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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 thirty-fourth session;
10.
Decides to continue the consideration of the human rights violations in the
occupied Syrian Golan at its thirty-fourth session.
64th meeting
24 March 2016
[Adopted by a recorded vote of 31 to 0, with 16 abstentions. The voting was as follows:
In favour:
Algeria, Bangladesh, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Burundi, China, Congo,
Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Ghana, India,
Indonesia, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco,
Namibia, Nigeria, Panama, Philippines, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi
Arabia, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic
of), Viet Nam
Abstaining:
Albania, Belgium, Botswana, France, Georgia, Germany, Latvia,
Netherlands, Paraguay, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Slovenia, Switzerland,
the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Togo, United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland]
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