Indonesia, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam abstained - but Malaysia voted against. Malaysia should at the very least abstained given the mood in Malaysia is now for the abolition of the death penalty...
Vote on Moratorium of Death Penalty
The draft resolution on a
moratorium on the use of the death penalty (document A/67/457/Add.2) was
adopted by a recorded vote of 111 in favour to 41 against, with
34 abstentions, as follows:
In favour:
Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia,
Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, 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, Estonia, Finland, France,
Gabon, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti,
Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar,
Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Micronesia (Federated States of),
Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Mozambique, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands,
New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Palau, Panama, Paraguay, Peru,
Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian
Federation, Rwanda, Samoa, San Marino, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone,
Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, Tajikistan, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
Timor-Leste, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Ukraine,
United Kingdom, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela.
Against:
Afghanistan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Botswana,
Brunei Darussalam, China, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,
Dominica, Egypt, Ethiopia, Grenada, Guyana, India, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica,
Japan, Kuwait, Libya, Malaysia, Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saint
Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saudi
Arabia, Singapore, Sudan, Swaziland, Syria, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago,
Uganda, United States, Yemen, Zimbabwe.
Abstain: Belarus,
Cameroon, Comoros, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Djibouti, Eritrea, Fiji, Guinea, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Lao
People’s Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi,
Maldives, Mauritania, Morocco, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Papua New
Guinea, Republic of Korea, Senegal, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka,
Suriname, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Republic of Tanzania,
Viet Nam, Zambia.
Absent: Antigua and Barbuda, Equatorial Guinea, Gambia, Ghana, Kiribati, Mauritius, Sao Tome and Principe.
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