United Nations General Assembly resolution A/73/L.47
United Nations General Assembly Resolution A/73/L.47 was adopted on December 17, 2018 by the Seventy-third session of the United Nations General Assembly in response to the Russian activities in Crimea as well as the Kerch Strait incident. The non-binding resolution, which was supported by 66 United Nations member states, affirmed the General Assembly's commitment to the territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders and condemns the Kerch Strait incident. Nineteen nations voted against the resolution, while 72 abstained, and a further 36 states were absent when the vote took place.[1]
| UN General Assembly Resolution A/73/L.47 | |
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| Date | 17 December 2018 |
| Meeting no. | 56th Plenary |
| Code | A/73/L.47 (Document) |
| Subject | Territorial Integrity of Ukraine and Kerch Strait incident |
Voting summary |
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| Result | Resolution adopted |
Voting
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Draft Amendment
Before action on the initial draft, the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Syrian Arab Republic proposed an amendment calling upon both parties to cooperate on resolving the crisis.[2] The Amendment failed with only 25 votes in favor.[3]
| Against (64) | Abstaining (60) | In Favor (25) | Absent () | |
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 Algeria Angola Argentina Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Benin Bhutan Brazil Brunei Burkina Faso Cameroon Chile Colombia Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Ethiopia Guinea India Ivory Coast Jamaica Jordan Kenya Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Liberia Malawi Malaysia Mali Mexico Mongolia Mozambique Namibia Nepal Oman Pakistan Paraguay Palau Peru Philippines Qatar Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa Senegal Seychelles South Africa Sri Lanka Thailand Togo Trinidad and Tobago United Arab Emirates Uruguay Yemen |
 Belarus Bolivia Burundi Cambodia China Cuba Eritrea Indonesia Iran Kazakhstan Laos Myanmar Nauru Nicaragua Nigeria North Korea Russia Singapore Serbia South Sudan Sudan Suriname Syria Venezuela Zimbabwe |
 Afghanistan Antigua and Barbuda Armenia Azerbaijan Bahamas Bosnia and Herzegovina Burkina Faso Cabo Verde Comoros Central African Republic Chad Democratic Republic of the Congo Dominica Fiji Gabon Gambia Ghana Grenada Guinea-Bissau Haiti Iraq Lebanon Lesotho Libya Madagascar Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Niger Republic of the Congo Saint Kitts and Nevis Sao Tome and Principe Sierra Leone Somalia Tajikistan Timor-Leste Tonga Tunisia Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Vietnam Zambia | |
Observer States:  Holy See and  State of Palestine | ||||
References
- "Draft resolution" (PDF). papersmart.unmeetings.org.
- "A/73/L.68 - E - A/73/L.68". undocs.org.
- "Draft amendment" (PDF). papersmart.unmeetings.org.