UN General Assembly approves new resolution for universal moratorium on death penalty

On December 22nd, the United Nations General Assembly approved a new resolution in favor of a universal moratorium on the death penalty. The same resolution was approved in December's 2007 and 2008... Third time lucky?

108 countries voted in favor of the resolution; 41 voted against; 36 chose not to vote; and 7 were absent at the time of the vote.

The only new part of the text of the resolution is the request which asks member states to "make information available relevent to the use of the death penalty to allow an informed and transparent national debate."