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The United Nations’ Human Rights Commission has again passed a resolution calling for the abolition of the death penalty. 64 states co-sponsored the resolution, 18 more than last year. The United States was among the 13 countries that voted against it. The UN commissioner for human rights, Mary Robinson said the momentum for abolition was going to increase. The resolution urges states to sign the protocol against capital punishment the UN General Assembly adopted in 1989 and calls for a halt to executions in the meantime.