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Friday, 22 December 2017

See how Nigeria, Togo, others voted for/against UN Resolution on Jerusalem

Nigeria on Thursday joined 127 other countries to back a UN resolution which effectively called on the U.S. to withdraw its recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

A total of 128 countries approved the non-binding resolution. Nine countries voted against it, 21 did not turn up to vote, while 35 abstained.

Togo was the only African country that voted against the resolution. The other eight that voted against the resolution were the U.S., Israel, Guatemala, Honduras, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, and Palau.

See full list below:

Member states that voted in favour

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan
B : Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi
C : Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Chad, Chile, China, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Cyprus, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica
E : Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia
F : Finland, France
G: Gabon, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada,
Guinea, Guyana
I : Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy
J : Japan, Jordan
K : Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan
L : Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania,
Luxembourg
M :Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique
N: Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway
O: Oman
P : Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Portugal
Q: Qatar
R : Republic of Korea (South Korea), Russia
S: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria
T: Tajikistan, Thailand, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Tunisia, Turkey
U : United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Uzbekistan
V : Venezuela, Vietnam
Y: Yemen
Z: Zimbabwe

Member states that voted against the resolution

G: Guatemala
H : Honduras
I : Israel
M : Marshall Islands, Micronesia
N : Nauru
P : Palau
T: Togo
U : United States

Member states that abstained

A: Antigua-Barbuda, Argentina, Australia
B : Bahamas, Benin, Bhutan, Bosnia-Herzegovina
C : Cameroon, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic
D : Dominican Republic
E : Equatorial Guinea
F : Fiji
H : Haiti, Hungary
J : Jamaica
K : Kiribati
L : Latvia, Lesotho
M : Malawi, Mexico
P : Panama, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland
R : Romania, Rwanda
S: Solomon Islands, South Sudan
T: Trinidad-Tobago, Tuvalu
U : Uganda
V : Vanuatu

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