[Marxism] (fwd) UN General Assembly votes Kosovo secession illegal

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[ for Einde ]



David Thorstad wrote:
>
>      Statement of the Day
>
> *"Perhaps 48 countries did recognize Kosovo independence, but it may 
> be worth mentioning that the other 144 did not."*
>
> /Dumisani Kumalo, South Africa's Ambassador to the UN, in response to 
> American ambassador during General Assembly's debate 
> <http://de-construct.net/e-zine/?p=3175> about Serbian initiative/
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>
> How they voted
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> UN logo
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> *IN FAVOR* of the Serbian resolution 
> <http://de-construct.net/e-zine/?p=3175> requesting ICJ to rule on 
> [il]legality of unilateral secession of its southern Kosovo and 
> Metohija province (77 UN member states):
>
> Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Belarus, 
> Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Chile, China, 
> Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Democratic People's Republic of 
> Korea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican 
> Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Fiji, 
> Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Honduras, Iceland, India, 
> Indonesia, Iran, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, 
> Liechtenstein, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mexico, Montenegro, Myanmar, 
> Namibia, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Papua New Guinea, 
> Paraguay, Philippines, Romania, Russian Federation, Saint Vincent and 
> the Grenadines, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, South 
> Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syria, 
> Timor-Leste, United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Viet 
> Nam, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
>
> *AGAINST* Serbian initiative (6 countries):
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> Albania, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau and United States 
> of America.
>

Of the European Union countries only 3 voted for the resolution, Cyprus, 
Greece and Romania. All the others - including those with troops in 
Kosovo - abstained.

Einde O'Callaghan