UNHRC resolution 22/1: 25 yes, 13 no, 8 abstain

 

Confirmation of final vote details on the adoption of resolution 22/1 by the UN Human Rights Council on Sri Lanka:

25 member states voted YES: Argentina, Austria, Benin, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Guatemala, India, Ireland, Italy, Libya, Montenegro, Peru, Poland, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Sierra Leone, Spain, Switzerland, USA.

13 member states voted NO: Congo, Ecuador, Indonesia, Kuwait, Maldives, Mauritania, Pakistan, Phillippines, Qatar, Thailand, Uganda, UAE, Venezuela.

8 ABSTENTIONS: Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kazakhstan, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia.

Gabon was not present during the vote.

The resolution was tabled by the US. It was co-sponsored by 11 Human Rights Council members: Austria, Estonia, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Spain, Switzerland and Czech Republic, as well as non HRC members: Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Malta, Monaco, Norway, Portugal, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, UK, Albanida, Australia, Bosnia and Herzogovina, Cameroon, Cyprus, Latvia, The Netherlands, and New Zealand.

See here for the general discussion that preceded the official vote today.

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