Uganda, April 5 -- The Non-Alignment Movement (NAM) on Wednesday evening voted against the unilateral coercive measures such as trade embargos often used by the United States and European Union (EU) on poor and developing states.

During the sitting of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, 32 countries including Algeria, Bangladesh, Benin, Brazil, Burundi, Chile, China, Cuba, and Costa Rica voted for the resolution against the unilateral coercive measures.

Only Argentina abstained, while 14 countries including Belgium, Bulgaria, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Japan, and Lithuania voted against the resolution.

The resolution was sponsored by the 121-NAM countries, and co-sponsored by Russia, and Palestine which is recognised by...