Amid the execution of Ajmal Kasab, the lone survival in the Mumbai attack in 2008, by India government, United Nation Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called upon nations to abolish the death penalty. He has welcomed a record vote by a Genreal Assembly committee in favour of the call for a moratorium, as the sources said.
According to the spokesperson of Ban ki-moon, Mondays vote offers the opportunity to again encourage Member States who still practice the death penalty or retain it in law to follow suit. 150 States have either abolished or do not practice the death penalty, he added.
He said that the Committee's resolution reflects a trend against capital punishment which has grown stronger across regions, legal traditions and customs since a landmark General Assembly resolution on the topic in 2007.
"The Secretary-General saluted this development at a high-level event on the death penalty in New York this July," the spokesperson added.
It is noted that India, US and China were among 39 nations voting against the resolution in the Assembly's Third Committee, which deals with social and humanitarian issues, as well as human rights, Monday. The non binding draft resolution got110 votes in favour, with 36 abstentions.
(With inputs from IANS)
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