on 18 december 2008, the general assembly adopted another resolution (a/res/63/168) reaffirming its previous call for a global moratorium on capital punishment 106 to 46 (with 34 abstentions and another 6 were absent at the time of the vote). working in partnership with the eu, new zealand and mexico were co-facilitators of the draft text which was developed over a period of six months, which chile then presented to the un general assembly on behalf of cosponsors.