, as it was not possible to hold any individual to account before a court.