14 November 1994

ANNEX I

Vote on Inclusion of Capital Punishment in Assembly Agenda

The General Assembly approved the General Committee's recommendation that the question of capital punishment be included in its agenda (document A/49250/Add.3) by a recorded vote of 70 in favour to 24 against, with 42 abstentions, as follows:

In favour: Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bhutan, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kyrgyz Republic, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Saint Lucia, San Marino, Slovack Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Togo, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela.

Against: Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Comoros, Egypt, Guinea, Iran, Jamaica, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Trinidad and Tobago, United Arab Emirates, Yemen.

Abstaining, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, China, Colombia, Cuba, Estonia, Ethiopia, Grenada, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Kazakhistan, Kenya, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Lithuania, Mali, Mongolia, Myanmar, Paua New Guinea, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Rwanda, Senegal, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Tajikistan, Thailand, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Viet Nam, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Absent: Afghanistan, Angola, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Burundi, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Congo, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Djibouti, Dominica, El Salvador, Eritrea, Gabon, Georgia, Guatemala, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Madagascar, Malawi, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Swaziland, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.