Annex 1: Voting Patterns on Suspension of the Debate

Brief Summary: All of JUZCANZ1, as well as most of WEOG2, South & Central America, and Eastern European countries were in favour of suspending the meeting to discuss the Nepalese and Ugandan reports. In addition, 13 Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)3 countries voted in favour as did Mozambique, the sole African state to do so.

In contrast, there were no WEOG and only two Eastern European States that voted against it (meaning they were not in favour of suspending debate on the matter to discuss the reports further with capitals and to obtain the views of the Office of the High Commissioner for ). Within GRULAC4, it was the predominantly Caribbean States that were also against this motion. As expected, most of the African and Asia NAM states (including many of those belonging to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC)5 were in this grouping. Of note, there were only two non-NAM countries within this category: China and Dominica.

1 JUSCANZ is usually comprised of 14 or 15 UN member states: , , , , , , , , , Korea, , , San Marino, and sometimes . JUSCANZ is an information-sharing and coordinating group rather than a voting block. 2 The Western European and Other Group (WEOG) is one of the five main UN regional groups and includes Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, , Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, . Although the United States is not officially in WEOG, for all practical purposes it is a full member. 3 The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) includes 117 UN member states: Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Democratic People's Republic of the Congo, Côte D'Ivoire, Cuba, Cyprus, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, Kuwait, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Saudi Arabia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, , Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syrian Arab Republic, United Republic of Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe. 4 The Latin American and Caribbean States (GRULAC) is one of the five main UN regional groups and includes Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. 5 The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) includes 56 UN member states: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Benin, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Comoros, Côte D'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyz Republic, Lebanon, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Suriname, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Yemen. A small number of mostly African and Asian States were absent during the vote as were a small number of States within the Caribbean and South America (from the northern part).

In Favour WEOG GRULAC Eastern Europe Africa Asia Andorra Argentina Albania Mozambique Cyprus Australia Bolivia Armenia Iraq Austria Brazil Bosnia-Herzeg. Japan Belgium Chile Bulgaria Jordan Canada Costa Rica Croatia Oman Denmark El Salvador Czech Republic Republic of Korea Finland Guatemala Hungary Singapore France Honduras Latvia Germany Mexico Lithuania Greece Panama Poland Ireland Paraguay Romania Israel Peru Serbia Italy Uruguay Slovenia Liechtenstein Venezuela Macedonia Monaco Ukraine Netherlands New Zealand Norway Portugal San Marino Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey UK USA Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) – blue JUSCANZ – red African Union (AU) – italic Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) – bold NAM and AU – blue and italic NAM and OIC – blue and bold ; NAM, AU, OIC – blue, italic, bold Against WEOG GRULAC Eastern Europe Africa Asia Barbados Belarus Algeria Bahrain Colombia Russia Angola Bangladesh Cuba Benin Bhutan Dominica Botswana Brunei Darussalam Grenada Congo China Nicaragua Côte d’Ivoire DPRK St Vincent/Grenad. Djibouti India St. Lucia Egypt Indonesia Eritrea Iran Ethiopia Kuwait Gabon Lao People's Democratic Rep. Gambia Malaysia Ghana Myanmar Guinea Nepal Kenya Pakistan Libya Philippines Lesotho Saudi Arabia Madagascar Sri Lanka Malawi Syria Mali Thailand Mauritania United Arab Emirates Morocco Vietnam Namibia Uzbekistan Niger Qatar Nigeria Yemen Senegal Sierra Leone South Africa Sudan Swaziland Togo Uganda Tanzania Tunisia Zambia Zimbabwe

Absent WEOG GRULAC Eastern Europe Africa Asia Luxemburg St. Kitts and Nevis Moldova Burkina Faso Afghanistan Montenegro Burundi Cambodia Slovakia Cameroon Fiji Cape Verde Kazakhstan Central African Republic Kyrgyzstan Chad Lebanon Comoros Maldives Democratic Rep. of Congo The Marshall Islands Equatorial Guinea Micronesia Guinea Bissau Mongolia Liberia Papa New Guinea Mauritius Samoa Rwanda Solomon Islands Sao Tome and Principe Turkmenistan Seychelles Vanuatu Somalia

Abstain WEOG GRULAC Eastern Europe Africa Asia Antigua/ Barbuda Azerbaijan Bahamas Palau Belize Dominican Republic Ecuador Guyana Haiti Jamaica Suriname Trinidad/ Tobago