TABLE OF CONTENTS I – INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................... 1 SECURITY COUNCIL .................................................................................. 1 GENERAL ASSEMBLY ............................................................................... 2 Voting Coincidence with the United States ............................................. 2 FORMAT AND METHODOLOGY .............................................................. 4 II – SECURITY COUNCIL ................................................................................. 5 COUNTRY AND REGIONAL RESOLUTIONS .......................................... 6 AFGHANISTAN ..................................................................................... 6 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA ............................................................ 10 BURUNDI ............................................................................................... 11 CHAD, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, AND REGION ................. 12 CÔTE D’IVOIRE .................................................................................... 13 CYPRUS .................................................................................................. 18 DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO ..................................... 20 EAST TIMOR (see TIMOR-LESTE) ETHIOPIA/ERITREA ............................................................................. 25 GEORGIA ............................................................................................... 27 GREAT LAKES REGION ...................................................................... 30 HAITI ...................................................................................................... 31 IRAN........................................................................................................ 32 IRAQ........................................................................................................ 35 LIBERIA .................................................................................................. 36 MIDDLE EAST ....................................................................................... 40 NEPAL .................................................................................................... 45 RWANDA ............................................................................................... 47 SIERRA LEONE ..................................................................................... 48 SOMALIA ............................................................................................... 50 SUDAN .................................................................................................... 64 TIMOR-LESTE ....................................................................................... 69 WESTERN SAHARA ............................................................................. 69 ZIMBABWE ............................................................................................ 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 African Group .......................................................................................... 99 Asian Group ............................................................................................. 100 i Voting Practices in the United Nations—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 ALBANIA ...................................................................................................... 176 ALGERIA ...................................................................................................... 177 ANDORRA .................................................................................................... 177 ANGOLA ....................................................................................................... 178 ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA ........................................................................ 178 ARGENTINA ................................................................................................ 179 ARMENIA ..................................................................................................... 179 AUSTRALIA ................................................................................................. 180 AUSTRIA ...................................................................................................... 180 AZERBAIJAN ............................................................................................... 181 BAHAMAS .................................................................................................... 181 BAHRAIN ..................................................................................................... 182 ii Table of Contents BANGLADESH ............................................................................................. 182 BARBADOS .................................................................................................