International views
The United Nations introduced a resolution during the General Assembly's 62nd sessions in 2007 calling for a universal ban.[137][138] The approval of a draft resolution by the Assembly's third committee, which deals with human rights issues, voted 99 to 52, with 33 abstentions, in favour of the resolution on 15 November 2007 and was put to a vote in the Assembly on 18 December.[139][140][141]