21.   Twenty countries abstained.

22.   Five countries abstained.

23.   In addition, other countries abstained, for example Germany, because of constitutional difficulties over implementing the treaty, or Russia, which charged the convention lacked teeth.

24.   Eighteen mainly European countries abstained from the vote.

25.   Five countries abstained -- Cuba, Lebanon, Mauritius, Tanzania and Syria.

26.   Three countries abstained, among them the west African state of Cameroon.

27.   Thirteen countries abstained from the vote including the United States while Israel was the only UN member state to oppose the resolution.

28.   Twenty-five countries abstained, including Great Britain.

29.   Thirteen countries abstained from the UN vote, including the United States, while Israel was the only UN member state to oppose the resolution.

30.   Three countries abstained.