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In favour:
104
106
109
m
17
17
Against:
54
46
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37
40
Abstentions:
29
34
35
34
34
31
Source: United Nations General Assembly records; Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs,
Defense and Trade, The Parliament of the Commonwealth
of Australia, and World Coalition Against
the Death Penalty
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