November 21, 2005

Voting record on the no-action motion for the Draft Resolution on the situation of human rights in Turkmenistan

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An attempt to avoid censuring Turkmenistan for human rights violations was only narrowly defeated at the UN General Assembly's Third Committee. The motion to take no action on the Turkmenistan resolution had 64 votes for and 70 against. Country-specific resolutions, or the belief that the UN human rights apparatus has something to do with identifying human rights violators, is clearly under seige.