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[–] [email protected] 15 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Venezuela absent from the vote? Not a good look my dude

[–] [email protected] 51 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

They literally can’t vote because of the US sanctions against them preventing them from collecting the funds to pay UN fees. They’ve been suspended from voting for a couple of years now

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 hours ago

Hmmmm, you're under sanctions and cant afford the sanction issuing country club fees? Sorry sweaty, can't help you!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 hours ago

I was being ironic, for any country under as much duress as Venezuela it would make sense why their attendance record wasn't 100%.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Didn't only Moldova abstain or am I missing a joke or something?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

Venezuela is non-voting, different from abstain.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Thanks for clearing that up! What's the difference?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Abstain means the country voted "Abstain"

Non-voting means no vote was recorded, probably because the country was not present.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 14 hours ago