The countries who voted against were: the US, the UK, France, Japan, South Korea and Macedonia.

Abstentions were: UAE, Austria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d' Ivoire , Czech Republic, Estonia, Ethiopia, Germany, India, Italy, Montenegro, Namibia and Romania.

Those who voted in Favour were: Algeria, Argentina, Botswana, Brazil, Chile, China, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Gabon, Indonesia, Ireland, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Maldives, Mexico, Morocco, Pakistan, the Philippines,Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leon, South Africa, Venezuela and Vietnam.