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TABLE OF CONTENTS I – INTRODUCTION ...... 1 SECURITY COUNCIL ...... 1 GENERAL ASSEMBLY ...... 2 Voting Coincidence with the ...... 2 FORMAT AND METHODOLOGY ...... 4

II – SECURITY COUNCIL ...... 5 COUNTRY AND REGIONAL RESOLUTIONS ...... 6 ...... 6 ...... 10 ...... 11 , CENTRAL AFRICAN , AND REGION ...... 12 CÔTE D’IVOIRE ...... 13 ...... 18 DEMOCRATIC ...... 20 EAST TIMOR (see TIMOR-LESTE) / ...... 25 ...... 27 GREAT LAKES REGION ...... 30 ...... 31 ...... 32 ...... 35 ...... 36 MIDDLE EAST ...... 40 NEPAL ...... 45 ...... 47 ...... 48 ...... 50 ...... 64 TIMOR-LESTE ...... 69 ...... 69 ...... 71 THEMATIC RESOLUTIONS ...... 73 AFRICAN PEACE AND SECURITY ...... 73 INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR RWANDA ...... 74 INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA ...... 76 PROLIFERATION OF WMD ...... 79 TERRORISM ...... 81 WOMEN, PEACE & SECURITY ...... 84 VOTING SUMMARIES ...... 86

III – GENERAL ASSEMBLY – OVERALL VOTES ...... 87 COMPARISON WITH U.S. VOTE ...... 87 All Countries (Alphabetical) ...... 89 All Countries (By Voting Coincidence Including Consensus) ...... 94 UN REGIONAL GROUPS ...... 99 ...... 99 Asian Group ...... 100 i

Voting Practices in the —2008 Latin American and Caribbean Group (LAC) ...... 102 Western European and Others Group (WEOG) ...... 103 Eastern European Group (EE) ...... 103 OTHER GROUPINGS ...... 104 Arab Group ...... 104 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) ...... 105 European Union (EU) ...... 105 Islamic Conference (OIC) ...... 106 Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) ...... 108 Nordic Group ...... 111 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) ...... 111 HISTORICAL COMPARISON ...... 112 COUNTRIES RECEIVING U.S. ASSISTANCE (U.S. DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS) AND ASSESSMENT RATES ...... 117

IV – GENERAL ASSEMBLY – IMPORTANT VOTES AND CONSENSUS ACTIONS ...... 123 IMPORTANT VOTES ...... 123 IMPORTANT CONSENSUS ACTIONS ...... 134 COMPARISON WITH U.S. VOTES ...... 144 All Countries (Alphabetical) ...... 145 All Countries (Ranked by Identical Votes) ...... 150 UN REGIONAL GROUPS ...... 155 African Group ...... 155 Asian Group ...... 156 Latin American and Caribbean Group (LAC) ...... 158 Western European and Others Group (WEOG) ...... 159 Eastern European Group (EE) ...... 159 OTHER GROUPINGS ...... 161 Arab Group ...... 161 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) ...... 161 European Union (EU) ...... 162 Islamic Conference (OIC) ...... 163 Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) ...... 164 Nordic Group ...... 167 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) ...... 167 COMPARISON OF IMPORTANT AND OVERALL VOTES ...... 169

V – COUNTRY VOTING PRACTICES...... 175 AFGHANISTAN ...... 176 ...... 176 ...... 177 ...... 177 ...... 178 ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA ...... 178 ...... 179 ...... 179 AUSTRALIA ...... 180 ...... 180 ...... 181 BAHAMAS ...... 181 ...... 182 ii Table of Contents ...... 182 BARBADOS ...... 183 BELARUS ...... 183 ...... 184 BELIZE ...... 184 ...... 185 BHUTAN ...... 185 BOLIVIA ...... 186 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA ...... 186 ...... 187 ...... 187 DARUSSALAM ...... 188 ...... 188 ...... 189 BURUNDI ...... 189 ...... 190 ...... 190 ...... 191 ...... 191 ...... 192 CHAD ...... 192 CHILE ...... 193 ...... 193 COLOMBIA ...... 194 ...... 194 CONGO ...... 195 COSTA RICA ...... 195 CÔTE D’IVOIRE ...... 196 ...... 196 CUBA...... 197 CYPRUS ...... 197 ...... 198 DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA ...... 198 DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO ...... 199 DENMARK...... 199 ...... 200 ...... 200 ...... 201 ECUADOR ...... 201 ...... 202 EL SALVADOR ...... 202 EQUATORIAL ...... 203 ERITREA ...... 203 ESTONIA ...... 204 ETHIOPIA ...... 204 FIJI ...... 205 FINLAND ...... 205 ...... 206 ...... 206 GAMBIA ...... 207 GEORGIA ...... 207 iii

Voting Practices in the United Nations—2008 GERMANY...... 208 ...... 208 ...... 209 GRENADA ...... 209 GUATEMALA ...... 210 GUINEA ...... 210 GUINEA- ...... 211 ...... 211 HAITI ...... 212 HONDURAS...... 212 ...... 213 ICELAND ...... 213 INDIA ...... 214 ...... 214 IRAN ...... 215 IRAQ ...... 215 IRELAND ...... 216 ISRAEL ...... 216 ...... 217 JAMAICA ...... 217 JAPAN ...... 218 ...... 218 ...... 219 ...... 219 KIRIBATI ...... 220 ...... 220 ...... 221 ...... 221 ...... 222 ...... 222 ...... 223 LIBERIA ...... 223 ...... 224 LIECHTENSTEIN ...... 224 ...... 225 ...... 225 ...... 226 ...... 226 ...... 227 ...... 227 ...... 228 MALTA ...... 228 MARSHALL ISLANDS ...... 229 ...... 229 ...... 230 ...... 230 MICRONESIA ...... 231 ...... 231 ...... 232 MONGOLIA ...... 232 ...... 233 ...... 233 iv Table of Contents ...... 234 MYANMAR (BURMA) ...... 234 ...... 235 NAURU ...... 235 NEPAL ...... 236 NETHERLANDS ...... 236 NEW ZEALAND ...... 237 NICARAGUA ...... 237 ...... 238 ...... 238 NORWAY ...... 239 ...... 239 ...... 240 PALAU ...... 240 PANAMA ...... 241 PAPUA NEW GUINEA ...... 241 PARAGUAY...... 242 PERU ...... 242 PHILIPPINES ...... 243 ...... 243 ...... 244 ...... 244 REPUBLIC OF KOREA ...... 245 ...... 245 ...... 246 RWANDA ...... 246 ST. KITTS AND NEVIS ...... 247 ST. LUCIA ...... 247 ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES ...... 248 SAMOA ...... 248 SAN MARINO ...... 249 SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE ...... 249 ...... 250 ...... 250 ...... 251 ...... 251 SIERRA LEONE...... 252 SINGAPORE ...... 252 SLOVAK REPUBLIC ...... 253 ...... 253 SOLOMON ISLANDS ...... 254 SOMALIA ...... 254 SOUTH ...... 255 ...... 255 SRI LANKA...... 256 SUDAN ...... 256 ...... 257 SWAZILAND ...... 257 SWEDEN ...... 258 ...... 258 ...... 259 v

Voting Practices in the United Nations—2008 ...... 259 ...... 260 TFYR MACEDONIA ...... 260 TIMOR-LESTE ...... 261 ...... 261 TONGA ...... 262 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO ...... 262 ...... 263 ...... 263 ...... 264 TUVALU ...... 264 ...... 265 ...... 265 ...... 266 ...... 266 UNITED REPUBLIC OF ...... 267 ...... 267 ...... 268 ...... 268 VENEZUELA ...... 269 ...... 269 ...... 270 ...... 270 ZIMBABWE ...... 271 ANNEX—RESOLUTIONS RELATED TO ISRAEL OPPOSED BY THE UNITED STATES ...... 273 COMPARISON WITH U.S. VOTES ...... 279 All Countries (Alphabetical) ...... 280 All Countries (By Voting Coincidence) ...... 285

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