December 31, 2020

U.S., France, U.K. join vote against U.N. convening a "Durban IV" in 2021

Results of the vote (Guyana later clarified it intended to vote in favor, not against)
Date
December 31, 2020
Title
U.N. General Assembly Resolution, “A global call for concrete action for the elimination of racism,… and the comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action,” A/RES/75/237
Original Source
https://undocs.org/en/A/RES/75/237
Attachment
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Note
The resolution was adopted by the U.N. General Assembly on December 31, 2020, by a vote of 106 in favor, 14 against (Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, France, Germany, Israel, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Netherlands, Slovenia, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America), with 44 abstentions (Albania, Andorra, Angola, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, New Zealand, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tonga, Ukraine.) Text of resolution is on page 17. ["Subsequently, the delegations of Guyana and Madagascar informed the Secretariat that they had intended to vote in favour; the delegation of Hungary that it had intended to vote against; and the delegations of Cyprus and the Netherlands that they had intended to abstain."]

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