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182 countries vote against
the blockade in the UN
NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST (16)
Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, , Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA (47)
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauricio, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN (31)
Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay and Venezuela.
ASIA AND OCEANIA (33)
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, East Timor, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Salomon Islands, Samoa, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Vietnam.
WESTERN EUROPE AND OTHER COUNTRIES (28)
Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxemburg, Malta, Monaco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, United Kingdom, San Marino, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey.
EASTERN EUROPE (27)
Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, the Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.
Countries that voted against (4): Israel, Marshall Islands, Palau, The United States. Countries that were not present for the vote (4): El Salvador, Iraq, Morocco, Nicaragua. Countries that abstained (1): Micronesia.
VOTING 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
FOR 59 88 101 117 137 143 157 155 167 167 173 179 179 182
AGAINST 3 4 2 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4
ABSENCES 46 35 33 27 20 22 14 23 15 16 11 7 7 4
ABSTENTIONS 71 57 48 38 25 17 12 8 4 3 4 2 1 1
- The blockade is an economic war applied at global level
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