text: Panama, Portugal, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America. Abstaining; Argentina, Belgium, Botswana, Colombia, France, Ghana, Hungary, India, Madagascar, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Sweden and Venezuela. The representatives of Cyprus, Gambia, Sao Tome and Principe and Senegal stated that their delegations were not participating in the vote. 216. At the reguest of the representative of the United States of America, a roll-call vote was taken on draft resolution E/CN.4/1990/L.2/Rev.2 as a whole. The draft resolution was adopted by 14 votes to 8, with 17 abstentions. The voting was as follows; In favour; Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Cuba, Cyprus, Ethiopia, Hungary, India, Iraq, Mexico, Sri Lanka, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Yugoslavia. Against; Canada, Germany, Federal Republic of, Italy, Japan, Panama, Portugal, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America. Abstaining; Argentina, Belgium, Botswana, Colombia, France, Ghana, Madagascar, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Somalia, Spain, Swaziland, Sweden, Venezuela. The representatives of Cyprus, Gambia, Sao Tome and Principe and Senegal stated that their delegations were not participating in the vote. 217. Statements in explanation of vote after the vote were made by the representatives of Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Cyprus, France, Ghana, Japan, Peru, Spain, Sweden and Venezuela. 218. For the text as adopted, see chapter II, section A, resolution 1990/10. 219. On 9 February 1990, a draft resolution (E/CN.4/1990/L.3) was submitted by Panama, reading as follows; "The Commission on Human Rights, "Considering that in the debate on item 9, 'The right of peoples to self-determination and its application to peoples under colonial or alien domination or foreign occupation', at the forty-sixth session of the Commission on Human Rights, the observance of the right of self-determination was questioned with reference to the political and
analysis: The text appears to be a record of a vote and statements made by representatives at the United Nations Commission on Human Rights. The content is focused on human rights, specifically the right of peoples to self-determination, and does not seem to relate to any of the economic or environmental categories. The language used is formal and diplomatic, suggesting a focus on international relations and human rights.