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United Nations General Assembly Resolution 78/282

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UN General Assembly
Resolution 78/282
DateMay 23 2024
Meeting no.82nd Plenary
CodeA/78/L.67/Rev.1 (Document)
SubjectInternational Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 Genocide in Srebrenica
Voting summary
  • 84 voted for
  • 19 voted against
  • 68 abstained
  • 22 absent
ResultAdopted

United Nations General Assembly Resolution 78/282 is a resolution adopted by the seventy-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly on May 23, 2024, designating July 11 as the International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 Genocide in Srebrenica.[1]

The resolution, sponsored by Germany and Rwanda, and co-sponsored by more than 30 other countries, passed with 84 countries voting in favor, 68 abstaining, and 19 voting against.[2][3]

Voting

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Vote[4] Tally States
In favor 84 Albania, Andorra, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cabo Verde, Canada, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gambia, Germany, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Iceland, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Latvia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritania, Micronesia, Moldova, Montenegro, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, North Macedonia, Norway, Pakistan, Palau, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Yemen, Zambia
Against 19 Antigua and Barbuda, Belarus, China, Comoros, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominica, Eritrea, Eswatini, Grenada, Hungary, Mali, Nauru, Nicaragua, North Korea, Russia, São Tomé and Príncipe, Serbia, Syria
Abstain 68 Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Benin, Bhutan, Botswana, Brazil, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Haiti, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Madagascar, Maldives, Mexico, Mongolia, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Nigeria, Oman, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Republic of the Congo, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Seychelles, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Tajikistan, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam
Absent 22 Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Belize, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, East Timor, Israel, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Monaco, Morocco, Samoa, Somalia, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Zimbabwe
Total 193

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References

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  1. ^ "General Assembly Adopts Resolution on Srebrenica Genocide, Designating International Day of Reflection, Commemoration | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases". press.un.org. Archived from the original on May 25, 2024. Retrieved June 9, 2024.
  2. ^ "UN establishes International Day of reflection for Srebrenica genocide | UN News". May 23, 2024. Archived from the original on May 23, 2024. Retrieved June 9, 2024.
  3. ^ "UN: Usvojena Rezolucija o genocidu u Srebrenici". Al Jazeera Balkans (in Serbo-Croatian). Archived from the original on May 28, 2024. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
  4. ^ "International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 Genocide in Srebrenica :: resolution /: adopted by the General Assembly". May 23, 2024. Retrieved June 10, 2024.