The following states either opposed, abstained or were absent when the anti-Zionist draft resolution came up for a vote last Friday night:
OPPOSED: 29
Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Britain, Canada, Costa Rica, Denmark Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Finland, France, Haiti, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast Liberia, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Sweden, United States, Uruguay and West Germany.
ABSTAINING: 27
Botswana, Colombia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Honduras, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawai, Nepal, Papua, New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Rumania, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Swaziland, Togo, Upper Volta, Venezuela, Zaire and Zambia.
ABSENT: 16
Argentina, Bhutan, Bolivia, Burundi, Central African Republic, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Greece, Guatemala, Maldives, Panama, Paraguay, Sao Tome e Principe, South Africa, Thailand and Trinidad-Tobago.
Among the 70 voting in favor were: Brazil, Burma, Cambodia, Chile, China, Cuba, Egypt, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Pakistan, Soviet Union, Turkey, Yugoslavia and other Arab, African, Asian and Soviet bloc countries.
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