Voting information
The official record of a vote is found in the meeting record of the General Assembly.
Excerpts from the official record of the 49th plenary meeting of the General Assembly at its 52nd session, Wednesday, 12 November 1997, 3 p.m. (A/52/PV.49, p. 20)
The President: I shall now put to the vote draft resolution A/52/L.13 as a whole.
A recorded vote has been requested.
In favour: Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi (...).
Against: Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Abstaining: China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Syrian Arab Republic, Viet Nam
Draft resolution A/52/L.13 as a whole was adopted by 151 votes to 1, with 5 abstentions (resolution 52/11).
[Subsequently, the delegations of Nicaragua and Uganda informed the Secretariat that they had intended to vote in favour.]
The President: I shall now call on those representatives who wish to speak in explanation of vote. I should like to remind representatives that explanations of vote are limited to 10 minutes and should be made by delegations from their seats.
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