Many of the abstentions and 'no' votes were cast by member states that said they are opposed to resolutions that single out specific countries for censure.

VOA: standard.2009.11.20

But climate change skeptics have seized on the recent theft of thousands of private e-mail messages from computer servers at a British climate research center to cast doubt on whether global warming is as serious as it has been made out to be.

VOA: standard.2009.12.09