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Look, I agree this is absolutely horrible, but I don't know what people expect of the UN here. The five permanent members of the Security Council have no veto power over a vote like this, so there's nothing to be done. This is the international version of a Republican Congress voting against equal marriage rights. I obviously strongly disagree with the vote, but when you consider the make up of the UN General Assembly it's not all that surprising, just like it wouldn't/won't be surprising to see a Republican Congress vote against equal marriage rights.
I think there's a decent argument that many of these countries shouldn't have been allowed to be voting members of the UN, but it's unfortunately too late for that at this point.
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