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18 Oct 2017 · 4:20 PM · Division 10

United Nations: Membership

UNESCO & anti-Israeli bias
Official title
Motions - United Nations: Membership - UNESCO & anti-Israeli bias

Noes in the majority

This says only which side won the vote, because what Aye and No meant here depends on the exact question put in the chamber.

Aye
6
No
46
Not recorded voting
22

“Not recorded voting” is everyone eligible who isn't recorded as Aye or No, for example absent, paired, or presiding.

What was decided

The majority voted against a motion for Australia to consider its membership to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in light of its "continuing anti-Israel bias".

Motion text

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

(i) the United States of America' s Department of State has informed the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Director-General of the United States' intention to withdraw from that organisation on 31 December 2018 due to its continuing anti-Israel bias, and

(ii) Australia is also a friend of Israel, as well as a close ally of the United States; and

(b) calls upon the Government to consider Australia' s membership of UNESCO.

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Votes by party

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Aye
6
No
46
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party020
Liberal Party17
Australian Greens07
National Party04
Deputy Senate President02
Independent11
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party20
Country Liberal Party01
Derryn Hinch's Justice Party01
Jacqui Lambie Network10
Liberal Democratic Party10
Liberal National Party01
Nick Xenophon Team01
Senate President01

How each member voted

Aye · 6

No · 46

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