VOTE ON A RESOLUTION ON A MORATORIUM ON EXECUTIONS APPROVED BY THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2016

09 May 2017 :

Votes in favour (117):

Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyribati, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Micronesia (Federated States of), Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Palau, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Swaziland, Tajikistan, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu and Venezuela.

 Votes against (40):

 Afghanistan, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Brunei Darussalam, Burundi, China, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Dominica, Egypt, Ethiopia, Grenada, Guyana, India, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Japan, Kuwait, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Qatar, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sudan, South Sudan, Syria, Trinidad and Tobago, United States, Yemen.

 Abstentions (31):

Bahrain, Belarus, Cameroon, Comoros, Cuba, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Liberia, Lesotho, Mauritania, Morocco, Myanmar, Niger, Nigeria, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Seychelles, Thailand, Tonga, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Republic of Tanzania, Viet Nam, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Absent (5):

Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gambia, Mauritius, Rwanda, Senegal.

In italics, changes with regard to 2014 Resolution.

Guinea, Malawi, Namibia, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka moved from abstention to vote in favour. Nauru and Swaziland moved from not present to vote in favour. Zimbabwe moved from vote against to abstention. Lesotho moved from not present to abstention.

Equatorial Guinea, Niger, Philippines, Seychelles moved from vote in favour to abstention. Maldives from abstention to vote against; Burundi and South Sudan from vote in favour to vote against.

DRC, Gambia, Senegal went from abstention to not present and Rwanda from vote in favour to not present.