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the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 12
August 1949, and have no legal effect;
8.
Again calls upon States Members of the United Nations not to recognize any
of the above-mentioned legislative or administrative measures;
9.
Requests the Secretary-General to bring the present resolution to the attention
of all Governments, the competent United Nations organs, specialized agencies,
international and regional intergovernmental organizations and international humanitarian
organizations to disseminate it as widely as possible and to report on this matter to the
Human Rights Council at its twenty-eighth session;
10.
Decides to continue the consideration of the human rights violations in the
occupied Syrian Golan at its twenty-eighth session.
56th meeting
28 March 2014
[Adopted by a recorded vote of 33 to 1, with 13 abstentions. The voting was as follows:
In favour:
Algeria, Argentina, Benin, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Chile, China,
Congo, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, Ethiopia, Gabon, India, Indonesia,
Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Maldives, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia,
Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone,
South Africa, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of),
Viet Nam
Against:
United States of America
Abstaining:
Austria, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan,
Montenegro, Republic of Korea, Romania, the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]
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