Only 5 countries vote against U.N. resolution condemning Russia

[left-of-center2012]

According to The New York Times, the U.N. General Assembly adopted a resolution condemning Russian aggression, with 141 countries voting in favor, 34 abstaining, and only five voting against.

The no votes on the resolution came from five authoritarian nations: Russia, North Korea, Eritrea, Syria, and Russia's close ally Belarus.

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https://news.yahoo.com/only-5-countries-including-north-184851451.html

[smirkymonkey]

1. Ooo. What a surprise!

The usual suspects.

[TheBlackAdder]

2. Put a pin in those who have abstained. That needs to be revisited later.

[SheltieLover]

3. Absolutely!

[haele]

4. Abstaining countries were mostly ones that are being developed by China.

Not surprised to see India abstaining, either. Dictators and wanna-bes tend to want to give each other cover.

Haele

[11 Bravo]

6. China, India, Iran, and Pakistan are the only abstentions that actually matter.

[Tetrachloride]

8. i disagree. every vote counts

[radius777]

5. China and India are disgraceful,

clearly on Putin's side. Hopefully the West is learning a lesson here - you can't deal with these anti-democratic countries and expect for it to turn out well.

[Tetrachloride]

7. Moreover, 12 non-voting

12 non voting plus
35 abstained
5 voted “no”
——-
52 didn’t vote “yes”

[left-of-center2012]

10. As noted in the OP

141 Yes
5 No
35 Abstentions
12 Not Voting
193 Total Voting Membership

[Tetrachloride]

15. For those of us with techniques or software to block Twitter ( and more), ...

the Twitter stuff doesn’t automatically appear.

Unblocking is required usually or a second browser.

Advanced techniques such as a hosts file are one of the deepest.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

9. What's the deal w/ Eritrea? nt

[Tetrachloride]

14. Many African countries and former Soviet Republics didn't vote in the Affirmative

Eritrea is halfway down the Red Sea across from Saudi Arabia and Yemen.

[3catwoman3]

11. That seems like a hell of a lot...

…of abstentions.

[malaise]

12. 52 did not vote yes n/t