Tom abstained from voting.

Her delegation had therefore abstained from voting on the draft resolution.

His delegation had therefore abstained in the voting.

48. Mr. Al Hariri (Syrian Arab Republic) said that his delegation had abstained from voting.

To that end, we abstained in the voting on the Declaration.

For the reasons I have outlined, my delegation abstained in the voting.

For those reasons, Brazil abstained in the voting on the resolution on the referral.

His delegation also called on others, especially delegations which had previously abstained from voting on similar draft resolutions, to support Uzbekistan.

Mr. Abou Hadid (Syrian Arab Republic) (interpretation from Arabic) My delegation abstained in the voting on draft resolution A 52 L.13.

My delegation therefore abstained in the voting on draft resolution A C.1 60 L.56.

Mr. Wang Guangya (China) (spoke in Chinese) The Chinese delegation abstained in the voting on the resolution.

For that reason, as in previous years, the European Union abstained in the voting on that resolution.

Mr. Percaya (Indonesia) My delegation abstained in the voting on draft resolution A C.1 60 L.22.

For the foregoing reasons, my delegation abstained in the voting on draft resolution A C.1 53 L.33.

Mr. Maqungo (South Africa) We abstained in the voting on the Declaration and take this opportunity to explain our vote.

Since Kazakhstan is not a signatory to the Convention, my delegation has abstained in the voting on the draft resolution.

We have therefore voted against operative paragraph 5 and abstained in the voting on the draft resolution as a whole.

Mr. Benítez Versón (Cuba) (interpretation from Spanish) As we have done in the past, we abstained in the voting on draft resolution A C.1 52 L.40.

Mr. Vasiliev (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian) Russia abstained in the voting on draft resolution A C.1 60 L.56.

It had abstained from voting on the draft resolution, considering that the final status of the territories was a subject for negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Liberation Organization.

71. Ms. Cath (Australia) said that, although Australia had abstained from voting on the draft resolution, it was deeply concerned by mercenary activities and had taken legislative measures against them.

It is for these reasons that we abstained in the voting on draft resolution A C.1 52 L.32 Rev.1.

It was for this reason that my delegation abstained in the voting on draft resolution A C.1 52 L.23 Rev.1.

Mr. Rao (India) My delegation abstained in the voting on the draft resolution as a whole and voted against the sixth preambular paragraph.

43. Mr. Florutti (Argentina) said that his delegation had also abstained in the voting on draft resolution A C.3 52 L.58.

Finally, India has abstained in the voting on the draft resolution entitled Nuclear disarmament , as contained in document A C.1 60 L.36.

The Mission has also received accounts of further threats made to Mr. Hariri by security officials in case he abstained from voting in favour of the extension or even thought of leaving the country .

17. Mrs. Fritsche (Liechtenstein) said that her delegation had abstained in the voting because it could not accept the fifteenth and seventeenth preambular paragraphs and paragraph 8.

First, we abstained in the voting because of the politicization of human rights issues and their use as political tools to pursue economic, commercial and other interests.

Members abstaining from voting shall be considered as not voting.

Members who abstain from voting are considered as not voting.

Members who abstain from voting are considered as not voting.

Parties abstaining from voting shall be considered as not voting.

Brazil abstained in the voting on resolution 1646 (2005) because it departs from the principles agreed upon concurrently by the General Assembly and the Security Council in resolution 1645 (2005), on the establishment of the Peacebuilding Commission.

Therefore, we abstained in the voting. Mr. Mukhopadhaya (India) My delegation wishes to explain its vote on resolution 53 164, on the situation of human rights in Kosovo.

Because of our concerns, we do not agree to a Security Council referral of the situation in Darfur to the ICC and abstained in the voting on today's resolution.

Japan voted in favour of operative paragraph 1 and abstained in the other voting on the tenth preambular paragraph, operative paragraph 2 and the draft resolution as a whole.

Regrettably, the final Oslo text does not meet these concerns in a clear and concrete manner. For these reasons, my delegation abstained in the voting on the draft resolution.

Mr. MEKDAD (Syrian Arab Republic) explained that he had abstained from voting because beyond the fact that the draft resolution did not objectively reflect the situation prevailing in Iraq, it again raised the question of sending human rights monitors there.

Last year, in the course of the work of the fifty second session, my delegation voted in favour of the resolution on this topic. This year, we abstained in the voting.

We have serious reservations on operative paragraph 3. We therefore called for a separate vote on it, voted against it and abstained in the voting on the draft resolution as a whole.

As for him who gave out his wealth (for Allah's sake) and abstained (from disobeying Him),

As for him who gave out his wealth (for Allah's sake) and abstained (from disobeying Him),

I should recall that Brazil abstained in the voting on Security Council resolution 1593 (2005), given that, in our view, our full commitment to the Court could not be adequately reflected in that text.

His delegation had abstained in the voting on the draft resolution because it felt that other United Nations forums, notably the Sixth Committee, were more appropriate for the consideration of the issue of terrorism.