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“The United States was not involved in any way. Period,” said deputy US ambassador to the UN Robert Wood.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/27...am-inquiry
The resolution was supported by 3 countries, with zero votes against and 12 nations abstained. Thus, the resolution failed to receive nine votes required for approval.

The resolution was supported by Russia, China and Brazil,
with Albania, the UK, Gabon, Ghana, Malta, Mozambique, the UAE, the US, France, Switzerland, Ecuador and Japan abstained.

https://tass.com/politics/1595173?utm_source=google.com&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=google.com&utm_referrer=google.com
(30-03-2023, 06:45 AM)theold Wrote: [ -> ]“The United States was not involved in any way. Period,” said deputy US ambassador to the UN Robert Wood.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/27...am-inquiry

"Only Russia, China and Brazil voted in favour of the Russian-drafted text on Monday, while the remaining 12 council members abstained. ..."

Err...so obvious.... Of those 12, 3 are already western perm members :  France, UK & US...
The remaining 9 are either small nations or pro-US countries : Albania,  Ecuador, Gabon, Ghana, Japan, Malta, Mozambique, Switzerland & UAE
Brazil stands out as the only non-Perm developing country which is also member of the powerful BRICS.

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