November 23, 2005

Voting Record on the Draft Resolution on the Right to Development

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The United States is almost completely isolated on this UN General Assembly resolution which stands in opposition to many aspects of an American outlook - beginning with who, when and how has a "right" to develop. The vote in the UN Third Committee was 172 for, 2 against (U.S. and Marshall Islands), 5 abstentions (Australia, Canada, Israel, Japan, Sweden.) Put forward by the so-called Non-Aligned Movement plus China, representing 114 UN members, the resolution has an automatic majority.