When a delegate's country's name is called, he or she may respond “present” or “present and voting. ” A delegate responding “present and voting” may not abstain on a substantive vote.
The moral of the story... and by the way, they bring him out during meetings of the board at University College London and the minutes record him as present but not voting.
This decision of the General Assembly shall be taken by a majority of the States Parties presentandvoting which have not made the declaration referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article.
While the Democratic congressmen will not have any voting privileges and are not present in an official capacity, they made their opinions of Brown's performance clear.