India abstained from voting on the UN Human Rights Council resolution calling for immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
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India on Friday abstained from voting at the UN Human Rights Council on a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and also demanding that Israel immediately lift its illegal blockade of the Gaza Strip.
The Council adopted a draft resolution on the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem, and on the responsibility to ensure accountability and justice, with 28 votes in favour.
Six votes were cast against it and 13 countries abstained. Thirteen countries, including India, France, Japan, the Netherlands and Romania, abstained during the voting on the resolution.
Those voting against the resolution included Argentina, Bulgaria, Germany and the United States. The countries that voted in favor of the resolution also included Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, China, Indonesia, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Qatar, South Africa, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Vietnam. The resolution called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and also demanded that Israel immediately lift its illegal blockade of the Gaza Strip.
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