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

The two delegations had therefore abstained in the vote.

Substantive issues Right to self determination Liberty and security of person Right of persons deprived of their liberty to be treated with humanity Segregation of accused from convicted persons Liberty of movement Compensation for miscarriage of justice Right to vote

The degree of internal legitimacy of governments in terms of human rights and democracy could become another factor determining voting weights or voting rights.

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.

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

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

And it ran for 20 nights straight on Kenyan TV, shifted the vote by 10 percent, according to a Kenyan intelligence report, which changed the result of the election.

If consensus is not possible, adoption by voting requires a three quarters majority of the Parties present and voting.

Subsequently, the delegation of Angola informed the Secretariat that it had intended to vote in favour the delegations of France and Tonga had intended to abstain.

The text was then voted upon by the Fourth Committee of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), with a significant number of developed countries abstaining.

After the voting has commenced, there shall be no interruption of the voting except on a point of order by a member in connection with the actual conduct of the voting.

After the voting has commenced, it shall not be interrupted unless a member raises a point of order in connection with the actual conduct of the voting.

After the voting has commenced, there shall be no interruption of the voting except on a point, of order of a member in connection with the actual conduct of the voting.

After voting has commenced, it shall not be interrupted unless a member raises a point of order in connection with the actual conduct of the voting.

After the voting has commenced, there shall be no interruption of the voting except on a point of order by a member in connection with the actual conduct of the voting.

Maryland now offers both early voting in person and absentee voting by mail.

My delegation had no choice but to abstain.

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.

In my view, to pretend that such a vote is divisive or undemocratic reveals a strange understanding of democracy, because taking decisions through a vote is the daily business of all democratic parliaments.

Brazil has stated that it intends to vote in the Security Council in favor of recommending Palestine s admission to the General Assembly Colombia has said that it plans to abstain.

Subsequently, the delegations of Bolivia, Israel and Paraguay informed the Secretariat that they had intended to vote in favour the delegation of Zambia informed the Secretariat that it had intended to abstain.

Subsequently, the delegation of Denmark indicated that it had intended to vote in favour the delegation of Luxembourg indicated that it had intended to abstain.

Subject matter Right to self determination of former British Southern Cameroon Arbitrary detention of separatist leader Conditions of detention Denial of right to vote in elections

The words and the recommendations contained in paragraphs 112 to 114 of the 2003 report of the Secretary General in operative paragraph 2 were retained by 97 votes to none, with 20 abstentions.

Finally, the Security Council vote exposed a clear division within the international community.

59th meeting 20 April 2005 Adopted by a recorded vote of 36 votes to 15, with 2 abstentions.

For those reasons, Brazil abstained in the voting on the resolution on the referral.

Report on the fourth session (16 27 May 2005)

2005 10 Report on joint programming

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