120 UN member states voted on November 17, in favour of a resolution in the Third Committee of the UN
General Assembly reiterating a call for a moratorium on the use of capital punishment. The General Assembly
plenary is expected to adopt the resolution in December. China is among the 39 countries which voted against
the resolution.
(Comment: The 11 countries from the Asia-Pacific region who voted against the resolution are: Afghanistan,
Brunei Darussalam, China, India, Japan, the Maldives, North Korea, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Singapore,
and Tonga.)
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