RI abstain from damning Nigeria<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia, and 41 other countries, abstained
\nfrom a vote in the UN General Assembly over a resolution
\ncondemning Nigeria's execution last month of nine minority rights
\nactivists, including writer Ken Saro-Wiwa.<\/p>\n
Reuters reported the resolution was accepted on Thursday with
\n98 votes in favor, and 12 votes against. Myanmar voted against
\nthe resolution. Forty-two countries, including most African
\nstates, abstained and 43 others were either absent or did not
\nvote.<\/p>\n
The resolution condemned Nigeria's \"arbitrary execution, after
\na flawed judicial process,\" of writer Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight
\nother activists, and invited the UN Human Rights Commission to
\n\"give urgent attention\" to the rights situation in Nigeria.<\/p>\n
The resolution, sponsored by nearly 60 countries, was
\nspearheaded by the United States and the European Union.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, Indonesia was one of 85 countries that passed an
\nassembly resolution calling for an immediate end to nuclear
\ntests. The resolution, aimed at France and China, was carried,
\nwith 18 voting against and 43 abstentions<\/p>\n
The resolution, which did not specifically name France or
\nChina, \"strongly deplores\" current nuclear testing and \"strongly
\nurges\" an end to all nuclear tests.<\/p>\n
It was sponsored by 40 countries, most of them from the
\nPacific and Latin America as well as states such as South Africa
\nand Norway.<\/p>",
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