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title: "UN A/RES/72/248 Vote | Model Diplomat"
description: "A/RES/72/248: Human rights. Adopted in 2017 — 122 in favour, 10 against, 24 abstaining. A/72/251 72c - Human rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs and representatives. - HUMAN RIGHTS--REPORTS"
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UN vote · Session 72

# A/RES/72/248: Situation of human rights in Myanmar : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Voted 2017-12-24 · Human rights

Yes

122

78%

No

10

6%

Abstain

24

15%

Absent

0

0%

## Summary

A/72/251 72c - Human rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs and representatives. - HUMAN RIGHTS--REPORTS

### Voted against

Belarus, Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar (Burma), Philippines, Russia, Syria, Vietnam, Zimbabwe

### Notable abstentions

Bhutan, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, India, Japan, Kenya, Lesotho, Mongolia, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru

## Primary sources

- [UN document A/RES/72/248](https://undocs.org/en/A/RES/72/248)
- [Voeten, UN General Assembly Voting Data (Harvard Dataverse)](https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/LEJUQZ)

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