Huamn Rights - Death Penalty
United Nations

China found a rare common ground with the US on human rights as they both voted against a draft resolution adopted by the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly which called for "a moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing the death penalty." The Chinese delegate called the issue of death penalty a domestic matter and questioned the effect of the draft resolution. The American representative lent his support by saying that " it is important to recognize that international law does not prohibit capital punishment". Later, the General Assembly adopted the resolution by a vote of 104-54 with 29 abstentions.