November 18, 2005

Voting record on the no action motion on the draft resolution on the situation of human rights in Iran

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On Friday, the resolution criticizing human rights abuses in Iran came within 8 votes of being removed from the agenda of the General Assembly altogether by a motion to take no action. UN rules allow two countries to speak in favor of the "no-action" motion before the vote. Rushing to Iran's side were well-known rights luminaries Russia and Zimbabwe. They decried the practice of "naming and shaming," that is, actually mentioning the state responsible for the rights violations.