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Lanka sides with Serbia on Kosovo issue at UN PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 10 October 2008
A total of 77 countries including Sri Lanka voted for Serbia's bid to ask the International Court of Justice's opinion on the legality of Kosovo's independence at the UN this week. Six voted against while 74 abstained.

In favour: Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbados, 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, Surinam, Swaziland, Syria, Timor-Leste, United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

 

Against: Albania, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Nauru, Palau, United States.

 (Courtesy : Daily News )

Last Updated ( Thursday, 23 July 2009 )
 
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