naturalgasbad@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoUN General Assembly overwhelmingly demands Gaza ceasefirewww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1266arrow-down110
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minus-squarenaturalgasbad@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45·edit-22 years ago 153 member states voted in favour, 10 against and there were 23 abstentions. The 10 against: Austria Czechia Guatemala Israel Liberia Micronesia Nauru Papua New Guinea Paraguay United States of America The 23 abstentions: Argentina Bulgaria Cabo Verde Cameroon Equatorial Guinea Georgia Germany Hungary Italy Lithuania Malawi Marshall Islands Netherlands Palau Panama Romania Slovakia South Sudan Togo Tonga Ukraine United Kingdom Uruguay Notably, Canada switched from abstaining in the last UN resolution to voting in favour of this one.
minus-squarealvvayson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33arrow-down1·2 years agoAshamed my country abstained, but I am happy Canada didn’t.
minus-squareLinkerbaan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32arrow-down4·2 years agoEvery country that abstained is voting against but doesn’t want to look bad for their population. This is a clear map of countries controlled by an israeli lobby.
minus-squareSlowy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 years agoI’m ashamed it took us this long
minus-squareQuokka@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down2·2 years agoShit, I’m genuinely amazed to not see Australia on here. Guess I have to start giving Labor a bit of respect.
minus-squareAmaltheamannen@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years agoSweden too, abstained last time.
The 10 against:
The 23 abstentions:
Notably, Canada switched from abstaining in the last UN resolution to voting in favour of this one.
Ashamed my country abstained, but I am happy Canada didn’t.
Every country that abstained is voting against but doesn’t want to look bad for their population.
This is a clear map of countries controlled by an israeli lobby.
I’m ashamed it took us this long
Shit, I’m genuinely amazed to not see Australia on here. Guess I have to start giving Labor a bit of respect.
Sweden too, abstained last time.
WTF, Uruguay?