Is ‘Not Voted’ in UN Votes Should Be Considered as ‘Abstain’ or ‘Soft Against’?
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Published Date: 25 February 2023 at 10:00
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Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher
Researcher in International Relations with a Focus on Security, Political and Economic Risks for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and International Trade
25 February 2023 at 10:00. Clearly, ‘Not Voted’ in UN votes regarding the Ukraine War became a soft tool for ‘Against’ or ‘Abstain’ by the allies of the Russia-China Coalition, with the aim of avoiding pressure from the members of the USA Coalition.
Are the Votes in UNGA should be secret like in democratic elections?
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24 February 2023 at 00:17. The results of the last UN vote from today regarding Ukraine showed that the Russia-China Coalition increased its global power in relation to the USA Coalition if we compared the last vote to the vote on Russian Annexation from 12 October 2022.
UN Vote - 23.02.2023
Favour: 141
Not Favour: 52 (Against-7, Abstained-32, Not Voted-13)
You are welcome to read my analysis from Monitoring Risks to get more in-depth information about the USA Coalition versus the Russia-China Coalition, including the meaning of ‘Not Voted’, yet keep in mind that it does not include the last UNGA vote from today, still, you could see the updated tables below.
