Rice jumped to defend the Obama Administration's lackluster performance by claiming that previous Iran resolutions were not unanimous during the Bush Administration and that there were "abstentions". ❋ Unknown (2010)
Yesterday, on Fox News Sunday, Rice jumped to defend the Obama Administration's lackluster performance by claiming that previous Iran resolutions were not unanimous during the Bush Administration and that there were "abstentions". ❋ Unknown (2010)
Authored by the United States and Sweden, the resolution was co-sponsored by over fifty countries from around the world, including Chile, the Maldives, Georgia, and Zambia, and adopted in Geneva by a vote of 22 states in favor, 7 against and 14 abstentions. ❋ Dokhi Fassihian (2011)
The closest of the votes was on the Order of the Mass II, with its prefaces, blessings and eucharistic prayers, with 159 yes, 19 no and three abstentions. ❋ Unknown (2009)
After weeks of deliberation following a concerted international call for action (including support from the Arab League for a no-fly zone), the UN Security Council finally voted 10-0 (with the 5 abstentions including China, India, Brazil, and Russia) in support of a no-fly zone with a mandate to use all measures short of an invasion to "protect civilians and civilian-populated areas." ❋ Atif Choudhury (2011)
The assembly voted to adopt that resolution 57–0, with nineteen abstentions, and passed another resolution to reinforce the call for a cease-fire, again with Britain, France, and Israel voting in opposition. ❋ David A. Nichols (2011)
He won with 342 votes in favor of his government compared with 275 votes against and three abstentions. ❋ Unknown (2010)
The Geneva-based U.N. Human Rights Council approved the resolution Thursday with 22 votes in favor, seven against and 14 abstentions. ❋ Unknown (2011)
The resolution passed with 23 votes in favor and 19 against, with 3 abstentions, including that of China. ❋ Unknown (2011)
What happened was an example of "demockracy inaction": at the end of the hearing the PEP approved of the "co-location" with only two abstentions. ❋ Joel Shatzky (2011)
After that vote of 181 to 2, with three abstentions, the bishops 'president, ❋ Unknown (2009)
If a compromise can't be reached, the Socialist government's only hope of passing its budget would be to count on abstentions from opposition lawmakers. ❋ Jonathan House (2010)
The measure was passed by a vote of 396 in favor, 16 abstentions, and one negative vote cast by Swaziland. ❋ Unknown (2011)
