November 18, 2005

Voting record for the no action motion on the draft resolution on the situation of human rights in Myanmar

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Myanmar has fewer friends than Iran. A motion in the UN General Assembly's Third Committee to take no action lost by 24 votes. And the final resolution was adopted by consensus. Notwithstanding the apparent consensus, Malaysia was very upset by the turn of affairs. Cried the Malaysian representative, such "a resolution is incompatible with the governing human rights principles of objectivity, national sovereignty, territorial integrity, non-interference, impartiality, non-selectivity, and transparency." Veruca Salt would be proud. If I want to violate human rights, I will.