Maldives refrained from casting vote on the bill to place initiative against mass genocide and killings at the 72nd session of United Nation's general assembly.
The motion was placed by Australia and Ghana for deliberation - for which the UN assembly decided to push forth for voting was however passed with the go ahead of 117 nations for deliberation.
China was among the top nations to vote against deliberating about the motion while Myanmar in an obvious move did the same. Other countries that included in the refusing nations list included Equador and Egypt along with Bolivia and Maldives.
Syria was also among the countries who had voted against the motion's discussion while Zimbabwe and Venezuela had also voted a no-go for the motion.
Meanwhile Russia - a close ally of China - had also voted against the motion while North Korea followed suit as well.
Countries that voted supporting the motion included Saudi Arabia as well as all the countries in South-East Asian region except for Bhutan and Maldives. Bhutan, Brunei and Jordan took a neutral stand - thus making them non supportive of the motion.
While Maldives has not voted pro-motion at the UN assembly, many have criticized the move stating that Maldives failed in taking stand in the best interest of the Rohingya Muslims who have faced brutal persecution at the hands of Burmese authorities.
Australia and Ghana filed the motion through a letter to UN's Secretary General on August 11, however the recent uprising started after August 25 with thousands of Rohingya Muslims killed off by Burmese authorities, as they attempted to flee their own nation in fear of unjust violence against them.
The Rohingya, a Muslim minority that had been in existence for more than decades have been ousted by their own country - Myanmar that has a Buddhist majority. Burmese authorities refuse to identify them as their own however have placed brutal obstacles hindering the minority from seeking sanctuary in neighboring nations.
The de-facto leader of the country Aung Sun Suu Kyi - a Nobel Peace Prize winning politician - who came to the limelight for her continued efforts for human rights took a silent stand putting her under heavy scrutiny and criticism from around the globe. Meanwhile another Nobel Peace winner Malala Yousefzai called out to her philanthropist colleague Suu Kyi to act upon the injustice and counter it accordingly.
